Updating Dr.Web Server and Restoring it from Backup |
The Control Center provides the following capabilities for managing the Dr.Web Server software: •Updating the Dr.Web Server software to one of the available versions downloaded from GUS and stored in the Dr.Web Server repository. The settings for updating the repository from GUS are described in section Administration of Dr.Web Server Repository. •Rolling back the Dr.Web Server software to the saved backup. Dr.Web Server backups are created automatically when updating to a newer version in the Dr.Web Server Updates section (step 4 in the procedure below).
Managing Dr.Web Server software 1.Select the Administration item in the main menu of the Control Center, in the window that opens, select Dr.Web Server in the control menu. 2.To open the Dr.Web Server version list, click the View list of versions link. 3.This opens the Dr.Web Server Updates section with the list of available updates and backups of Dr.Web Server. •The Current version section contains the version of Dr.Web Server currently in use. The Change list section contains the brief list of new features and the list of errors that have been resolved in this version compared to the previous update version. •The Available updates section contains the list of updates for this Dr.Web Server downloaded from GUS. The Change list section contains a brief list of new features and a list of errors resolved in each update. •The Backups section contains the list of backup copies which are stored for this Dr.Web Server. The Date section contains the information on the date of the backup. 4.To update the Dr.Web Server software, select the check box next to the necessary version of Dr.Web Server in the Available updates list and click Apply.
During the Dr.Web Server update, the current version is saved as a backup (placed to the Backups section), and version to which update is performed, is moved from the Available updates to the Current version section. Backup copies are saved in the following folder: var → update → backup → <old_version>-<new_version> During the update, the var → dwupdater.log log file is created or modified. 5.To rollback the Dr.Web Server software to a saved backup copy, select the check box next to the required version of Dr.Web Server in the Backups list and click Apply. During the rollback of the Dr.Web Server software, the applied backup copy is placed in the Current version section. 6.To restore the integrity of Dr.Web Server and roll back to the state of current revision click the Restore Server button. |