You can back up your complete Flow Monitor SQL Server database and archive database to any mapped directory you have on your network. Database backups are saved as .bak files and can be restored at any time. Restoring a .bak file overwrites your current database with the data in a .bak file.
Important: You can use this feature with any local instance of SQL Server (default databases are named Netflow and NFArchive). This feature does not work with remote databases.
Important: We strongly suggest that you backup and restore the Netflow database and archive database as a set. When you backup the Netflow database, you should also backup the archive database. Similarly, when you restore the Netflow database, you should restore the archive database to the version that was most recently generated by the Netflow database.
If you want to back up the SQL database to a mapped drive, the Logon settings for the SQL Server must have write access to the mapped drive (default database name for Flow Monitor is NETFLOW and the default database name for Flow Monitor archive is NFArchive).
To change the SQL database logon settings:
(NETFLOW or NFArchive) service. The SQL Service Properties dialog appears.Note: This is a complete backup and restore, so any change that you make after the backup will be overwritten and lost after restoring a backup.
To access the Database Utilities Backup and Restore features:
From the main menu in the WhatsUp Gold console, click Tools > Database Utilities > Back Up Flow Monitor Current or Archive Database.
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click Tools > Database Utilities > Restore Flow Monitor Current or Archive Database.