Backing up relational databases for the IoT tool

You can back up relational databases that are used by the IoT tool if the database instance is hosted within the Red Hat® OpenShift® cluster.

To ensure the consistency of user data, first back up the document database that is used by the IoT tool and then back up the relational database.

The user data that is created in Maximo® Application Suite is stored in the IoT tool document database and synchronized into the relational database that is used by the IoT tool.

If you are not using Db2®, refer to your database provider documentation.

Use one of the following methods to back up Db2.

Use the Maximo Application Suite DevOps Ansible® Collection.
- For more information, see the Db2_backup role.
Use the instructions in the Db2 documentation.
- For more information, see Backing up and restoring Db2.
- The Db2 container name is c-mas-{MAS_INSTANCE_ID}-system-db2u-0.
- For more information, see Backing up a Db2 database online.