Restoring The Zenworks Object Store; Deleting The Dangling Objects From Zenworks Object Store - Novell ZENWORKS LINUX MANAGEMENT 7.2 IR2 - ADMINISTRATION GUIDE 09-25-2008 Administration Manual

# zlm_ndsbackup.sh -U admin.system
3 Enter the password to authenticate to the Object Store.
This is the password for the ZENworks Administrator account.
The backup program creates a directory in /var/opt/novell/zenworks/backup/nds/
month-yyyy/yyyy-mm-dd. The directory name is the date on which the backup is taken. The
backup file is saved in this directory. The name of the backup file has the format timestamp-backup,
and the time stamp indicates the time when the backup was taken. For example:
/var/opt/novell/zenworks/backup/nds/August-2005/2005-08-23/
10:12:23-backup
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NDS Backup creates a directory with the current date in /var/opt/novell/zenworks/
backup/nds. The backup file is saved in this directory.
The log information about the backup operation is saved to /var/opt/novell/log/
zenworks/ndsbackup.log.

9.1.2 Restoring the ZENworks Object Store

If necessary, you can restore the ZENworks Object Store from a backup you created. You use
zlm_ndsrestore.sh, located in /opt/novell/zenworks/sbin, to restore the Object
Store from a backup.
1 Make sure you are logged in as root to the ZENworks Server.
2 Enter the following command on the command prompt:
zlm_ndsrestore.sh -U admin.system -F path_to_the_backup_file
Make sure that the -F option includes the backup file's complete path.
3 Enter the password to authenticate to the Object Store.
This is the password for the ZENworks Administrator account.
The log information about the restore operation is saved in /var/opt/novell/log/
zenworks/ndsrestore.log.
4 After the restore is complete, you need to ensure that the Data Store is synchronized with the
Object Store. For instructions, see
Store," on page
9.1.3 Deleting the Dangling Objects from ZENworks Object
Store
The zlm-edirectory cleanup utility of ZENworks 7.2 Linux Management IR2 helps you to delete
dangling objects from ZENworks Object Store.
To run the zlm-edirectory cleanup utility on the ZENworks Server:
1 Close all ZENworks Linux Management operations, if any are running.
2 Create an XML file with the following content:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
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