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backup/restore best practices

jswan

Is there a document out there describing best practices for backup/restore of a NPM and NCM environment?

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pacetti

Generally:

Create a backup of your DB. For more information, see "Moving your Orion NPM Database (.pdf)".
Create a backup of your web console configuration. For more information, see "Managing Orion Web Console Configurations" in the SolarWinds Orion NPM Administrator Guide (.pdf).
Reinstalling NPM and NCM followed by the Configuration Wizard should allow you to reconnect to your new/restored DB.

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bshopp

What are you wanting to backup and do? Are you moving to a new server?

There are some docs on this page here that may help

Also, we have some native tools we ship in Orion under Advanced to backup some Orion settings

jswan

The sysadmins here are looking to create a step-by-step restore procedure for rebuilding our Orion installation in the event that either the NPM/NCM server or the DB server dies.

They are already backing up the database using their normal MS SQL server backup procedures, but what we don't have is a procedure for a) reattaching the server to the database if the DB server is rebuilt, or b) reinstalling NPM and NCM and getting the front-end working again if the application server dies (for example, what data needs to be backed up on the application server to ensure a successful restore, and how should it be restored during the rebuild/restore process).

twecrob

Did you ever get an answer to this question? I'm preparing for a disaster recovery test right now and having recovery documentation for NPM would be a huge help.

pacetti

Generally:

Create a backup of your DB. For more information, see "Moving your Orion NPM Database (.pdf)".
Create a backup of your web console configuration. For more information, see "Managing Orion Web Console Configurations" in the SolarWinds Orion NPM Administrator Guide (.pdf).
Reinstalling NPM and NCM followed by the Configuration Wizard should allow you to reconnect to your new/restored DB.

twecrob

So the application will have to be reinstalled and reconfigured? I was really hoping for a way to simply restore and maybe relicense it.

pacetti

If you are neither uninstalling NPM/NCM nor changing the NPM/NCM server, running the Configuration Wizard should suffice.

I neglected to mention that if you are changing the NPM/NCM server, you should use License Manager to ensure your license gets carried over. For more information, see "Maintaining Licenses with License Manager" in the SolarWinds Orion NPM Administrator Guide (.pdf).

oiram

I think original question was about DR-type of restore from backup/image/snapshot of the server onto new physical/virtual box. I would be interested in that as well, especially from the licensing point of view (does the license need to be re-applied after restore).

willc

Folks,

After reading this thread and also the "Moving your Orion NPM Datbase", i still have a question. The document states " Right-click the name of your Orion NPM database (for example, right-click NetPerfMon), and then
click Tasks > Backup. ", but what databases exactly do you need to backup here? On my database server i see the following:

System Databases
Database Snapshots (which is empty)
ConfigMgmt
NetPerfMon
ReportServer
ReportServer TempDB

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helo

i would like to kno this as well

thanks