==== Instructions ====

**1. Prepare Big Data Service for Backups**

Before we can take a back-up, a configuration change is required. This modification is only required on initial set-up. 

If you have already downloaded, deployed and configured the Back-Up utility (or installed "App Store Connect" which includes the back-up utility) proceed to step 3.



**1.1. Stop the Big Data Service**

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Open Windows Services.

Find “Intelligent Plant Big Data Service”.

Right click, then select “Stop”.

**1.2. Set a back-up location**

Edit Elasticsearch configuration file: C:\Program Files\Intelligent Plant\Big Data\es\config\elasticsearch.yml
  
//This is a text file using YAML format and can be edited using Wordpad.//

<code>

#Define Physical Repo for snapshots
#More info: <https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/modules-snapshots.html>
path.repo: ["backup"]

</code>

Uncomment the path.repo entry (remove hash) and enter a back up location (e.g. "backup"). 

//NB. The suggested location ("backup") is relative to the big data service. To store data to an explicit location use format "c:\\temp\\Backup" (with double back-slashes).//


**1.3. Restart the Big Data Service**

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Open Windows Services.
Find “Intelligent Plant Big Data Service”.
Right click, then select “Start”.

**2. Download the Big Data Back Up Utility**

Download and unzip the contents of the BackupUtility to your App Store Connect server.

  * [[https://appstore.intelligentplant.com/nuget/downloads/BackupUtility.zip|Download BackupUtility]]

We suggest deploying the back-up utility to the Intelligent Plant programs folder:

  * C:\Program Files\Intelligent Plant\BackupUtility

**3. Take a Snapshot **

Open the BackupUtility folder and double click "Snapshot.bat" to run.

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This creates a database restore point protecting against data corruption or accidental loss.

The console window automatically closes after 10 seconds.


** 3.1 Manage Snapshots (optional) **

For advanced Snapshot management (create/delete/list/restore) open the BackupUtility manager: double click "BackupUtility.exe".

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==== 3 Archive back-up files ====

To protect against hardware failure, the contents of the back-up folder should be copied to an alternative location.

  * BackUp Folder: C:\Program Files\Intelligent Plant\Big Data\es\backup