Disaster recovery backup and restore for MOVEit Automation can be accomplished using two tasks that are available to download here: MOVEit Automation Backup and Restore Tasks. The automated backup task is designed to pick up the necessary files from your MOVEit Automation server to allow you to restore functionality on another MOVEit Automation instance.

The certificates, host, and tasks are exported from the source system to CentralZipfile.zip and the Keymat registry is exported. On the target system, these items are imported, overwriting existing certificates, hosts, and tasks.

Backup and Restore

Download and extract the content of the MOVEit Automation Backup and Restore Tasks zip file.

Backup the source server

On the source server:
  1. On the TASKS tab, select Import Task(s) from the Add Task drop-down list.
  2. Import the MOVEit Automation - BACKUP Certs Hosts Tasks task.

    If prompted to overwrite the Default host, accept as this will not affect users or hosts.

  3. Edit the task step Run built-in script 'Certs Backup':
    1. Enter (via "Reset value") an alphanumeric password for the Certs_Password value. Do not use symbols. Record the password for use on the target server.
  4. If necessary, edit the Save into path to point to the desired target path.
  5. Edit the task step Run built-in script 'Command Line App' ; C:\mysql\bin\mysql.exe:
    1. Update the MySQL root password to match this system.
  6. Run regedit to export the Keymat registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Standard Networks\MOVEitCentral\Keymat

    This only needs to be done once as it does not change after the initial MOVEit Automation installation.

  7. Run the Backup task.
  8. Copy the CentralZipfile.zip and Keymat registry file to the target server.
Tip: The backup source server task can be set up as a scheduled task per your backup practices.

Restore to target server

On the target server:
  1. To avoid tasks running before the restore is complete, select the Start with scheduler disabled check box on the MOVEit Automation Config Utility General Tab.
  2. On the TASKS tab, select Import Task(s) from the Add Task drop-down list.
  3. Import the MOVEit Automation - RESTORE Certs Hosts Tasks task.

    If prompted to overwrite the Default host, accept as this will not affect users or hosts.

  4. Edit the restore task step Load path to point to the CentralZipfile.zip file location on this server.
  5. Edit the restore task Run built-in script 'Certs Backup' step:
    1. Enter the password used in he Certs_Password value on the source server.
  6. Edit the restore task Run built-in script 'Command Line App' step:
    1. Update the MySQL root password to match this system.
  7. Run the Restore task.
    Note: This will overwrite all existing hosts, tasks, and, certificates on this system
  8. Log out of MOVEit Automation Web Admin.
  9. To import the Keymat registry, double-click the imported registry file.
  10. Restart the MOVEit Automation Web Admin and the MOVEit Automation services.
  11. Log on to MOVEit Automation Web Admin.
  12. Run tests to verify that hosts and tasks from the source server are restored.
  13. When you are sure everything is in place, clear the Start with scheduler disabled check box on the MOVEit Automation Config Utility General Tab. Enable the scheduler and selectively re-enable tasks.