HP Web Jetadmin Software - Backup and Cloning of an HP Web Jetadmin Installation

DATA SYNCHRONIZATION

Multiple installations of HP Web Jetadmin can share their device information with each other to

eliminate unnecessary network traffic and improve the redundancy of device information in each

installation. This synchronization feature also helps to ensure an accurate central repository of devices

on a single HP Web Jetadmin instance with the flexibility of having the satellite installations perform

local discoveries and report the device information back to the master HP Web Jetadmin installation.

This synchronization feature is not a full cloning of one HP Web Jetadmin installation to another.

Rather, this synchronization feature merely shares the list of discovered devices from one installation

to another.

To initiate data synchronization for multiple HP Web Jetadmin installations, go to Tools > Data

Synchronization. The Data Synchronization window lists all of the discovered HP Web Jetadmin

servers on the network that are available for synchronization. If this list is empty, go to the Application

Management navigation pane, expand HP Web Jetadmin Management, select HP Web Jetadmin

Installations, and then click Discover. Only similar versions can be synchronized. WS discovery is the

most reliable discovery method.

NOTE If the list shows the wrong version, go to the Application Management navigation pane,

expand HP Web Jetadmin Management, select HP Web Jetadmin Installations, and then

select and delete the entry for the HP Web Jetadmin installation. Then rediscover the HP Web

Jetadmin installation.

Installations must be verified before synchronization can proceed. To verify an installation, a local

user must be in one of the following groups:

 The user group on the HP Web Jetadmin host, which must be associated with a data

synchronization role on that host

 The user group on the HP Web Jetadmin remote Smart Client

 The admin group on the data synchronization host

After verification, the device information can be selected for synchronization.

When the synchronization process starts, a progress window appears to report the status and

progress of the synchronization.

Alternate synchronization method

Another equally effective method for synchronizing devices between HP Web Jetadmin installations is

to export the device list from one installation, save the IP Address column as a text file, and then

import the text file into the second HP Web Jetadmin installation where it can be used for a Specified

Address discovery. Now run a discovery on the second HP Web Jetadmin installation and enable

only the Specified Address discovery method. HP Web Jetadmin communicates only with the devices

that were present in the first installation and gathers pertinent details about each device to populate

the new cache.

The network traffic involved is minimal and is approximately the equivalent of displaying the Status

view for the All Devices list on the first installation.

EXPORT GROUPS AND CONFIGURATION TEMPLATES

Another method for sharing information between two installations of HP Web Jetadmin besides

cloning is to export and import groups and configuration templates. A great deal of time might have

been expended in creating groups of devices or configuration templates in HP Web Jetadmin. If it

becomes necessary to duplicate that effort on a different HP Web Jetadmin installation, groups and

configuration templates can be exported from the original installation and imported into another