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4. Restore MicroStrategy Backup

MicroStrategy Backup is a MicroStrategy application that allows users to easily back up essential MicroStrategy configurations, databases, and files. The backed-up package created by the client can either be stored locally or they can be stored in the cloud via AWS S3 or Azure Blob. The backed-up package is utilized by the MicroStrategy Cloud Platform for AWS or MicroStrategy Cloud Platform for Azure and restored with the MicroStrategy Backup restoration capability. Restoring your MicroStrategy Backup allows you to restore cubes, caches, ODBC DSNs, update projects, and more.

Newer MicroStrategy version backups are not allowed for restoring prior MicroStrategy versions.

Restoring to MicroStrategy AWS or Azure supports a maximum of 4 nodes.

To restore MicroStrategy Backup in AWS, you must have uploaded your backup to an S3 bucket (directly inside the bucket and not inside any folder) in 3. Run MicroStrategy Backup.

To restore MicroStrategy Backup in Azure, you must have uploaded your backup to an Azure Storage account which can be accessed by the new environment in 3. Run MicroStrategy Backup. For Azure environments, permissions should be fixed when the environment is ready to avoid related issues. Please refer to KB485055 for more details.

  1. Log in to the MicroStrategy Cloud Platform.
  2. Provision a new environment as either Team, Department, or Enterprise.
  3. Under Restore an Environment, select the Restore environment from MicroStrategy Backup check box.
  4. Enter the S3 bucket or Azure Blob URL.

    The Backup file can only be restored to environments with the same or higher version numbers.

  5. Click Validate.
  6. Click Create Environment. Your MicroStrategy Backup is restored on your new environment.

  7. After restore, you can find all backup files in /opt/mstr/mstrbak:

    mstrbak/

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    dbs/

     

     

    		 metadata/

    history_list/
    mstr_collab/

    platform_analytics/
    <additional_wh.sql>

    insight_service/
    files/ insight_service/

    cubes/

     
    caches/  

    additional_files/

    drivers/
    hosts
    custom_webapps/
    configs/ web/
    mobile/
    library/

    images/

     

    web/
    mobile/

    library/
    iserver_pdf_generator/
    plugins/

     

    		 web/

    mobile/
    library/

    SSO/

     
    Web/

     

    		 Connection/

    SAML/
    Web_XML/

    Library/

    Connection/
    SAML/

    Web_XML/
    Mobile/

    SAML/

    Web_XML/

    inbox/

     

    odbc.ini

     
    odbcinst.ini  
    mstrbak.json  
    Response.json  

Windows backup and restore: LDAP must be re-configured in the new environment:

  1. Open MicroStrategy Developer.
  2. Right-click a project source and select Configure MicroStrategy Intelligence Server.
  3. Go to LDAP and the Platform tab.
  4. Change “LDAP server vendor name”, “LDAP Connectivity driver”, “Intelligent Server platform”, and “LDAP Connectivity file names” accordingly.