Managing the snapshots

Use snapshots to restore prior configuration and policy settings to the Identity Manager virtual appliance.

Before you begin

Ensure that these steps are done before you want to create or apply a snapshot from the Snapshots page.
  1. From the Server Control widget on the Appliance Dashboard for the primary node, do these steps.
    1. Select Cluster Manager server.
    2. Click Stop.
  2. From the Server Control widget on the Appliance Dashboard for the member node, do these steps.
    1. Select Identity Manager server.
    2. Click Stop.
    3. Select Security Directory Integrator server.
    4. Click Stop.
When you restore the primary node from the backup node, some user requests remain in pending state. For example, Request for Service Access. Therefore, when you restore a backup node as a primary node, do these steps.
  1. Clear the Service Integration Bus tables from the database and commit the changes. For more information, see Step 3 in Reconfiguring the data store connection.
  2. Restart the database server that you are using, such as DB2® or Oracle.
  3. Restart the primary node virtual appliance.
  4. Restart the member node virtual appliance.

About this task

Snapshots are stored on the Identity Manager virtual appliance. However, you can download the snapshots to an external drive in case of system failure.

Procedure

  1. From the top-level menu of the Appliance Dashboard, click Manage > System Settings > Snapshots.
    The Snapshots page is displayed.
  2. On the Snapshots page, do one or more of the following actions.
    Option Description
    New To create a snapshot, do these steps:
    1. Click New.
    2. On the Add Snapshot window, specify helpful comments in the Comments field, so that the snapshot is easy to identify in the virtual appliance.
    3. Click Save Configuration.
    Edit To edit the comment for a snapshot, do these steps:
    1. Select a snapshot.
    2. Click Edit.
    3. On the Edit Snapshot window, edit the existing comment in the Comments field.
    4. Click Save Configuration.
    Delete To delete snapshots, do these steps:
    1. Select one or more snapshots.
    2. Click Delete.
    3. Click Yes to confirm.
    Apply To apply a snapshot, do these steps:
    1. Select a snapshot.
    2. Click Apply.
    3. Click Yes to confirm.
    Important:
    • You can apply a snapshot of the primary node on the backup node only from the command-line interface.
    • You must apply the snapshot of the same node that you are working on.
    • If you revert a snapshot in a cluster, apply the same level snapshot on each node in the cluster.
    • If configuration or policy versions are newer than the firmware version, the settings are rejected. If the configuration and policy versions are older than the firmware version, the settings are moved to the current firmware version.
    Download To download snapshots, do these steps:
    1. Select one or more snapshots.
    2. Click Download.
    3. Browse to the location where you want to save the snapshot.
    4. Save the file.
    Note: If you download multiple snapshots, the snapshots are compressed into a .zip file.
    Upload To upload a snapshot, do these steps:
    1. Click Upload.
    2. In the Upload Snapshot window, click Browse for Snapshot.
    3. Select the snapshot that you want to upload. The snapshot information is displayed in the Files to upload table.
    4. In the Comments field, type a comment to describe the snapshot.
    5. Click Save Configuration.
    Note: You can upload only 1 snapshot at a time.
    Refresh To display the most recent list of snapshots, click Refresh.