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[[Image:Backup Restore menu.png|center]]<li>Select '''IMSMA Backup and Restore > Backup'''.</li></ol>

[[Image:fig185Backup.png|center|400px|''IMSMA Backup window'']]

<ol start="5"><li>In the IMSMA Backup window, click the [[Image:DestDir.png]] button beside next to the Destination Directory field.</li>:The Open window displays.</li><li>From the Open window:</li><ol type="a"><li>* Navigate to the folder to which you would like to save the backup files.</li>: * Select a secure folder where there is enough space for the backup. : * To store the backup on the same computer as the database is on, it is '''not''' a secure place.<li>* Click the ''Open'' button.</li>:The name of the folder displays in the Destination Directory field. </olli><li>In the ''Include in addition to IMSMA Database'' section of the Backup window, check the checkbox ([[Image:CheckedBoxIcon.png]]) next to each item to back up.</li>:If you do not check any items, only the IMSMA database and the attachments will be backed up. See the following table for a description of the type of information that is backed up with each file.</olli>

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| GIS Database || All the GIS data such as map symbols and their locations that appear in the map displayMap pane. It is recommended to include this in the backup so the receiver of the backup does not need to rebuild the sandbox. The files are located in the ''IMSMA Installation Folder''C:\IMSMAng\client\gis\sandbox\[active map]\map '' folder.

| Map Data || All the files that builds up the background geographical information (for example, rivers) that appears in map of the '''active''' map displaywill be backup. The files are located in the ''IMSMA Installation Folder''C:\IMSMAng\server\gis\maps\[active map] '' folder. If there is sub-theme assignments also ''C:\IMSMAng\client\conf\UserPrefs.prop''s will be included.

| Form Template || Data entry form Entry Form templates that were created using the Template Designer and saved in the ''IMSMA Installation Folder''C:\IMSMAng\client\FormTemplates\MyTemplates '' folder. Published templates are stored in the database.

| Report Template || iReport templates that were saved in the ''IMSMA Installation Folder''C:\IMSMAng\iReport\ireport\templates '' folder.

| Translations || The ITerms_XX.properties, IMessage_XX.properties and trans_XX.properties files. The files are located in the ''IMSMA Installation Folder''C:\IMSMAng\client\resources\com\fgm\imsma\lexicon '' folder.

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<li>Enter the database password.</li><li>Click the '''OK''' button.</li>:A copy of your data is saved to the specified destination directory in a folder named with the current date and time ''Backup_current_date_and_time'' (e.g., Backup_{''date_time''}Backup_2014_10_01_17_45_15). </li>  

==Errors during backup=={{Warning | If you see any error message during backup, it means that you do not '''NOT''' have any backup of your database!}} [[Image:Backup_error.png|center|500px|''The backup did '''not''' went well'']]<oldiv align="center">''The backup did '''not''' went well''</div> The most common reasons why the backup did not go well are:* the password was mistyped* there was not enough space in the specified folder* the user did not have permission to write to the specified folder In the details you will see more details on why the backup did not go well. [[Image:Backup_errorBackup_error_detail.png|center|500px|''Verify that the The backup did '''not''' went well'']]

''Is Expand the expected result there?error message by clicking on Show Detail''

<li>Example of another error message in the Console log: ''ava.lang.StringIndexOutOfBoundsException: String index out of range: -1'' This is an indication that something is not correct with e.g. '''[[IMSMA Client Configuration Tool | IMSMA Client variables]]''' or '''[[Environment Variables | Environment variables]]''' on the computer. {{NavBox How To BackupManage Information}}

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