Restoring a database using loaddb RESTORE
This procedure restores your Content Delivery database. Backups can be restored to another system, even if the system that you restore the backup to has a different operating system than the computer on which the backup was created. The RESTORE command outperforms other ways of restoring the database, especially if the database is large.
Before you begin
Content Delivery will be unavailable for the duration of the execution.
If the backup you intend to restore includes user information and credentials (that is, if it contains a backup of the folder /db/system/), you must know the admin password at the time the database was backed up, because the restore will also restore that password.
About this task
RESTORE command only restores the Content Delivery database. The following files are not part of the database, and are therefore not restored by this task:
- conf.xml
- lc.properties
- log4j.xml
- LiveContent*.xml files
If you have modified any or all of these files, you must back up and restore them separately.
Procedure
Example
loaddb.bat -Dlc.file="myBackup1.zip" RESTORE