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Hey guys,

I'm curious if there is anyone who has figured out a way to automate backing up an ARIS database or anyone has any ideas on how to do it. I tried to write a batch script but once the acc.bat is launched the script doesn't execute the next command.

Thanks,

Dave

by Runé Becker
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Posted on Fri, 01/31/2014 - 03:11

Dear David,

Instead of ARIS Cloud Controller have you tried to use ARIS Server Administrator?

That tool is installed jointly with ARIS Architect and can be used in batch mode as well as as interactive console (default when started from program group ARIS). In ARIS7 it was called ARIS Admintool.

This sample command runs a backup of all ARIS databases except the system database (path and parameters please adjust accordingly):

C:\ARIS9\tools\ArisAdm\arisadm90.exe -s MyARISserver -t default -u system manager backup all C:\MyARISbackups

Cheers

Rune

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by David Grina Author
Posted on Fri, 01/31/2014 - 20:07

Hey Rune,

Thanks for the help. What are the parameters for the system database back up? 

Thanks,

Dave

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by Runé Becker
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Posted on Fri, 01/31/2014 - 22:23

The command is backupsystemdb with similar parameters mentioned above.

Just start ARIS Server Administrator via program group ARIS to get it into interactive mode. Then type help to see all commands.

E.g. with the following command line connects you to your ARIS server:

server localhost default system manager

Then you are connected and could e.g. see the connected clients using this command:

sessions

Cheers

Rune

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by Francois Du Toit
Posted on Thu, 06/19/2014 - 16:10

Hi David,

I have created a guide on how to create and automate daily backups using a batch file that creates a folder with every day's date so that you can have a history of backups available by date. 

You can have a look at my blog here: http://www.blog.bpmutils.com/how-to-automate-aris-database-backups/

The blog covers the setup for both ARIS 7 & 9 :)

I hope it helps

Kind regards,

Francois

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by danie watson
Posted on Tue, 02/03/2015 - 06:09

In reply to by cfdutoit

Actually i am recently using a backup software called as "Cloudbacko pro software" try using it. i am quoite satisfied with its working have a look at the software. you can just simply go on the google and type "Cloudbacko pro software" . its actually free for 30 days . its like a trial period. enjoy

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by Linh Phung Lu
Posted on Tue, 05/19/2015 - 16:05

In reply to by cfdutoit

Hi Francois,

the link to your blog  stating how to automate the ARIS database  backup does not work anymore.

Can you please update your link?

Thanks for your response.

Kind regards, Linh

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by Francois Du Toit
Posted on Tue, 08/11/2015 - 10:14

In reply to by Linh Phung Lu

Hi Linh,

I tested the link and it is working on my end. Maybe your company is blocking access or something was wrong for the moment you were trying to access te website. Please try again :)

Thx,

Francois

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by Jonathan C
Posted on Wed, 07/05/2023 - 01:34

In reply to by cfdutoit

Hi Francois 

I can't seem to access the link either. Says it is not available anymore or moved to a different site. 

Also, does the script apply to ARIS 10 too?

Many thanks

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by Runé Becker
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Posted on Wed, 07/05/2023 - 11:49

In reply to by jonathancl

Dear Joanathan,

In case you are on ARIS 10.0 a pure ARIS database isn't a complete backup of all your work. Since a while we recommend to use ARIS Tenant Mangement (web-based user interface) or ARIS Cloud Controller (command line interface) to backup a tenant where ARIS databases are part of, and report scripts, macros, templates, documents, workflows etc.

You can access ARIS Tenant Management on your ARIS Server via https://myaris.domain/tm. And the backup command for a complete tenant via ARIS Cloud Controller is: backup tenant default to "C:/.../tenant_backup_backup.zip"

Cheers
Runè

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by Rui Lamelas
Posted on Fri, 07/18/2014 - 00:41

Hi,

What gets backed up in the backupsystemdb (user, groups, licenses, priviledges, configuration...)?

I have done a backupsystemdb in one system and restored it into a new one (different servers) and no users were restored.

When restoring to a new server (different name but same version) should one go thru the three steps below or should one skip some of them?

1. import from a previous t-datadump export

2. restoresystemdb

3. restore all

Thanks

Rui

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by Martin Schröder
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Posted on Thu, 10/16/2014 - 19:07

Hello,



a further question: Does anybody know how to get and evaluate return codes of arisadm72.exe in a batch?



I have done a CMD batch quite similar to Francois' solution and want to delete old DB backups, but only if "arisadm72.exe backup all" terminated successfully.



In interactive mode it occurred sometimes that arisadm72.exe gave error codes but it is not documented.



Thanks for any hint,



Martin

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by Runé Becker
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Posted on Thu, 10/16/2014 - 19:52

Dear Martin,



Instead of replying to 3 months old posts, I recommend to make a new post in order to get awareness.



I won't look for error code of arisadm72.exe, but would rely on its log file (parameter -l) and scan that log file afterwards.



Cheers

Rune

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by Sayed Ali
Posted on Mon, 11/23/2015 - 12:32

My apologies to bump up this OLD thread, But Rune, i seriously need yours OR Francois assistance 

I am using Aris 9.7 and i am getting this error on my command line after setting up the variables in the script !!

C:\SoftwareAG\ARIS9.7\server\bin\work\work_abs_m\tools\arisadm>arisadm -l "c:\Ar

is_Backups\2015-11-23\arisbackup.log" -s MDARISDSG:90 -t default -u system manag

er backup all c:\Aris_Backups\2015-11-23

C:\SoftwareAG\ARIS9.7\server\bin\work\work_abs_m\tools\arisadm>if exist "C:\SOFT

WA~1\ARIS9.7\server\bin\work\WORK_A~2\tools\arisadm\..\..\..\..\..\jdk\jre" GOTO

 :useJdk

C:\SoftwareAG\ARIS9.7\server\bin\work\work_abs_m\tools\arisadm>SET JAVACMD=C:\SO

FTWA~1\ARIS9.7\server\bin\work\WORK_A~2\tools\arisadm\..\..\..\..\..\jre\bin\jav

a

C:\SoftwareAG\ARIS9.7\server\bin\work\work_abs_m\tools\arisadm>GOTO :end

C:\SoftwareAG\ARIS9.7\server\bin\work\work_abs_m\tools\arisadm>C:\SOFTWA~1\ARIS9

.7\server\bin\work\WORK_A~2\tools\arisadm\..\..\..\..\..\jre\bin\java -cp lib/*;

 com.aris.modeling.client.arisadm.AArisAdm interactive

use default charset for console(windows-1252;windows-1252)

changed console output to encoding windows-1252

ARIS Server Administrator, Copyright ⌐ 2014 Software AG

No connection<aris>>



The connection STOPS at the last line "No connection<aris>>"  and keeps waiting continuously until and unless i press any key and then it repeats something similar again, But nothing gets done, EXCEPT the folder creation for the backup date !!!

Please let me know what is wrong that i am doing !!

Thank you for your time !!

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by Runé Becker
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Posted on Mon, 11/23/2015 - 13:25

Dear Sayed,

I haven't tried Francois' batch, and I don't have ARIS 9.7 currently installed.

But have you tried to use ARIS Server Administrator as batch, located in C:\SoftwareAG\ARIS9.7\server\bin\work\work_abs_m\tools\arisadm?

And are you sure you have successfully installed ARIS on port 90 since you have used that port number in your example above?

That way you don't necessarily install ARIS Clients on the server just to get ARIS Server Administrator.

Cheers

Rune

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by Sayed Ali
Posted on Mon, 11/23/2015 - 16:02

Thank you so so very much Rune for your response, I am indebted to you :)

I'll go point vice :-

I reside in GMT "IST:+5.30" and have just arrived form office :(

Hence, I will only be able to apply the solution tomorrow !!!



Secondly, I have seen this file located in my server at :-

C:\SoftwareAG\ARIS9.7\server\bin\work\work_abs_m\tools\arisadm

!!! BUT, I am not sure how do i use this to fulfill my need !!!

Please let me know if there is a document that describes the process to set it up, PLEASE!!

Thirdly and not the least !!

How do i find out if my server is using PORT 90 or something else, 

Where and how do we find that out !!

Thank you for listening to me and Appreciate your response !!!

Thank you once again !!

 

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by Runé Becker
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Posted on Mon, 11/23/2015 - 20:00

In reply to by SystemAli

Well, did you change the default port 80 to 90 during the setup?

Anyway, you can check which port is set via ARIS Cloud Controller: (adjust "_m" to your installation size: _s or _l)

show instance loadbalancer_m

And you change it via:
reconfigure loadbalancer_m +HTTPD.port=80
stop loadbalancer_m
start loadbalancer_m

Cheers
Rune
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by Sayed Ali
Posted on Tue, 11/24/2015 - 07:18

In reply to by rbe

Hello Rune,



Thank you so very much for guiding me to find out port number :)



Yes, I am using Port 80 on my server and this is what i seen when i run  "show instance loadbalancer_m" :-

ACC+ localhost>show instance loadbalancer_m

ID: loadbalancer_m state:STARTED type:com.aris.runnables.httpd.httpd-run-prod-97

.1.0.0-windows64)

Configuration parameters:

        HTTPD.LimitRequestFieldSize=32768

        HTTPD.keepalive=on

        HTTPD.modjk.max_packet_size=32768

        HTTPD.modjk.stickySessions.abs=true

        HTTPD.modjk.stickySessions.ads=true

        HTTPD.modjk.stickySessions.processboard=true

        HTTPD.modjk.stickySessions.umc=true

        HTTPD.port=80

        HTTPD.ssl.port=443

        acc.http.port=31378

        appcontext.abs=abs

        appcontext.cop=/

        appcontext.ecp=collaboration

START command was issued at Nov 16, 2015 4:06:50 PM

Average startup time: 4459msec

Autostart: OFF

Desired state: STARTED

ACC+ localhost>

But, No matter what i do, I still do not get anything going, :(

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by Sayed Ali
Posted on Mon, 11/23/2015 - 16:56



Hey Rune,

Did i read this correct ???

I guess this is what you are pointing to :-

C:\ARIS9\tools\ArisAdm\arisadm90.exe -s MyARISserver -t default -u system manager backup all C:\MyARISbackups

[ I will have to adjust the path and the parameters]

All i need to do is, run this script on the command line check if it works, and if does, set up the Windows Scheduler and make it run on my desired time !!!

I will run the same tomorrow and will post an update once i get an input !!

Thank you for bearing with me !!!

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by Runé Becker
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Posted on Mon, 11/23/2015 - 20:44

In reply to by SystemAli

What I tried to express is, that you could have ARIS Server Administrator twice in your ARIS installation:

  • In ARIS Client setup select ARIS Administration Tools to get ARIS Server Administrator in:

    C:\SoftwareAG\ARIS9.8\tools\ArisAdm\arisadm90.exe

     
  • From ARIS Design/Connect Server setup you will get ARIS Server Administrator as batch file in:

    C:\SoftwareAG\ARIS9.8\server\bin\work\work_abs_s\tools\arisadm\arisadm.bat (for Linux: arisadm.sh)

On a command line prompt start arisadm.90.exe or arisadm.bat /? to see all commands at a glance.

This tool is described in ARIS Server Installation and Administration Guide in chapter 6.1.4 ARIS Server Administrator (in 9.7 chapter 5.1.4).

Cheers

Rune

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by Sayed Ali
Posted on Tue, 11/24/2015 - 07:35

Hello Rune,

I have just run this batch file on my server and i get this output :-

C:\SoftwareAG\ARIS9.7\server\bin\work\work_abs_m\tools\arisadm>arisadm.bat /?

C:\SoftwareAG\ARIS9.7\server\bin\work\work_abs_m\tools\arisadm>if exist "C:\SOFT

WA~1\ARIS9.7\server\bin\work\WORK_A~2\tools\arisadm\..\..\..\..\..\jdk\jre" GOTO

 :useJdk

C:\SoftwareAG\ARIS9.7\server\bin\work\work_abs_m\tools\arisadm>SET JAVACMD=C:\SO

FTWA~1\ARIS9.7\server\bin\work\WORK_A~2\tools\arisadm\..\..\..\..\..\jre\bin\jav

a

C:\SoftwareAG\ARIS9.7\server\bin\work\work_abs_m\tools\arisadm>GOTO :end

C:\SoftwareAG\ARIS9.7\server\bin\work\work_abs_m\tools\arisadm>C:\SOFTWA~1\ARIS9

.7\server\bin\work\WORK_A~2\tools\arisadm\..\..\..\..\..\jre\bin\java -cp lib/*;

 com.aris.modeling.client.arisadm.AArisAdm interactive

use default charset for console(windows-1252;windows-1252)

changed console output to encoding windows-1252

ARIS Server Administrator, Copyright ⌐ 2014 Software AG

No connection<aris>>

When i issue this command that you have provided at the start of this page, I get to see this on screen :-

C:\SoftwareAG\ARIS9.7\server\bin\work\work_abs_m\tools\arisadm>arisadm -s MDARISDSG -t default -u system manager backup all C:\MyARISbackups

C:\SoftwareAG\ARIS9.7\server\bin\work\work_abs_m\tools\arisadm>if exist "C:\SOFT

WA~1\ARIS9.7\server\bin\work\WORK_A~2\tools\arisadm\..\..\..\..\..\jdk\jre" GOTO

 :useJdk

C:\SoftwareAG\ARIS9.7\server\bin\work\work_abs_m\tools\arisadm>SET JAVACMD=C:\SO

FTWA~1\ARIS9.7\server\bin\work\WORK_A~2\tools\arisadm\..\..\..\..\..\jre\bin\jav

a

C:\SoftwareAG\ARIS9.7\server\bin\work\work_abs_m\tools\arisadm>GOTO :end

C:\SoftwareAG\ARIS9.7\server\bin\work\work_abs_m\tools\arisadm>C:\SOFTWA~1\ARIS9

.7\server\bin\work\WORK_A~2\tools\arisadm\..\..\..\..\..\jre\bin\java -cp lib/*;

 com.aris.modeling.client.arisadm.AArisAdm interactive

use default charset for console(windows-1252;windows-1252)

changed console output to encoding windows-1252

ARIS Server Administrator, Copyright ⌐ 2014 Software AG

No connection<aris>>    <----------------- WHY DOES IT COME AND STOP HERE ?? WHAT DOES IT WANT FROM ME, IT IS SUPPOSE TO DO THINGS AUTOMATICALLY !!!!



​I am totally confused now :( 



Please assist !!!



Thank you!! 

 

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by rajesh marrapu
Posted on Tue, 06/27/2017 - 16:13

Hi Team,

Recently we migrated ARIS in window to linux platform. as of now we are facing some issues to crate schulde scripts for ARISTenantBackup in linux.while execting this shell scripts backupzip  file will not able create under desire location.

shell script::

# cat tenbck.sh

#!/bin/bash

echo "sending output to tenbcktest.log"

date "+%Y%m%d %T" >> /hosting/arisupdate/tenbcktest.log

/usr/bin/acc.sh -n /hosting/arisupdate/node.tp -c /hosting/arisupdate/generated.apptypes.cfg -f /hosting/arisupdate/commandfile.txt >> /hosting/arisupdate/tenbcktest.log

echo "sent output to tenbcktest.log"



# cat /hosting/arisupdate/commandfile.txt

backup tenant default to /hosting/arisupdate/backup username=system password=#####

problem is tentant backup file is not updating /hosting/arisupdate/backup directory. 

please help on this case.

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by Runé Becker
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Posted on Wed, 06/28/2017 - 07:08

Dear Rajesh,

as the discussion thread above is almost 2 years old, not many people will be able to see/read your question. I suggest to create a new post with your question.

However, typically we can't discuss here on such a technical detail level, in particular when customized scripts and the like are in use. For such matter I suggest to open a support ticket on Software AG's customer portal Empower.

Only that much here: If ACC doesn't end up with your expected result, then have a look in its log file and the log files of the runnables which should provide backup content. use collectLogFiles.bat to zip all log files and provide them attached to your support ticket.

Cheers

Rune

 

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by Fedor Stroganov
Posted on Thu, 02/14/2019 - 11:31

I can share my solution:

- the first script makes the backup.

- the second script rename all made files (by current date) and move them all to the target folder.

- then I tune my Windows's Task Scheduler and have happy!

1. Body of the first script:

@echo off

REM  ******************

REM  *** Variables  ***

REM  ******************



Rem *** Backup directory for ARIS databases

SET BACKUPDIR=<use your path to folder, for example \\server\Backup\arisbackup>

Rem *** Directory  with ARIS Installation 

SET ARISDIR=<use your path to ARIS>

REM *** SITEADMIN password 

SET SITEADMIN=<use your password>

REM *** DBADMIN password 

SET DBADMIN=<use your password>

REM *** CFGADMIN password 

SET CFGADMIN=<use your password>

REM  ***************

REM  *** ACTION  ***

REM  ***************



REM ***  Delete old backup directory with subdirectories ***

del /S /Q %BACKUPDIR%  >%BACKUPDIR%\delete.log

md %BACKUPDIR%

REM *** Change into ARIS directory ***

REM ***

REM *** Change to drive

c:

cd  %ARISDIR%



REM *** Do an export of all databases into the BACKUPDIR ***

arisadm70 -l %BACKUPDIR%\arisbackup.log -s localhost -pa %SITEADMIN% -p %DBADMIN% backup all %BACKUPDIR%

REM *** Do an export of the config database into the BACKUPDIR ***

arisadm70 -l %BACKUPDIR%\arisbackup2.log -s localhost -pa %SITEADMIN% -pc %CFGADMIN% backupconfig %BACKUPDIR%

REM *** Cleanup environment ***

SET BACKUPDIR=

SET ARISDIR=

SET DBADMIN=

SET CFGADMIN=

SET SITEADMIN=

REM *** Now the standard backup software can backup *.adb, *.acb files in BACKUPDIR  ***

2. Body of the second script:

@echo off

set dd=%DATE:~0,2%

set mm=%DATE:~3,2%

set yyyy=%DATE:~6,4%

set curdate=%dd%-%mm%-%yyyy%

set curdatetime=%curdate% %curtime%

for /f "tokens=*" %%a in ('dir /b \\server\Backup\arisbackup\*.*') do ren \\server\Backup\arisbackup\%%a %curdate%-%%a

set source1=\\server\Backup\arisbackup

set dest1=\\server\Backup\backup_forever

dir %source1% /a-d /b&&move /y %source1%\*.* %dest1%

//

P.S. You can make it better, but it (my scripts) works!

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by Runé Becker
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Posted on Thu, 02/14/2019 - 11:55

In reply to by fedorstroganov

Thanks for sharing, Yuri. However, you seem to be still on ARIS 7. this discussion above was about ARIS 9.

So your backup script won't work without changes for ARIS 9 or ARIS 10 due to a complete architecture of those successor products. The good point is that we still have arisadm, the command line tool to run administrative tasks on the ARIS backend. It's nowadays called ARIS Server Administrator., and exists as command line tool (EXE) being part of the ARIS Client, and it comes as batch script (BAT) as part of the ARIS Server.

Cheers

Rune

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by Fedor Stroganov
Posted on Thu, 02/14/2019 - 15:20

In reply to by rbe

I see. Unfortunately I have what I have :) So mostly I've shared my concept. I've worked in 9.6 in 2016 but now I'm working in 7.0.2 :)

P.S. My name is Theodor ;)

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