Back up, Restore, and Re-initialize the HP Datacenter Connection Manager (DCM) Controller

Backing Up and Restoring DCM Controller Data

C a u t i o n

Be very careful when entering commands from the root: misconfigurations

 

can cause the device to malfunction. You should be experienced with Linux

 

systems before using these commands.

 

4. If you specified a network location in the backup script command, skip

 

 

to step 6. If you backed up your data to a USB drive, insert the USB drive

 

into the DCM Controller’s USB port.

 

5. Mount the USB drive:

 

mount /media/DCMbackup

 

6. Enter the following command:

 

/var/opt/HP/dcm/bin/restore-bundle [source file]

 

Replace [source file] with the path and file name of the .tar.gz file created

 

when you ran the backup script. For example:

 

/var/opt/HP/dcm/bin/restore-bundle media/DCMbackup/

 

backup-bundle-Mmm-dd-yy-nnnn.tar.gz

 

You must specify a source backup bundle whether using a relative or an

 

absolute path.

 

This command distributes all the information contained within the .tar.gz file.

 

It extracts and rewrites all the files in the backup bundle to their original

 

locations. The DCM database dump is loaded into the DCM database in the

 

postgres repository, replacing whatever was there before the restore script

 

command executed.

 

After the process is complete, a .log file will be written to the restore bundle

 

directory listing which operations were successful and which were not and

 

some information about the possible causes. This log file will be called restore-

 

bundle-MMM-DD-YY-nnnnnn.log. You can open the file with any text editor.

 

7. You must reboot DCM Controller for the restore operation to take effect:

 

ProCurve DCM(mydcm):~# reboot

Using the Support Script

In the event you need to contact HP for support, you should run the support script as described below and be prepared to send the output file to HP.

1. Enter the command:

/var/opt/HP/dcm/bin/support-bundle [destination path]

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