IBM’s Planning Analytics as a Service (PAaaS) is available on AWS (and soon to be Azure). It is deployed through IBM’s Cloud Pak for Data and clients to not get access to the backend, the way we have traditionally had access to the file system for TM1. So how do you do a backup for Planning Analytics as a Service when you don’t have backend access?
This post will cover two ways to backup a PAaaS TM1 model:
- Automatic Backups
- Manual Backups
Automatic Backups
After you create a new database (the new word for model), you can turn automatic backups on or off. Just do the following:
- Login to Planning Analytics as an Administrator
- Click on the Administration tile on the PA Home Screen
- Select the database from the list on the left
- On the Details tab, click on the Manage button on the bottom left of the large right side pane
- Flick the switch to turn Automatic backups On and select the time in UTC, noting the current UTC time below the selector
- Save your change
How to do a Manual Backup of Planning Analytics as a Service
Time needed: 5 minutes
To backup your Planning Analytics as a Service database from AWS or Azure.
- Login to Planning Analytics as an Administrator
- Click on the Administration tile on the PA Home Screen
- Select the Database to be Backed up
- Click on the Backup Tab
- Click the Create button
On the top right, above the list of available backups, click on the Create button.
- Enter the Backup Name
We suggest here that you use a system for your backups. Personally, I prefer the date (and possibly time) first, then the environment, then the database. As I can’t use spaces, I would insert underscores. So, if I was backing up the Test database on the Production environment today, it would be “20240523_1411_Prod_Test”.
- Wait until the Backup is Complete
Need Help with Planning Analytics as a Service?
We have now implemented Planning Analytics as a Service on a number of occasions. If you need help with how to configure or use PAaaS on either AWS or Azure, please get in touch.
