HP-UX AAA Server A.08.02 Administrator's Guide

Disaster Recovery of the HP-UX AAA Server Manager
The HP-UX AAA Server supports disaster recovery of HP-UX AAA Server Manager. If the host
running the HP-UX AAA Server Manager crashes due to system failure, the HP-UX AAA Server
Manager can be restored on the same or different host. You must back up a set of HP-UX AAA
Server Manager configuration files periodically and restore them on the host where you want to
launch the HP-UX AAA Server Manager.
To perform the disaster recovery of HP-UX AAA Server Manager, complete the following steps:
1. Deploy the AAA solution using HP-UX AAA Server Manager.
2. To backup the HP-UX AAA Server Manager configuration files from the host running the HP-UX
AAA Server Manager to a backup host, enter the following command at the HP-UX prompt:
1. scp /opt/hpws22/tomcat/webapps/aaa/aaalog/groups.config\
/opt/hpws22/tomcat/webapps/aaa/aaalog/AU.radhosts \
/opt/hpws22/tomcat/webapps/aaa/WEB-INF/gui.properties \
<user-account>@<backup-host>:/<backup-path>
where, the variables are described as follows:
• <backup-host> - host on which the configuration files are backed up
• <backup-path> - location on the <backup-host> to store the configuration files
• <user-account> - the user account with privileges to store files under
<backup-path> on the <backup-host>
2. Enter the password for the <user-account> on the <backup-host>, if prompted.
The configuration files are now available in the desired path <backup-path>, on the
<backup-host>.
NOTE: These HP-UX AAA Server Manager configuration files must be backed up periodically
whenever there is a change in the Administration Start Options, Administration Status Options,
HP-UX AAA Server attributes and Groups configuration.
3. Restore the configuration files from the <backup-host>, where the configuration files are
backed up to the host identified to launch the HP-UX AAA Server Manager, as follows:
1. Log in to the host identified to launch the HP-UX AAA Server Manager.
2. Enter the following command at the HP-UX prompt:
scp <user-account>@<backup-host>:/<backup-path>/groups.config\
<user-account>@<backup-host>:/<backup-path> \
/AU.radhosts /opt/hpws22/tomcat/webapps/aaa/aaalog/
3. Enter the password for the <user-account> on the remote host <backup-host>, if
prompted.
4. Enter the following command at the HP-UX prompt:
scp <user-account>@<backup-host>:/<backup-path>/gui.properties\
/opt/hpws22/tomcat/webapps/aaa/WEB-INF/gui.properties
5. Enter the password for the <user-account> on the <backup-host>, if prompted.
The HP-UX AAA Server Manager configuration files are recovered from the backup location.
You can start the HP-UX AAA Server Manager on the host where the files are recovered, to
manage the HP-UX AAA Servers.
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