3.4.0 Matrix Server Administration Guide

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Back Up and Restore the Matrix

Configuration

It is important to back up the matrix configuration whenever changes are

made. You can then easily restore the matrix if necessary.

If you are using Matrix Server disk quotas, you should also back up the

Matrix Server quota information after backing up your PSFS filesystems.

Back Up and Restore Matrix Server

PolyServe recommends that you back up Matrix Server whenever the

matrix configuration or the membership partitions are changed. You

should make separate backups for each node in the matrix.

To perform a backup, make a copy of the following directory

(%SystemDrive% is the drive where Matrix Server is installed):

%SystemDrive%\Program Files\Polyserve\MatrixServer\conf

To restore the matrix configuration, use the appropriate utility to restore

the conf directory.

Quotas Information for PSFS Filesystems

The Windows utilities or third-party applications used to back up PSFS

filesystems are not aware of the Matrix Server quotas feature and cannot

back up the quotas information. Instead, when you back up a filesystem,

also use the Matrix Server psfsdq command to back up the quota

information stored on the filesystem. After restoring the filesystem, run

the psfrq command to restore the quota information. See “Back Up and

Restore Quotas” on page 102 for more information.