Milestone recommends that you make regular backups of your system configuration as a disaster recovery measure. While it is rare to lose your configuration, it can happen under unfortunate circumstances. Luckily, it takes only a minute to back up your existing configuration.
The system offers a built-in feature that backs up all the system configuration you can define in the Management Client. Note that the log server database and the log files, including audit log files, are not included in this backup.
If your system is large, Milestone recommends that you define scheduled backups. This is done with the third-party tool: Microsoft® SQL Server Management Studio. This backup includes the same data as a manual backup.
During a backup, your system stays online.
Backing up your system configuration can take some time. Backup duration depends on:
Each time you make a backup both manual and scheduled, the SQL Server's transaction log file is flushed. For additional information about how to flush this log file, go to the Microsoft website and search for "SQL Server transaction log."
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