HP StorageWorks 2/16V Brocade Fabric Manager Administrator's Guide (53-1000019 - Page 315

Storing Data and Performing Backups Chapter 23 This chapter contains the following sections: • "Data Persistence" on page 23-1 • "Performing Backups" on page 23-1 Data Persistence Fabric Manager stores user settings when you exit, not while you run the software. When the client attempts to log in to the server, the server authenticates the client login. After the server authenticates the client, Fabric Manager launches and polls switches. Fabric Manager stores the following user settings locally (on the client machine): • Fabric Manager user name • Dimensions of the Fabric Manager window The following user settings are saved on the database in the server: • User interface settings (view customizations, topology locations, etc.) • Switch user names and passwords Other settings are global to all clients running on the same Fabric Manager server. Performing Backups To perform database backups using a graphical user interface, use the Server Management Console. The Server Management Console always performs a full backup. To automate either a full or incremental backup, use the CLI steps described in this section. To perform database backups, you can use the dbbackup utility. The dbbackup utility is called from a script to back up the Fabric Manager database. You can perform either a Full Backup or an Incremental Backup. The full database backup includes both the transaction log file and the database file. The incremental backup is used to back up only the transaction log file. Fabric Manager Administrator's Guide Publication Number: 53-1000196-01-HP 23-1