Creating a data image

To create a Network Configuration Manager Data Image:

• Run the backup.pl script located in the [Product Directory]/tools directory using the perl backup.pl command. The backup.pl script must be run on the Network Configuration Manager Application server.

  Replace [Product Directory] with the path to the directory where Network Configuration Manager is installed.

  For Linux, /opt/smarts-ncm/tools/backup.pl

• A Data Image is a compressed, time stamped archive, of both the data files and database. The backup script creates a backup-image-VERSION.AS|DS|CS.DATE.tgz file in [Product Directory]/data-image/.

  Replace [Product Directory] with the path to the directory where Network Configuration Manager is installed.

  For Linux, /opt/smarts-ncm/data-image/backup-image-VERSION.AS|DS|CS.DATE.tgz

Note: If you are taking backup from lower version of NCM (10.1.3 and below) then before taking the backup run the database-changes.pl script present under Utils directory of 10.1.11 installer.