---
title: Configuring a backup schedule
description: For deployments with hundreds of connections or OAuth clients, or both, administrators can configure PingFederate to create configuration archives periodically.
component: pingfederate
version: 13.0
page_id: pingfederate:administrators_reference_guide:pf_config_backup_schedule
canonical_url: https://docs.pingidentity.com/pingfederate/13.0/administrators_reference_guide/pf_config_backup_schedule.html
revdate: July 5, 2022
section_ids:
  steps: Steps
---

# Configuring a backup schedule

For deployments with hundreds of connections or OAuth clients, or both, administrators can configure PingFederate to create configuration archives periodically.

## Steps

1. Edit the `<pf_install>/pingfederate/server/default/data/config-store/org.sourceid.saml20.domain.mgmt.impl.DataArchiveBackup.xml` file. See the following table for each property.

   | Property                       | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
   | ------------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
   | `ScheduledBackupEnabled`       | When set to `true`, PingFederate creates a configuration archive daily if configuration has changed since the creation of the last archive. This is true regardless of the backup method used.The default value is `false`.                                                                                                                      |
   | `BackupTime`                   | The local time at which PingFederate creates a configuration archive when the `ScheduledBackupEnabled` property is set to `true`.Ignored when the `ScheduledBackupEnabled` is set to `false`.The default value is `00:00:00`, which represents midnight.                                                                                         |
   | `NumTriesWithIntegrityFailure` | Upon the creation of the scheduled configuration archive, if PingFederate detects a configuration change during the scheduled backup process, it retries immediately. The `NumTriesWithIntegrityFailure` property indicates the maximum number of attempts.Ignored when the `ScheduledBackupEnabled` is set to `false`.The default value is `3`. |
   | `BackupOnAdminLogin`           | When set to `false`, PingFederate does not create a configuration archive when an administrator signs on. Regardless of the value of this property, PingFederate always creates a configuration archive before an archive is imported.The default value is `true`.                                                                               |
   | `MaxOldArchiveFiles`           | The number of older configuration archives that PingFederate keeps. When the limit is reached, the oldest file is removed.The default value is `25` files.                                                                                                                                                                                       |

   The `ScheduledBackupEnabled` and `BackupOnAdminLogin` properties are not mutually exclusive. For example, if your deployment has 50 connections, you can enable both automatic and scheduled backup processes.

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   |   | If you have a clustered PingFederate environment, edit the `org.sourceid.saml20.domain.mgmt.impl.DataArchiveBackup.xml` file on the console node. |