Archiving projects or modules

Create archives of modules or of projects that can be restored to the same Rational® DOORS® database. If you restore an archive to another database, access rights are lost because they are specific to the users and groups in the original database. If you want to transfer data between Rational DOORS databases, use partitions or Requirements Interchange Format.

Before you begin

You cannot archive a module if any user has the module open in either shareable or exclusive edit mode.

You cannot archive a project if the project or anything in it is open.

In the database explorer, the folder or project that is selected in the left pane is open and has an open folder icon Open Folder icon or an open project icon Open Project icon. Its parent folder or project is also open, and so are all the folders and projects above it in the database tree, although they do not have open folder or open project icons. When a module is open, all the folders and projects above it in the database tree are also open.

Close any baseline sets that include modules that you are going to archive before you create the archive.

File names and path names can contain only ASCII characters.

You cannot include partitioned data in a Rational DOORS archive.

When you archive and restore a module, discussions about the module or objects in the module are not restored.

About this task

You need read access to modules or projects to see them in the database explorer. However, the archive includes all the module or project data, including data that you cannot see. You can create archive files on the server machine only if your database manager has set up Rational DOORS to allow server archives.

Procedure

  1. Log in to Rational DOORS as a project manager, a database manager, or a custom user who has the power to archive data.
  2. In the right pane of the database explorer, select the module or project you want to archive.
  3. Click File > Archive, and select the options that you want for the archive.
  4. Click OK to create the archive.
    Note: Keep the archive file on a different disk than your database so that you can access it if your database disk is damaged.
Related concepts:
Data backups and archives
Data partitions
Exchanging requirements with other databases
Related tasks:
Enabling archives on the Rational DOORS database server
Restoring projects or modules
Archiving and restoring user information
Closing baseline sets

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