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Added by ben leinfelder about 11 years ago

add note about metacat.properties backup. https://projects.ecoinformatics.org/ecoinfo/issues/3085

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docs/user/metacat/source/configuration.rst
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Back-up Configuration


  		




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To preserve its configuration settings, Metacat backs up all configurations to 


  		




  
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To preserve its configuration settings, Metacat backs up crucial configuration details to 


  		




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a directory outside the application directories. Because a new installation/upgrade 


  		




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does not know where this external directory is, Metacat uses a discovery 


  		




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algorithm to locate it. If Metacat cannot identify a backup directory, you will 


  		




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see the Backup Directory Configuration screen.


  		




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NOTE: If the metacat.properties file has many custom settings, it should be manually 


  		




  
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backed up before any Metacat upgrade as deploying a new Metacat war file will overwrite


  		




  
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the existing file.


  		




  
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.. figure:: images/screenshots/image011.png


  		




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