Ensuring Proper Backup and Recovery
It is important that you either implement or request appropriate backup processes, such as the following:
• In a production environment, the Windchill database should be backed up on a regular basis. Vendor documentation provides additional information about backup procedures.
• At the time of installation, the Windchill installation directory must be backed up to preserve various configuration files.
• A given installation of Windchill and all source code should be backed up each time the system is regenerated.
• The following Windchill directories should be backed up on a regular basis: /db/sql, /codebase, and /src.
You do not have to back up the entire /codebase and /src directories each time. However, you must back up the subdirectories containing Java packages that have been changed at your site.
• The Windchill Index Search files should be backed up on a regular basis.
• Depending upon the user authentication mechanism at your site, you may need to ensure appropriate backup of files relevant to access control.
• Content files stored in an external file vault must be backed up using standard operating system tools and procedures.