Enabling or Disabling Automatic Backups

Automatic backups are managed by the csstored process that starts up automatically when start-cal is issued. However, you can either enable or disable automatic backups at will. The default is for automatic backups to be disabled. The csstored process runs even if automatic backups are not enabled.

There are two kinds of automatic backups: hot backups and archival backups. You enable or disable them separately.

The csstored process must be configured before you issue start-cal, or you will receive an error message informing you that csstored is not configured. You will receive the same message every 24 hours thereafter until it is configured.

For information on automatic backups and instructions on configuring csstored, see Chapter 10, Configuring Automatic Backups (csstored).

The following is a list of tasks for enabling and disabling automatic backups:

• To Enable Hot Backups

• To Enable Archive Backups

• To Disable Hot Backups

• To Disable Archive Backups

To Enable Hot Backups

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

   cd /etc/opt/SUNWics5/config

2. Enable hot backups by setting the following ics.conf parameter to “yes”:

   caldb.berkeleydb.hotbackup.enable="yes"

3. Specify the directory path for the hot backup directory:

   caldb.berkeleydb.hotbackup.path=
      /var/opt/SUNWics5/hotbackup_directory
   

   The default is the current directory.

4. 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.

To Enable Archive Backups

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

   cd /etc/opt/SUNWics5/config

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

   caldb.berkeleydb.archive.enable=”yes”

3. Specify the directory path for the archive directory:

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

   The default is the current directory.

4. 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.

To Disable Hot Backups

Backups are disabled by default. If you have previously enabled them and want to disable them, perform the following steps:

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

   cd /etc/opt/SUNWics5/config

2. Disable hot backups by setting the following ics.conf parameter to "no":

   caldb.berkeleydb.hotbackup.enable="no"

3. 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.

To Disable Archive Backups

Backups are disabled by default. If you have previously enabled them and want to disable them, perform the following steps:

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

   cd /etc/opt/SUNWics5/config

2. Disable archive backups by setting the following ics.conf parameter to "no":

   caldb.berkeleydb.archive.enable="no"

3. 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.