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To create a backup of all Encore (Studio Server) data, two options exist: the Blueriq Repository Backup tool, which can be scheduled, or a manual download from Blueriq Encore.

Option 1: Blueriq Backup Tool

To backup all relevant content that is stored by Blueriq Encore, the Management Service has a SOAP operation to duplicate its data storage to a single file on disk. For typical automated backup strategies it is cumbersome to interact with a SOAP service, therefore Blueriq provides a tool that can be run from a batch/bash script to perform this operation.

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When experiencing timeouts during the creation of a backup using either the backup tool, you can adjust the timeout settings using the following guidelines.

Backup Tool

Using the  --timeout parameter you can set the timeout period in seconds, when setting it to zero the timeout period will be removed completly.

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java -jar blueriq-studio-backup-tool.jar backup --timeout=0

Option 2: Download from Blueriq Encore

  • Log in to Blueriq Encore as admin

  • Click on the cog icon in the bottom left corner
  • Go to the "Backup and restore" tab
  • Click on “Create backup” and save the file to a backup location.

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Only backups created from the same or older versions of Blueriq can be restored. If a backup of an older version is restored the repository is automatically upgraded by Blueriq.

Option 1: Blueriq Backup Tool

The backup tool as mentioned above can also be used to restore a backup using the following parameters:

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As is the case with creating a backup, the path in the above command is in terms of the machine where the Studio server is installed on, not on the machine the tool is run from.

Option 2: Upload in Blueriq Encore

  • Log in to Blueriq Encore as admin

  • Click on the cog icon in the bottom left corner
  • Go to the "Backup and restore" tab
  • Click on “Upload backup” and select the backup file
  • Click on "Restore backup" to resotre the backup

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