HP XP7 Command View Advanced Edition Administrator Guide (Web Version) (TK981-96004, May 2014)

2. Execute the hcmds64backups command to back up the database.
In Windows:
installation-folder-for-HP-XP7-Command-View-Advanced-Edi-
tion\Base64\bin\hcmds64backups /dir folder-for-storing-backup-files
/auto
In Linux:
installation-directory-for-HP-XP7-Command-View-Advanced-Edition/
Base64/bin/hcmds64backups -dir directory-for-storing-backup-files
-auto
dir
Specify the absolute path of the directory on the local disk in which the database backup
files are stored. In Linux, do not specify a path that includes a space.
Make sure that no files or subdirectories are in the directory specified for the dir option.
auto
Automatically starts or stops HP XP7 Command View Advanced Edition services.
When you execute the hcmds64backups command, the directory database will be created
in the directory for storing backup files, specified with the dir option, and these files will be
combined and stored as the file backup.hdb.
NOTE:
The setting files for HP XP7 Command View Advanced Edition products are backed up in
locations other than the database directory created in the directory for storing backup
files, specified with the dir option. If an error occurs in the management server and you
need to re-install HP XP7 Command View Advanced Edition products, you can use the
backed up setting files to check the previous settings.
Backing up a database in a cluster configuration
To back up a database when management servers are clustered, perform the procedure below.
CAUTION:
Use the executing node (a machine that has online set for mode in the cluster.conf file) to
make backups of databases.
To back up a database:
1. Log on to the management server as a user with Administrator permissions.
2. Use the cluster management application to select the following services, and then from the
right-click menu, take the services offline:
• HP StorageWorks XP Tiered Storage Manager
• DeviceManagerServer
• HCS Device Manager Web Service
• HBase 64 Storage Mgmt Web Service
• HBase 64 Storage Mgmt Common Service
• HP XP7 Command View Advanced Edition product resources other than the above
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