The platcfg utility provides for network backup and restore operations. From the Main Menu, selecting Backup and Restore displays the Backup and Restore menu as shown.
Figure 1. Backup and Restore Menu
- Network Backup works in the same way as it does for lsmsmgr. For more information, see Backing Up the LSMS Manually.
- Restore Platform enables restoration of data from NAS to LSMS.
Selecting Restore Platform transfers control to the Restore Backup Menu as shown.
Figure 2. Restore Backup Menu
- Select Backup Media enables selection of the backup archive to be restored from NAS to LSMS.
- View Table of Contents displays the contents of the selected backup archive. If no backup archive is selected, a message is displayed indicating that you must select the media first.
- Change Restore Dir is used to indicate the restore directory to which the archive will be restored.
- Restore Backup Archive restores the selected archive from NAS to LSMS. If no backup archive is selected, a message is displayed indicating that you must select the media first.
To restore the data from NAS when the servers are in active/standby state, follow these steps:
- On the standby server, open the lsmsmgr menu using the following command:
su - lsmsmgr - Select .
- Repeat steps 1 and 2 on the active server.
- Start restore from NAS on the active server from the platcfg menu ().
- After restore, issue the following command on both the A and B servers:
rm -rf /var/TKLC/lsms/db/auto.cnf - On the active server, open the lsmsmgr menu using the following command:
su - lsmsmgr - Select .
- Repeat steps 6 and 7 on the standby server.