1. Administering Oracle Analytics Server
  2. Manage Your Installation
  3. Take Snapshots and Restore
  4. Export and Import Snapshots

Export and Import Snapshots

You can save snapshots to your local file system and import them. Exporting and importing snapshots enables you to back up and restore your content or migrate content between development, test, and production environments.

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Export Snapshots

Use the export option to save a snapshot to your local file system. Exporting allows you to store and manage any snapshots you might take of your system.

The snapshot exports as an archive file (.bar). The time it takes to export your snapshot depends on the size of the .bar file.

If you haven't taken the snapshot yet, you’ll need to do that first.

  1. Click Console.
  2. Click Snapshots.
  3. Select the snapshot that you want to export.
  4. Click Snapshot Actions Snapshot actions menu.
  5. Click Export.
  6. In Snapshot Password, enter and confirm a password for the snapshot.

    The password must be between 8 and 50 characters long and contain at least one numeric character, one uppercase letter, and one lowercase letter.

    Don’t forget this password. You’ll be asked for this password when you try to import the file in the future. For example, if want to restore or migrate the content stored in the snapshot.

  7. Click Export.

    The time it takes to export depends on the size of the file.

Import Snapshots

You can import a snapshot that you previously saved on your local file system. The time it takes to import the snapshot depends on the size of the snapshot .bar file.

When you import a snapshot, the file itself is uploaded to your system but the artifacts stored inside the snapshot aren’t immediately available in your environment. Snapshots you import display in the snapshot list. When you’re ready to do so, you can overwrite your current artifacts, such as your catalog, by restoring the snapshot.

  1. Click Console.
  2. Click Snapshots.
  3. Click the Page actions menu Page actions menu and select Import Snapshot.
  4. Click Select to locate the snapshot that you want to upload.

    Select the snapshot file (.bar) that contains your snapshot. You can upload snapshots taken from Oracle Analytics Server and Oracle Analytics Cloud excluding file-based data, plug-ins, and extensions.

  5. Enter the snapshot password.

    This is the password that you specify whenever you export a snapshot to your local file system.

  6. Click Import.