Related Guides:

• Restoring from Backups

Important! If your website is SQL-based, you should not use this tool. It only works with XML-based websites. For information about backing up and restoring SQL-based websites, please read "How to back up and restore an SQL-based website?".

How to work with Composite.Tools.XmlBasedSiteBackup

1. Log in to the CMS Administrative Console.
2. In the System perspective, select XML-based site backup. (If you run Orckestra CMS v 1.2 and 1.3, please see Important Note 1 for Steps 3 and 4.)
3. Click Open on the toolbar. The backup page opens in the right view.
4. Click Create Backup Now and wait for the backup operation to finish.
5. Once the backup is done, a backup entry appears below on the page. It includes:

• the name of the backup file on the server with a link – you can click the link to download the zip file
• the date and time when the backup was created
• the size of the backup file (in KB)

You can create as many backups as you need.

How to delete backups

You can delete backups if necessary:

1. In the System perspective, select XML-based site backup. (If you run Orckestra CMS v 1.2 and 1.3, please see Important Note 1 for Steps 1 and 2.)
2. Click Open on the toolbar. The backup page opens in the right view.
3. Click the Delete icon button on the right to the backup entry.
4. Click OK in the confirmation message box.

Important notes

1. For versions earlier than Orckestra CMS 2.0 (Orckestra CMS v. 1.2 SP2 (Patch 3) or later), you should instead access the XML-based site backup page as http://<server>/XmlBasedSiteBackup.aspx in your web browser.
2. The package works only with websites that use XML-based data stores. You cannot use this tool if your website is SQL-based. For information about backing up and restoring SQL-based websites, please read "How to back up and restore an SQL-based website?".
3. You can also access the folder where the backup files are stored using FTP: ftp://<path_to_website>/App_Data/Backups/XmlBasedSiteBackup/ where <path_to_website> stands for the FTP path to the website.
4. If your backup file size is 2GB or more, we recommend that you use FTP to download it.
5. All files stored in the ~/App_Data/Backups folder and all its subfolders are not backed up.