Backing up Config - Go to the Backup page in the Configure section and click EXPORT. This will export all your Searches, Workspaces, Alerts, Users etc into an config file. LDAP credentials however will not be exported, this is for security reasons. This file can be used for restoring a deployment on a new server.
Restoring backup config - Go to Configure/Backup section and click on Overwrite. Select your logscape config to restore. This will overwrite your current Logscape configuration with the config file.
To selectively export the Manager's configuration type a comma separated list of text in the filter, then click on Download. The resulting config file will contain all the Workspaces, Searches , dashboards , types that contain the text in the title of the component substring.
Exporting Workspaces,Searches and Datatypes - Configuration can also be selectively exported by another method, and that is by type, using the following syntax:
$COMPONENT:substringThe $COMPONENT can be any of the following:
Workspace:Home
If you want to restore a partial config at a later date it is import to understand the difference between the MERGE and OVERWRITE options. The MERGE and OVERWRITE options are the same operations with the exception of how they deal with data sources. Under the MERGE option data sources are installed along side each other if they have identical names. Under the OVERWRITE option a data source will overwrite any existing data source with the same tag.
NOTE: Whenever restoring a complete back up always use the overwrite option
