Backup

Select Backup to store data for data security. For information about how to back up data, refer to Creating and Managing Files and Data  Creating Backup Files.

Chromeleon stores data in databases or other files organized in a hierarchical directory structure. There are many cross-links among the included objects.

For problem-oriented data archiving, it is necessary to know how the individual objects are linked with each other. As conventional backup and archiving programs do not support this, Chromeleon has its own backup program. The Chromeleon backup program supports the following functions:

• Archiving of all objects displayed in the Browser (samples, sequences, files, entire directory trees, etc.), together with all linked files (Raw Data, Audit Trails (see Data Management  Audit Trails), history, preferred Report Definition File (RDF), etc.).

• Selective restoration of objects stored using the Backup command

• Compressing the stored data

• Dividing the backup files on several media; for example, disks or ZIP media

• Optionally deleting original files after the backup has been performed successfully

• Generating the corresponding entries in the History

Backup files are located outside the Datasource. That is why they are not stored within the directory structure of the datasources. They have no file history and the user management does not protect them.

Select Restore to restore backup files that were created using the Backup command. (For more information, refer to How to …: Creating and Managing Files and Data  Restoring Backup Files.)

 Tip 

If you have created a backup file that contains a new feature, please keep in mind that you cannot read this file with a Chromeleon version that does not support this feature. For example, this refers to:

• Sequence Report Columns (available since Chromeleon 6.50)

• Std. Add. Group and Ref. Amount Set sample columns (available since Chromeleon 6.60)

• The Trend Plot (available since Chromeleon 6.50)