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Administering OpenEdge Management and OpenEdge Explorer : Using the OpenEdge environment window Proenv : Dumping, backing up, and restoring the configuration database : Restoring the configuration database from a backup file
 
Restoring the configuration database from a backup file
You can load a dump file you created from the configuration database. To run the load command, be sure that OpenEdge Management or OpenEdge Explorer is offline; if either is running, you must stop the AdminServer before you run the command.
To load the file, type the following command:
fathom -load <filename>
The -load command recreates the configuration database and populates it with definitions in the file whose name you specify.
Note that OpenEdge Management or OpenEdge Explorer must be offline when you run the -load command. If either is online, be sure to stop the AdminServer.
OpenEdge Management or OpenEdge Explorer must be online when you run the -dump command.
To dump the data:
1. Select Start > Programs (or All Programs) > Progress > OpenEdge > Proenv.
2. Dump the fathom configuration database files by using either of the following commands:
fathom -dump <filename>
fathom -dump <filename> [-httpport<portNumber>]
where <filename> is the name of the xml file created that contains the dumped contents of the configuration database and <portNumber> is the port that OpenEdge Management/OpenEdge Explorer is running on. The default port number is 9090.
3. Load the dumped file using the following command:
fathom -load <filename>