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IBM Tivoli Monitoring, Version 6.3 Fix Pack 2

Back up a Windows installation

This section contains instructions for backing up your Windows installation.

Typically 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.


Follow these steps to back up a Windows installation. In step 4 of this procedure, you record the current configuration settings. In Step 9, you apply these settings again.

  1. Close any browser or desktop clients for the Tivoli Enterprise Portal.

  2. Launch the Manage Tivoli Enterprise Monitoring Services (KinConfg.exe) utility.

  3. On the computer where you are backing up an installation, stop the Tivoli Enterprise Portal Server, the Tivoli Enterprise Monitoring Server, the Eclipse Help Server, and all the monitoring agents running on the system.

  4. Perform the following steps to record the current configuration settings for IBM Tivoli Monitoring. (For example, you can make a record on a sheet of paper or in a buffer file.)

    1. Right-click in the row of the component that you want to configure.

    2. Select Reconfigure.

      You make no changes in the series of windows that are displayed.

    3. Record the settings for the component in the series of configuration windows.

      You record details such as port numbers, host names, protocols for communication, firewall settings, and settings for the data warehouse.

    4. Click OK in each window and accept all prompts, without making changes.

      If you click Cancel at any point, the Reconfigure process fails to display all configuration windows. You must start the Reconfigure process again.

    You must unconfigure the monitoring environment in the next step. This action restores the Windows registry to a known state that ensures success, if you restore the environment later.

  5. Perform the following steps to unconfigure each IBM Tivoli Monitoring component, except the Tivoli Enterprise Portal desktop client. Do not perform the following steps for the desktop client.

    1. Right-click in the row of a component in the Manage Tivoli Enterprise Monitoring Services window.

    2. Select Advanced >> Unconfigure in the popup menu.

      When you are finished, all components except the Tivoli Enterprise Portal desktop show No in Configured column of the Manage Tivoli Enterprise Monitoring Services window.

  6. Use a compression command to compress the contents of the directory where IBM Tivoli Monitoring is installed.

  7. Use the appropriate database commands to back up the Tivoli Enterprise Portal Server and Tivoli Data Warehouse databases.

    See Back up your portal server and Tivoli Data Warehouse databases.

  8. Export the entire Windows registry to a backup file as follows:

    1. Select Run in the Windows Start menu.

    2. Type regedit in the Open field.

    3. Click OK. The Registry Editor is displayed.

    4. Ensure that the MyComputer node at the top of the registry is selected, so that all values in the registry are exported.

    5. Select Export in the File menu.

    6. Save the copy of the registry to the following path and filename: C:\WinRegistryBeforeInstall.reg

    At this time, the backup process is complete.

  9. Perform the following steps to return IBM Tivoli Monitoring to its normal configuration and status:

    1. Right-click in the row of each unconfigured component.

      "Unconfigured" components show No in the Configured column of the Manage Tivoli Enterprise Monitoring Services window.

    2. Select Advanced >> Configure Advanced in the popup menu.

    3. In the series of dialog boxes that is displayed, enter the original parameter settings that you recorded in Step 4.

    4. Click OK in each configuration window and accept other prompts to save your changes.

    When you are finished, all components show Yes in Configured column and Stopped in the Status column.


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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Back up IBM Tivoli Monitoring

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