1. Administration Guide
  2. Backup Service
  3. Restore the STA Database from a Backup

Restore the STA Database from a Backup

To resolve certain STA application issues, you may need to restore the database to the last incremental backup.

To restore the database, you will load the most recent full database dump and then apply the incremental backups created since the dump. Depending on the size of your database and the number of incremental backups, this may be a lengthy process.

To restore the STA database, perform these tasks in order:

  1. Prepare a Replacement STA Server (optional)
  2. Copy Backup Files to the Server
  3. Restore the Database Configuration Directory Files
  4. Reload the Database
  5. Depending on which incremental backups need to be restored, use the following: