Novell IMANAGER 2.7.3, Administration Manual

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Best Practices and Common Questions
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Section 10.1, “Backup and Restore Options,” on page 103
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Section 10.3, “Collections,” on page 104
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Section 10.4, “Failed Installs,” on page 104
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Section 10.5, “High Availability: Running iManager in a Clustered Environment,” on page 105
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Section 10.6, “Patching iManager,” on page 106
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Section 10.7, “Performance Tuning,” on page 106
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Section 10.8, “iManager AppArmor Profile,” on page 107
10.1 Backup and Restore Options
There is no automatic backup and restore feature included with iManager. iManager is composed of
two parts: the local files on the server and the Role-Based Services objects in eDirectory
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To make a full backup of iManager, make sure you have a valid backup of the RBS collection and all
subordinate objects in the tree, either through replica redundancy or with an eDirectory backup
solution.
All local iManager files on the file system are stored in the Tomcat directory. As long as you have a
backup of the Tomcat directory, all iManager content is preserved. If the Tomcat directory is
somehow compromised on the server, shutting down Tomcat and recopying the directory allows you
to recover iManager. If you are not using RBS, backing up the Tomcat directory is all that is needed.
10.2 Coexistence with previous versions of
iManager 2.x and Role-Based Services
You should update your RBS collection to version 2.7. Otherwise, if you use iManager to access a
tree that has an RBS collection from a previous version of iManager 2.x, you won't see all of the
roles and tasks that should display.
1 In the Configure view, click Role Based Services > RBS Configuration .
2 Click the link in the Out-of-Date column for a module that needs updating.
3 On the Out-Of-Date Modules page, select a module, then click Update .
A message appears that confirms a successful update.
Updated plug-ins are visible in all versions of iManager 2.x.