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Backing Up WOW Metadata
All of WOW’s critical information is found within its metadata. This includes WOW applications, operations, connections, and field descriptors. WOW metadata is stored in standard database tables. This makes backing up your data very crucial.
Backing up important data within WOW or any other program for that matter is one of the most important
ways you can assure that your organization will run smoothly. The backup process will be different on most
machines.
Backing Up WOW Metadata from AS/400
If your installation stores WOW metadata on the AS/400 you should regularly backup the libraries PJUSERxx
and PJSYSxx where xx indicates your WOW version such as 64, 65, 70. As of 4/2014, the current version is WOW70 so the cooresponding libraries would be PJUSER70 and PJSYS70. PJUSERxx contains user metadata while PJSYSxx contains WOW metadata. By default, the
PJUSERxx library contains all operations, applications, and field descriptors that you will have created. In the
event of disaster recovery, restore these libraries to your AS/400. (If you are using an application library other
than the default, then you should backup that library).
On the AS/400 you can use standard backup commands such as SAVLIB to create backups. Copies of metadata can also be made using the CL command CPYLIB.
Backing Up WOW Application Code
You should also regularly backup WOW’s application code and any custom Java classes or other web files you may
have created during your development. All this code is contained and web files are contained with in your application
server’s …/webapps/wowxx folder. This folder should be backed up on a regular basis.
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