Novell ZENWORKS LINUX MANAGEMENT 7.3 IR2, Administration Manual

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ZENworks Object Store and Data Store Maintenance
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ZENworks Object Store and Data
Store Maintenance
Under normal conditions, the data in the Novell
®
ZENworks
®
Object Store and Data Store is always
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 “
Disaster Recovery ” in the Novell
ZENworks 7.3 Linux Management Troubleshooting Guide .
The following sections provide information about the maintenance tasks you can perform.
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Section 9.1, “Maintaining the ZENworks Object Store,” on page 85
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Section 9.2, “Maintaining the ZENworks Data Store on PostgreSQL,” on page 88
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Section 9.3, “Maintaining the ZENworks Data Store on Oracle,” on page 92
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Section 9.4, “Synchronizing the Object Store and Data Store,” on page 98
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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
TM
8.8.3. The Novell eDirectory Service
/etc/
init.d/ndsd
should be running to allow the backup and restore operations for ZENworks Object
Store.
The following sections provide information for backing up and restoring the Object Store:
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Section 9.1.1, “Backing Up the ZENworks Object Store,” on page 85
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Section 9.1.2, “Restoring the ZENworks Object Store,” on page 86
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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
located in
/opt/novell/zenworks/sbin
allows you to create the
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.