PolicyCenter database backup

PolicyCenter stores most information in the database, so the most important part of backing up the system is taking frequent database backups. Consult the documentation for your database management system for tools and techniques to back up the database.

You can perform a hot (also called dynamic) or cold backup of the PolicyCenter database. You can take a hot backup while users are still accessing PolicyCenter. Read your database documentation to understand the risks involved in hot backups. If you plan on taking a cold backup, you must put the PolicyCenter server in maintenance mode before performing the backup.

In the case of a complete system failure, with proper backups you can reinstall the PolicyCenter WAR or EAR file on a new server, connecting to the same database. In the case of a database failure, you need to restart PolicyCenter from the last database backup.

After restoring a PolicyCenter database from a backup, instruct PolicyCenter to rebuild its database statistics. See Understanding database statistics.

Keep a backup copy of the PolicyCenter configuration files

Besides backing up the database, maintain a backup of the PolicyCenter configuration. This is especially important for any files that you modify as part of installation or configuration of PolicyCenter. Guidewire stores all configuration files in the PolicyCenter/modules/configuration/config directory, making it easy to keep these files in a source control system, if desired.