HP XP7 PA Software User Guide

Saving or restoring data from the Windows command line
To save or restore your data from the Windows command line:
• To save your files, enter:
%HPSS_HOME%\bin\backuputility -backup target-path
Where, target-path is the location, such as a network drive or shared file system where
you want to save the backup files.
You can also backup data for an XP or an XP7 disk array DKC or a particular duration. The
following are the commands:
◦ %HPSS_HOME%\bin\backuputility -backup target-path —dkc
<DKC_Serial_Number>
◦ %HPSS_HOME%\bin\backuputility -backup target-path —time <Start
date and time> <End date and time>
The format for the start and end date, and time is as follows: DD-MM-YYYY
NOTE:
◦ If you have saved the HP XP7 Performance Advisor database on a different location
during installation, navigate to that location.
◦ The target-path that you specify must not include space in the file location path.
• To restore your files, enter:
%HPSS_HOME%\bin\backuputility -restore target-path
Where, target-path is the location where you want to restore the files.
You can also restore data for an XP or an XP7 disk array DKC, or a particular duration. The
following are the commands:
◦ %HPSS_HOME%\bin\backuputility -restore target-path —dkc
<DKC_Serial_Number>
◦ %HPSS_HOME%\bin\backuputility -restore target-path —time <Start
date and time> <End date and time>
The format for the start and end date, and time is as follows: DD-MM-YYYY
Related Topics
• “Automatically increasing the database size (AutoGrow)” (page 143)
• “Manually increasing the database size” (page 145)
• “Manually purging the data” (page 146)
• “Purging older data” (page 147)
• “Automatically purging data” (page 147)
• “Creating and viewing Export DB CSV files” (page 149)
• “Archiving data” (page 160)
• “Deleting logs for archival and import activities” (page 166)
• “Migrating data to another management station” (page 166)
Migrating data to another management station 169