Moving Ops Center Automator to another host

Ops Center Automator Installation and Configuration Guide
Version
11.0.x
Audience
anonymous
Part Number
MK-99AUT000-24

If necessary, you can move Ops Center Automator from one host to another.

Note: If the host name or IP address of the replacement source and host name or IP address of the replacement destination are different, you must change the management server host name.

Make sure following settings are the same between the source host and the replacement destination host:

  • The host name and IP address
  • The account of the OS user used by Ops Center Automator
  • The Hitachi Ops Center product environment (configuration, version, and revision)
  • The installation path of Ops Center Automator
  • The system locale and character set

You should also make sure that no tasks are currently being processed in the "Status" column of the Tasks tab of Ops Center Automator with the indication "In Progress", "Waiting for Input", "In Progress (with Error)", "Long Running", or "In Progress (Terminating)".

  1. Log on to the management server using Administrator privilege.
  2. Complete a backup of Ops Center Automator on the source host.
    1. Stop the current services by running the hcmds64srv /stop command.
    2. Run the backupsystem command to perform the backup.
  3. Transfer the archived backup file to the replacement destination host.
  4. Log on to the management server for the destination host.
  5. Complete a restore of Ops Center Automator on the replacement destination host.
    1. Stop the services by running the hcmds64srv /stop command.
    2. Run the restoresystem command to restore the backup.
    3. Reconfigure the following settings to match the environment of the restore destination.
      To set See
      External authentication server integration (exauth.properties1) Registering an external authentication server and an external authorization server and Registering an LDAP search user account
      Password policy (security.conf2) Changing the password policy
      Audit log (auditlog.conf2) Enabling audit logging
      Port number3 (user_httpsd.conf4) Changing the port number used for management server communication with management clients and Common Component property updates for port number changes
      Secure communications Configuring secure communications
      Server managing the user account Changing the information of the server managing the user account
      Agentless connection private key Public key authentication
      RADIUS server shared private key Registering a shared secret
      Performance mode Configuring the performance mode
      Warning banner hcmds64banner command

      1. The backup source file is stored in the following location:

      For Windows:

      backup-destination-folder\HBase\base\conf

      For Linux:

      backup-destination-directory/HBase/base/conf

      2. The backup source file is stored in the following location:

      For Windows:

      backup-destination-folder\HBase\base\conf\sec

      For Linux:

      backup-destination-directory/HBase/base/conf/sec

      3. This setting is required if it has been changed from the default.

      4. The backup source file is stored in the following location:

      For Windows:

      backup-destination-folder\HBase\base\httpsd.conf

      For Linux:

      backup-destination-directory/HBase/base/httpsd.conf
  6. Remove and register Ops Center Automator from Common Services.
    1. Remove Ops Center Automator from Common Services. To remove Ops Center Automator, see the Hitachi Ops Center Installation and Configuration Guide.
    2. Run the setupcommonservice command to apply the changes to Common Services.
    3. If necessary, change permissions for user groups and service groups.
  7. Restart the services by running the hcmds64srv /start command.