help • 1 Installing VisualGroups • Installing • Backing up and restoring
1.2.2 Backing up and restoring
You can backup and restore your VisualGroups environment with current data. The VisualGroups instance is stored on your SwyxWare database.
How to create a backup of the VisualGroups database
1 Stop the VisualGroups website in the Microsoft IIS-Manager.
2 Create a backup of the VisualGroups database. By default the name of the database is VisualGroups.
3 Start the VisualGroups website in the Microsoft IIS-Manager.
*The current database of your VisualGroups directory is backed up.
How to restore a VisualGroups environment
1 Stop the VisualGroups website in the Microsoft IIS-Manager.
2 Stop the “SwyxPLUS VisualGroups Reporting and Maintenance“ service in the Windows Task Manager.
3 Restore the VisualGroups database backup you have created before (e.g. using Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio).
4 Start the VisualGroups website in the Microsoft IIS-Manager.
5 Start the “SwyxPLUS VisualGroups Reporting and Maintenance“ service in the Windows Task Manager.
*Your VisualGroups environment is restored to the creation date of the backup.