Backups
Parallels recommends setting up recurrent backups of Parallels RAS farm settings. This can be accomplished using Parallels RAS PowerShell, which is a part of Parallels RAS beginning with version 15.5.2. Parallels RAS PowerShell is installed by default when you install Parallels RAS. If you chose not to install it, please run the Parallels RAS installer again and install the Parallels RAS PowerShell component.
The following sample PowerShell script shows how to export Parallels RAS farm settings to a file.
Save the above sample script to a file with the ".ps1" extension. To test the script, you can execute it in the PowerShell console. To execute the script on a schedule, do the following:
Open Windows Scheduler and click Create Task.
On the General tab page of the Create Task dialog, fill in all required fields.
Select the Actions tab page and then click the New button.
In the New Action dialog, make sure Start a program is selected in the Action drop-down list, then click Browse and select your .ps1 script file.
Click OK in the New Action dialog.
Select the Triggers tab page and click New.
In the New Trigger dialog, specify the desired schedule settings.
Click OK to close all dialogs.
To import the settings from a saved file into a Parallels RAS farm:
In the Parallels RAS Console, navigate to Administration \ Backup and click Import. Specify the ".dat2" file to import the farm settings from.
Using Parallels RAS PowerShell, execute the
Invoke-RASImportSettings
cmdlet passing the path and filename of the backup file.
The complete Parallels RAS PowerShell documentation can be viewed and downloaded from http://www.parallels.com/products/ras/resources/
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