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13 Backing up and restoring a CMS
If your CMS environment becomes lost or corrupted, it might be necessary to restore the environment from
a backup copy.
HP has published a white paper that contains step-by-step procedures for defining backup and recovery
procedures for HP Insight software products running on a Microsoft Windows-based CMS. The white paper
is available at the following website:
HP recommends that you follow the instructions in this white paper to periodically perform a full backup of
your CMS. This white paper describes the backup and restoration of a same system for fault insurance
purposes only. It does not apply to system migration or software upgrades.
The white paper covers the following topics:
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How to quiesce the Insight software environment before performing a backup.
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Backing up the Insight software files, directories, and databases that contain user changeable state
and configuration data. This partial backup process can be performed between full backups.
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Restoring the environment.
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Completing the recovery process, which defines a set of best practices to resynchronize the environment
after the data has been restored.
The recovery process requires the mxsync utility to be installed on the CMS. The mxsync utility is
distributed on the HP Insight software distribution media and is installed through the HP Insight Software
Installer wizard.
To successfully restore the Insight software files, the CMS must be running the same version of the software
that was running when the full system backup was performed. HP recommends performing a full system
backup whenever you update software on the CMS.
HP also recommends that you periodically test your backup and restore procedures in a non-production
environment.
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