The resource files managed by Resource Orchestrator are as shown below:
Configuration definition information of Resource Orchestrator (the database of the Resource Orchestrator manager)
System images and cloning images (files in the image file storage folder)
Target Resources | Relevant Backup Command | Resources to Back Up when Configuring a System | When Backup is Necessary | Necessity of Stopping Managers | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Certificates | rcxkeydefbackup | Yes | None. | No action is necessary | - |
Session encryption keys | rcxkeydefbackup | Yes | After password saving (after execution of the rcxlogin -save command) | No action is necessary | - |
System images and cloning images | scwbackup | Yes | After addition, deletion, and modification of physical server images | No action is necessary | - |
Configuration definition information | rcxbackup | Yes | After creation, registration, modification, unregistration, and deletion of resources | No action is necessary | - |
Information related to image files | scwbackup | Yes | After the registration and unregistration of VM hosts | No action is necessary | - |
Definition files | rcxkeydefbackup | Yes | Modification of definition files | No action is necessary | - |
Image management information | rcxkeydefbackup | Yes | After rcxadm imagemgr command operations | No action is necessary | - |
Backup operations are necessary at the timing listed in "Table 9.1 Backup Targets and Update Timing", and after the following maintenance operations.
After backup, only when the following hardware configuration and configuration changes have not been performed, is it possible to perform restoration.
When performing hardware configuration or configuration changes, perform backup again.
Replacement of a chassis, LAN switch, managed server, or power monitoring device hardware
Replacement of the NIC of a managed server
LAN connections between managed servers and LAN switches
Server switchover or takeover (*)
Modification of the configuration of image operation target disks of managed servers
* Note: If failback has been performed after server switchover, restore can be performed.
Note
The configuration definition information managed by Resource Orchestrator is the target of backup and restore.
VM management software, VM hosts, VM guest boot images, and VM guest virtual disks are not the target of backup and restore. Perform backup and restore another way.
