The backup and restore utility performs a back up of the system data and also restores the data at any given point in time without a considerable amount of effort.This utility backs up and restores data only for the Sentinel Rapid Deployment server and can not be used for Collector Manager systems.
You can back up the following data:
Configuration data: Data stored in the config directory and other directories, and in the Sentinel database. This data includes configuration files, property files, and keystore files. The Sentinel database contains various configuration information related to users, plug-ins, Collectors, Connectors, and filters.
Event data: Event data stored in the database. The event data includes the aggregated events files and any temporary event files that were created when the events failed to be inserted into the database.
Runtime data: Dynamic data stored on the file system. This data includes the Lucene search indexes used in queries by the Sentinel Rapid Deployment Web UI.
Advisor data: Advisor data stored in the Sentinel database.
NOTE:You need not back up the Advisor data, because the default Advisor data is loaded into the Sentinel database when you install Sentinel Rapid Deployment. Also, if you purchase the Advisor license, a backup is not required because you can download the updated Advisor data from the Novell download Web site (https://secure-www.novell.com/sentinel/download/advisor/).
The backup and restore script is controlled by various command line parameters that are described in Table 14-3.
The following table lists the various command line parameters that you can use with the backup_util.sh script:
Table 14-3 Backup and Restore Script Parameters
Open a console, and navigate to the <install_directory>/bin directory as the novell user.
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 14-3. The following table gives examples of how to specify the parameters:
(Conditional) If you have restored any data, restart the server because the script might make several modifications to the database.