The Catalog Manager provides IBM® Storage Defender Copy Data Management administrators with the ability to backup and restore the IBM Storage Defender Copy Data Management Catalog.
Before you begin
To restore the catalog, copy the backup.tar.gz catalog backup file on the Copy Data Management appliance:
- Locate the backup.tar.gz catalog backup file on Copy Data Management appliance:
- For 2.2.28 and later releases, you can find the file in the /tmp/scdm/catalog/backup/ directory
- For previous releases, you can find the file in the /data/backup/ directory
- On the Copy Data Management appliance where you want to run the restore catalog, copy the file to the /tmp/scdm/catalog/restore/ directory.
Procedure
To manage your IBM Storage Defender Copy Data Management catalog through the Catalog Manager, complete the following steps:
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From a supported browser, enter the following URL:
https://<HOSTNAME>:8090/
where <HOSTNAME> is the IP address of the virtual machine where the application is deployed.
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In the login window, select IBM Storage Defender CDM from the drop-down menu. Enter admin as a User and your admin password.
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Click Menu, then select Catalog Manager.
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Select Backup Catalog or Restore Catalog.
Backup Catalog: Click Backup to start the catalog backup. Your backup is saved to the /tmp/scdm/catalog/backup/ directory
Backup Catalog considerations: IBM Storage Defender Copy Data Management will be stopped while the Catalog is being backed up. The IBM Storage Defender Copy Data Management user interface will not be accessible, and all running jobs will be aborted.
Restore Catalog: Click Restore to start the catalog restore.
Restore Catalog considerations: IBM Storage Defender Copy Data Management will be stopped while the Catalog is being restored. The IBM Storage Defender Copy Data Management user interface will not be accessible, and all running jobs will be aborted. All IBM Storage Defender Copy Data Management snapshots created after the Catalog backup was run will be lost.