Running backup and restore
You can schedule periodic backups (typically nightly) of the Endpoint Manager server and database files, to reduce the risk of losing productivity or data when a problem occurs by restoring the latest backup.
Consider, however, that when you run a disaster recovery, you restore a backup of an earlier working state of Endpoint Manager on the server computer or another computer. Depending on how old the backup is you can lose the latest changes or data.
Important: After restoring the data from the last backup,
the Endpoint Manager server
might restart at an earlier state with a disalignment between its
mailbox and that of each relay. In this case the Endpoint Manager server
needs to resynchronize with the relays that have continued to process
requests, otherwise the relays might ignore the requests of the server.
To realign the mailboxes, send some actions to the clients until the
mailbox versions are the same.
You can also restore a single Endpoint Manager DSA server when an unrecoverable failure occurs.
Note: Do not restore the failed DSA server entirely from backup. Due
to the complexity of DSA replication we recommend that you install
a new server with the same FQDN and follow these procedures: DSA Recovey
on Windows and DSA Recovey
on Linux.
If all DSA servers are lost, follow the Endpoint Manager server restore procedure, Server Recovery Procedure on Windows and Server Recovery Procedure on Linux.