Backing Up a Control Center and CP Server

This section describes the backup of the Control Center and CP server components running on either an Oracle or a Postgres database depending on which one you are using. The database stores all the data and state information for the Control Center. This is a general description of the Control Center and CPDB backup process. For step-by-step procedures for the full Oracle or Postgres database backup refer to the respective database manufacturer's documentation.

Back up the Control Center, CPDB, Control Center database, data files, control files, redo logs, init.ora files, {postgres_data}, and password files at regular intervals.

Full database backup and restoration is a complicated task. Therefore, an experienced DBA should perform this task.

To Back up the Control Center and Control Plane Server Components

Steps

1. To back up the control plane server database run the following commands.

   For backing up the control plane server component running on an Oracle database:

   /opt/terraspring/sbin/backupdb -o $ {Oracle_Home} backup file name

   For backing up the control plane server component running on a Postgres database:

   /opt/terraspring/sbin/backupdb -o $ {Postgres_Home} backup file name

2. To back up the Control Center database run the following commands.

   For backing up the Control Center component running on an Oracle or a Postgres database:

   /opt/terraspring/gwdb/bin/backupDB.sh