Restoring Ops Center Automator

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

Ops Center Automator allows you to restore your system configuration and database information.

Make sure following settings are the same between the backup source host and the restore 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 (for Windows) or root privilege (for Linux).
  2. Complete a backup of Ops Center Automator on the source host.
    See Backing up Ops Center Automator for the steps to do this.
  3. Transfer the archived backup to the destination host.
  4. Stop the services or disable failover.
    • For a non-cluster environment:

      Stop the Ops Center Automator and Common Component services by running the hcmds64srv /stop command.

    • For a cluster environment:

      Run the following command to take the group where the Ops Center Automator and Common Component services are registered offline and disable failover.

      Common-Component-installation-folder\ClusterSetup\hcmds64clustersrvstate /soff /r group-name
  5. Run the restoresystem command to restore the backup.
  6. Reconfigure the following settings to match the destination environment.
    Note: When you use Ops Center Automator in a cluster environment, you must reconfigure the property files listed in the following table on both the active and standby nodes.
    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
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    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 had 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
  7. Start the services or enable failover.
    • For a non-cluster environment:

      Start the Ops Center Automator and Common Component services by running the hcmds64srv /start command.

    • For a cluster environment:

      Run the following command to take the group where the Ops Center Automator and Common Component services are registered online and enable failover.

      Common-Component-installation-folder\ClusterSetup\hcmds64clustersrvstate /son /r group-name