Log in as root on the Sun Management Center server machine.
Stop all Sun Management Center processes.
Type the command /opt/SUNWsymon/es-stop -A and press Return.
Type the command /opt/SUNWsymon/sbin/es-restore.
If any Sun Management Center processes are still running, you are notified that Sun Management Center must be shut down.
You are asked whether you want to proceed. Type y and press Return.
Specify the backup directory.
You are prompted for the directory path to the backup files. The default location /var/opt/SUNWsymon/backup is displayed.
If you are restoring Sun Management Center data from the default backup directory /var/opt/SUNWsymon/backup, press Return.
If you are restoring Sun Management Center data from a different backup directory, type the name of the directory and press Return.
All Sun Management Center processes are stopped. es-restore validates the backup data in the specified directory.
If the backup data is corrupted, you are informed, and es-restore exits to the system prompt.
If you decide not to restore the Sun Management Center data from a different backup, and want to restart Sun Management Center, type /opt/SUNWsymon/sbin/es-start -A and press Return.
If the backup data is valid, es-restore restores the database and configuration data from the specified directory.
When the restore is completed, es-restore restarts all Sun Management Center processes.
The es-restore log file is /var/opt/SUNWsymon/install/restore_host-name.date and time string.process-id where:
host-name is the name of the server you used to perform the restore
date and time string is the year, date, and time the restore was run
process-id is the process ID of the es-restore session