3.2.5
Backing up SIMATIC Route Control data
3.2.5.1
Backing up configuration data
Data backup options
SIMATIC Route Control provides the following options for backing up and restoring project
data.
● You can back up the project data from SIMATIC Route Control with a PCS 7 project.
For additional information, refer to the "How to archive a project (Page 17)" section.
● You can generate an image of the partition on which the project database is located.
● You can export/import the partial routes of SIMATIC Route Control.
For additional information, refer to the "How to back up project data from SIMATIC Route
Control (Page 29)" section.
Additional information
● Manual
Process Control System PCS 7; SIMATIC Route Control
3.2.5.2
How to back up project data from SIMATIC Route Control
Introduction
This section describes the separate backup of partial routes from SIMATIC Route Control to
a file.
Note
You can back up the partial routes with the offline project data from SIMATIC Route Control.
The interface blocks are part of the PCS 7 project and are backed up during the archiving of
the PCS 7 project.
Preparing the database backups
Before performing a backup, you must always carry out the following steps in Route Control
engineering:
● Check the database consistency via the menu command Options > Check Consistency.
● Compress the database via the menu command Options > Compress Database.
Ensuring Availability
3.2 Data backup
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