Export Site

Description

Exports the site configuration to a location you specify as input to this operation. The exported file includes and excludes the following information:

Protecting information not included in the backup

As noted above, some information is not included in the backup of your site. It's recommended you manually back up this information at the same time you run the backup utility. When you restore the site, manually copy or move this information back to the site, for example:

• Cache tiles and tiling schemes - These directories will contain the cache tiles and the tiling scheme file conf.xml. The cache directories may also contain a file geodatabase status.gdb that contains information about which tiles have been built. When you restore the site, move or copy (L) the information back to the original arcgiscache directory.
• Data used by your services - If the data used by your services was not copied to a folder on the server (L?) when publishing, it will not be included in the backup. Manually back up your data directories, geodatabases, databases, source tables, and any other information used by your services. When you restore the site, verify ArcGIS Mission Server has permissions to access your data locations.
• Log messages - When the site is running, logs are created and distributed among all ArcGIS Mission Server machines participating in your site. When you restore the site, move or copy the information back to the original logs directory.
• Primary site administrator name and password - After you restore a site, you continue using the primary site administrator name and password that was in place when performing the restore. This is true even if you restore a site whose primary site administrator had been disabled. It's recommended you record the user name and password and store it in a secure location before performing the restore.
• Statistics data - When the site is running, various service statistics are recorded. When you restore the site, move or copy the information back to the original statistics directory.
• ArcGIS Web Adaptor configurations - If your site includes one or more ArcGIS Web Adaptor, you'll need to reconfigure them with your site after performing the restore. For full instructions, see the configuration topics for IIS , Java (Windows), and Java (Linux).

Request parameters

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location=\\server\share\backup

Example usage

Below is a sample POST request for exportSite with the location parameter defined:

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POST /webadaptor/admin/exportSite HTTP/1.1
Host: machine.domain.com
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
Content-Length: []

location=\\server\share\backup&f=json

Below is a sample POST request for exportSite without the location parameter defined:

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POST /webadaptor/admin/exportSite HTTP/1.1
Host: machine.domain.com
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
Content-Length: []

location=&f=json

JSON Response example

Below is a response example for a request that specified the location parameter.

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{
  status: "success",
  location: "\\server\share\backup\Jan-15-2013_11-50-33.agssite"
}

Below is a response example for a request that did not specify the location parameter.

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{
  status: "success",
  location: "https://machine.domain.com/webadaptor/admin/uploads/i33d579b6-d8a8-4886-a1bc-671ae52e7a00"
}