Tivoli Policy Server data backup/restore

To backup/restore Tivoli configuration

This is to backup/restore TAM configuration data which is not stored in LDAP

pdbackup –action backup

–list /opt/PolicyDirector/etc/pdinfo.lst

–path /data/tivoli/backup

–file pdbackup

Once the above command is executed, we can find an archive file by name pdbackup.tar under the folder /data/tivoli/backup.

To restore use the same command with -action restore option.

To backup/restore Tivoli Policy Server configuration

This is to take backup of tivoli policy server configuration. We can either user idsdb2ldif or idsdbback.

Approach I
a) Use command "idsdb2ldif" to take ldif backup - It takes backup of ldap schema files & backup ibmslapd.conf files.
b) Use command "idsldif2db" for data restore.

Approach II
"idsdbback" for backup and "idsdbrestore" to restore. For this to work, the software versions and setup on both machines should be same.

1. If data size is not much, use "idsdb2ldif" and "idsldif2db" approach.
2. It is suggested to use both approaches (idsdb2ldif or idsdbback )