Backing Up the TIBCO iProcess Engine File System
Status
If you are... |
This task is... |
Installing a new iProcess Engine Version 11.8.0 |
N/A |
Upgrading from an iProcess Engine Version 11.0 or later |
Required |
Database
Oracle, DB2
Description
Warning |
You must back up your iProcess Engine system before an upgrade. Make sure that you back up the entire You must also back up your database schema. For detailed information, see Backing up TIBCO iProcess Engine Database Schema. |
Procedure
Complete the following steps to back up an existing iProcess Engine:
1. | Log in your operating system as the root user. |
2. | Get all users to log out of the iProcess Engine. |
3. | Run the following command to stop the iProcess Engine processes and Process Sentinels: |
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4. | Back up the entire $SWDIR directory structure and any other files that you want to restore if an installation failure occurs by using your operating system backup utility. |
Note |
If you have made any changes to the following files since they were installed, you need to manually re-implement those changes after upgrading the iProcess Engine:
This is because the files are overwritten during the upgrade and any changes to the original files are not automatically merged into the new files. See Re-implementing Changes to Upgraded Configuration Files for more information. |
See Also
For more information about the procedures, see TIBCO iProcess Engine Administrator's Guide and your operating system documentation.