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Tableau Command Line:
    Check the status of Tableau service:
          tabadmin status --v
     Start/stop/restart Tableau service
    tabadmin stop
    tabadmin start
    tabadmin restart
     Saving configuration changes:
          tabadmin config
Tableau Configuration:
    Update Logo:
          tabadmin customize sign_in_logo "<png_image_path>"

    tabadmin customize header_logo "<png_image_path>" 


  Configure Tableau Desktop Reporting
 



  

Tableau Upgrade:
     1. Backup:
         tabadmin backup <backupfilename> -d
         -d will append the file name with the date
           Backup file extension is .tsbak
           Versions prior to 8.1, tableau server should be stopped.
      1.a. Backup verify: -d
             tabamin backup c:\mytabserbackup.tsbak --verify
    2. Saving logs:
         tabadmin ziplogs -l -n -f
    3. Clean up
           To remove all Tableau Server log files and clean temp folders -
        tabadmin stop
        tabadmin cleanup
        tabadmin start




Tableau Administrator Tasks:
    Finding the current log level:
         D:\Program Files\Tableau\Tableau Server\config\tabsvc.yml
  Archive Logs:
         tabadmin ziplogs -l -n <file_name>
  Restoring from backup:
    tabadmin stop
    tabadmin restore --no-config <backupfilename.tsbak>
    tabadmin start
    Tableau looks for backupfilename.tsbak in the bin folder.




Tableau Mobile






Errors and Possible root causes:
1. Connection to localhost:8060 refused
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D:\Program Files\Tableau\Tableau Server\9.2\bin>tabadmin backup -t D:\Temp tab9.2beforeupgradeto10.0.1 -d
===== Using as backup tmp directory: D:\Temp (free space: 142.32 GB)
===== Cleaning entries from http_requests log older than 7 days
===== Cleaning entries from http_requests log older than 7 days
===== Cleaning entries from http_requests log older than 7 days
  *** The driver encountered an unknown error: org.postgresql.util.PSQLException: Connection to localhost:8060 refused. Check that the hostn
ame and port are correct and that the postmaster is accepting TCP/IP connections.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Root cause:
Disk space on system drive is low.


2. http://kb.tableau.com/articles/issue/error-service-tablicsrv-failed-to-start-installing-tableau-server


3. http://kb.tableau.com/articles/howto/error-initialization-failed-upgrading-tableau-server?userSource=6















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