TIBCO Spotfire Server 3.2.2 - TIBCO Product Documentation

Backup and Restore
• HTTPS (see the section “Setting up HTTPS on a Spotfire Server” on page 86 for
more information about this)
• Authentication such as Kerberos, NTLM, or Client Certificates (see the section
“Authentication and User Directory” on page 65 for more information about
this).
• Shared Disk. In a cluster of more than one server, you may want to configure the
location of the Shared Disk (see the section “Shared Disk Location in a
Clustered Environment” on page 100 for more information about this).
• Configuration regarding data sources. Each Spotfire Server needs configuration
regarding database drivers etc for external data sources.
• Any other advanced configuration performed in “Advanced Procedures” on
page 84. When performing advanced configuration, you should always take
backup into consideration.
To back up your Spotfire Server(s), you should select one of the following methods:
• Back up the entire machine that Spotfire Server is running on.
• Back up only the files that Spotfire Server installs on the machine.
There are of course advantages and drawbacks with whichever method you select. If
you back up the entire machine, you will be certain that no files are missing in your
backup. On the other hand, you also have a backup that includes an entire computer
with potentially other software running on it, that you may not want to restore after a
crash. If you run only Spotfire Server on the machine, this is probably what you should
choose.
If you back up only the files that the Spotfire Server installs in the , you will potentially have a backup that is more easy to move between
machines. You should however take special notice to back up anything you may have
stored or configured outside the Spotfire Server installation directory. A typical
example of this would be database drivers necessary to connect to Information
Sources, set up in the Control Panel if running on Windows. Backing up the entire
machine would back up these dependencies as well. Also, if you are running Spotfire
Server on Windows, you will lose the Start Menu shortcuts and the unistall feature in
the Control Panel when restoring this type of backup.
For both methods, you should also consider that authentication such as Kerberos and
Client Certificates could be difficult to restore, due to the fact that their configuration
is tied to the specific hardware they are installed on. If you restore a backup to a
machine different from the original one, you will probably have to set up
authentication anew.
Note that it is not possible to restore a backup of a Spotfire Server to a machine with a
different operating system than the original one.
For other components in the Spotfire system, such as the Spotfire Web Player, refer to
their installation manuals for instructions on how to perform backups of them.
If you have more than one Spotfire Server in the cluster, and they are configured
differently, remember to perform backups of each server.
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