Backup and Restore Procedures for Skybot Scheduler

Before You Begin

There are two scripts used to backup and restore the Skybot Scheduler database (backupdatabase.bat and restoredatabase.bat). Both commands reside in the Skybot Scheduler root directory on the Enterprise server. In order to use the commands, the database service must be running.

Backing Up Skybot Scheduler

To back up the database, run the following command:

Windows: backupdatabase.bat

Unix or Linux: backupdatabase.sh

This command creates a backup file of the database named:

skybot_YYYYMMDDhhmmss.backup

where YYYY is the year, MM is the month, DD is the day, hh is the hour, mm is the minute, and ss is the seconds.

The script puts the backup file in the root directory of the product.

Restoring Skybot Scheduler

Notes:

• We highly recommend that you stop the Skybot Scheduler before performing a restore.
• The database service must be running.

To restore the database, run the following command:

Windows: Restoredatabase.bat

Unix or Linux: Restoredatabase.sh

This command takes a backup file created by the backupdatabase.bat script and restores it to the database.

The file path is passed to the script.

Example:

restoredatabase.bat skybot_20100917140042.backup

Updated May 21, 2013