Backup and Restoring the BrightStor Storage Resource Manager (BSRM) Database

Products

• STORAGE RESOURCE MANAGEMENT SUITE

Issue/Introduction

How to Backup and Restore the BrightStor Storage Resource Manager (BSRM) Database?

Environment

BRMAPS20100-11.5-Storage Resource Manager-Application Server

Resolution

Application Server

Backup

1. Close down all Window Clients
2. Close down the Application Server (If BSRM application server is running in standard mode)
3. Stop the following services
   
   
   • BrightStor SRM Application Service (if application server is running in service mode)
   • BrightStor SRM GNS Service
     BrightStor SRM BOS Service
   • BrightStor SRM scheduler
   • Pervasive SQL (relational) (bsrm does not use this service)
   • Pervasive SQL (transactional)
   
   
   
4. Backup the BrightStor SRM Data directory using any Backup software.
5. Start the following services
   
   
   1. Pervasive SQL (relational) (BSRM does not use this service)
   2. Pervasive SQL (transactional
   3. BrightStor SRM GNS Service
   4. BrightStor SRM BOS Service
   5. BrightStor SRM Application Service (if application server is running in service mode)
   6. BrightStor SRM scheduler

Start BSRM Application server if it is running as standard mode.

Start BSRM Windows client.

 

Restore

Restore the Application server using its orginal name.

1. Install BSRM of the restored server using the same drives as the original installation
2. Stop the following services
   
   
   1. BrightStor SRM Application Service (if application server is running in service mode)
   2. BrightStor SRM GNS Service
   3. BrightStor SRM BOS Service
   4. BrightStor SRM scheduler
   5. Pervasive SQL (relational) (BSRM does not use this service)
   6. Pervasive SQL (transactional)
   
   Copy the backed up BrightStor SRM Data directory over BrightStor SRM Data directory created during the current install.
   
   
3. Start the following services
   Pervasive SQL (relational)
   
   
   1. Pervasive SQL (transactional
   2. BrightStor SRM GNS Service
   3. BrightStor SRM BOS Service
   4. BrightStor SRM Application Service (if application server is running in service mode)

 

Managed Computer

If a managed server crashes and is restored, you will not have to re-register. However, you may need to Stop and start BOS service and from the Activity monitor discover active launcher and update launcher data)

(Even if you delete and re-register, historical data, i.e. trending, will not be lost, as long as the full name of the object remains unchanged)

NOTE

You can create a script file that will stop and start the services using a .bat file. The following services should be included in the script file.

Echo "Starting BSRM Services"
net start "Pervasive.SQL (relational)" (bsrm does not use this service)
net start "Pervasive.SQL (transactional)"
net start "CA BrightStor SRM Trap"
net start "CA BrightStor SRM Scheduler"
net start "CA BrightStor SRM GNS"
net start "CA BrightStor SRM BOS"
# net start "CA BrightStor SRM Application Server (remove the # sign if your BSRM is running as windows service mode)

Echo "Stopping BSRM Services"
# net stop "CA BrightStor SRM Application Server" (remove the # sign if your BSRM is running as windows service mode)

net stop "CA BrightStor SRM BOS"
net stop "CA BrightStor SRM GNS"
net stop "CA BrightStor SRM Scheduler"
net stop "CA BrightStor SRM Trap"
net stop "Pervasive.SQL (transactional)"
net stop "Pervasive.SQL (relational)"

 

Application Server

Backup

BSRMstop.bat
Backup the BSRM Data directory using Any backup software

BSRMstart.bat

Restore

Restore the Application server using its original name.
Install BSRM of the restored server using the same drives as the original installation
Run BSRM_stop.bat

Copy the backed up BSRM data directory over the BSRM Data directory created during the current install.
Run BSRM_start