Backup and Restore Connect to AD Config

Connect to AD allows you to backup and restore your configurations in a very simple manner.

Once Connect to AD is installed, a ConnecttoADData folder will be created, that stores all your configurations.

To move the Connect to AD app to a "new" server, please follow these steps: 

  1. On the "source" server, copy the config file stored in the folder C:\ConnectToADData\config.db
  2. On the "target" server, download and install Connect to AD - You can download the latest version from here
  3. On the "target" server, copy the config.db file (from step 1) to the folder C:\ConnectToADData (overwrite the default config.db file that was created on install)
  4. On the "target" server, you will need re-enable each environment.
    • Start the Connect to AD app, use "run as administrator"
    • Go to each environment and re-enable each one - This will ensure that the scheduled task runs as SYSTEM 
    • Go to each environment and check that both the UKG and [target-system] connection are valid
    • Reenable the SMTP service if that is being used
  5. On the "source" server, disable the environment so that it does not conflict with the "new" server environment

Note

Connect to AD works by scheduling tasks on the user's name that opened the app, therefore when transferring the config, scheduling as well as the SMTP details will need to be switched on with the administrator user again. You can do this by simply right clicking on the application and running as administrator. 

It is advised to switch off your schedule before backing up your config file to ensure no database locks are in place. 

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