Backup and restore

Plant settings, recipes, calibrations and production history live in the automation's database. iConcrete takes automatic backups and lets you take one manually whenever you want, so a disk failure or an operating mistake never means lost settings.

Automatic backups

The administrator sets a schedule (for example every night) and a destination folder. <!-- review: default schedule and folder --> We recommend the folder is on a second disk or a network location, not on the same disk as the system. The backup includes the database and the configuration files.

Manual backup

Before any significant change (new recipe, panel parameter change, software upgrade) take a backup from the settings. Give it a name that says why you took it.

Restore

1. Stop production and put the system in maintenance mode.
2. From the settings, choose restore and pick the backup.
3. The system restarts with the backup's data. Check that recipes and calibrations are as expected before resuming.

Restoring requires administrator rights and is logged.

What to keep off site

• A recent backup on a USB stick or at the office, refreshed at least monthly.
• The administrator credentials in a safe place.

If the plant PC fails

Contact support. With the latest backup we install the automation on a new PC and connect it to the PLC; recipes, settings and history come back as they were.