Hi Dojo,
Every night I take a backup of my system that I put on a remote location. I noticed that the backup is stored in folder C:\Skyline DataMiner Backups before it gets moved to the remote location.
Because I don't have much disk space left on my C drive, is it possible to configure the folder in which DataMiner is storing the backup before moving it?
Marieke Goethals [SLC] [DevOps Catalyst] Selected answer as best 18th July 2023
Jens,
I haven't noticed this behaviour - but if the local path is used also as some sort of buffer before transferring the backup to the remote path, I think the above suggestion will work - however, if no local path is selected (network path only), can we still change where this "buffer" is hosted locally?
Bert Vandenberghe [SLC] [DevOps Enabler] Edited comment 28th October 2021
Hi Alberto,
I don’t believe it will be possible to change the path without activating a local backup…
If this is for a non-production environment, so only for test of lab environments, you could use linkd.exe. But be careful with this! You can either run a command like this: linkd.exe “C:\Skyline DataMiner\Backup” D:\Backup, to add a permanent NTFS junction, and everything you store in the default backup location on the C-drive, will in reality end up on the D-drive. Alternatively, you could use the config switcher in the task bar utility to link your complete Skyline DataMiner directory to a location on the D-drive, more info here: https://help.dataminer.services/dataminer/#t=DataMinerUserGuidepart_3DataminerAgentsGeneral_DMA_configuration.htm&rhhlterm=switchingdataminerconfigurations&rhsyns=
The linkd.exe file can be found in the installation directory of the taskbar utility, which is by default: C:\Program Files (x86)\Skyline Communications\Skyline Taskbar Utility.
Remember, this is not for production environments.