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Helper IOn-Prem Gateway Newer release Best Practice
Hello Experts,
We are in a process of updating the On-prem gateway to the latest release & would be possibly doing it on a monthly basis.
What are the best practices that could be followed while updating to the newer release of the Power BI Gateway ?
What kind of files we need to backup ?
what are the best possible rollback options ?
Eg: We are using proxy for Internet & have implemented the mentioned article. So do we need to backup the configurator files & so in order to restore if at all they are overwritten with the newer release.
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/data-integration/gateway/service-gateway-proxy
Thanks in advance.
Regards,
Ambarish Kunte
The most important thing is to make sure you have got the Recovery Key known before an upgrade. If anything goes wrong you could re-install and use the recovery key to keep all existing data sources.Also good idea to keep the backup of the configuration files.
Other than that I have not had any issues doing this monthly now for a few years.
Hi, ambarishkunte
As GilbertQ said, the recovery key can be the best possible rollback credential you should keep, it is set when the on-premises data gateway is installed, you can use this credential to migrate, restore, or take over an on-premises data gateway.
Steps of migrating, restore, or take over an on-premises data gateway
How to change the recovery key for an on-premises data gateway
For more security information, you can check the Power BI security white paper
Best Regards,
Community Support Team _Robert Qin
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- v-robertq-msft
Community Support
Hi, ambarishkunte
As GilbertQ said, the recovery key can be the best possible rollback credential you should keep, it is set when the on-premises data gateway is installed, you can use this credential to migrate, restore, or take over an on-premises data gateway.
Steps of migrating, restore, or take over an on-premises data gateway
How to change the recovery key for an on-premises data gateway
For more security information, you can check the Power BI security white paper
Best Regards,
Community Support Team _Robert Qin
If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.
- GilbertQ
Super User
The most important thing is to make sure you have got the Recovery Key known before an upgrade. If anything goes wrong you could re-install and use the recovery key to keep all existing data sources.Also good idea to keep the backup of the configuration files.
Other than that I have not had any issues doing this monthly now for a few years.