Using the Backup and Restore Utility Script

  1. Open a console, and navigate to the <install_directory>/bin directory as the novell user.

  2. Enter backup_util.sh, along with the necessary parameters for the data that you want to back up or restore.

    For more information on the different parameters, see Table 3. The following table gives examples of how to specify the parameters:

    Syntax

    Action

    backup_util.sh -m backup -a -c -e -l -s -f <install_directory>/data/<full_backup.tar.gz>
    

    Shuts down the server and takes a backup of the complete system data. You should shut down the Sentinel server only when you back up the event data of the current online partition or when you back up the dynamic runtime data.

    backup_util.sh -m backup -c -f <install_directory>/data/<config_backup.tar.gz>
    

    Takes a backup of the current configuration data.

    backup_util.sh -m backup -e -f <install_directory>/data/<events_backup.tar.gz>
    

    Takes a backup of the event data.

    backup_util.sh -m backup -e -d5 -f <install_directory>/data/<events_5days_backup.tar.gz>
    

    Takes a backup of the event data for the last five days.

    backup_util.sh -m info -f <install_directory>/data/<config_backup.tar.gz>
    

    Displays the backup information for the specified backup file.

    backup_util.sh -m restore -f <config_backup.tar.gz> 
    

    Restores the data from the specified filename.

  3. (Conditional) If you have restored any data, restart the server because the script might make several modifications to the database.

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