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Administering Cloud EPM: The Platform Beneath the Business Processes · Module 11 · Automation

Scripting patterns: backup and export

Lesson 126 of 201 · 14 min

Build a backup script step by step: sign in, take a snapshot, download it, sign out. Add a date-stamped filename. Add a retention step that removes local files beyond a set age. Run it and verify the downloaded snapshot, then show the same pattern for a data export. THIS IS THE FOUNDATION OF MODULE 12. An externally stored, date-stamped, retained backup is the difference between a recoverable incident and an unrecoverable one. STORE THE OUTPUT SOMEWHERE THAT IS NOT THE EPM ENVIRONMENT. That is the entire point. Date-stamping and retention are five lines that turn a script into an operational control.

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In this module: Module 11 · Automation

  1. 1Three tools, one questionFree preview
  2. 2Job Scheduler
  3. 3Installing and configuring the automation utility
  4. 4Authentication and credential handling
  5. 5The command surface
  6. 6Scripting patterns: backup and export
  7. 7Scripting patterns: data load and refresh
  8. 8Error handling and logging
  9. 9Scheduling and service accounts
  10. 10REST APIs and when to reach for them
  11. 11The integration agent
  12. 12What breaks
  13. 13Lab: automate it, and write the runbook