How to Restore a Master Server

Before You Begin

Before performing a restore, you must have an installation of the Master Server that contains no data.

Steps

1. Stop the Master Server.

2. On the Master Server, change users so that you are root or the owner of the application.

3. Change to the directory where the backup script is located.

   % cd N1SPS4.1-home/server/bin

   N1SPS4.1-home is the home directory of the application.

4. Start the restoration by typing:

   % ./cr_restore.sh options

   The following options are available for use with the cr_restore.sh command.

   -b

   Master Server base directory

   If you do not use the -b option to specify a directory to in which to restore the backup files, the files are put in the current directory, N1SPS4.1–home/server/bin. If you do not have write permissions for this directory, the software generates an error.

   -q

   Quiet. No informative messages are printed

   -nors

   Skip the Resource Store restore

   -nodb

   Skip the database restore

   -f backupfile

   Restore the contents of the backupfile file

   -l logfile

   Write log output to the logfile file instead of the default logfile

   -t temp_directory

   Use the temp_directory directory to save temporary files

   -overwrite yes

   Overwrite the existing data during restore

   -u

   Print this information

   -h

   Print this information

   The script verifies that the backup files do not contain any errors. The script warns that if you proceed the Master Server process will stop, if it is not already stopped, thereby canceling any tasks, such as searches, plans, and comparisons, that are in progress.

5. Type y to proceed.

   The script warns that any data currently in the databases will be overwritten with the data in the backup files.

6. Type y to proceed.

   The restoration proceeds. The script starts the Master Server: