Backup and Restore

MetaMiner backs up Power BI and Fabric content on demand or on a schedule, writes each run to a zip archive on the MetaMiner Server, and restores objects from those archives into the workspaces you choose.

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  J[Backup job] -->|on demand or scheduled| MMS[MetaMiner Server]
  MMS -->|service principal| PBI[Power BI and Fabric workspaces]
  MMS --> A[(Zip archive on the MetaMiner Server)]
  A -->|restore wizard, signed in as you| T[Target workspaces]

Concepts

• How Backup Works

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  Jobs, runs and archives, and the identities that read from and write to your tenant.

• What Is Backed Up

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  Item definitions, optional report data, and the access, folders and settings around them.

• Prerequisites and Access

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  The MetaMiner permission, the service principal and the Microsoft sign-in that backup and restore need.

Back up

• The Power BI Backup Tab

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  Backup jobs at the top, the archives they produced at the bottom, and the actions for each.

• Create a Backup Job

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  The five-step wizard: Define, Dependencies, Access, Schedule, Review.

• Run and Monitor Jobs

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  Run now, follow scheduled runs in Run history, and delete jobs and archives you no longer need.

• Browse an Archive

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  See what an archive holds without changing anything in your tenant.

Restore

• Restore Content

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  The three-step restore wizard: Pick, Place, Review.

• Bind Reports to Semantic Models

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  Choose the semantic model each restored report reads.

• Restore to a New Workspace

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  Define a new target workspace, optionally on a capacity, created when the restore runs.

• Troubleshooting

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  Messages and symptoms, with the fix for each; backup first, restore second.

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