Backing up Ops Center applications using Protector

Ops Center Installation and Configuration Guide
Version
11.0.x
Audience
anonymous
Part Number
MK-99OPS001-23
You can create scheduled or immediate backups of Ops Center applications using Protector. This procedure applies to all Ops Center product components.
  • If you are not planning to use an existing repository node, you must configure a new one before proceeding.
  • You can only restore one application at a time.
  1. Log in to the Protector UI.
  2. In the Policies window, click the plus (+) icon near the top of the screen, enter a name (example: MasterBackup), and click Next.
  3. Click Next to skip Allocate Policy to Access Control Resource Group.
  4. In the Add one or more Classifications window, click on the plus (+) icon, click Application, select Ops Center, and click Next.
  5. In the Specify Ops Center Applications window, choose the master node as a source, and then choose whether you want to Include all Ops Center Applications, or select individual products by clicking Add. (You can also exclude products.) Click Apply.
  6. In the Add one or more Operations window, click the plus (+) icon, select Backup, and click Next.
  7. In the Specify Backup operation attributes window, you can set the schedule and retention for your backups. Click Apply to return to the Add one or more Operations window and click Finish.
  8. Select Data Flows, click the plus (+) icon, enter a name (example: MasterBackup) and click Next.
  9. Click Next to skip Allocate Policy to Access Control Resource Group.
  10. In the Create Data Flows window, drag the master node from the Nodes tab into the workspace, then drag the repository you want to use to store the backup.
  11. Click the master node and select MasterBackup from the Policies list.
  12. Click the repository and select MasterBackup from the Policies list.
  13. Click Finish.
  14. In Data Flows, select MasterBackup from the list, and click the play icon in the toolbar.
  15. In Activate Data Flows, click Activate.
  16. In the Monitor window, you can start the backup immediately by selecting MasterBackup and clicking the trigger (lightning) icon. (Otherwise, the backup occurs according to the schedule.)
  17. Select the operation and click Run Now. You can check the overall progress in the Jobs window or the details in the Log window.
To recover an Ops Center application, you must first restore the backup archive as described in Restoring Ops Center application archives using Protector.