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Table Of Contents
- ACE Management Server Administrator’s Manual
- Contents
- About This Book
- Introduction
- Planning an ACE Management Server Deployment
- Installing and Configuring ACE Management Server
- Configuration Options for ACE Management Server
- Prerequisites for Configuring the Server
- Starting ACE Management Server Configuration
- Viewing and Changing Licensing Information
- Using an External Database
- Creating Access Control
- Uploading Custom SSL Certificates
- Logging Events
- Applying Configuration Settings
- Load-Balancing Multiple ACE Management Server Instances
- Typical Setup Using Load-Balanced ACE Management Server Instances
- Install the Required Services for Load Balancing
- Use the Same SSL Certificate on All Servers
- Create New SSL Certificates and Keys for Each Server
- Installing and Configuring the Load Balancer
- Verify That ACE Instances Are Using the Load Balancer
- Managing ACE Instances
- Viewing ACE Instances That the Server Manages
- Search for an Instance
- Sort by Column Heading and Change Column Width
- Show, Hide, and Move Columns in the Instance View
- Create or Delete Custom Columns in the Instance View
- View Instance Details
- Reactivate, Deactivate, or Delete an ACE Instance
- Change a Copy Protection ID
- Reset the Authentication Password
- Add Information for Custom Columns
- Troubleshooting and Maintenance
- Appendix: Database Schema and Audit Event Log Data
- Glossary
- Index
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Database Backup
Ifyouareusinganexternaldatabase,useabackupandrecoverystrategythatisappropriateforyourdatabase
system.BackupyourACEManagementServerdatabaseonaregularbasistoensurethatthedatabasecanbe
recoveredpromptlyifneeded.
Ifyouareusingtheembeddeddatabase,youcan
usestandardfile‐backuptools,suchasntbackupordd.The
dataisstoredinoneofthefollowinglocations:
Windows–C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware ACE Management Server\db\acesc.bin.
Linux–/var/lib/vmware/acesc/db/acesc.bin
Ifyouareusingtheembeddeddatabaseinaproductionenvironment,stoptheserver,copythefiletoa
differentlocationforthebackup,andrestarttheserver.SQLiteisfilebased,sothedatabasefilemightbe
modifiedbytheACEManagementServerprocessatthesame
timethatitisbeingcopiedforbackup.An
inconsistentdatabasesnapshotmightbeproduced.Thisproblemisunlikelytooccurbecausethefileisusually
notlargeandiscopiedquickly.
Otheralternativesforbackingupanopendatabase,asrecommendedbymembersofanSQLitecommunity,
arethefollowing:
Usethesqlite3command‐linetooltologintotheSQLitedatabase.Usethe.dumpcommand,storethe
resultinaseparatefile,andbackupthatresultfile.AnSQLscriptrecreatesthedatabase.
UsetheShadowVolumeCopymechanismonWindowssystemsorLVMvolumesnapshotsonLinux(and
thecrash‐restorefeatureofSQLite)tobackupthecompletedatabasedirectory,includingjournalfilesif
theyarepresent.OnaWindowsXPSP1orlateroperatingsystem,usentbackuponthedatabase
directory.
Usethesqlite3command‐linetooltologintotheSQLitedatabase.UsetheBEGIN EXCLUSIVE
command,copythedatabasefile,andthenusetheCOMMITcommand.
Forinformationtohelpyouuseyourcompany’sownmanagementorreportingtoolsorautomatedscripts
withthedataintheVRMdatabase,see
“Appendix:DatabaseSchemaandAuditEventLogData”onpage 55.