Apple Final Cut Server - Manual (Page 95)

Chapter 7 Backing Up Final Cut Server 95
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To back up your Final Cut Server catalog using a schedule:
1 Select the Backup pane of Final Cut Server System Preferences.
2 Click the Add (+) button.
This adds a scheduled backup using the default settings.
3 Select the backup entry in the Scheduled Backups list and configure the settings as follows:
 Click Browse to open a dialog to choose the location for the backup file.
Important: It is strongly recommended that you do not choose a location for the
backup files that is on the same drive that Final Cut Server is installed on.
 Choose either Day (the catalog is backed up every day) or Week (the catalog is
backed up once a week) from the Every pop-up menu.
 Enter a time in the At field.
 If you chose to back up once a week, choose the day to back up on from the On
pop-up menu.
A compressed file named “Final Cut Server DB Backup on [selected folder] at [date and
time].zip” is created and saved at the specified location at the specified day and time.
Once a scheduled backup has run, the View Log button on the Backup pane becomes
available. You can click it to see a log of past scheduled backups.
About the Backup Files
Because the Final Cut Server backup files do not contain any actual media, they are
relatively small files.
It is strongly recommended that you back up the Proxies and Versions devices, along
with the Final Cut Server catalog backup file, shortly after you back up the
Final Cut Server catalog. These devices use the Contentbase file system format and rely
on Final Cut Server having an accurate catalog of their contents. Being able to restore
the devices and catalog from files created at the same time results in the
Final Cut Server catalog accurately matching up to these devices.
Note: It is also suggested that you back up the assets and projects on your other devices.