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The restore process restores the SMS database and configuration files from a backup file. Before restoring the database, the SMS validates the integrity of the backup file. If the file is invalid, the SMS console displays an error message. To ensure database integrity, the system automatically reboots after the restore operation.
The SMS supports restoring a backup taken from a previous version of SMS. For example, you can restore a backup taken with SMS 3.5 and restore it to an SMS 3.6 server. When you restore a backup file from a previous version, the database is not only restored, but the data is migrated and data structures conform to the version of SMS running on your SMS server.
Note
Note
If you restore a backup to an SMS server on which SMS patches are installed, you might need to rollback and reapply an SMS patch. In this case, the restoration process displays a dialog that indicates if you need to perform this task.
Backup and restore processes require access to storage, either to back up data to storage or restore data from storage. The SMS backup and restore processes can perform their tasks using any of the following storage access protocols:
  • Network File System (NFS) Protocol — Does not require local storage on the SMS.
  • Server Message Block (SMB) Protocol — Microsoft-based shared-access file system. Does not require local storage on the SMS.
  • Secure File Transfer Protocol (sFTP) — Does not require local storage on the SMS.
  • Secure Copy Protocol (SCP) — Requires temporary local storage on the SMS.
  • Secure Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTPS) — Data is stored locally on the SMS. HTTPS requires that the service be enabled on the SMS server.
During backup and restore processes, the SMS server performs the following tasks:
  • Mount the storage destination, referred to in the SMS product as the location.
  • Stop the SMS server database and SMS server application.
  • Back up or restore the database files to/from the specified storage location.
  • Unmount the storage destination.
  • Restart the SMS server database and SMS Server application. If it is a restore operation the SMS server is restarted and rebooted, which stops client connections to the SMS server.
Some of the supported storage access protocols allow IPv6 addressing. When you specify a backup location in the SMS backup wizard with an IPv6 address, be sure to follow the following syntax requirements:
  • NFS — Does NOT support IPv6
  • SMB — IPv6 address MUST be surrounded by brackets
  • SCP — IPv6 address with or without brackets
  • sFTP — IPv6 address with or without brackets
If the restored SMS is a different platform or version than the SMS from which you backed up then the following configurations will not be restored and will remain unchanged:
  • Admin Server Properties (Admin > Server Properties)
    • Management: System Information and Services
    • Network: Network Interface, Date/Time, and DNS
  • Auto DV Activation (Profiles > Digital Vaccines > DV Inventory > Auto DV Activation)
    • Automatic Download
    • Automatic Activation
    • Automatic Distribution
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