Backup and recovery considerations

 

Regularly back up the Pegasus repository as part of your existing backup plan. In most cases, you can recover a damaged repository by restoring the last backup copy.

The Pegasus repository is located in the qibm/userdata/os400/cim directory in the integrated file system. Pegasus keeps definitions of the data about managed objects and their providers in this repository. In addition, other definitions might be added by clients and providers.

The definitions that are installed with the CIMOM server are as follows:

Pegasus also stores two important configuration files in the qibm/userdata/os400/cim directory:

Do not attempt to manually edit the configuration files. You must use the cimconfig command.

If the files in this directory are deleted, moved, or corrupted, you need to restore them from the backup.

If the latest backed up repository is from a V5R3 release, do not restore it to a system that has Pegasus V2.5. After you install Pegasus V2.5 and upgrade the repository, back up the new repository immediately after the CIM server has been restarted.

 

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Common Information Model
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