Backup Alternative for IDOL Content Engine
November 17, 2011
WorkSite Zen offers a useful Autonomy tip with “Schedule IDOL Backups with Task Scheduler and PowerShell.” Poster JB Trexler feels the default IDOL content engine backup method can be inconvenient:
The ‘out of the box’ backup method requires you to set a section in each config file with various parameters. This method works well but it does present some challenges around planned interruptions and reporting. What if you want to skip the backups this weekend because of a maintenance window? What if you want a log file of just the backups or an email notification upon completion / failure? In addition to the backups, you also need to copy .cfg and .db files.
Trexler goes on to describe his method for using Windows Task Scheduler and Windows PowerShell to schedule your backups, complete with scripts and screenshots. Doing so can provide more flexibility; you gain the ability to temporarily disable backups, for example, or to send a completion/failure email, or to log to the Windows Event Log. Need more meat? See the source document for more detail.
Cynthia Murrell, November 17, 2011
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