Settings Backup

  • 14 Jul

    Q&A 44: How-To Backup your Limagito File Mover Settings manually

    Backup your Limagito File Mover Settings. We tried to make this as simple as possible because we understand when a system crashes you need to be up and running asap. That’s why we store all our settings default within the following single folder: ‘C:\ProgramData\LimagitoX’.  The main settings file is the SQLite file called ‘LimagitoX.sqlite’.

    Besides that when using the File Mover as Service you need to remember the ‘Logon As’ account which you used. Don’t forget to keep a copy of the installer. We don’t need any .net or Java version.

    To be on the safe side:
    – Create a backup of your settings regularly (manually or automatic)
    – Remember the ‘Logon As’ account of the File Mover Service
    – Keep a backup of the ‘Limagito File Mover’ installer you used

    1.To create a backup of your settings open the ‘Tools’ menu and select ‘Options’.

    Limagito File Mover Backup Settings

    2.Click ‘Backup Settings Database Now’.

    Limagito File Mover Backup Settings

    3. Check your freshly created backup. Open the ‘Tools’ menu and select ‘Settings Directory’.

    Limagito File Mover Backup Settings

    4. Now you are in the subfolder ‘Bak’ of our default ‘Settings’ folder. There should be a subfolder with the current date as folder name. In our case this is ‘20210714180640’, we use ‘YYYYMMDDHHNNSS’ as format.

    Limagito File Mover Backup Settings

    5. The subfolder contains all the settings files you need in case your system would crash. Place a copy of this folder on a different (storage) system.

    FYI, be sure to create a backup of any ‘non default’ files you are using together with our file mover (private key files, public key files, ..).

    >> Now your backup is ready <<

    Limagito File Mover Backup Settings

    6. In case of a system crash you’ll first need to run the installer on the new system. The installer will create our default Settings folder: ‘C:\ProgramData\LimagitoX’. Copy & paste all files from a previous backup folder into our default settings folder so it looks like the following screenshot again. You need to do this before you start any File Mover Application or Service.

    Next, use the LimagitoXC.exe (Config Tool) to install the File Mover Service. Before you start the Service, first change the default ‘Logon As’ user of the File Mover Service to the one you were using before.

    Limagito File Mover Backup Settings

     

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    If you need any info about howto ‘Backup your Limagito File Mover Settings’, please let us know.

    Best regards,

    Limagito Team

    By Limagito-Team Q&A Settings Backup ,
  • 07 Apr

    How-To Backup LimagitoX Settings using DB Scheduler

    Dear Users,

    v2019.4.7.0

    On request we’ve added an option to automatically backup the settings of our file mover using a schedule. All settings are stored in a SQLite Database and the most important one is ‘LimagitoX.sqlite’. It’s very important not to lock this file because this could interfere the File Mover operation. Please do not copy this file yourself because of the lock risk, always use the new scheduler option.

    Tools > Options > Database Tab

    Setup the Schedule

    The backup of the settings will be stored in the ‘Bak’ subfolder of the File Mover settings folder:

    C:\ProgramData\LimagitoX\Bak

    Optionally you could create an extra Moving rule to copy/move these files to your storage server.

    If you want to create a backup manually.

    Regards,

    Limagito Team

  • 26 Dec

    How do I migrate LimagitoX to another system

    Procedure to migrate your current ‘old’ installation to a ‘new’ system. Migration is possible starting from v11 up to our latest version.

    1) On the ‘old’ system:

    • Create a backup of the Settings Directory:
      • Open the ‘Settings Directory’ of the current File Mover installation. Menu Item: Tools > Settings Dir
      • Create a backup of all files (including subdirectories) within this directory (default C:\ProgramData\LimagitoX\*.*)
      • The most important file is LimagitoX.sqlite (contains all settings)

    2) On the ‘new’ system:

    • Install the latest version (v2018 or higher)
    • Start the LimagitoX File Mover Config tool (do not start any other file mover exe yet)
      • Open the ‘Settings Directory’ using the ‘Tools > Settings Directory’ menu item of this Config tool
      • Close Config tool (important !)
      • Copy the complete backup content from the ‘old’ server into this directory (default C:\ProgramData\LimagitoX\)
      • It will ask you to overwrite some files on the new server which is ok to do. All files from the backup (= ‘old’ server) must be copied to the new server.
    • In case of a new license file:
      • Start the LimagitoX File Mover Config tool once more (do not start any other file mover exe yet)
      • Select and Import the new license file (“License File” Tab)
      • Close Config tool

    3) Open the Intro.pdf file on the new server and start with the ‘First Usage’ section of this document (you can skip the first item of the First Usage section which is ‘Install the latest version’).

    Regards,

    Limagito Team

    By Limagito-Team Q&A Settings Backup Update
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