Performing a manual backup does not affect the periodic backups. Periodic backups continue to happen as per their original scheduled interval, including for the component that is manually backed up.

The performance of Failover Manager will deteriorate while backing up a bigger topology. You may also see a delay in the polling suspension activity if the backup is happening while the component is coming up.

Use the ic-failover-server script to perform three different types of backup actions.

  • To run an on-demand backup for a specific component, type the following command from the FAILOVER_BASEDIR/smarts/local/script directory and press Enter. Specify -A or -B depending on which side is active. This command sets the ManualBackup parameter to TRUE if the Active component is up and running.

                   ic-failover-server backup -s <domain_name<-A|-B>>
Server INCHARGE-SA-B has been successfully scheduled for backup.

  • To run an on-demand backup for all Active components on a specific host that Failover Manager monitors, type the following command from the FAILOVER_BASEDIR/smarts/local/script directory and press Enter. 

                   ic-failover-server backup -h <
               host_name
               >

  • To run an on-demand backup for all Active components that Failover Manager monitors, type the following command from the FAILOVER_BASEDIR/smarts/local/script directory and press Enter. 

                   ic-failover-server backup -all