6 Replies Latest reply on Mar 5, 2018 8:37 AM by Toby Erkson

TABADMIN Backup question

Madhusudhan Khambham Feb 22, 2017 12:54 PM

Hi,

When we have multiple sites, do i need to take any precautions to take the backup using TABADMIN command ?

tabadmin backup file_name <-- This will take the backup of complete server irrespective to the sites what we have. Correct?

The reason why i am asking this question is ..we have 4 sites in our environment and when i took the backup and restore the server. Its restoring only Default site.

Need your suggestions what i am missing or doing wrong here.

Thanks

Madhu K

1. Re: TABADMIN Backup question

Jeff Strauss Feb 22, 2017 1:31 PM (in response to Madhusudhan Khambham)

The tabadmin backup definitely does a backup of all content across your entire Tableau Server deployment and does not pay attention to site.

When you do the restore are you running with --no-config? Typically, this is what we do so that it only restores the data and not the prod configuration to dev. Not sure if this would cause any problems or not.
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2. Re: TABADMIN Backup question

Madhusudhan Khambham Feb 22, 2017 4:49 PM (in response to Jeff Strauss)

yes Jeff Strauss

I used --no-config option. I am trying to resume my testing now and will see if i can face the same issue again.

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Madhu K
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3. Re: TABADMIN Backup question

Mark Wu Feb 23, 2017 9:49 PM (in response to Madhusudhan Khambham)
It should backup
Data (workbooks, extracts, users, etc) from all sites.
Server Configuration (timeout, port, etc)
Logs

Pls see attached working backup/restore scripts which has auto rotation feature to keep the last a few backups only.

Tableau Server backup and restore procedures.docx 49.9 KB

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4. Re: TABADMIN Backup question

Toby Erkson Feb 23, 2017 8:44 AM (in response to Madhusudhan Khambham)

What version of Tableau Server are you running?
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5. Re: TABADMIN Backup question

Madhusudhan Khambham Feb 23, 2017 11:11 AM (in response to Toby Erkson)

We are using 10.0.1 Toby Erkson

I didn't get a chance to re-test this and update to you all. Will get back to you as soon as i resume my testing.

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Madhu k
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6. Re: TABADMIN Backup question

Toby Erkson Mar 5, 2018 8:37 AM (in response to Madhusudhan Khambham)

Madhusudhan, what was your solution?
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