Setup guide

Restoring Data

Chapter 6 Backing Up and Restoring Data 57

Running the Restore Tool

To run cmsrestore:

1. Log in to the machine where the CMS instance you want to restore is installed

and open a command shell.

2. Change to the CMS server instance directory in the server root. For example, if

your server root is

/usr/netscape/servers and the instance ID of the server

youwanttorestoreis

cmsinstance:

# cd /usr/netscape/servers/cert-cmsinstance

Execute the restore script: either cmsrestore on UNIX or cmsrestore.bat on

Windows NT systems.

You can either provide the

<archive_path> as an argument or use the

argument

automatic (to read the archive path from logs/latest_backup):

# ./cmsrestore <archive_path> | automatic

For example,

# ./cmsrestore \

/var/tmp/CMS_cmsdemo_BACKUP-19991115093827.zip

If you use automatic as the argum ent, the restore proceeds automatically; go

to Step 9 when

cmsrestore completes.

4. The script asks if you would like to perform a complete or prompted restore.

Enter

❍ c (complete) to completely restore the contents of the archive without

further prompts. Proceed with Step 9 when the restore is complete.

❍ p (prompted) to have the script a sk you whether you want to restore

specific parts of the archive.

5. If the configuration Directory Server is located in the same server root, the first

prompt asks if you want to restore it. The configuration D irectory Server is the

directory used by the Administration Server to store information about

servers, users, and groups.

If you answer

yes, the restoretoolstops the Directory Server, restoresthe data,

then restarts the server. You may be asked to enter a password if one is

required to start the server.

6. Next you are asked if you want to restore selected Administration Server data.