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Start Smart Engineering Manager and select Restore site from backup on the Site Server Options dialog. If you already have a site open in Smart Engineering Manager select the Site Server node and select Tools > Restore.
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On the Import From page of the Restore Site Server wizard, specify the path to the site backup file. The Oracle alias or SQL Server host name field is automatically filled in with information contained in this backup file.
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Change the default Oracle alias or SQL Server host name to the correct alias for the database available to the computer on which you are restoring the site.
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Specify the System user and System password for the database specified above. The system user name does not have to be the database administrator user name, but this user must be granted minimum DBA privileges to be able to perform Smart Engineering Manager procedures.
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On an Oracle platform, if the specified system user does not have privileges for performing this action, on selecting Next, an additional dialog opens on which you need to enter the system user and password details for a user who does have these privileges. The information entered on this dialog is used only to allow the restore process to complete successfully; it is not retained in the database. See Create Oracle Admin Users with Limited Privileges.
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Oracle system passwords cannot contain any special characters other than: @ ('at' symbol), . (period), and _ (underscore)
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On a SQL Server platform, if the specified system user does not have privileges for performing this action, the System Administrator can grant backup and restore privileges to a general admin user. See Create SQL Server Admin Users with Limited Privileges.
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SQL Server database passwords cannot contain the character: '
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Select Next.
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On the Site Server Information page of the Restore Site Server wizard, specify a Site server name, Site server path, Backup location, and Role template location appropriate for the new server on which the site is being restored.
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Check the Remove plant structure information option if you do not want the references to the original plant list restored with the site.
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Select Next.
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On the Administrative Privileges page of the Restore Site Server wizard, specify user group that will have site administrative privileges for the restored site.
If you did not check the Remove plant structure information option during the site restoration, complete the following steps to restore
the plants included in the restored site:
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In the restored site, restore the plants contained in the site. Be sure to update the plant structure paths as appropriate.
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Using Settings in Options Manager, update each of the UNC paths to reflect the appropriate locations on the new server.
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Open each P&ID drawing and change the source link for the border file.
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Edit the templates to link to the border file.