Bringing up the recovery or primary TrueSight Infrastructure Management Server (Oracle) after a disaster

This section explains the steps you must perform to bring up the recovery or primary TrueSight Infrastructure Management Server after a disaster.

Configuring the disaster recovery system (Oracle)

Bringing up recovery TrueSight Infrastructure Management Server (Oracle) after a disaster

Perform the following steps to bring up the recovery TrueSight Infrastructure Management Server.

Using the Calbro Services example, this topic provides the steps to bring up the server at New York, newyork.calbro.com, after the server at Amsterdam, amsterdam.calbro.com, failed.

Step 1: Set the DNS server

On the DNS server, make the appropriate changes so that the DNS alias redirects to the recovery TrueSight Infrastructure Management Server.

Step 2: Transfer the latest \pw files

If no storage replication system is used, transfer the latest \pw files from the backed-up source to the recovery TrueSight Infrastructure Management Server.

Note

BMC recommends that you use any third-party file synchronization and backup software to copy the \pw directory because traditional copying can result in any unexpected failure.

Step 3: Transfer the latest database backup files

If no database replication system is used, transfer the latest database backup files from the backed-up source to the recovery database server.
On the recovery database server, restore the database files using either the database replication tool or the database replication solution.
Start the Oracle Database instance.

Step 4: Run the pw dbconfig command

On the recovery TrueSight Infrastructure Management Server, on a command prompt, run the following command:

pw dbconfig set -database Oracle -type Standalone|RAC -host <databaseHostName>:<listeningPort> -sid <systemIdentifierNumber> -servicename <serviceName> -nodecount <numberOfNodes> -rachosts <hostName>:<port> -username <userName> -password <password>

Parameter	Description
-type Standalone\|RAC	Configures the database to be either a standalone database or an Oracle RAC configuration
-host <databaseHostName>:<listeningPort>	Defines the host name or host IP address and the port where the database server is running. The default port number for Oracle Database is 1521.
-sid <systemIdentifierNumber>	Defines the database name, commonly known as system identifier, applicable only for Oracle standalone installations
-servicename <serviceName>	Defines the Oracle service name, applicable only for Oracle RAC installations
-nodecount <numberOfNodes>	Defines the number of nodes in an Oracle RAC installation
-rachosts [<hostName:port>], [<hostName:port>], ...	Defines the host names and port numbers for each of the Oracle RAC hosts, applicable only for Oracle RAC installations
-username <userName>	Specifies the user name for the database account
-password <password>	Specifies the password for the database account

Step 5: Start the TrueSight Infrastructure Management Server

(Windows) From the system icon tray, right-click the Infrastructure Management icon, and click Server Start.
(Linux) Access the pw command-line interface, and enter the pw system start command.

Note

If you have problems with starting the service, ensure that the Oracle Database instance is running.

Step 6: Edit the IP address of the Oracle-related monitors

From the administration console, navigate to Root > Device > DBServer, and select the primary database server.
Under Oracle Intelliscope, right-click the entry, and click Edit.
In the Target Device list, type the IP address of the recovery database server, and click OK.
For Calbro Services, it is the IP address of newyorkDB.calbro.com.
Under Oracle Query, right-click the entry, and click Edit.
In the Target Device list, type the IP address of the recovery database server, and click OK.
For Calbro Services, it is the IP address of newyorkDB.calbro.com.

Step 7: Validate the configuration

Launch the operator console by using the alias name set for the primary TrueSight Infrastructure Management Server in a browser.
For the Calbro Services example, access the console through the following URL:

http://pronet
Validate the data by using the FlashCheck option.

For more details about the FlashCheck option, see Examining current data (FlashCheck).

Step 8: Configure the remote event cells

This step enables the remote event cells to retrieve the IP address of the recovery TrueSight Infrastructure Management Server.

To configure a remote event cell

To flush and reset the cache, open a command prompt on a remote event cell and run the following command:
ipconfig /flushdns
Restart the remote cell.
Configure all the other remote event cells using the same procedure.

Worksheet to bring up the recovery TrueSight Infrastructure Management Server after a disaster

See Bringing up the recovery or primary TrueSight Infrastructure Management Server (Oracle) after a disaster for details.

Decision or requirement	Your entry
Update the DNS server with appropriate changes so that the DNS alias redirects to the recovery TrueSight Infrastructure Management Server.
Transfer the recently backed-up \pw files from the backup source to the recovery TrueSight Infrastructure Management Server.
Start the Oracle Database instance in the recovery TrueSight Infrastructure Management Server.
On a command prompt, run the `pw dbconfig`command.
Start the TrueSight Infrastructure Management Server.
Edit the IP address of the Oracle-related monitors.
Validate the TrueSight Infrastructure Management Server configuration.
Configure the remote event cell or cells.

Bringing back the primary TrueSight Infrastructure Management Server (Oracle)

After you fix the primary TrueSight Infrastructure Management Server, you can switch the operations from the recovery TrueSight Infrastructure Management Server back to the primary TrueSight Infrastructure Management Server.

To bring up the primary TrueSight Infrastructure Management Server, see Bringing up the recovery or primary TrueSight Infrastructure Management Server (Oracle) after a disaster and interchange the steps that you performed between the primary and recovery TrueSight Infrastructure Management Servers.