Dumping, backing up, and restoring the OpenEdge Management configuration database
Using the command-line interface, you can dump the OpenEdge Management configuration database, even while OpenEdge Management is running, to a readable XML file. You can use the dump file as a backup of the configuration database; in the event of a catastrophic failure, you can use the backup dump file to restore the OpenEdge Management configuration database. Because the dump file is readable, you can also use the file when you are performing diagnostics.
You can also perform a dump and load to reduce the disk space that the OpenEdge Management configuration database is using.
Dumping the OpenEdge Management configuration database
You can dump the OpenEdge Management configuration database to a file whose name you specify by typing the following command:
The resulting file will be in XML format and will contain an XML representation of all definitions in the OpenEdge Management configuration database. You can use this resulting file either as a potential single-file backup of the database or to assist with diagnostics regarding database performance.
Note that you can run the dump command when both the AdminServer and OpenEdge Management are running, or when they are both not running. You cannot dump the configuration if OpenEdge Management is a plugin of the AdminServer but has been stopped.
You can also use the
-httpport
argument, as follows, to identify the port of the OpenEdge Management Web server:
Restoring the OpenEdge Management configuration database from a backup file
You can load a dump file you created from the OpenEdge Management configuration database. To run the load command, be sure that OpenEdge Management is offline; if OpenEdge Management is running, you must stop the AdminServer before you run the command.
To load the file, type the following command:
The
-load
command recreates the OpenEdge Management configuration database and populates it with definitions in the file whose name you specify.Reducing OpenEdge Management configuration database disk space usage
You can perform both the
-dump
and-load
commands to reduce the amount of disk space consumed by the OpenEdge Management configuration database. You might want to perform this reduction in space if OpenEdge Management has been performing a lot of resource modifications over an extended period of time, in which case some database fragmentation might have occurred causing more disk space to be consumed than is actually required.Note that OpenEdge Management must be offline when you run the
-load
command.If OpenEdge Management is online, be sure to stop the AdminServer.
To dump the data, do the following:
- Back up the
fathom.o*
files that are in the following location:
- Remove the
fathom.o*
files from the location identified in Step 1.- Copy the
fathom.xml
file to the\config
directory.- Restart the AdminServer.
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