Restore archived analyses and samples

You can restore the Ion Reporter™ Software analyses and samples that you have archived. If you restore data from Ion Reporter™ Software 5.14 or later, you have the option to keep or delete the archives.

This information applies only to Ion Reporter™ Server.

IMPORTANT! Before you start this procedure, ensure that all users are signed out of Ion Reporter™ Software and that no processes are running on the Ion Reporter™ Server. Ion Reporter™ Software is not available to users until the restoration process is complete.

You can also restore individual samples or batches of samples that are archived with, or associated with, an analysis. For more information, see Restore archived samples from an external device to Ion Reporter Server.

If you want to restore only samples, see Restore archived samples from an external device to Ion Reporter Server

  • The external storage device that contains archived analyses must be mounted to your Ion Reporter™ Server.

  • If you have a new Ion Reporter™ Server or upgrade from a previous version, you must specify a storage location for archiving analyses and samples in Ion Reporter™ Server.

    IMPORTANT! Change archivalMountPath=/tmp/ to archivalMountPath=/storage IP address/ in the ionreportermanager/server/server.properties file, then restart the Tomcat server.

    To check the data that you archived, go to the storage location of the archived data, which is set up in the /share/apps/IR/ionreportermanager/server/server.properties file as archivalMountPath.

    If you have questions about the Tomcat server, contact your Field Support Engineer or Field Bioinformatics Support representative.

  • You can only archive samples if no processes are active on the server. For example, if an analysis is running, or new sample uploads are in progress.
  • After the archive process starts, users cannot use the Ion Reporter™ Server until the archive process is complete.

IMPORTANT! Before you start this procedure, ensure that all users are signed off. Ion Reporter™ Server is not available to users during the restoration process.

  1. In the Admin tab, click Archives. Archived analyses and samples are listed in the Archives screen.
  2. If you want to restore data that was archived in Ion Reporter™ Software 5.12 or earlier, select the Show Legacy Data option to show the data that is available to restore from the earlier software versions.
  3. Select the analyses or samples that you want to restore, then click Restore.
  4. Indicate whether the archives should be retained on the server or deleted in the Restore Manager dialog box. This option is not available for Ion Reporter™ Software 5.12 or earlier.
    • To delete the samples after the archival process is complete, select the option do you want to delete the data from path post archive?.
    • To retain the samples after the archival process is complete, deselect the option do you want to delete the data from path post archive?.
  5. Click Yes to begin the restoration. The Archival Manager screen shows the progress of the restoration process.
  6. (Optional) To stop the archive process, click Abort.

    To prevent a loss of data, if you archive multiple analysis you can only abort the archive process if none of the archival procesess are complete. For example, if there are three archives that are in progress, and two archives are completed, but the third item is in progress, the abort will not occur.

After the restoration is complete, the restored analyses is listed in the Analyses screen and restored samples are listed in the Samples screen. The table shows the name, type, size, status. If any failures occur during the restoral process, any applicable error messages are shown for the restoration.

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Parent topic: Manage archives