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IBM Tivoli Monitoring, Version 6.3 Fix Pack 2
Back up a UNIX or Linux installation
Follow the steps in this section to back up a UNIX or Linux installation.
Normally an enterprise has a standard process for preserving a backup image of all computer systems, including the IBM Tivoli Monitoring environment. In most cases, the standard process for the enterprise is preferable to the processes described in this section. Use the instructions in this section only when a standard backup process is not available.
- Close the Tivoli Enterprise Portal browser and desktop clients.
- Stop the Tivoli Enterprise Portal Server, the Tivoli Enterprise Monitoring Server, the Eclipse Help Server, and all the monitoring agents running on the system.
- If the Tivoli Enterprise Portal Server is installed, run:
./itmcmd execute cq "runscript.sh migrate-export.sh"
- If you are upgrading from IBM Tivoli Monitoring V6.2.2 FP2-FP8, V6.2.3, or V6.2.3 FP1 to V6.3 or later and you have Tivoli Data Warehouse summarization and pruning configured, you should follow the instructions in the Local fix section of the APAR IV12595 before executing the migration-export script.
- As an alternative to using the migrate-export script to backup a DB2 portal server database, you can use the DB2 commands specified in Back up your portal server database.
- Use the tar command to compress the contents of CANDLE_HOME (the directory where IBM Tivoli Monitoring is installed), using a command that is similar to the following:
tar -cvf /tmp/CANDLE_HOME.backup.tar CANDLE_HOME
- Add the following files to the tar file created in step 4 above:
- On AIX:
/etc/rc.itm* tar -uvf /tmp/CANDLE_HOME.backup.tar /etc/rc.itm*
- On HP-UX:
/sbin/init.d/ITMAgents* tar -uvf /tmp/ITMinstall_dir.backup.tar /etc/init.d/ITMAgents*
- On other UNIX or Linux systems:
/etc/init.d/ITMAgents* tar -uvf /tmp/CANDLE_HOME.backup.tar /etc/init.d/ITMAgents*
- Use the appropriate database commands to back up the Tivoli Data Warehouse databases.
Results
You are ready to proceed with the upgrade on this computer.
What to do next
Always contact IBM Software Support before attempting to use the files generated in this procedure to restore the IBM Tivoli Monitoring environment. The support staff can help ensure success of the restoration. Otherwise, errors made during the modification of the Windows registry could lead to a corrupted operating system.
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