IT Process Automation

Hi ,

I am aware that we need to take a db backup as a Maintenance for pam. I want to know is there any new feature in 4.3 where workflow process can be auto backed up instead of doing manual work??

No, there is no feature in PAM 4.3 to auto-backup the database or the processes.  From within the PAM library you can export processes and directories to an XML file, but that is also a manual process.

Hi,

I don't know if this would count as an automatic backup, but I have been using the CAPA SOAP API to do backups of all my processes on a scheduled basis for a while now.

Using the SOAP exportObject operation to perform an export on all sub-folders under / into an XML file in a specific directory, and then zipping it up.

I'm still on 4.1, but I'm assuming a similar API call still exists in 4.3

Here is an example of the SOAP call that I use, based on the Web Services Reference Guide page 126.

Hope this helps,

Ian

<soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:itp="http://www.ca.com/itpam">

  <soapenv:Header/>

  <soapenv:Body>

      <itp:exportObject>

        <itp:auth>

            <itp:user>USERID</itp:user>

            <itp:password>PASSWORD</itp:password>

        </itp:auth>

        <itp:folderName>/</itp:folderName>

        <itp:isAbsolute>false</itp:isAbsolute>

        <itp:level>2</itp:level>

        <itp:downloadFileName>

            <itp:downloadLocation>C:\</itp:downloadLocation>

            <itp:fileName>TestExport.xml</itp:fileName>

            <itp:overwriteFile>true</itp:overwriteFile>

        </itp:downloadFileName>

        <itp:filter>

        </itp:filter>

      </itp:exportObject>

  </soapenv:Body>

</soapenv:Envelope>