Restoring a backup is important in the event that you should have a system failure and should need to reinstate the files of your application. We will now walk through the steps to reinstate the tutorial application that we saved in the previous exercise.
In the steps that follow, we will assume that you are replacing an older copy of the application and associated layers with a new copy.
1. Using Windows Explorer (or the file management utility of your choice), navigate to the backup copies of your application directories.
2. Select the "Tutorial" and "TutSim" directories.
3. Copy the directories.
4. Navigate to your VTS installation directory.
5. Paste the application directories into the VTS product directory.
You may see a dialog asking if you wish to replace the existing files. If so, select "YES".
By placing copies of the backup copies for your application into the VTS product directory, you are overwriting the existing copies. Any information that was added to the applications after they were backed up will be lost. It is therefore crucial that you keep your backup files up to date by making a new backup whenever you add new tags or make configuration changes to your application.
Note: The tutorial application is a simple, non-networked application. In the case of networked applications, VTS employs a locking scheme and uses remote configuration to keep all files and data on all workstations updated and current. In the event of corruption, VTS enables you to force workstations to update and repair their corrupted data. Information on networked applications can be found in the VTS Developer's Guide.