DSA configuration settings and job metadata are stored in the Data Stream Controller (DSC) Repository. You can automate a repository backup or initiate the backup manually. A repository backup job backs up your DSC metadata to a target group. Any running DSC repository job (backup, restore, or analyze) prevents jobs from being submitted and DSA configuration settings from being changed. If a regular job is running, a manually started repository backup will be rejected, while a scheduled repository backup will be rescheduled to the next date.
Configuration settings and DSC metadata can be restored to the DSC repository from a storage device. If you abort a DSC repository restore job while the job is in progress or if the restore job fails. DSC triggers a command to restore all repository tables to their initial state, which is an empty table. The current data in the DSC repository would be lost.