Restoring a Backup

You can restore a backup to the current project location or to a different location if you do not want the backup to overwrite the existing project.

Prerequisites

You should verify a backup before restoring it.

A backup’s zipped file can be corrupt for various reasons, and the file can also be removed from the backup directory manually. Verifying the backup before restoring it ensures that the restored project is fully functional. See Verifying a Backup.
You must have all applications exit from the project before restoring.

You can send a message to active clients with the Send message to connected clients button in the Connected clients window.

Procedure

In the iCDB Project Backup utility, select the backup that you want to restore.
Open the Restore backup dialog box with Backup > Restore backup.
If you want to overwrite the existing project, click Restore.
If you do not want to overwrite the existing project then do the following:
1. Check the Restore to new location check box.
  If the check box is grayed out, then you do not have permission to restore to a new location. This permission is set with the RestoreBackupToNewLocation key in the ProjectBackup.cfg Configuration File.
2. Enter a path in the Restore location field where you want to restore the backup.
3. Click Restore.

Results

Before the backup is restored, the current database and project file are backed up. After the backup is restored, all backups remain in the list, even if they were created after the backup you have just restored.