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If the operation does not succeed at backing up all known members, you see a message like this:
Connecting to distributed system: locators=warsaw.vmware.com[26357]
The following disk stores were backed up:
DiskStore at hosta.vmware.com /home/dsmith/dir1
DiskStore at hostb.vmware.com /home/dsmith/dir2
The backup may be incomplete. The following disk stores are not online:
DiskStore at hostc.vmware.com /home/dsmith/dir3
A member that fails to complete its backup is noted in this ending status message and leaves the le
INCOMPLETE_BACKUP in its highest level backup directory. Ofine members leave nothing, so you only
have this message from the backup operation itself. Although ofine members cannot back up their disk
stores, a complete backup can be obtained if at least one copy of the data is available in a running member.
What the Online Backup Saves
For each member with persistent data, the backup includes:
Disk store les for all stores containing persistent tables.
Conguration les from the member startup (sqlfire.properties). These conguration les are not
automatically restored, to avoid interfering with any more recent congurations. In particular, if these are
extracted from a master jar le, copying the separate les into your working area could override the les in
the jar.
A restore script, written for the member s operating system, that copies the les back to their original locations.
For example, in Windows, the le is restore.bat and in Linux, it is restore.sh.
Restore an Online Backup
The restore script included in the online backup copies les back to their original locations. You can do this
manually if you wish.
Prerequisites
Your members are ofine and the system is down.
Procedure
1. Read the restore scripts to see where they will place the les and make sure the destination locations are
ready. The restore scripts refuse to copy over les with the same names.
2. Run each restore script on the host where the backup originated.
In Windows, the le is restore.bat and in Linux, it is restore.sh.
The restore copies the les back to their original location.
Backing Up and Restoring Offline Disk Stores
With the system ofine, you copy and restore your les using your le system commands.
Ofine File Backup and Restore on page 93
Ofine Members: Manual Catch-Up to an Online Backup on page 94
Offline File Backup and Restore
To back up your ofine system:
1. Validate, and consider compacting your disk stores before backing them up. See Compacting Disk Store Log
Files on page 89.
2. Copy all disk store les, and any other les you want to save, to your backup locations.
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Using Disk Stores to Persist Data