Sana Backup and Restore

Sana Commerce Backup

• Source code backup;
• IIS configuration backup;
• SQL Server database backup;
• NAV database backup (NAV Connector only);
• Sana Commerce project export (AX 2009 and earlier);
• Export the Sana Model (AX 2012);
• Data export (AX Connector only).

Step 1: In the IIS snap-in on the local computer, click the 'Computer' icon under 'Internet Information Services'.

Step 2: Click 'Action' and select 'Backup/Restore Configuration'.

Step 3: Click 'Create backup', choose a name for your backup file, and then click 'OK'.

The default location of the backup is the: '%SystemRoot%\system32\inetsrv\MetaBack' folder. If you want to save your backup file to another location you can copy the file from this default location to another location.

%windir%\system32\inetsrv\appcmd.exe add backup 'SC_Backup'

There are several differences in the way IIS stores website configuration depending on the webserver infrastructure. If the web application is deployed to a multi-server environment and a shared configuration is used in IIS, then the backup and restore of the shared configuration files should be managed manually. Using 'appcmd.exe' utility is not sufficient in this case since it will create a backup only of the local 'redirection.config' file instead of the shared configuration file. See the following article for more details about shared configuration backup: http://mvolo.com/blogs/serverside/archive/2008/03/25/backing-up-and-restoring-IIS-7.0-shared-configuration.aspx

The standard backup procedure can be used to backup the Sana Commerce SQL Server database. Follow the link below for information on database backup in SQL Server 2005: 
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms187510(SQL.90).aspx 

Step 2: Right-click on the Sana Commerce project and select 'Export'.

The standard export model procedure is used to export the Sana model from Microsoft Dynamics AX.
See 'How to: Export and Import a Model Store [AX 2012]' in the Microsoft TechNet Library.

The standard data export procedure can be used to export  AX data. See Microsoft Dynamics AX Help for instructions on AX data export procedure. You can find this help by navigating to the 'Microsoft Dynamics AX > Help' menu in the AX client.