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Maintaining OVO
Backing up Data on the Management Server
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About Automatic Backups
To carry out a complete automatic backup of the database while the GUI
and server processes are running, OVO integrates its own backup and
restore scripts with those provided by the Network Node Manager
(NNM):
❏ ovbackup.ovpl
❏ ovrestore.ovpl
Automatic backups are designed to be run with cron jobs or through
scheduled OVO actions. For more information about the automatic NNM
backup scripts, as well as the automated-backup scripts provided by
OVO, see “About the ovbackup.ovpl Command” on page 530 and “About
the ovrestore.ovpl Command” on page 532.
Advantages of Automatic Backups
Automatic backups have the following advantages:
❏ OVO GUI
There is no need to exit the OVO GUI, although OVW actions are not
possible for a short time (for example, starting applications in the
Application Desktop window).
❏ Processes and Services
OVO server processes, OVO Operator Web GUI services, trouble
ticket services, and notification services remain fully operational.
❏ Database
Partial recovery of the Oracle database is possible.
For example, you could recover the Oracle database as follows:
Up to a given time
Individual damaged tablespaces
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