14.3 Taking a Snapshot of the Databases

In the Repair tool, you can manually take a snapshot at any time. You might want to take a snapshot after you have completed several configuration additions or changes to the pair, policy, schedule, or cloud account databases. This ensures that those changes are immediately saved to a snapshot. Otherwise, the snapshot is not taken until the next scheduled time.

  1. Log in to the DynamicFS server as a user with Administrator privileges.

  2. Stop the Service as described in Section 6.4.3, Stopping the Dynamic File Service.

  3. On the server, start the Repair tool by right-clicking the Service Controller icon in the notification area and selecting Repair Tool from the menu.

  4. Select Take a Snapshot, then click Run.

    A confirmation is printed to the data window. The snapshot data is saved by default to C:\ProgramData\Dynamic File Services\SnapShot\<day_of_the_week>.

  5. (Optional) In a file browser, navigate to the Snapshot\<day_of_the_week> folder, and visually verify that the snapshot files have been saved.

  6. When you are done, click Close to close the Repair tool.

    You cannot restart the Service while the Repair tool dialog box is open.

  7. Right-click the Service Controller icon, select Start Service, then click Yes to run Service as Administrator.