66 DSView 3 Software Installer/User Guide
To backup the DSView 3 software hub server, enter DSViewBackupRestore -backup
-archive “<archive name>” -passwd <password>.
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To restore the DSView 3 software hub server, enter DSViewBackupRestore -restore -archive
“<archive name>” -passwd <password>.
“<archive name>” - Name of the archive, which must be enclosed by quotation marks (for
example, “myarchive”). The -archive option and an archive name are required.
<password> - A password that encrypts the archive. The password is optional when
creating a backup. If a password is specified when creating the backup, it will be required
when restoring the backup.
To display help information, type DSViewBackupRestore -h or
DSViewBackupRestore -help.
For example, entering the following in a command prompt window will create a backup named
db.zip with the password test.
DSViewBackupRestore.exe -backup -archive “db.zip” -passwd test
Entering the following in a command prompt window will restore a backup named db.zip with the
password test.
DSViewBackupRestore.exe -restore -archive “db.zip” -passwd test
To manually backup or restore a hub server using a command line on a supported
Linux or Solaris system:
1. Access the command prompt on your system.
2. Change directories to the directory where the DSView 3 software is installed, which is
typically /usr/local/dsviewserver/bin.
3. To backup the DSView 3 software hub server, enter DSViewBackupRestore.sh -backup
-archive <archive name> -passwd <password> -overwrite.
4. To restore the DSView 3 software hub server, enter DSViewBackupRestore.sh -restore
-archive <archive name> -passwd <password>.
<archive name> - Name of the archive. The -archive option and an archive name
are required.
<password> - A password that encrypts the archive. The password is optional when
creating a backup. If a password is specified when creating the backup, it will be required
when restoring the backup.
-overwrite - Enables overwriting of an existing archive during backup. If this parameter is
omitted, no overwriting will occur.
To display help information, type DSViewBackupRestore.sh -help.
For example, entering the following in a command prompt window will create a backup named
dbasebackup.zip with the password test1.
DSViewBackupRestore.sh backup -archive dbasebackup.zip -passwd test1