Backing up and restoring the HPOM management server

It is important that you regularly back up the data on your HPOM management server to preserve the HPOM database contents in the event of a failure and to maintain the customized configurations, policies, files, graphs, instrumentation, and reports that you have created. You may use both of the following methods:

Full system backup (offline backup)

A full system backup, including operating systems, all partitions, disks, files, and so forth is the easiest way to back up and restore your HPOM management server.

A full system backup is an offline backup. This means that the HPOM server, as well as the operating system, is shut down and the backup is started using a special boot disk or partition and special backup or imaging software.

HP recommends that you create an image/backup of your HPOM management server using a suitable solution so that you can restore your complete system, including operating system settings like IP configuration, DNS configuration, and all installed software, including HPOM for Windows.

However, such a solution is not appropriate for a daily backup, because the management server has to be shut down. Full backups can be combined with regular database backups.

In cases where you cannot use a full-system backup or imaging solution (for example, if the system where you want to restore the data uses different hardware and disks), you can also restore an HPOM server by reinstalling the operating system and HPOM software using exactly the same steps as for the original installation.

Database backup (online backup)

HPOM provides a policy and scripts that enable you to backup and restore the HPOM database. However, the database backup does not include configuration data from the registry, from other configuration files, or from the file system (for example, instrumentation). Therefore, you cannot rely on database backups alone. You many want to combine full system backups and daily database backups. If you do a full system backup of your HPOM management server including all installed patches and configurations, you can then do database backups to save data on a daily basis.

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