Settings Backup

The Settings Backup scheduler job writes the FJC settings stored on the Fylr server - everything the Attention products keep there: module configurations, view sets, queries, scheduler jobs, metadata templates, asset actions, e-mail themes and templates, workflows and installed plugins, together with the files they reference - into a backup file. It is the scheduled counterpart of the Settings Backup plugin of the Attention Control Center, which is also the tool to restore such a file. Open its configuration via the Scheduler admin module and pick Settings Backup as the job type.

Setting Description
Directory The folder the backup files are written to. It lives on the machine the scheduler service runs on, not on the machine ACC runs on, and must already exist - the job does not create it.
Keep How many of the newest backup files to keep in that folder; older ones are deleted after each run. 0 keeps every file.

What the job does when it runs

Every time the scheduler triggers the job it:

  1. Reads every settings area from the server and writes it, together with the referenced files, to fjc-prefs-backup_<date>_<time>.zip in the configured folder.
  2. Deletes the oldest files in that folder beyond the configured number. Only files named like its own backups are considered - the snapshots ACC writes before a restore and any other file in the folder are left alone.
  3. Names the written file, its size and the number of deleted files in the run notification.
  4. Fails with an error when the folder does not exist or the backup cannot be written; a partially written file is removed so that the folder never holds an incomplete backup.