Use this panel to schedule, create and manage backups of the BIMcloud Server or BIMcloud Manager.
Required permissions:
•Simplified management: Server Administrator
•Detailed management: Modify details
What is in the Backup?
For the BIMcloud Server: Backups include all Teamwork data: Projects, Libraries, and their snapshots; Activity Log, mail and Server configuration information.
For the BIMcloud Manager: Backups include all the above data, and also includes Folders, Users and Roles.
Note: Server monitoring data (e.g. CPU, memory usage) are not included in the backup.
Only one copy of each Backup type (BIMcloud Manager and BIMcloud Server) is retained at a time. If a Backup process is unsuccessful, the last saved Backup version is retained until a new Backup is created to replace it.
Enable BIMcloud Backups At Server Configuration
The Backup function for BIMcloud Server and/or BIMcloud Manager is enabled only if:
•you check the Create Server Backup box during the Configuration process, and
•you define a path for Server Backup Content during the Configuration process.
See BIMcloud Manager Configuration and BIMcloud Server Configuration.
Schedule Backup
On the Backups Panel:
Click Edit to choose a schedule for server backups (of either BIMcloud Server or BIMcloud Manager):
•Don't Create: No backup will be created
•Hourly: The backup will be created every certain number of hours, based on the settings you provide
•Daily: The backup will be created at a set time every certain number of days, based on the settings you provide.
Click Save to save changes.
Backup Status
This section provides information about the status of the last backup. If errors occurred during the last backup, then those errors will be noted.
Create Manual Backup
On the Backups panel, click Create to backup the server at any time, regardless of any scheduled backup.
Required permissions to modify the backup schedule or work with existing backups:
•Simplified management: Project or Server administrator
•Detailed management: Modify details for the selected item