Additional Project Backup Procedures

Select any of the procedures for additional information on project backup.

Decrypting the Project Backup

Scenario
You have a project backup which is compressed in zip format, encrypted with the password stored at a known path on Server or Client\FEP. You want to decrypt the project backup using SMC. Encrypted project backup zip files can also be manually (out side SMC) decrypted using any decompression tool such as 7-Zip, WinZip etc.

  • SMC is launched.
  1. Select Projects in the SMC tree.
  1. In the toolbar, click Decrypt project backup .
  1. In the Decrypt Project Backup expander that displays, do the following:
  • Click Browse to select the compressed and encrypted project backup from the path where you stored it.
    You can also paste the encrypted project backup path in the Source file path field.
  • Click Browse to select the Destination folder path for storing the project backup folder.
    In the Source file path field you can paste the path where you want to decrypt the encrypted project backup zip file.
    NOTE: If you do not have Write permission on the selected destination folder or if there is no sufficient disk space on the selected drive, or if the backup destination folder path is invalid then an error message displays and the project backup is not decrypted at the selected destination folder.
    For more information see, SMC.log file located at the path
    [installation drive:]/[installation folder]\GMSMainProject\log.
  • Enter the password that you entered during encryption.
  1. Click Save .

Encrypting the Project Backup

Scenario
You have a project backup stored at a known path on Server or Client\FEP. You want to secure project data during transport from any unauthorized access.

  • SMC is launched.
  1. Select Projects in the SMC tree.
  1. In the toolbar, click Encrypt project backup .
  1. In the Encrypt Project Backup expander that displays, do the following:
  • Click Browse to select the project backup from the default backup folder [installation drive]:\GMSBackups or from any other location.
    You can also paste the project backup path in the Backup folder path field.
  • Click Browse to select the destination folder or paste the path where you want to keep the encrypted project backup.
    NOTE: If you do not have Write permission on the selected destination folder or if there is not sufficient disk space on the selected drive, or the backup destination folder path is invalid then an error message displays and the project backup is not encrypted at the selected destination folder.
    For more information see, SMC.log file located at the path
    [installation drive:]/[installation folder]\GMSMainProject\log.
  • Type the password and confirm it.
    NOTE: The password must be between 8 and 20 characters. The password must contain at least one uppercase character, one lowercase character, one number and one special character.
  1. Click Save .
  • A confirmation message displays. The selected project backup is compressed in zip format, encrypted with the password that you have given and is stored at the specified destination folder. You must decrypt this encrypted project backup before restoring it. See, Decrypting the Project Backup.