You can create a backup of your IBM® Rational® Asset Manager repository,
which you can restore later.
Before you begin
To back up your repository, you must have these permissions:
- Administrator access to Rational Asset Manager
- Full administrative access to the database server
- Access to the Persist storage folder for
each application server
- Access to configuration files for the application servers and
for the applications
To prevent others from modifying the repository while
you create a backup, you must be able to stop all application servers.
About this task
You do not need to back up every application file. You can
completely recover your repository with the appropriate configuration
files, your databases, and the
Persist storage
folder, which holds all asset artifacts.
Procedure
To create a backup of your repository:
- Create a backup of your installation directory with the
application files and documentation from the installation media. If you used IBM Installation
Manager, this directory is the install_package_location/ram/ folder.
You do not need these files for most backups; however, if the backup
and restore do not go as planned and you need to completely re-install
and configure the applications, you need the files.
- Log in to the Rational Asset Manager web
client as an administrator.
- Click .
- In the Disk Storage section,
note the location of the Persist and Index folders. If you are on an IBM WebSphere® Application Server
cluster, there is an Index folder for every node.
- Stop the Rational Asset
Manager application. Stopping the application helps prevent data corruption.
- For WebSphere Application
Server:
- Log in to the WebSphere Application
Server administrative console.
- Click .
- Select the RAM1WebApplication.ear application
and click Stop.
- For Tomcat:
- Log in to the Manager application.
- In the Applications section, find the Rational Asset Manager application. Most
likely, it is /ram.
- In the Commands list for the application,
click Stop.
The Rational Asset
Manager application is now offline.
- Stop the application servers. Your other
applications are now offline.
- On the computer where the database is located, create a
backup of the database for Rational Asset Manager,
which is the database for assets. For instructions, see the
documentation for your database application.
- Create a backup of the database for IBM Rational Team Concert,
which is the database for lifecycles. For instructions, see the
documentation for your database application.
- Create a backup of the Persist folder
that you noted in step 4.
- Optional: Create a backup of the Index folder
for every node. Rational Asset Manager can
completely rebuild the Index folder after you
restore the repository. However, for large repositories, if you restore
the Index folders, the search index rebuilds
faster.
- Create a backup of your configuration files:
What to do next
By using the
Persist folder and databases,
you can recover your repository. For more information, see
Restoring from a backup.