Restoring and validating Maximo Assist

To restore Maximo Assist, restore the namespace for Maximo Assist, CouchDB data, and Watson Discovery data. Restoring data from the cloud object storage is optional. You can also validate the restoration.

Before you begin

  • You need access to the Red Hat® OpenShift® command-line interface (CLI). Make sure that the oc command is in your path and that you have administrator credentials. For more information, see Getting started with Open Shift CLI.
  • You need to install the yq command-line interface, which is a lightweight and portable command-line processor for YAML, JSON, and XML. For more information, see yq Quick usage guide.

About this task

Source cluster
The original Red Hat OpenShift cluster from which you took the backup data.
Target cluster
Any Red Hat OpenShift cluster that is different than the source cluster.

The three different ways to restore Maximo Assist are based on different scenarios. For more information, see Backup and restore scenarios overview.

To learn more about how to deploy and undeploy Maximo Assist, see Deploying IBM Maximo Assist and Deactivating and deleting applications.

Procedure

  • For the crash recovery scenario, restore the Maximo Assist application to the source cluster from which you took the backup data.
    1. Undeploy the existing Maximo Assist deployment.
    2. Redeploy the Maximo Assist application.
    3. Using the backups, restore the namespace for Maximo Assist and then restore the CouchDB data and Watson Discovery data.
    4. Optional: Restore the data from the cloud object storage backup.
  • For the disaster recovery scenario, restore the Maximo Assist application to the target cluster, which is different than the source cluster.
    1. Install and configure the cluster.
    2. Install Maximo Application Suite core.
    3. Deploy Maximo Assist.
    4. Using the backups, restore the namespace for Maximo Assist and then restore the CouchDB data and Watson Discovery data.
    5. Optional: Restore the data from the cloud object storage backup.
  • For the restore data scenario, select the data that you want to restore from the Maximo Assist backups. You can restore data only to the source cluster.
    You don’t need to undeploy the existing Maximo Assist deployment.