Database Connection Parameters; Installing A Backup Database - Extreme Networks EPICenter Reference Manual

EPICenter Backup
< > is the directory where the backup copy of the database should be stored. Substitute an
backup_dir
actual directory name in the command.
This command generates a backup of the database in the specified backup directory. The backup
consists of two files,
should be saved so they can be used to replace the original files in the event of a problem.
NOTE
Do not stop the EPICenter server to perform daily backups of the database. This action is not necessary and will
prevent the alarm and event logs from truncating.
Syntax: dbbackup [switches] directory
Table 63: dbbackup Command Switches
Switch
-c "keyword=value; ..."
-y

Database Connection Parameters

These are the parameters for the
specified, connection parameters from the SQLCONNECT environment variable are used, if set.
Table 64: Database Connection Parameters for dbbackup Utility
uid=<user name>
pwd=<password>
dbf=<database_file>
eng=EPIC51
The connection parameters are separated by semicolons, and the entire set must be quoted. For
example, under Windows, the following backs up the EPICenter database basecamp.db, connecting as
user ID with password
dba
<install_dir>\database\dbbackup -c
"uid=dba;pwd=sql;eng=EPIC51;dbf=<install_dir>\basecamp.db" c:\tmp

Installing a Backup Database

The backup database is named
the
dbbackup
To replace a damaged database with the backup copy, follow these steps:
1 Shut down the EPICenter software following the instructions for your operating system in the
EPICenter Installation and Upgrade Note.
2 Move or delete the old copy of
directory.
540
and
basecamp.db
Description
Supply database connection parameters
Replace files without confirmation
command-line switch. If the connection parameters are not
-c
The user name used to login to the database. Default is dba. The user ID must have
DBA authority.
The password used to login to the database. Default is sql.
The name of the file that stores the data. This is the file to be backed up.
The name of the database engine. This value must be EPIC51 for EPICenter 6.0.
:
sql
basecamp.db
command ( in the example).
c:\tmp
basecamp.db
. All database files are backed up. These files
basecamp.log
, and is kept in the directory you specified when you ran
and
basecamp.log
found in the EPICenter installation
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