Zenworks Object Store And Data Store Maintenance; Maintaining The Zenworks Object Store; Backing Up The Zenworks Object Store - Novell ZENWORKS LINUX MANAGEMENT 7.3 IR2 - ADMINISTRATION GUIDE 02-12-2010 Administration Manual

ZENworks Object Store and Data
9
Store Maintenance
Under normal conditions, the data in the Novell
consistent. However, inconsistencies can occur because of database corruption, hardware failures, or
even natural disasters. Therefore, we recommend that you periodically back up and restore the
Object Store and Data Store.
ZENworks Linux Management provides tools to back up and restore the ZENworks Object Store
and the PostgreSQL Data Store If you are using Oracle for the Data Store, we recommend using a
tool like RMAN. Basic instructions for using RMAN are included in this section.
IMPORTANT: To restore a ZENworks Linux Management system after the failure of a ZENworks
Primary Server, you need backups of the Object Store, Data Store, package repository, and
zlmmirror configuration files. For more information, see
ZENworks 7.3 Linux Management Troubleshooting
The following sections provide information about the maintenance tasks you can perform.
Section 9.1, "Maintaining the ZENworks Object Store," on page 85
Section 9.2, "Maintaining the ZENworks Data Store on PostgreSQL," on page 88
Section 9.3, "Maintaining the ZENworks Data Store on Oracle," on page 92
Section 9.4, "Synchronizing the Object Store and Data Store," on page 98
Section 9.5, "Cleaning Up the ZENworks Database," on page 98

9.1 Maintaining the ZENworks Object Store

The ZENworks Object Store is Novell eDirectory
should be running to allow the backup and restore operations for ZENworks Object
init.d/ndsd
Store.
The following sections provide information for backing up and restoring the Object Store:
Section 9.1.1, "Backing Up the ZENworks Object Store," on page 85
Section 9.1.2, "Restoring the ZENworks Object Store," on page 86
Section 9.1.3, "Deleting the Dangling Objects from ZENworks Object Store," on page 87

9.1.1 Backing Up the ZENworks Object Store

The
zlm_ndsbackup.sh
ZENworks Object Store backup by using the ndsbackup utility, and the full backup of eDirectory
DIB by using the dsbk utility.
You can either back up the Object Store or take a full backup of the eDirectory DIB. We recommend
that you back up both of them.
1 Make sure you are logged in as root to the ZENworks Server.
®
ZENworks
TM
located in
/opt/novell/zenworks/sbin
®
Object Store and Data Store is always
"Disaster Recovery" in the
Guide.
8.8.3. The Novell eDirectory Service
allows you to create the

ZENworks Object Store and Data Store Maintenance

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Novell
/etc/
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