Restoring a Database

Applies to version(s): v2.8, v.2.9

The system configuration settings can be restored from a local or remote copy of a database.

 Important Note: A database backup from a newer major version should NEVER been imported to an older major version!!!
 If you have ever done so, please refer to:
 ** Procedure to recover a major upgrade after recovering database from newer version to an older version

1- Click Backups in the navigation panel

2- Initially the Recover feature is disabled. The database must first be validated before it can be restored.

• Click Validate

3- After a few minutes, the web portal will return to an online status and if the backup validates successfully, the Recover link becomes active.

• Click the Recover link to overwrite the current database and restore the backup file

Note: You must activate the configuration to apply the changes.

The database files backups are stored here:

/lib/tb/toolpack/pkg/database_backups