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HP Operations Manager for UNIX Administrator’s Reference

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Maintaining <strong>HP</strong>OM<br />

Backing up Data on the Management Server<br />

About Offline Backups<br />

You can use the opc_backup tool to per<strong>for</strong>m partial or full backups of<br />

data on the management server:<br />

❏<br />

Partial Backup<br />

<strong>HP</strong>OM configuration data only. Includes current messages and<br />

history messages.<br />

❏ Full Backup<br />

Includes the <strong>HP</strong>OM binaries and installation defaults.<br />

In either case, you have to shut down the Java GUI and stop all <strong>HP</strong><br />

Software services, including the <strong>HP</strong>OM server processes. Then, you shut<br />

down the Oracle database, and per<strong>for</strong>m an offline backup.<br />

Advantages of Offline Backups<br />

Backing up data offline has the following advantages:<br />

❏<br />

❏<br />

Archive log mode is not needed:<br />

• Better overall per<strong>for</strong>mance<br />

• Less disk space required<br />

Binaries are backed up (if full mode is used).<br />

Disadvantages of Offline Backups<br />

Backing up data offline has the following disadvantages:<br />

❏<br />

❏<br />

You can recover data only to the state of the most recent full backup.<br />

You must stop all <strong>HP</strong> Software services and the Java GUI.<br />

Types of Offline Backup Functions<br />

For an overview of the backup functions, see man pages opc_backup(1M)<br />

and opc_recover(1M).<br />

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