Backup and Restore of Fabric Management Platform, Fabric Manager, and Application Operating Environments

Fabric Management Platform and Fabric Manager

You should back up your Fabric Management Platform operating system configuration, and Fabric Manager database and configuration files after completing initial configuration and whenever the configuration is changed so that the server can be quickly restored in case of reinstallation or a catastrophic failure. Unisys also recommends that backups be taken at suitable intervals to capture any possible changes. You use the ClearPath Forward Fabric Management Platform Manager web-based graphical user interface, also called the FMP Manager user interface, to backup and restore the Fabric Management Platform operating system configuration, and Fabric Manager database and configuration files.

To ensure that no ongoing updates cause integrity issues during the backup process, the backup utility automatically stops all Fabric Manager services, backs up the database and configuration files, and then starts all services when the backup is complete. To minimize the impact of stopping the Fabric Manager services, take your backups according to your site policy and schedule. If you have two Fabric Management Platforms and they are configured as a high availability cluster, be sure to take the backup from the master node (that is, the Fabric Management Platform running the Fabric Manager services workload).

Depending on the configuration, backing up the Fabric Manager database and configuration files can take up to 10 minutes.

Application Operating Environments on Enterprise Partition Platforms

According to your site policy and standard processes, schedule and perform backups of the Windows and Linux operating environments that contain your applications.

When backing up your Windows and Linux operating environments on a partitionable enterprise partition platform (PEPP), you do not need to back up the EFI system partition. If you restore your operating environment on a different partition, be sure that you do not include the EFI system partition (if it was backed up) as part of the restore process.