What you must do is stop at least netmon and snmpCollect, and then backup
the entire /usr/OV/databases/openview directory. All of it. The object
database, topology database, and map database are all tied together and
should not be dealt with separately.
There are several ways to backup /usr/OV/databases/openview. You can use
the AIX backup and restore commands. You can also use tar, but as these are
sparse file systems, restoring with tar will cause them to use more space
than they did originally. To avoid this you can use pax to restore them.
For example, you could do this
cd /usr/OV/databases/openview
tar -cvf <filename> * this tars up everything into
your file
pax -vf <filename> (same as tar -tvf <filename>) you can use pax or
tar to see the contents of your file
pax -rp e -f <filename> (like tar -xvf <filename>) restore with
pax and don't forget the 'e' option to restore the permissions.
When you restore all the daemons should be down.
If you are trying to move the database to another NetView machine to
replace what is there, then after you restore the database,
you should start the daemons and run /usr/OV/service/reset_ci so that the
NetView which now has this database will recognize it as
his.
James Shanks
Tivoli (NetView for UNIX) L3 Support
Theo Odendaal <theoo@IMPOTEK.CO.ZA> on 05/12/99 09:39:39 AM
Please respond to Discussion of IBM NetView and POLYCENTER Manager on
NetView <NV-L@UCSBVM.UCSB.EDU>
To: NV-L@UCSBVM.UCSB.EDU
cc: (bcc: James Shanks/Tivoli Systems)
Subject:
Hi James
Sorry about that, it is AIX 4.2.1
> -----Original Message-----
> From: James Shanks [SMTP:James_Shanks@TIVOLI.COM]
> Sent: 12 May 1999 03:24
> To: NV-L@UCSBVM.ucsb.edu
> Subject:
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> Are you asking for a menu option? There is not one.
> What operating system and version are you running?
>
> James Shanks
> Tivoli (NetView for UNIX) L3 Support
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> Theo Odendaal <theoo@IMPOTEK.CO.ZA> on 05/12/99 08:05:22 AM
>
> Please respond to Discussion of IBM NetView and POLYCENTER Manager on
> NetView <NV-L@UCSBVM.UCSB.EDU>
>
> To: NV-L@UCSBVM.UCSB.EDU
> cc: (bcc: James Shanks/Tivoli Systems)
> Subject:
>
>
>
>
>
> Hi all
>
> Can you please be so kind as to inform me how can I backup and restore a
> Netview database through Tivoli?
>
> Kind regards
>
> Theo Odendaal
> theoo@impotek.co.za
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