Collecting snapshots of data for Common Services components

A snapshot is a moment in time collection of information about a running Common Services component. Common Services provides a process to collect the snapshot data and save it in one or more archive files.

The following components support snapshots.
  • Transaction Server
  • Gateway
  • Business Rules components
    • Business Rules Manager
    • Business Rules Server
When you are deciding which data to collect into a snapshot, consider the following things.
  • Consider creating and maintaining an extra directory within the snapshot directory structure to be used to add other helpful files to the snapshot. For example, readme files that describe the problem and the input files that can be used to re-create the problem. Specify this directory by using the snapshotUserPath property.
  • Business Rules Server allows the user to include the workflow XML and TBL files in a snapshot. The TBL files can be large and contain proprietary data, so collect these files in a snapshot only when necessary.