Re: [nv-l] Copying Netview "/usr/OV" directorie to another server (image)

[Bill Evans <wvevans@nc.rr.com>]

No need to do a fresh install as long as the source and target of the files
are the same level NetView.  The extraction needs be only the /usr/OV/databases
and /usr/OV/conf files although you can copy /usr/OV.  You just don't have
to restore everything. You need to do the mapadmin step so the backup machine
can locate the maps.  

If you ARE on two different levels of NetView between the machines, do a
Backup of the production system using the admin tools then copy the /usr/OV.back.v6r0
migration file to the new machine and (re)install the NetView 7.1.  The net
result is the same. 

Be careful if the backup machine is a member of a Tivoli Management Region.
 One of the configuration files is a unique one with the dispatcher ID for
the local machine and must be kept intact.  

Bill
D'Apice, Dominic wrote:

Hi, if i understand, i must install a brand new installation of netview 7.1 before doing what you tell me?

 

If not, Can I do this?

 

1-       copy the entire “/usr/OV” directories in my new server

2-       overwrites /usr/OV/conf (with the tar file) in my new server

3-       overwrites /usr/OV/databases (with the pax file) in my new server

+ reset_ci command...

 

And by this way I won’t be oblige to install a new installation of netview …

 

Thanks

Dominic

-----Message d'origine-----
De : Bill Evans [mailto:wvevans@nc.rr.com]
Envoyé : 12 décembre, 2002 20:42
À : D'Apice, Dominic
Objet : Re: [nv-l] Copying Netview "/usr/OV" directorie to another server (image)

This should qualify as a FAQ if there were such an entity for NetView .  Try doing this to restore the files after you copy them to /home/bevans/ovdb.tar. (Choose your own file names).

# Stop the NetView daemons for the duration of the restoration.     
ovstop                                     # stop the NetView daemons
# Restore the local configuration and databases from the primary server images
# Tar is used for the configuration and PAX is used for the databases because the
# databases are "sparse" files requiring special treatment for restoration.
tar -xvf /home/bevans/conf.tar 
pax -rp e -f /home/bevans/ovdb.tar
# restart the network daemon
ovstart                          
# Reset the system names in the databases
/usr/OV/service/reset_ci
mapadmin -u $HOSTNAME

D'Apice, Dominic wrote:

Hi all,

We plan to upgrade Netview 7.1 (aix system) to Netview 7.1.3, but before
upgrading i need to copy  
my Netview 7.1 in production (all "/usr/OV" file system) to our
pre-productoin server AND after that i will upgrade to 7.1.3

my question is


It is posible to do a tar file of all "/usr/OV" directorie and untar this
file in another server and Netview will work again ?

if yes, what attention should i take after or before copying this image to
the new server 
(i mean hostname variable to change, configuration file to change...)?


Thanks
Dominic D'Apice
* D.D'Apice@saq.qc.ca


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