Backup and restore of the BladeLogic environment
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BMC recommends that you set up a backup policy for the BMC BladeLogic Server Automation environment to ensure that your data is saved if your environment suffers corruption or failure. Each component of the environment has a specific backup mechanism.
Backup
The following table summarizes the backup mechanisms recommended for the various components in the BMC BladeLogic Server Automation environment.
Component | Backup mechanism |
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Database | Back up the BladeLogic Schema using your preferred database backup software. |
File server | Use your preferred file backup software to back up the entire directory shown in the blasadmin show file location output. |
Application Server | Back up the following Application Server files:
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To back up the Application Server configuration, use one of the following methods:
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Note
Ensure that your database and file server backups are correlated.
Restore
The following table summarizes the restore mechanisms recommended for the various components in the BMC BladeLogic Server Automation environment.
Component | Restore mechanism |
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Database | Restore the BladeLogic schema using your preferred database backup software. |
File server | Use your preferred file backup software to restore the file server contents. |
Application Server | Use the following guidelines:
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