HPOS 3.4.1 Backing up and Restoring HP Output Server, Version 3.4.1

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Technical Note

Backing up and Restoring

HP Output Server, Version 3.4.1

This technical note describes how to back up and restore HP Output Server, Version 3.4.1, including all HP Output

Server databases stored in an installation of MySQL for HP Output Management, Version 4.0.18.

HP Output Server stores program and configuration files in installDir, where installDir is the installation path for

your HP Output Server installation. HP Output Server also stores configuration settings and records in several

MySQL databases. Backing up and restoring an existing HP Output Server installation, where HP Output Server and

MySQL for HP Output Management are installed in separate directories or on separate hosts, includes the following

tasks:

1. backing up the HP Output Server program and configuration files in installDir

2. backing up the configured databases

3. restoring the databases from the backup

4. restoring the HP Output Server program and configuration files from the installDir backup

The following sections describe how to perform these tasks.

NOTE: If HP Output Server and MySQL for HP Output Management are installed in the same

directory on a UNIX host, see “Backing up and restoring same directory installations

(UNIX only)” on page 11.

Before you begin

Before you back up your HP Output Server installation, note the following requirements:

• You must create a backup of your current HP Output Server installation on each host.

• The target directory you specify for a backup must contain sufficient space for the backup.

• You must stop all programs that monitor or depend on the HP Output Server installation before creating a

backup. In general, these applications are not restarted automatically; you must restart these applications

manually after restoring HP Output Server from a backup.

• To create a reliable backup copy of your HP Output Server installation on a Windows host, HP recommends that

you back up the entire Windows system.

Summary of content (12 pages)

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Technical Note Backing up and Restoring HP Output Server, Version 3.4.1 This technical note describes how to back up and restore HP Output Server, Version 3.4.1, including all HP Output Server databases stored in an installation of MySQL for HP Output Management, Version 4.0.18. HP Output Server stores program and configuration files in installDir, where installDir is the installation path for your HP Output Server installation.
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Backing up and Restoring HP Output Server, Version 3.4.1 Backing up HP Output Server on a UNIX host Backing up HP Output Server on a UNIX host This section describes how to back up HP Output Server on a UNIX host. For information about backing up HP Output Server on a Windows host, see “Backing up HP Output Server on a Windows host” on page 6.
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Backing up and Restoring HP Output Server, Version 3.4.1 Backing up HP Output Server on a UNIX host Task 2: Backing up HP Output Server databases HP Output Server stores configuration settings and records in several MySQL databases. This section describes how to back up HP Output Server databases and tables in an installation of MySQL for HP Output Management on a UNIX host.
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Backing up and Restoring HP Output Server, Version 3.4.1 Backing up HP Output Server on a UNIX host Backing up a single database You can also create a backup of a single HP Output Server database, including all tables and records in the database, by typing the following commands: cd mySQLinstallDir/bin ./mysqldump --defaults-file=mySQLinstallDir/my.
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Backing up and Restoring HP Output Server, Version 3.4.1 Restoring HP Output Server on a UNIX host Restoring HP Output Server on a UNIX host This section describes how to restore HP Output Server from a backup on a UNIX host. For information about restoring HP Output Server from a backup on a Windows host, see “Restoring HP Output Server on a Windows host” on page 9.
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Backing up and Restoring HP Output Server, Version 3.4.1 Backing up HP Output Server on a Windows host Task 2: Restoring the program and configuration files To restore an existing installation of HP Output Server on a UNIX host, perform the following steps: 1. If you have not already done so, log in as the root user. 2. Set the HP Output Server environment variables by typing one of the following commands: Shell Command C source installDir/etc/setup_env.csh Bourne or Korn .
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Backing up and Restoring HP Output Server, Version 3.4.1 Backing up HP Output Server on a Windows host 4. Stop the HP Output Server servers by typing the following command: stop_server -t all 5. Change to the installation directory for HP Output Server by typing the following command: cd installDir The default location for this directory is C:\HP\OM. 6. Use a compression and file packaging utility, such as the zip command, PKZIP or WinZip, to back up the existing installation.
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Backing up and Restoring HP Output Server, Version 3.4.1 Backing up HP Output Server on a Windows host Backing up more than one database You can back up more than one specified database by using the --databases option instead of --all-databases in the preceding commands and by specifying the names of the databases to back up. All databases and tables are created in the MySQL mySQLinstallDir\data directory, where mySQLinstallDir is the installation path for MySQL for HP Output Management.
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Backing up and Restoring HP Output Server, Version 3.4.1 Restoring HP Output Server on a Windows host Backing up specified tables within a single database You can also back up individual tables in a database using the preceding commands for backing up a single database and by specifying the names of the tables to back up. This backup option can be used when, for example, your jobs table for a JQM is large and has many retained jobs that are about to expire.
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Backing up and Restoring HP Output Server, Version 3.4.1 Restoring HP Output Server on a Windows host Recreating from a backup of all databases or specified databases If you created a backup of all databases or more than one database, type the following commands to recreate the databases from the backup: cd mySQLinstallDir\bin .\mysql --defaults-file=mySQLinstallDir\my.cnf < \path\fileName where - mySQLinstallDir is the location of the MySQL for HP Output Management installation.
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Backing up and Restoring HP Output Server, Version 3.4.1 Backing up and restoring same directory installations (UNIX only) Backing up and restoring same directory installations (UNIX only) This section describes how to back up and restore HP Output Server when HP Output Server and MySQL for HP Output Management are installed in the same directory on a UNIX host.
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Backing up and Restoring HP Output Server, Version 3.4.1 Backing up and restoring same directory installations (UNIX only) Restoring same directory installations (UNIX only) This section assumes that you have created a backup of HP Output Server and MySQL for HP Output Management by performing the steps in “Backing up same directory installations (UNIX only)” on page 11.