Copy, back up, and restore data by using transactions

On the SAP user interface, you can copy, back up, and restore data by using the /n/IBMMON/ITM_CONFIG transaction.

Before you begin

Use the copy, backup, and restore procedures to copy the IBM Tivoli Monitoring configuration settings from one SAP server to another SAP server. All the IBM® Tivoli® Monitoring configuration settings, except the SAP server instance monitoring settings are copied to the target SAP system.

Procedure

To copy, back up, and restore your data on SAP complete the following steps:

• To copy your data on SAP complete the following steps:

  a. Enter the target SAP system ID and the existing file name as source system id__<filenam>date_time. The /IBMMON/ITM_COPY transaction creates an IBM® Tivoli® Monitoring configuration file in the work directory with the filename as SAP target SAP system id__<filename>_date_time.

  b. Click Execute to copy the IBM® Tivoli® Monitoring configuration data to the file.

  c. Click Back or Cancel for returning to the previous IBM® Tivoli® Monitoring configuration screen. The expected input parameters are Target System id and filename which are to be copied.

• To back up your data on SAP complete the following steps:

  a. Log on to the SAP server and start the /IBMMON/ITM_CONFIG transaction.

  b. Select Backup and enter the backup filename.

  c. Enter the backup filename.

  The file name is stored as `sys_id_<filename>_date_time`.
  

  d. Click Execute to run the backup and to store the file on the Application Server.

  Note: The backup file is stored in the work directory of the application server.

  e. Click Back or Cancel for returning to the previous IBM® Tivoli® Monitoring configuration screen.

• To restore your data on SAP complete the following steps:

  a. Log on to the SAP server and start the /IBMMON/ITM_CONFIG transaction.

  b. Select Restore.

  c. Enter the filename to restore as sys_id_<filename>_date_time.

  d. Click Execute to restore IBM® Tivoli® Monitoring configuration data.

  e. Click Back or Cancel for returning to the previous IBM® Tivoli® Monitoring configuration screen.