Backing up and Restoring the Configuration

Service provider recommends that you regularly back up the configuration of OpsCx for Microsoft SCOM—copy the changes that you made to the predefined OpsCx for Microsoft SCOM settings to a safe location. You can later use the backup copies to:

• Revert to a working configuration in case of a wrong or non-functioning configuration

• Preserve configuration history for future reference

• Migrate the settings after a product reinstallation or upgrade

Backing up the Configuration

To back up the OpsCx for Microsoft SCOM configuration, follow the steps:

1. To prevent changes to the Operations Connector policies, log out from the Operations Connector web interface.

2. To prevent changes to the integration services configuration, close the Configuration Utility.

3. Choose a safe location to store the backup copies. Write down the absolute path of the backup directory.

   Note: Although you can create the backup copies in the original directories or, for example, in the <OvDataDir>\installation\HPBsmIntSCOM\userconf directory, service provider recommends that you choose a location outside the <OvInstallDir> and <OvDataDir> directories for safety reasons.

4. Copy the following items to the backup directory:

   Item	Filesystem Objects to Copy
   Integration services configuration	Entire <OvDataDir>\conf\HPBsmIntSCOM\genint directory
   Metric filter configuration	File MetricFilterConfig.xml from each of the directories <OvDataDir>\datafiles\HPBsmIntSCOM\<InstanceId>
   Operations Connector policies	For each applicable policy: the <PolicyUUID>_data and <PolicyUUID>_header.xml files from the <OvDataDir>\datafiles\policymanagement\store directory

Restoring the Configuration

Prerequisites for restore:

• The integration services configuration must be the same as it was at the time of the backup process:

  • OpsCx for Microsoft SCOM integration services for the same Microsoft SCOM instances (hosts, versions) must exist and their components must be registered.

  • The integration service groups for individual Microsoft SCOM instances must be created in the same order as they were before the configuration backup.

• The integration services must be stopped.

To restore the OpsCx for Microsoft SCOM configuration, follow the steps:

1. Copy the following items from the backup directory (and allow the copy process to overwrite the objects at the target locations):

   Item	Target Location
   Contents of the genint directory	Directory <OvDataDir>\conf\HPBsmIntSCOM\genint
   File MetricFilterConfig.xml of each Microsoft SCOM instance	Directory <OvDataDir>\datafiles\HPBsmIntSCOM\<InstanceId>
   Files <PolicyUUID>_data and <PolicyUUID>_header.xml of each policy	Directory <OvDataDir>\datafiles\policymanagement\store

2. Activate the Operations Connector policies.

3. Start the configured integration services.

Related topics

Activating the Policies in Operations Connector

Creating the Integration Services

Starting the Integration Services