Note on usage
Function: Restoring the openFT configuration using a previous backup using the ftbackup command
User group: FT administrator
Only local system administrators (root on UNIX and users in SYSTEM group on Windows) will be able to execute the command, because all instances need to be backed up, which can have separate FT/FTAC/ADM admins.
The ftrestore command needs to be executed on STD instance by system administrator.
Functional description
Since openFT 12.1C80 it is possible to back up the entire openFT configuration with the ftbackup command and then restore it with the ftrestore command.
Licenses are not backed up and must be managed manually by users.
Format
ftrestore -h |
<file name 1..512>
Description
-h
Displays the command syntax on the screen. Entries after the -h are ignored.
file name
Name or full path of the backed up configuration file
Note
On Unix, if multiple instances are going to be restored, firstly user will be prompted with following question for each instance (excluding STD instance):
Instance <instance_name> path: <path_to_instance> already exists, do you agree to overwrite it? (yes/no)
If user answers “yes”, then directory with given path will be removed and replaced with instance directory from backup configuration. In case of “no” answer, directory will be kept and given instance won’t be restored.
On Windows, this feature is not implemented for 12.1C80, so all existing colliding directories will be removed and replaced with instance directories from backup.
If during the restore process it is determined that the backed up user no longer exists, a warning is displayed, the user is skipped, and the restore process continues.
If during the restore process the user who owned an instance no longer exists, a warning is displayed. That instance is not restored and the restore process continues with the next backed up instance.
single-user mode on UNIX systems
It is possible to back up the openFT configuration in single-user mode on UNIX systems.
If the configuration was saved in single-user mode, it must be restored in single-user mode. This is not possible in multi-user mode. Likewise, a configuration saved in multi-user mode cannot be restored in single-user mode.