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a. Click Start - Run. At the command prompt, enter net stop "Avocent Management Platform ESB".
b. You will see the: The Avocent Management Platform ESB service is stopping…
To issue pg_dump to backup the Avocent Management Platform database:
1. Click Start - Run to open a command prompt window.
2. At the command prompt, change the directory to c:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\8.4.2\bin.
3. Issue the following command pg_dump –U postgres AMPDB > C:\AMPDB-Backup.sql, press Enter.
The syntax structure is = pg_dump -U <username> <DBname> <filename>.
4. If prompted, enter your DBAdmin password.
5. Upon completion of the backup process, copy the AMPDB-Backup.sql file to another location if needed.
This may take a moment.
6. Restart the Avocent Management Platform ESB Services.
To backup the database on a Linux server:
1. To stop the Avocent Management Platform ESB service:
2. At the terminal or command line of your Linux server, type service smx stop.
3. The prompt will return, Stopping ServiceMix Application Server…
4. You will see, Stopped ServiceMix Application Server.
To issue pg_dump to backup the Avocent Management Platform database:
1. At the command prompt window, issue the command pg_dump –U postgres AMPDB > AMPDB-
Backup.sql. The syntax structure is = pg_dump –U <username> <DBname> <filename>.
2. If prompted, enter your DBAdmin password.
3. Upon completion of the backup process, copy the AMPDB-Backup.sql file to another location if needed.
This may take a moment.
4. Restart the Avocent Management Platform ESB services.
Restoring the database with psql
To restore the database on a Windows server:
1. Stop the Avocent Management Platform ESB service by using one of these methods.
2. Using a Windows server:
a. Click Control Panel - Administrative Tools - Services.
b. Locate the service named Avocent Management Platform ESB, right-click and select Stop.
3. Using the command prompt:
a. Click Start - Run.
b. Type net stop "Avocent Management Platform ESB".
c. The prompt will return, The Avocent Management Platform ESB service is stopping…
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