Disaster Recovery

An installation can use MOVEit Automation to copy critical files to a remote server for backup to tape, or to configure a hot standby.

Back up the following critical files and folders regularly. They are located in the Program Files\MOVEit directory.

Critical files.

• miccfg.xml - MOVEit Automation configuration file. Contains a complete list of tasks, hosts, certificates and other information.
• michash.xml - MOVEit Automation "hash" file. Contains tamper detection information.
• PGPPath\secring.pgp and PGPPath\pubring.pgp - PGP keyrings. Contains the PGP keys used by MOVEit Automation, if the optional PGP capability has been licensed. (These files are found in the PGPPath subdirectory of the MOVEit directory.)

Critical folders. Back up the folders and their contents.

• StateFiles – Contains MOVEit Automation state files for individual hosts/tasks. These files contain important information such as date/timestamps for folders and files, saved directory listings for synchronization tasks, and more.

  Note: The configuration file and state files are encrypted. Before you can make changes to them, you must first use MOVEit Automation Admin to authenticate to MOVEit Automation..

Statistics database.

Back up the Statistics database regularly. This information is stored in a database.

• If you are using MySQL as your database engine, the database server is usually installed in the "C:\mysql\" or "D:\mysql\" directory. Back up alll files in the "..\mysql\data\MICStats" directory should be backed up to protect the statistics database.
• If you are using Microsoft SQL Server, contact your database administrator for information on backing up the database.

Client certificates to be backed up.

The Microsoft Windows certificate store contains the SSL server certificate used to secure communications with MOVEit Automation clients. If you are using client certificates , S/MIME or AS1/AS2/AS3, the Windows store also contains the related certificates.

To create a backup of the client certificates, run a MOVEit Automation task that uses the Certs Backup script.

It is less important to back up the MOVEit Automation SSL server certificate used to protect MOVEit Automation Admin and MOVEit Automation API connections because a new server certificate can be created by doing a fresh install.

Registry items to be backed up:

• The registry key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Standard Networks\MOVEitCentral contains values such as:
  • A pointer to the SSL server certificate used to secure communications between MOVEit Automation and MOVEit Automation Admin/API
  • The ODBC DSN used for the statistics database
  • The temporary cache directory
  • The license key that enables MOVEit Automation
• The Windows user database. If you have created Windows users and/or groups for use by MOVEit Automation Admin users, the Windows user authentication database should also be backed up. This database is part of the Windows registry.

The registry is typically not changed often, so occasional backups should be sufficient.

Configuration Aging

Each time MOVEit Automation successfully saves a copy of its XML-based configuration files (miccfg.xml, etc.), it also ages up to four older versions in a simple grandfather scheme. For example, the "three saves ago" file is titled "miccfg.OL3".

If one of these files gets corrupted (often by an over-zealous anti-virus or backup utility), it is often possible to restore MOVEit Automation to a close-to-current state by copying one of the aged copies over the appropriate configuration file. For more information, contact MOVEit support.