To Enable Archive Backups for a Calendar Server 6.3 System

1. Log in as an administrator with permission to change the configuration.

2. Stop Calendar Server services by issuing the stop-cal command.

3. At a command line, change to the directory where the ics.conf is located:

   cd /etc/opt/SUNWics5/config

4. Enable archive backups by setting the following ics.conf parameter to “yes”:

   caldb.berkeleydb.archive.enable=”yes”

5. Specify the directory path for the archive directory:

   caldb.berkeleydb.archive.path=
      /var/opt/SUNWics5/archive_backup_directory
   

   You might choose to place the archive backups on an alternate disk or disk subsystem in case of a hardware failure on the primary disk drive. Doing this might also reduce I/O contention on the primary drive or subsystem.

   If you have a high availability (HA) configuration, specify the path as a subdirectory in shared storage (/global/cal/). See also, Chapter 6, Configuring Calendar Server 6.3 Software for High Availability (Failover Service).

6. When you have completed editing the ics.conf file, restart Calendar Server:

   cal-svr-base/SUNWics5/cal/sbin/start-cal

   The calendar services do not need to be stopped to edit the ics.conf file, but you must restart the services in order for the changes to take effect.