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Recovering Data Components
No data components depend on other components, and they do not need to be absolutely in sync relative to
backup and recovery times. Keep the RDB and the vCenter Operations Manager system files as up-to-date as
possible because they contain the configuration of the vCenter Operations Manager system, integration
adapters, and monitored environment.
If you need to restore the RDB, follow the guidelines provided by your database administrator.
For information about how to recover the FSDB or vCenter Operations Manager system files, see “Recover the
FSDB or System Files,” on page 126.
Recover the FSDB or System Files
You can recover the FSDB or vCenter Operations Manager system files.
Procedure
1 Stop the vCenter Operations Manager processes.
vCenter Operations Manager processes lock some files, particularly log files. You cannot restore them
until the associated process stops. The vCenter Operations Manager processes include vcopsWebService,
AnalyticsServer, ActiveMQ, and CollectorService.
2 Copy and paste the backup files back to their live locations.
3 After restoring all files, restart the vCenter Operations Manager processes.
Backing Up and Recovering Processing Components
You must follow certain guidelines when you back up and recover the vCenter Operations Manager processing
components. The processing components include the vCenter Operations Manager server, the
vCenter Operations Manager Remote Collector server, the DT processor server, and the database server.
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Selecting a Backup and Recovery Strategy for the Server on page 127
The vCenter Operations Manager server runs the services that make up the
vCenter Operations Manager application. These services include the vCenter Operations Manager Web
service, Collector service, ActiveMQ service , and Analytics service. Because it is a high-performance and
resource-intensive application, vCenter Operations Manager usually requires a dedicated server.
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Backing Up and Recovering the RDB Server on page 128
vCenter Operations Manager uses commercially available relational databases. If the
vCenter Operations Manager RDB is unavailable, vCenter Operations Manager becomes unavailable. If
you require a high availability or remote failover capability, configure the RDB server to use clustering
or a remote warm backup.
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Backing Up and Recovering a Remote Collector Server on page 129
The vCenter Operations Manager remote collector is a remote host that has only the
vCenter Operations Manager collector installed. A remote collector does not store data. You might want
to install one or more remote collectors to navigate firewalls, reduce bandwidth across data centers, and
reduce the load on the vCenter Operations Manager server.
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Backing Up and Recovering a Remote DT Processor Server on page 129
A remote DT processor is a vCenter Operations Manager Server process that performs analytics
calculations. It does not store data. You can distribute the load by starting a separate analytics process
on one or more remote hosts to perform just the dynamic threshold (DT) portion of analytics processing.
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