A backup of the OnCommand Workflow Automation (WFA) database includes the system configuration settings and cache information, including the playground database. You can use the backup for restoration purposes on the same system or on a different system.
An automatic backup of the database is created daily at 2 a.m. and is saved as a .zip file in the following location: wfa_install_location/WFA-Backups.
WFA saves up to five backups in the WFA-Backups directory, and replaces the oldest backup with the latest backup. The WFA-Backups directory is not deleted when you uninstall WFA. You can use the automatically created backup for restoration if you did not create a backup of the WFA database while uninstalling WFA.
You can also manually back up the WFA database when you have to save specific changes for restoration; for example, if you want to back up the changes that you have made before the automatic backup occurs.
For example, if you created a backup on a system that is running WFA 2.2, the backup can be restored only to systems that are running WFA 2.2 or later.
The backup of the WFA database includes the WFA user credentials.
When a WFA database is restored from a backup, the following items are preserved: