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This article provides instructions to completely Back-Up all critical settings and logs used by the SNIP<\/strong><\/span> NTRIP Caster.<\/p>\n

From SNIP<\/strong><\/span> Rev 3.01<\/strong> onward all models (even Lite<\/strong><\/em><\/span>) now provide a built-in one click<\/em> Back-Up service.\u00a0 Click the menu item Misc<\/em> \u21d2 Back-Up Settings<\/em> \u21d2 Back-Up Now<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0 and a ZIP file with all the below key files will be created for you.\u00a0 Use this feature to create a Back-Up on demand.\u00a0 There is also Back-Up Services<\/strong> Plug-In<\/em> that creates periodic and automatic Back-Ups at the rate you select.\u00a0 The resulting ZIP files can be sent off-site by way of eMail<\/a>, FTP transfer, or to you own private secure cloud service storage.\u00a0 See the Back-Up Services Plug-In<\/a> for purchase details.<\/p>\n

To make a complete backup of all settings<\/b><\/h3>\n

There are ten <\/strong>key ‘settings’ files you should back up periodically in order to save every settings and usage detail, plus of course all the log files that are created every day\/week.<\/p>\n

The key setting files are as follows, and their default install paths are also shown<\/p>\n

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  1. C:\\Users\\<UserName>\\AppData\\Roaming\\SCSC\\simpleNTRIP.ini
    \n<\/b>This file holds all the various setting used by SNIP<\/strong><\/span>; note that it is placed in a ‘hidden’ folder based on the user name. [You can make such folders visible on your machine with the View<\/em> tab of the Folders and Search Options<\/em> dialog,]<\/li>\n
  2. C:\\Program Files (x86)\\SNIP\\SNIP\\bin\\license.dat
    \n<\/b>This file holds the encoded license file which is node locked to the machine.\u00a0 It is used to enable various SNIP<\/strong><\/span> features.\u00a0 This file is decommissioned and recreated when the license is moved to another machine.\u00a0 It can only be used on the machine for which it was created.<\/li>\n
  3. C:\\Program Files (x86)\\SNIP\\SNIP\\bin\\reservations
    \n<\/b>This file holds all the various setting used for PUSH_In reservations (    NTRIP Servers<\/a>), and is often updated when running to reflect current usage details.<\/li>\n
  4. C:\\Program Files (x86)\\SNIP\\SNIP\\bin\\FileList.ini
    \n<\/b>This file holds a list of data files created by SNIP<\/strong><\/span> and their status, such as if they are to be compressed and\/or have been transferred to a remote machine using FTP. The files listed are mostly the data logs from Base Stations you are recording, but also include the Back-Up ZIP files is they are being transfers by FTP.<\/li>\n
  5. C:\\Program Files (x86)\\SNIP\\SNIP\\bin\\NtripUserAccounts.ini
    \n<\/b>This file holds the list of all users<\/strong> (    NTRIP Client<\/a> accounts) who have user accounts created for the Caster. All the user restrictions<\/a> and any final time of use restrictions are kept in this file.<\/li>\n
  6. C:\\Program Files (x86)\\SNIP\\SNIP\\bin\\\u00a0NtripCustomerAccounts.ini
    \n<\/b>This file holds the list of all customer<\/strong> accounts who ‘own’ the user accounts on the Caster. Contact details (phone, email, etc.), as well as billing details are kept in this file.\u00a0 [For a summary of the key differences between users and customers, please see     this article<\/a>.]<\/li>\n
  7. C:\\Program Files (x86)\\SNIP\\SNIP\\bin\\RunCounts.dat
    \n<\/b>This file holds various current and historical logging counts for your machine covering periods from the past few hours to several years of operation.\u00a0 It is updated often and is used in various system wide charts and reports.<\/li>\n
  8. C:\\Program Files (x86)\\SNIP\\SNIP\\bin\\data\\Console_YYMMDD_00.cvs
    \n<\/strong>This file holds the console log for the date given in the file name, see below for further details.\u00a0 If you have selected another path to save these files, SNIP<\/strong><\/span> will retrieve it when making a Back-Up.<\/li>\n
  9. C:\\Program Files (x86)\\SNIP\\SNIP\\bin\\data\\WklyConnections_YYMMDD_00.cvs
    \n<\/strong>This file holds a summary of the Caster the connection events for the date given in the file name, see below for further details.\u00a0 If you have selected another path to save these files, SNIP<\/strong><\/span> will retrieve it when making a Back-Up.<\/li>\n
  10. C:\\Program Files (x86)\\SNIP\\SNIP\\bin\\data\\AVL_log_YYMMDD_00.cvs
    \n<\/strong>This file holds a summary of all users (NTRIP Clients) reported NMEA $GGA locations in the     AVL tab<\/a> for the date given in the file name, see below for further details.\u00a0 It will only be present if you are recording an AVL log file.\u00a0 If you have selected another path to save these files, SNIP<\/strong><\/span> will retrieve it when making a Back-Up.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Note that not all of these files will exist on every SNIP<\/strong><\/span> deployment.<\/p>\n

    These files allow the complete restoration a SNIP<\/span> Caster to a prior state.<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Please do not try to edit these files by hand, as it is easy to damage them and there are a few hidden consistency tests to avoid abuse.<\/p>\n

    To Make a backup of Event Logs<\/h3>\n

    SNIP<\/strong><\/span> keeps connection event logs on a daily<\/em> and weekly<\/em> basis. These files are kept alongside the raw base station data files.\u00a0 The Back-Up service will capture these files as well.\u00a0 Typically the prior two<\/strong> such files are captured in the Back-Up process.<\/p>\n

    The data streams from Base Stations and the running log of SNIP<\/strong><\/span> events are placed in the \/data<\/strong> folder.\u00a0 This folder is wherever you elect put it.\u00a0 Use the menu Misc\u00a0<\/b>\u21d2 Data File Settings…<\/b>\u00a0 to display the dialog and the current path.\u00a0 Note that this is also the dialog that sets the remote FTP location to be used.<\/p>\n

    Because the file collection can become very large, it is typically not backed up but is stored on a separate hard drive with large capacity.\u00a0 The default location is: C:\\Program Files (x86)\\SNIP\\SNIP\\bin\\data\\\u00a0\u00a0 You may receive periodic console ‘nag’ messages urging you to clean up this folder when its size and contents become large.\u00a0 As a general best practice, keep the folder contents under a few thousand files.<\/p>\n

    Within this folder are also found the SNIP<\/strong><\/span> event logs.\u00a0\u00a0 The raw data logs from any Base Station mountPt are here as well as the daily and weekly connection logs in a folder within the data folder marked \/SNIPlogs<\/b><\/p>\n

    The event log file names use the following three formats:<\/p>\n