How To Restore Data From A Backup - Siemens SIMATIC PCS 7 Service Manual

Ensuring Availability
3.2 Data backup
Preparing the database backups
Before performing a backup, you must always carry out the following steps in Route Control
engineering:
● Check the database consistency via the menu command Options > Check Consistency.
● Compress the database via the menu command Options > Compress Database.
Creating a backup
1. Select the multiproject/project in the SIMATIC Manager.
2. Select the menu command Options > SIMATIC Route Control> Engineering.
The "Route Control Engineering - ..." dialog box opens.
3. Select the menu command Options > Export/Import CSV > CSV Export/Import Wizard ....
The "Wizard: CSV file data exchange (Export/Import)" opens.
4. Check the path in the "Directory" input box.
5. In the "Direction" group, select the check box "RC project engineering >> CSV file(s)
(Export).
6. Click "Continue".
7. Select all check boxes.
8. Click "Continue".
9. Click "Finish".
The files are exported.
Additional information
● Manual
3.2.5.3

How to restore data from a backup

Introduction
You restore partial routes from SIMATIC Route Control from a backup file.
Importing a backup
1. Select the multiproject/project in the SIMATIC Manager.
2. Select the menu command Options > SIMATIC Route Control> Engineering.
The "Route Control Engineering - ..." dialog box opens.
3. Select the menu command Options > Export/Import CSV > CSV Export/Import Wizard ....
The "Wizard: CSV file data exchange (Export/Import)" opens.
4. The dialog box "Wizard: CSV file data exchange (Export/Import)" opens.
5. Check the default path set in the "Directory" input box.
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