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Make FME Server backup/restore a true restore

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  • April 7, 2017
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nic_ran
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The current FME Server backup/restore process is very handy but a bit misleading in that a restore behaves more like a deploy than a true restore. What I mean by this is that if you make a backup, then add some new items to FME Server (e.g. workspaces, resources, etc.), then restore the backup, you will be left with a hybrid configuration - those items which were backed up will be reverted to their previous state but the new items will also still exist on the server.

Every other backup system that I know of restores to a known state, not to a mixed state of pre- and post-backup items. It would be great if FME Server could also follow this model, or at least provide an option for this more conventional behavior.

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erik_jan
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  • April 7, 2017

Good point.

An option to do a full restore (remove all and restore from file) would be great.


I noticed the same behavior during the current migration from FME Server 2016.1 to 2018.x. A function Restore with previous Remove all is definitely missing.

Or is there an alternative to reset without reinstallation?


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While this functionally is not fully available for FME Server backups on-premise yet, FME Cloud already allows you to do full rollbacks to a previous backup of an entire FME Cloud instance. Additionally, snapshots of an instance can be created to launch a new FME Cloud instance from any previous backup. Check out our doc for more details:

 

https://docs.safe.com/fme_cloud/FME_Cloud/Content/About_Instances/Backups.htm

LizAtSafe
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  • April 5, 2025
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