About backing up and restoring Veritas InfoScale Operations Manager data

As a regular backup task to prevent data loss in the event of a failure

Before you upgrade Management Server to version 7.4.2

To restore the Management Server to the last backed up state, when the Veritas InfoScale Operations Manager 7.4.2 application fails.

To restore the Management Server for the previous version, when the Management Server upgrade to version 7.4.2 fails.

You must use the script (vom_bkup.pl) of the same version for the backup and restore tasks for that version. For example, use the version 7.4.2 script to back up data, and use the same script when you need to restore the data.

You can restore data to a particular version only if the backup was taken for that version. For example, if you back up data for version 4.1, you cannot restore the backup to a version 5.0 Management Server. You can restore a version 4.1 backup only to a version 4.1 Management Server.

On Linux, you can use the script to back up or restore Management Server data in either the standard configuration, or in the high-availability configuration.

On Windows, you can use the script to back up Management Server data in either the standard configuration, or in the high-availability configuration. However, you can restore the backup only for a standard configuration. To restore the backed-up data for a high-availability configuration, contact Veritas Technical Support.