HP Systems Insight Manager - Manual (Page 517)

Related procedures
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Importing an SSH key
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Exporting an SSH key
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Configuring SSH key security
Related topic
▲ Managing SSH keys
Backing up and restoring the database
If you must reinstall HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM) but want to keep the information stored in the HP
Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM)
database , you must have a backup of the database. After the HP SIM
reinstallation, you can restore the information from your previous database from the backup. You should
also back up the database and associated configuration files regularly to allow recovery from a catastrophic
system failure or an instance of corrupted files. For complete information on backing up and restoring the
database, see
Backing up and restoring data files for HP Systems Insight Manager in a Windows environment
white paper at http://h18013.www1.hp.com/products/servers/management/hpsim/infolibrary.html .
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HP-UX and Linux
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Windows
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▲ Reference information
HP-UX and Linux
HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM) uses a PostgreSQL server or Oracle database to store collected
information about the systems on your network. Always back up your database using an appropriate backup
schedule. In the event of a catastrophic database problem, this backup can be restored to return HP SIM to
operation..
Saving data files using PostgreSQL utilities
Backing up the database with PostgreSQL requires changing the administrator's password and saving the
database and associated files.
NOTE: When executing PostgrSQL commands, file path names depend on how and where PostgreSQL
is installed. Your actual path name might differ from those provided in the following example.
1. If HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM) is running, enter mxstop in the command line to stop the HP
SIM daemons.
2. To verify that all HP SIM mx processes have stopped, run the command ps -ef | grep mx.
3. Using the file management utility of your choice, back up the configuration files listed below.
Description Directory of file
Directory of configuration files /etc/opt/mx/config
Additional configuration files /var/opt/mx/config/
Shared OpenSSL certificate directory /etc/opt/hp/sslshare/ (for HP-UX)
/opt/hp/sslshare
(for Linux)
Audit file /var/opt/mx/logs/mx.log
Program updates (required if HP SIM is to be reinstalled) /opt/mx/patch
Certificate used by the Command Line Interface (CLI) /opt/mx/bin/server_cert.pem
CLI configuration file /opt/mx/bin/CLIClientConfig
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