About the Backup and Restore operations

A backup file can be configured to contain the Sedona virtual machine (SVM), the app.sab and kits.scode, as well as all of the Sedona dependencies (kits, manifests, and par files). The latter is one of the major enhancements in Sedona Framework TXS 1.2. This added ability of the Niagara station backup to include Sedona Framework device files, ensures the presence of all of the files that your application requires to run if deployed on another device. In this sense, the backup tool provides a true “backup”. Once you have created a backup of a device, if the device fails you can quickly get operations running again by restoring the backup to a replacement device.

Three backup options are available:

When using the Backup and Restore operations, the save (backup) and source (restore) locations differ slightly depending on the method used to connect to the device. You can use either of the connection methods described here:

For more details on using the Backup and Restore operations, refer to Common Tasks.