Brocade Fabric Manager Administrator's Guide (53-10000196-01-HP, November 2006)

Fabric Manager Administrator’s Guide 24-5

Publication Number: 53-1000196-01-HP

Backing Up and Restoring the Database

The Database tab of the Server Management Console allows you to backup and restore the Fabric

Manager database (fabmandb). The Database Server must be running when you backup the database,

and it must be stopped when you restore the database.

Figure 24-4 Server Management Console, Database Tab

To backup the database

1. Launch the Server Management Console.

2. Click the Database tab.

3. Click Backup Database.

The Database Backup window displays.

4. Click Browse to select the location where the database will be backed up.

5. Click Backup.

Upon completion, a window displays the files that were backed up.

6. Click OK to close the window.

Note

You should periodically back up the database for disaster recovery and so that the database transaction

log does not get too large.