C.2 Running the Backup and Restore Utility Script

  1. Open a console, and navigate to the /opt/novell/sentinel_log_mgr/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 C-1. The following table lists examples of how to specify the parameters:

    Syntax

    Action

    		 
    backup_util.sh -m backup -c -e -l -s -f /var/opt/novell/sentinel_log_mgr/data/full_backup.tar.gz

    Shuts down the Sentinel Log Manager server and takes a backup of the complete system data.

    NOTE:If you have taken a full backup, the data can be restored only on same versions of Sentinel Log Manager. 

    backup_util.sh -m backup -c -f /var/opt/novell/sentinel_log_mgr/data/config_backup.tar.gz

    Performs a local backup of the configuration data. This is a minimal backup of the system without any event data.

    		 
    backup_util.sh -m backup -e -f /var/opt/novell/sentinel_log_mgr/data/events_backup.tar.gz

    Performs a local backup of the event data. This is a minimal backup of the local storage event data.

    		 
    backup_util.sh -m backup -e -d5 -f /var/opt/novell/sentinel_log_mgr/data/events_5days_backup.tar.gz

    Performs a local backup of the event data from the last 5 days. This is a minimal backup of the local storage event data from the last five days.

    		 
    backup_util.sh -m info -f /var/opt/novell/sentinel_log_mgr/data/config_backup.tar.gz

    Displays the backup information for the specified backup file.

    		 
    backup_util.sh -m simple_event_backup -e -z /opt/archives/archive_dir -f /opt/archives/archive_backup.tar.gz

    Performs a backup of event data on the machine where the networked storage directory is located. You must manually copy the backup_util.sh script to the machine where the networked storage is located.

    		 
    backup_util.sh -m restore -f /var/opt/novell/sentinel_log_mgr/data/config_backup.tar.gz

    Restores the data from the specified filename.

    		 
    backup_util.sh -m simple_event_restore -z /opt/archives/archivedir -f /opt/archives/archive_backup.tar.gz

    Performs a restore of backed up networked storage data.

    		 
    backup_util.sh -m backup -c -e -l -r -s -w -f /var/opt/novell/sentinel_log_mgr/data/<backupfilename>

    Takes a full back up of the data and configuration. Stores the back up data in the specified back up filename.

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

    Use the Data Restoration feature to restore the extracted partitions. For more information, see Section 3.7.6, Restoring Data.