Data backups and archives

Use standard file system backup tools to back up the disk. Use IBM® Rational® DOORS® archives to make a backup of a module, a project, or information about users and groups to protect against accidental data loss. For example, if a user deletes and purges a project, you can restore the project from your archive.

To protect the data in your Rational DOORS database against the failure of the disk on which it is stored, take regular backups of the disk. For Rational DOORS data, you can do full or differential backups. If you do differential backups, make sure that you do a full backup at least once a week. Do not use incremental backups. Restoring data from incremental backups requires complex steps to restore previous backups. If there is a disk hardware error, you can restore the entire disk from your backups.

Before you back up your disk:
  1. Make sure that all users are logged out of Rational DOORS. Most backup tools do not back up files that are open. If files are skipped because users are accessing the database, your backup might capture inconsistent data.
  2. If you are using Rational DOORS Web Access, stop Rational DOORS Web Access, as described in Running Rational DOORS Web Access.
  3. Stop the Rational DOORS database server, as described in Stopping the database server.
After you back up your disk:
  1. Start the Rational DOORS database server, as described in Managing the Rational DOORS database server.
  2. If you are using Rational DOORS Web Access, start Rational DOORS Web Access, as described in Running Rational DOORS Web Access.

If you are using Rational DOORS Web Access with Rational Insight or TRS consumer applications, such as IBM Rational Engineering Lifecycle Manager, back up the Derby database that is used with the integration when you back up your Rational DOORS database. The default location for the Derby database is C:\Program Files\IBM\Rational\DOORS Web Access\9.version\server\festival\derby\. If you need to restore your Rational DOORS database, restore the Derby database at the same time to ensure data consistency.

You can create Rational DOORS archives of entire projects, individual modules, and the user and group list.


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