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Backing up the universe and reports using the Lifecycle Management Tool

Use the steps in this topic to create a backup of the universe and reports in an SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence 4.0 environment. This topic does not apply to SAP BusinessObjects XI R3.1.

  1. Log on to the SAP BusinessObjects Central Management Console.
  2. In the Manage section, click Promotion Management.
  3. Click New Job.
  4. In the New Job tab, provide a unique job name in the Name field.
  5. In the Save Job In field, ensure that the value is Promotion Jobs.
     Click Browse to select the Promotion Jobs folder if necessary.
  6. In the Source field, click the down arrow to select Login to New CMS.
  7. In the Login to System dialog box, provide the credentials and click Login.
  8. In the Destination field, click the down arrow to select Output to LCMBIAR file.
  9. Click Create.
  10. In the Add objects from the system dialog box, select the folder that you want (BMC Analytics for BSM, for example) and click Add.
  11. Scroll down in the navigation pane and click Universes, select the check box for the universe that you want (ITSM, for example) and click Add.
  12. In the navigation pane, click Connections, select the check box for the ITSM universe, and then click Add & Close.
     The list of items that you selected appear in the tab named for the job that you created.
  13. Use the navigation pane to verify that all the folders, connection, and universe that you selected are listed.
  14. Click Promote, and in the Promote dialog box, click Save and Export.
  15. When you are prompted to save the file, provide the location and file name and save the LCMBIAR file.

To restore the universe and folders

  1. Log on to the SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence platform Central Management Console.
  2. Click Promotion Management.
     The Lifecycle Management Console opens.
  3. Click Import > Import File.
  4. Provide the path where the LCMBIAR file exists, and click OK.
  5. Save the job under Promotion Jobs.
  6. Provide the destination system, and click Create.

  7. Click Promote, save the job, and click Promote.
    A promotion job is created. You can monitor and view the job status in Promotion Management. When the job completes successfully, the status is displayed as Success.

    Note

    Click on Job status to check the details for all the objects that are promoted.

 

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