Backing Up Your Site

You back up your site using the Backup and Restore page, which is accessible from the Site Studio Administration page on the content server.

To back up your site, perform these steps:

1. Log in to the content server as an administrator.

2. In the Administration section, select Site Studio Administration.

   The Site Studio Administration page is displayed (see Site Studio Administration). If you run Content Server in the Top Menus layout, you do not see this page. Instead, all administration options are then items in the Site Studio Administration menu.

3. Click Backup and Restore.

   The Backup and Restore page is displayed (see Backup and Restore Page).

4. Select the Web site to back up, and click Create Web Site Backup.

   The progress of the backup is shown (Figure).

Backup Progress

5. Click Back when the backup is done (that is, the completion percentage is 100%).

   You can go back to the previous page at any time without affecting the current backup.

6. On the Backup and Restore page, click Manage Web Site Backups.

   The Web Site Backup Archives page is displayed (see Web Site Backup Archives Page).

7. This page shows a list of all Web site backups that are currently on the content server. To download the backup that you created, click the actions menu icon (Figure) next to it, and choose Download backup archive as ZIP.

   Actions Menu Icon

   
   

   Depending on the size of your site, you may have to wait several minutes for the zip file to be created.

8. Click Save in the file download dialog, choose a location for the zip file, and click Save to begin the download.

   
   

   Note: If your Web site exceeds the maximum file limit of 65,535 in a zip file, then the backup archive file is not created. Instead, you must open the backup archive directly from the file system and download it from there. Backup archives are stored in the [CS-Dir]\data\sitestudio\backuparchives directory on the content server.

   
   

You can delete a backed-up site at any time by clicking the actions menu or icon and then choosing Delete backup archive. You can do this on the Web Site Backup Archives page (see Web Site Backup Archives Page) and the Backup Archive Information page (see Backup Archive Information Page).