Restoring a backup

Use suitable backups for recovery A backup can only be restored to devices of the same series, e.g. CX51x0, CX20x3, C6015 etc., otherwise incompatibilities may occur if the backup is restored to a device of a different series.

You can restore a backup with the aid of the TwinCAT/BSD installer stick. To do this, the industrial PC must be booted from the TwinCAT/BSD installer stick.

The TwinCAT/BSD installer searches the BHF partition on the USB flash drive for valid backup files. A backup consists of one or more files with the extension *.tcbkp00. Since this is a FAT32 partition, the maximum size of a single file is 4 GB. If a backup exceeds this size, it is automatically split into several sequentially numbered files:

mybackup.tcbkp00
mybackup.tcbkp01
mybackup.tcbkp02
...

All files included in a backup must be located in the same folder.

To restore an existing backup – for example, from an archive – create a folder with any name on the BHF partition and place the backup file(s) there. The folder structure would look something like this:

BHF
├── INSTALLER
└── mybackup
├── mybackup.tcbkp00
└── mybackup.tcbkp01

For more information on the USB drive’s partition and folder structure, visit: Partitions and folder structure.

Requirements:

• TwinCAT/BSD installer stick (see: Create bootable USB stick).

Proceed as follows:

Open the boot menu with [F7] if the industrial PC does not boot automatically from the USB stick.