Backing up or restoring EMC NetWorker client and NMDA configuration

Important: This topic only applies to IAS versions prior to 1.0.12.0.

You can use the emc_client settings command to back up or restore your EMC NetWorker configuration.

Usage

emc_client settings [-h] {--restore|--backup}
Important: The NMDA libraries are unlinked while backing up the EMC NetWorker client configurations, so any subsequesnt database backup and restore operations to the EMC NetWorker Server will fail. Before you perform any database backup and restore operations, restore the EMC NetWorker client configurations.
  • To restore EMC NetWorker client configurations, use: 
    emc_client settings --restore
    Sample output as follows: 
    [bluadmin@iiasgk-node0101 -Db2wh ~]$emc_client settings --restore
Getting EMC NetWorker client RPMs
Installing EMC NetWorker client RPMs....
Creating nsr directories
Generating server files on all nodes
Adding EMC NetWorker server details to /etc/hosts on node: node0101-fab
Adding EMC NetWorker server details to /etc/hosts on node: node0102-fab
Adding EMC NetWorker server details to /etc/hosts on node: node0103-fab
Stopping EMC NetWorker services
Successfully stopped EMC NetWorker services.
Starting EMC NetWorker services
Successfully started EMC NetWorker services
Checking nsrexecd
Installing NMDA RPMs....
Verifying NMDA libraries
Linking NMDA libraries to db2
Confirming if NMDA library linked to db2
Updating database configurations

IMPORTANT: Please exit out from the database container and restart the system using 'apstop' and 'apstart' commands.
Once the system is Ready, run 'setup_nmda_cfg -set-hostnames' inside database container as bluadmin to finish the installation setup.

Setting up NMDA configuration files
Successfully restored and reconfigured EMC NetWorker client and NMDA on all nodes.

NOTE: HA Management is RUNNING. 

For more info see /scratch/bluadmin_BNR/logs/emc_client_20180829123441.log
  • To back up EMC NetWorker client configurations, run: 
    emc_client settings --backup
    Example output: 
    [bluadmin@iiasgk-node0101 -Db2wh ~]$ emc_client settings --backup
Updating database configurations
Successfully updated database configurations
Unlinking NMDA libraries, if they exist.
Successfully unlinked NMDA libraries on node:  node0101-fab
Successfully unlinked NMDA libraries on node:  node0102-fab
Successfully unlinked NMDA libraries on node:  node0103-fab

NOTE: HA Management is RUNNING. 

For more info see /scratch/bluadmin_BNR/logs/emc_client_20180829123134.log