Restore points

Restore points mark a significant point in time for your system. You can roll back to a restore point later to return the rules and data of the system to that point in time.

The Pega Platform automatically creates restore points after any archive import. You can also use the prpcServiceUtils command-line tool to create and manage restore points. You can also use the prpcServiceUtils command-line tool to create and manage restore points.

You must have a running Pega Platform instance to use the prpcServiceUtils tool.

Roll back

When you roll back to a restore point, the Pega Platform uses history records to return most of the system to the restore point state. Changes to the following items do not generate history records and therefore will not be rolled back using the roll back feature:

• SQL changes
• Java .jar imports
• Some custom data instances: When you configure the data instance in the rule form, you can specify not to generate a history record. If the data instance does not generate a history record, changes to the data instance cannot be rolled back.

Roles and permissions

The available restore point features depend on the users' roles and permissions:

• All users can create, list, and display restore points.
• System administrators who have the SysAdmin4 role can delete restore points.
• System administrators who hold the pxRollbackSystem privilege can roll back to a restore point. The pxRollbackSystem privilege is part of the SysAdmin4 role.

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