BO Enterprise

[Wajid55]

Are there any tools availbale for Backup & Recovery of BOE in case if the server on which BOE is installed crashes?

Like if a server crashes where all the reports/instances, user account information will be?

Any help appretiated.

 

[hilfy]

There are no specific tools for this. However, there are two things that you need to be backing up - the CMS database and the FileStore. You need to back them up at the same time. The database holds pointers to the files in the FileStore along with a bunch of other information about security, users, folder structure, etc. The Input FileStore holds all of the report "Templates" (reports without data) the Output FileStore holds all of the report instances (scheduled reports that have run successfully.)

-Dell

A computer only does what you actually told it to do - not what you thought you told it to do.

 

[PatBITK]

Hi,

Although I agree with Hilfy that the only proper way to backup BOE is to backup the SysDB and FRS, a parallel way (not alternative IMO) is to use the Import Wizard (from the START menu) and export the content to a .BIAR file.

Pat

Business Objects Consultant and Trainer
BOCP - BOE and CR & Official Migration Specialist

BI Toolkit - Offices in UK and Holland

http://www.bitoolkit.com

 

[hilfy]

.BIAR files are a good alternative for smaller systems. However, I have had problems with exporting to a .BIAR file - especially when trying to export all of a very large install (800+ reports plus 200K+ instances). It takes a very long time to run and sometimes I've been unable to restore files from it. This has gotten better with the more recent service packs, but I'm still not happy with it as a mechanism for backing up report instances.

-Dell

A computer only does what you actually told it to do - not what you thought you told it to do.