Backing up your system

It is a best practice to periodically back up the IBM® Business Automation Workflow system so that you can more rapidly recover from the loss of data. Creating a backup policy requires familiarity with the backup requirements of all system components.

About this task

When you create a backup policy for your IBM Business Automation Workflow system, you must be familiar with the requirements of all of the components. For example, the IBM FileNet® P8 contains both content and workflow elements for the system. You must use the information from the FileNet P8 documentation to understand and plan for your backups of the FileNet P8 system.

For the IBM Business Automation Workflow files and data, your backup plans can depend on how often files are used or changed.

For the additional components that you integrate with IBM Business Automation Workflow, see the product documentation to plan backup and recovery. For IBM Forms, back up both ICM and API directories within the IBM Forms installation path. For example, back up:

C:\IBM\FormsServer\installation path\ICM

C:\IBM\FormsServer\installation path\API