Cisco Systems 10200 manual Backing up the EMS Database

Chapter 3 Monitoring and Backing Up the BTS

Exporting Provisioned Data

<hostname>#flarcreate -n <hostname> -X /tmp/excluded_dir -c /mnt/<hostname>.archive <hostname>#mv /bin/date /bin/.date

<hostname>#mv /bin/date.archive /bin/date

Step 11 Unmount the NFS server, enter <hostname>#umount /mnt.

Step 12 From the active EMS switch over all platforms, enter:

<hostname>#ssh optiuser@<hostname>

cli>control bdms id=BDMS01;target-state=standby-active; cli>control element-manager id=EM01;target-state=standby-active;

Step 13 Repeat the procedure starting with Step 3 to back up the PRIMARY EMS/BDMS.

Backing up the EMS Database

This procedure is for experienced UNIX users. It tells you how to save the provisioning database from the EMS to a remote server. The remote server must be:

•Connected to a corporate LAN.

•Backed up daily by default, the daily hot backup is not turned on at installation The back up processes:

•ora_hot_backup.ks—Backs up database data files, control files, and archive logs

•ora_arch_backup.ksh—Backs up archive logs

The target backup directory on both primary and secondary EMS systems is /opt/oraback. Backup files in /opt/oraback directory are later transferred to the /opt/backup directory in a remote archive site. After the files are transferred, they are purged from /opt/oraback.

Step 1 Cross check the databases on the primary and secondary EMSs before backing up.

Caution Cross check before ora_hot_backup.ksh and ora_arch_backup.ksh are scheduled. This validates database and archived log files for RMAN processes.

a.Log in as oracle, or su - oracle.

b.Enter dbadm -E backup_crosscheck..

c.Ensure the log file has no errors (except the “validation failed for archived log” messages). Ignore

these messages of the /data1/arch/opticalx_yyy.arc files because the validation directs RMAN not to look for *.arc files. ora_purge_archlog.ksh purges *.arc files.

RMAN-06157: validation failed for archived log

RMAN-08514: archivelog filename=/data1/arch/optical1_25.arc recid=1 stamp=461878656

Step 2 Remove the archive log purge process and schedule the backup processes.

Note Do this on the primary and secondary EMSs.

a.Disable the ora_purge_archlog.ksh process.

b.Enable the ora_hot_backup.ksh process.

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