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Chapter 6 View Composer
Restore View Composer Database (restoredata)
ViewConnectionServercanbesettocreatemanualorautomaticbackupsof
View LDAPandViewComposerdatabasedata.Usingtherestoredatacommand,
thebackupfilesthatrelatetoyourViewComposerdeploymentcanthenbeimported
intotheSQLdatabasethatstoreslinkedcloneinformationinordertorestoreyour
View
environmenttoanearlierstate.
Bydefault,thebackupfilesonViewConnectionServerarestoredinthefollowing
location:
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application
Data\VMware\VDM\backups
ViewComposerbackupfilesusethefollowingnamingconvention:
Backup-<Year><Month><Day><Count>-<VirtualCenter Server Name>
_<Domain Name>.SVI
Forexample:
Backup-20090304000010-foobar_test_org.SVI
Use Case
UsethiscommandwhenyouwanttoreplicateorrestoreViewComposerdatabasedata
afterasystemfailure,orifyouwanttorevertyourViewComposerdeploymenttoan
earlierstate.
Usage
Beforeyoucanimportbackupdata,youmustfirstshutdowntheViewComposer
servicerunningontheVirtualCenterserver.Restarttheserviceonceyouhave
successfullyexecutedthecommand.
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automaticallycreatebackupfiles.