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• Introduction
  • Deployment strategies
  • Java
  • System requirements
• Installation of Workbenches
  • Getting Workbench installers
  • What a Workbench installer does when launched
  • Installation modes - console and silent
  • Uninstalling a Workbench
• Licenses
  • Connecting to a CLC Network License Manager from Workbenches
• Workbench plugins
• Workflows
• Connecting to a CLC Server
• Security policies
• Storing and backing up data
  • Default Workbench data storage
  • Temporary data
  • Backup of Workbench information
  • Disk space requirements
• System resources
  • Setting the amount of memory available for the JVM
  • Setting the number of cores to use
• Overview - where do we put things?
  • Per-computer Workbench information
  • Per-user Workbench information
  • Per CLC Data Location information

Backup of Workbench information

We recommend backing up the following areas related to a Workbench installation:

Data: Workbench Data Locations are folders under which data are stored as files, often within a file hierarchy. If Workbench data needs to be restored from a backup, simply copy the restored files/folders back to the place they were originally located and start up the Workbench.

User level settings: See User-level information for a list of the user level settings files that can be useful to back up. When restoring from backup, close the Workbench if it is running and then place these files in the same place they were backed up from. The Workbench will use the restored settings when next started up.

Global settings:

• Custom policy files If present, these are located in the settings folder under the Workbench installation area. See Per-computer Workbench information data for details. Place properties files restored from backup into the settings folder in the Workbench installation area, overwriting any existing files of the same name. Workbenches must be restarted to pick up the new policy details.
• vmoptions If custom settings have been added to the Workbench vmoptions file, then a backup of this file may be useful. The location of the vmoptions file depends on the operating system:

  Windows and Linux

  The file is located directly under the installation area of the Workbench. For the CLC Genomics Workbench, the filename is clcgenomicswb.vmoptions. For the CLC Main Workbench, it is clcmainwb.vmoptions.

  macOS

  The file is located in the application bundle and is called vmoptions.txt.

  To find this file, navigate to the Workbench application in a Finder window. Right-click on the application, or click on it while holding the Ctrl key down (Ctrl + click), and choose "Show Package Contents" from the menu that appears. The file is within the Contents folder.

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