Portal, Express Beta Version 6.1 Operating systems: i5/OS, Linux,Windows

Backing up and restoring profiles

To prevent loss of data, you can backup and restore IBM^® WebSphere^® Portal Express profiles running scripts from a QShell session or scheduling scripts as part of a comprehensive backup and restore strategy. The scripts are found in the /QIBM/ProdData/PortalExpress/V61/Tools/sh_utils directory.

Prerequisites

Preparing prerequisite and corequisite software on i5/OS

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Preparing the primary node on i5/OS

• The Integrated File System (IFS) directory of the profile
• The external HTTP server associated with the profile
• All database libraries associated with the profile
• WebSphere registry data associated with the profile

You can also perform online backup and restores the using Backup, Recovery and Media Services (BRMS); see Systems management > Backup and recovery > Backup, Recovery and Media Services in the appropriate IBM eServer™ i5 Information Center.

Perform the following tasks to backup and restore your profile:

• Restoring a profile
  If you created a backup of your profile and something happens to your system, you can restore the profile on IBM i5/OS.
• Restoring remote database schemas
  After restoring the IBM i5/OS profile, restore the remote database schema.
• Restoring the HTTP instance
  This topic provides instructions on restoring HTTP instance data associated with a specific profile on IBM i5/OS using the rstHttpInstance.sh script.
• Restoring the Deployment Manager profile
  This topic provides instructions on restoring the Deployment Manager profile in a clustered environment on IBM i5/OS using the rstNdDm.sh script. The instructions describe running the script manually from a QShell session.