Optrix Documentation

You can restore a previous ARDI backup by going to the Administration Page (via the Side Panel) and hitting 'Restore'.

NOTE - To restore backups requires a fully-working ARDI system to be installed, which takes time and resources to set up. Our preferred method of creating a backup is to create a 'Bare Metal' backup by taking a snapshot of your virtual machine image.

Note that the restore process does NOT install new drivers - it simply activates drivers that are already installed. If you are restoring a backup to a fresh ARDI system, please ensure that you have installed all of the relevant ARDI driver files before you attempt to restore the backup.

Internally, the system takes care of stopping your existing drivers, importing your backed-up databases, copying media files, checking for configuration settings that conflict with other sites in your multi-site installation, regenerating the asset cache and bringing your new drivers online.

Backing up and restoring is a common way of moving ARDI databases from development to production machines.