How to make a back up from user defined materials and cross sections

How to make a back-up of the section/ material library

1. Add all desired user-defined materials/ cross-sections to the library of Diamonds/ PowerConnect.
2. Close all Diamonds/ PowerConnect/ BIM Expert projects.
3. Go to the folder C:\Windows\System32\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\BuildSoft\GatewayServer\*folder with highest number*
   The file user.db contains the user-defined cross-sections and materials.
4. Make a copy of the file user.db and store it in a safe location. The copied library is your back-up library.
   You may change the name of user.db, but at the moment you want to load this back-up library back into Diamonds, you have to set the name back to user.db.

How to load a back-up of library

1. Close all Diamonds/ PowerConnect/ BIM Expert projects.
2. Open Task Manager ( CTRL +  ALT +  DEL or right mouse click on the Windows bar). Click on ‘More details’.
3. Stop services Gateway and Gateway Server.
   • Go to the tab page Details.
   • Find BuildSoft.Gateway.exe in the list, select it and hit End Task. BuildSoft.Gateway.Server.exe will disappear from the list.
   • Find BuildSoft.Gateway.Server.exe in the list, select it and hit End Task. BuildSoft.Gateway.Server.exe will disappear from the list.

   

4. Go to the folder C:\Windows\System32\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\BuildSoft\GatewayServer\*folder with highest number*
5. Replace the current user.db with the back-up user.db you made in the previous step. 
6. Open Task Manager ( CTRL +  ALT +  DEL or right mouse click on the Windows bar).
   Go to the tab page Services and click on ‘Open Services’.
   
7. Find the service Gateway Server from the list > right mouse button > Start.
   Note: you could try to start the service Gateway Server already in the dialog from step 6, but the one below gives more information if something goes wrong.
   
8. A progress bar appears. The Status should be ‘Started’.
9. Find the service Gateway from the list > right mouse button > Start.
   If you get Error 1053. Wait 5s and try again.
   If you still get Error 1053 after that, then Gateway was not well installed (solution here).
   
10. Start Diamonds/ PowerConnect/ BIM Expert. The back up database is now available.