This section provides notes on executing backup and restore.
Notes on the environment in which backup and restore are executed
Treatment of backup resources
Treatment of restore resources
Note
System administrator (superuser) privileges are required to execute the commands.
Notes on the environment in which backup and restore are executed
The backup and restore environment must meet the following requirements to execute backup and restore:
The operating systems are the same.
However, the version of the operation systems may not be the same.
The host information (host name and IP addresses) is the same.
The character codings are the same.
The repository servers are the same.
The directories storing the CMDB database are the same.
The items set by using the set menu on the screen of the Cloud Operation Management Dashboard are not backed up and not restored.
Treatment of backup resources
To move the backup resources, move the folders(directories) specified as the backup destination and all the folders(directories) and files located under those folders(directories).
Do not delete the backup resources located under the folders(directories) specified as the backup destination until the restore operation is completed.
The backup command cannot be used to save data to the following media:
Saving data to an optical disk such as CD-R or DVD-R
To save data to an optical disk, save the data to a local disk, then, write the saved data to the media using a dedicated writer etc.
Saving data to a folder(directory) that contains a space
Treatment of restore resources
The restore command cannot be used to restore data from the following media:
Restoring data from a directory that contains a space
