Backup Principles

Test Your Backups

Many organizations have implemented solid, thorough backup plans, executed them faithfully on a regular basis, and then discovered too late that their backups had been failing silently for weeks or months. Always test your backups on a regular basis to make sure you can restore your system in full.

Back Up Often

Make sure you back up your data as often as possible. We recommend a differential backup at least once a day, with a full backup of the entire system once or more per week.

Back Up All Necessary Files

The Laserfiche server includes several different components, each of which must be included in your backup plan, in particular the volume files and the SQL databases. This section will help you determine what you need to back up.

Update Your Backup Procedure When Your Installation Changes

Certain changes to your Laserfiche installation may require you to update your backup procedure.  For example, migrating from a previous version of Laserfiche to a new version will usually involve creating a new database, and you should make sure that, once the migration is complete, you are backing up the new database rather than the old and now-unused database. Similarly, if you move some of your volumes to another hard drive to distribute the load, or create new volumes, you need to make sure that your backup procedure backs up the volumes in their new location, or the files will not be backed up.