Mobile Device Manager Plus MSP stores information like configuration details, status of deployed configurations, and details about reports, in a database. Creating a back up of this database and certain important files like configuration files is necessary to prevent loss of data.
You can automatically back up data, by scheduling a back up using Mobile Device Manager Plus, or by manually taking a backup. This data can be restored whenever required. For example, in case your hard disk crashes and you have to re-install Mobile Device Manager Plus MSP. You can use the last back up to restore all the required information.
Note:This is possible only if the back up file is stored in a computer other than yours.
You can use Mobile Device Manager Plus MSP to regularly take a back up of the database. For example, if you want to take a back up of the database every Friday at 5 p.m., you can schedule this using Mobile Device Manager Plus MSP.
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To schedule back up of data, follow the steps given below:
On the web console, select the Admin tab
In the Tools section, click Database Back up
Specify the location where you want the back up files to be stored
Check the Notify when the database back up fails checkbox
Specify the email address (es) to which you want an e-mail message sent, if the database back up fails, please note that you should have configured your mail server settings to get notified.
Click Save Changes
You have scheduled an automatic data back up to take place automatically at a specified time.
You can manually back up and restore the database. You can do this using the Back up-Restore Utility GUI.
Opening the Back up-Restore Utility Graphical User Interface (GUI)
To open the Back up-Restore Utility GUI, follow the steps given below:
Right-click start>Explore>Local Disk (C:)>Program Files>MDMServer>bin
Double-click backuprestore.bat
You've opened the Back up-Restore Utility GUI.
Creating a back up file
On the Back up-Restore Utility GUI, click the Back up tab
Select the location where you want to save the back up file
If you're using a network share, the directory should have write permission for everyone in the network. |
Click Back up
A back up file is created and saved in the specified location. The file will be named using the buildnumber-date-time.zip format. For example, 70120-Oct-25-2010-13-26.zip where 70120 is the build number, Oct 25th 2010 is the date and 13:26 is the time.
Restoring a back up file
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- On the Back up-Restore Utility GUI, click the Restore tab
- Browse and select the required back up file.
- Click Restore
This will restore the specified data to Mobile Device Manager Plus MSP server.