12.2 Enabling or Disabling Automatic Backups in Calendar Server Version 6.3

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.

For information on automatic backups and instructions on configuring csstored, see Chapter 9, Configuring Automatic Backups (csstored).

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

• To Enable Hot Backups in Calendar Server Version 6.3

• To Enable Archive Backups in Calendar Server Version 6.3

• To Disable Hot Backups in Calendar Server Version 6.3

• To Disable Archive Backups in Calendar Server Version 6.3

To Enable Hot Backups in Calendar Server Version 6.3

1. Log in as an administrator with configuration privileges.

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

3. Change to the directory where the ics.conf file is located.

   cd /etc/opt/SUNWics5/config

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

   caldb.berkeleydb.hotbackup.enable="yes"

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

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

   The default is the current directory.

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.

To Enable Archive Backups in Calendar Server Version 6.3

1. Log in as an administrator with configuration privileges.

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

3. Change to the directory where the ics.conf file 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/hotbackup_directory
   

   The default is the current directory.

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.

To Disable Hot Backups in Calendar Server Version 6.3

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

1. Log in as an administrator with configuration privileges.

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

3. Change to the directory where the ics.conf file is located.

   cd /etc/opt/SUNWics5/config

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

   caldb.berkeleydb.hotbackup.enable="no"

5. 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 in Calendar Server Version 6.3

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

1. Log in as an administrator with configuration privileges.

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

3. Change to the directory where the ics.conf file is located.

   cd /etc/opt/SUNWics5/config

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

   caldb.berkeleydb.archive.enable="no"

5. 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.