topic Alfresco server Easy recovery configuration in Alfresco Forum https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-forum/alfresco-server-easy-recovery-configuration/m-p/74228#M23787 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi folks,</P><P>I have a backup of production server Alfresco 4.2 Enterprise including:</P><P>database <A href="https://mindmajix.com/sql-server-training" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">MS SQL</A>;</P><P>"Tomcat7" folder;</P><P>"Alfresco" folder (it has "alf_data" folder, "alfresco-global.properties" and other).</P><P>Currently, I'm deploying additional server Alfresco for fault-tolerance (not for a cluster) with the same configuration. I plan to use this server in the future in case of production server will fail.</P><P></P><P>I'd like to make full and easy deployment of new server Alfresco with production configuration without installing modules, configuring Tomcat, SOLR with a lot of other things.</P><P>I plan to use these steps when setting up a new server:</P><P>1) Install OS and Alfresco from the production distro. Stop service Tomcat7 on a new server.</P><P>2) Recover (сopy) MS SQL-database of production server from backup under a different name.</P><P>3) Delete (or rename) "Alfresco" and "Tomcat7" folders from installation.</P><P>4) Recovery (copy) "Alfresco" and "Tomcat7" folders of production server from backup on the same pathes on a new server.</P><P>5) Change on new server main properties Alfresco in alfresco-global.properties (db.name, alfresco.host, share.host) and Catalina.sh, that refer to IP and name of the production server.</P><P>6) Start service Tomcat7 on a new server.</P><P></P><P>Is this right decision? Can I just recover folders "Alfresco" and "Tomcat7" from production server on a new server?</P><P>Therefore, if production server will fail in the future, I will recover only repository with indexes (database and datastore folder) on a new server from relevant production backup.</P><P></P><P>Thank you!</P></BODY></HTML> Sat, 24 Mar 2018 10:01:05 GMT leviya 2018-03-24T10:01:05Z Alfresco server Easy recovery configuration https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-forum/alfresco-server-easy-recovery-configuration/m-p/74228#M23787 Hi folks,I have a backup of production server Alfresco 4.2 Enterprise including:database MS SQL;"Tomcat7" folder;"Alfresco" folder (it has "alf_data" folder, "alfresco-global.properties" and other).Currently, I'm deploying additional server Alfresco for fault-tolerance (not for a cluster) with the s Sat, 24 Mar 2018 10:01:05 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-forum/alfresco-server-easy-recovery-configuration/m-p/74228#M23787 leviya 2018-03-24T10:01:05Z Re: Alfresco server Easy recovery configuration https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-forum/alfresco-server-easy-recovery-configuration/m-p/74229#M23788 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Have you looked into&nbsp;<A class="link-titled" href="https://docs.alfresco.com/5.2/concepts/backup-intro.html" title="https://docs.alfresco.com/5.2/concepts/backup-intro.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Backing up and restoring the repository | Alfresco Documentation</A>&nbsp;</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 26 Mar 2018 07:45:58 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-forum/alfresco-server-easy-recovery-configuration/m-p/74229#M23788 mehe 2018-03-26T07:45:58Z