XML-Based Site Backup
Created by Orckestra
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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
- Log in to the CMS Administrative Console.
- 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.)
- Click Open on the toolbar. The backup page opens in the right view.
- Click Create Backup Now and wait for the backup operation to finish.
- 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:
- 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.)
- Click Open on the toolbar. The backup page opens in the right view.
- Click the Delete icon button on the right to the backup entry.
- Click OK in the confirmation message box.
Important notes
- 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. - 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?".
- 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. - If your backup file size is 2GB or more, we recommend that you use FTP to download it.
- All files stored in the
~/App_Data/
Backups
folder and all its subfolders are not backed up.