Cannot generate the backup database

Are you sure, the user running the report has permissions to backup the database? E. g. "Database backup"

Are you sure that the user account that runs the ARIS server has access rights to folder "C://Userdata"; (on the server!)?

Very good point, Ariene. Also, if you are running a multi-node server the report might be executed on any of the nodes, so a local file system like C:\ may not be a good place for your backup.

Hello,

I have exactly the same problem . I run my code on the local server.

If I backup the database manually, the backup can be successfully created. I want to save the backup into this folder "C:\UserData\Documents\ARIS 10", where all the Aris created files (doc, xls) are saved. Aris client should have access to the folder since it can write doc files into this folder.

Thank you very much in advance!

Try the following changed script:

var g_startTime = new Date();

function main()

{

    var ADB   = ArisData.getActiveDatabase();

    var oFile;

    var oDbAdmin;

    var lOutput = Context.createOutputObject()

    var sPath = lOutput.getCurrentPath().getPath();  

    lOutput.WriteReport()

    Context.deleteFile(Context.getSelectedFile())

   

    var sFile = "WorkDB_"+getTimeStampAsString();

    //Context.setSelectedPath(sPath);

    //Context.setSelectedFile(sFile);

    oFile     = new java.io.File(sPath, sFile);

    dbAdmin  = Context.getComponent("ServerAdmin");

    if(dbAdmin.backupDatabase(ADB,oFile)){

             Dialogs.MsgBox("Work DB"+" was backed up on "+new Date());

            Context.addOutputFileName(sFile)            

         }else{

             Dialogs.MsgBox("Work DB"+" could not be backed up on "+new Date());

         }     

    return;

}

function getTimeStampAsString() {

    var date = g_startTime;

    return date.getFullYear() + "_" +

                ((parseInt(date.getMonth())+1)>9 ? '' : '0') + (parseInt(date.getMonth())+1) + "_" +

                (date.getDate()>9 ? '' : '0') + date.getDate() + "_" +

                (date.getHours()>9 ? '' : '0') + date.getHours() + "_" +

                (date.getMinutes()>9 ? '' : '0') + date.getMinutes() + "_" +

                (date.getSeconds()>9 ? '' : '0') + date.getSeconds()

                }

main();

Kind regards, Ariene Kroeze

Thank you very much Ariene Kroeze, the backup function works. However I can't find the  backup file in the folder where all the files are saved. Do I need to do anything extra to get this file?

Hi Ariene,

I have tried to restore the backup database to Aris. However the backup is encrypted and I need to enter a password for the database file. Do you know why the backup data is encrypted and how can I decrypt it? 

Thank you very much!

I'm so sorry, but I have no idea. In my case it works good, without any encryption.

Kind regards, Ariene

Hi Ariene,

thank you very much. I have tried your method and it works to backup the database. But I can't find the file and it's not stored in the location where other Aris output files are stored. Do you have any idea how to retrieve this file?

Best

??? In my case the backup is stored in the same directory as I input in the "Save output as" field in the ui.