LMS restore

omar.elmohri · ‎04-16-2008

Please, I need to restore a backup on my LMS 2.6.

Joe Clarke · ‎04-16-2008

Shutdown dmgtd, then run the NMSROOT/bin/restorebackup.pl script, and point it to your backup. For example, to restore backup generation number 15 from directory /backup/lms, run the following command:

NMSROOT/bin/perl NMSROOT/bin/restorebackup.pl -d /backup/lms -gen 15

Consult the LMS online help for more details. You can also run restorebackup.pl with the -h argument to get usage help.

omar.elmohri · ‎04-16-2008

My case,

I had to change Windows Edition so to reinstall the whole LMS. I did a backup (only once) and I saved it and installed back Windws and LMS.

So what I need to do is to stop dmgtd and use the command with -gen 0 ?

Joe Clarke · ‎04-16-2008

Yes, if you have not enabled multiple generations, then you should only have a 0 directory under your backup location.

Peter Valdes · ‎08-20-2008

Hi jclarke,

Is the restore procedure applies to LMS 3.0.1 as well?

I'm in the process of rebuilding my demo LMS server.

Joe Clarke · ‎08-20-2008

Yes, the restore process is the same in LMS 3.0.1.

omar.elmohri · ‎08-21-2008

That's right you can use the procedure, and use the demo. In real case, you will loose jobs and history logging.