To create the MS SQL database backup copy, use the idb.exe utility. To create the backup copy, do the following:

  1. Run the idb.exe utility (see Running and shutting down the utility).

  2. Select the Basic data MS SQL database from the Select data source dropdown list.

    Select the vertical solution database to create a backup copy of the vertical solution database. For example, for Face PSIM the data source is Face.


  3. If it is not required to include the Event protocol in the backup copy of the database, set the Clear protocols checkbox. This checkbox is not available if the vertical solution database is selected.
  4. Click the Create backup copy (MS SQL) button.

  5. As a result, the Save as dialog box appears. Select the address and type in the name of saving backup copy.

    While creating the MS SQL database backup copy, the created backup copy will be saved on the computer where the database server is installed, in case of Axxon PSIM software and database server are located on different computers connected through the network. To save created backup copy on the computer where Axxon PSIM is installed, do the following:

    1. Create the folder available through the network on the computer where Axxon PSIM is installed. Provide access to the created folder from the computer where the database server is installed.
    2. Specify the path to the created folder in the Save as window.


  6. As a result, the process of backup copy creation starts. Information on this process is given in the Protocol information table.

  7. The backup copy is created when the Creation of a backup copy is completed! message appears in the Protocol table.

    The backup copy (MS SQL) can be created using the macro.


  8. Click the OK button. The dialog box closes automatically.

The MS SQL database backup copy is created.

By default the database backup copy is created at: C:\Documents and Settings\<user name>\My documents\AxxonSoft\Axxon PSIM\Data\psim.sql.bak. In case you cannot change the folder for storing the database backup copy while the backup copy creation, do the following:

  1. Call the Run function (Start → Run). Type in regedit in the opened dialog box.
  2. Click the OK button. As a result, the Registry editor dialog box opens.
  3. Create the string parameter with the BackupFolder name in the HKLM\SOFTWARE\AxxonSoft\PSIM registry thread (see Adding string parameters to the registry).
  4. Set the value of the BackupFolder parameter: type in the address of the folder for storing the database backup copy (e.g. C:\Documents and Settings\AVP\Desctop\Backup). 

    If it is necessary to store the database copy on the network disk, then the UNC path to the network folder (with the recording access) should be specified on the disk in the \\ServerName\ShareName format. Take into account that all network resources that require additional authentication should be connected using the same username as for running the SQL Server service. To find out and/or change the user that runs the SQL Server service, do one of the following:

    1. Using the SQL Server Configuration Manager utility.
    2. Run Start – Control panel – Administrative tools – Services, right-click the SQL Server service and select Properties in the feature menu. In the opened SQL Server service dialog box, go to the Log On tab.
  5. As a result, the string parameter of the key with the specified value is created.
  6. Call the Run function (Start → Run). Type in the «C:\Program Files\Axxon PSIM\idb.exe /backup» key in the opened dialog box.
  7. Click the OK button.

As a result, the psim.sq.l.bak database backup copy is created in the folder specified as the value of the BackupFolder parameter.