Backing up and restoring HP Systems Insight Manager 7.x or greater data files in a Windows environment

White paper | HP Systems Insight Manager 7.x
13 | March 2013
commands and SOAP calls that modify the state of HP SIM cannot be executed when the
mxquiesce command is executed. In order to perform a clean backup of HP SIM, no tasks
should be running when the HP SIM services are stopped.
The mxunquiesce command returns the system to the original state, enabling the user to
create, modify, and delete tasks, as well as execute CLI commands and SOAP calls.
The mxquiesce and mxunquiesce commands are located in <SIM>\bin. Only an
administrator with HP SIM Administrator privileges can execute these commands.
mxquiesce –u Administrator –p <password>
mxunquiesce –u Administrator –p <password>
If the mxquiesce command detects that a component has taken longer than the specified
timeout to complete the quiesce operation, the mxquiesce command will stop the quiesce
operation and return in the unquiesced state. The mxquiesce command can be run again to
retry the quiesce operation.
If the mxquiesce command encounters an error, it will exit in the unquiesced state.
The mxquiesce and mxunquiesce commands are mutually exclusive; they should not be
run simultaneously. HP recommends running the mxunquiesce command after the backup
so that the CMS returns to a fully unquiesced state.
To save the Oracle database files:
1. Use a file management tool to save the configuration files listed in Table 1. Substitute
<SIM> with the pathname of the location where SIM is installed (for example, C:\Program
Files\HP\Systems Insight Manager).
You must use a file management tool that preserves file permissions (such as the Windows
Backup tool) while saving directories and files.
2. Open the <SIM>/config/database.props file and check the property value for
hp.database.username. A user with DBA privileges must perform the backup and
restore.
3. Save any user-supplied (custom) files in the HP SIM directory tree, such as TDEFs, MIBs, logon
prompt, and actions.
4. Save the OpenSSH keys from the following folder:
<OpenSSH Install path>\etc
5. Save any custom support packs used by the VCRM.
6. Save any data files for plug-in utilities used with HP SIM. See the documentation for the
applicable plug-in utility for file names and locations.
7. Back up the Oracle data files. (See the Oracle documentation for detailed information.)
Note:
Perform steps 8 through 17 only if you are using Oracle 11g as the HP SIM database.
The Oracle 11g exp utility for exporting tables does not export tables that are empty. As a
result, when exporting the HP SIM database using the Oracle 11g exp utility, tables without
any data rows are not exported.