Backup File Contents and File Management

review the following information for backup file contents and file management what gets backed up configurations, including opc ua configurations, are saved in a dat file, which is downloadable from the backup/restore configuration section in the backup/restore tab backup consists of user, role, and group configurations device ip authentication settings api keys users password policy devicehub settings (device and tags) including metadata marketplace catalogues device management settings certificates timezone friendly names network card configurations dns ntp flow instance and flows file opc ua settings including hierarchy saved firewall rules and static routes integration connectors, configurations and subscribed topics analytics groups and processors licensing information what is not backed up databases, containers, and volume/images are not part of backup backup file characteristics the lightweight backup file makes efficient use of storage resources uses encryption to secure credentials best practices the following recommendations help to ensure seamless recovery the default backup file is named something like backup 1624983948318 dat rename the file based on a naming convention that identifies the date the backup was taken example 2020 09 18 12 51 backup dat move the backup file from the default downloads directory to an operational directory on a server that can be accessed by the operations team successful backup the backup dat file must be extracted and opened in notepad this dat file contains the manufacturing connect edge configurations, as well as opc ua configurations and flows configurations use this file to restore your manufacturing connect edge device caution modifications to the contents of the backup dat file may render it unusable for restoring a manufacturing connect edge device