Backing up an AppNode exports the current state of the specified AppNode to a bwadmin command file. The command file can be provided to bwadmin to recreate the AppNode. Output can be compressed to a ZIP file with the
-zipped option.
Procedure
To back up the current state of an AppNode,
Open a terminal and navigate to
BW_HOME\bin.
Enter the
backup command from the command line, using
-s option to identify the name of the destination file. Use the
-domain and
-appspace options , with the
appnode argument in the command line. The AppNode can be either a local AppNode or an AppNode in a bwagent in the agent network. By default, destination files are written to the current working directory.
This example backs up AppNode
MyAppNode in a bwagent network to a command file named
MyAppNode.cmd.
BW_HOME\bin>bwadmin backup -s MyAppnode.cmd -d Machine2Domain -a AS1 appnode MyAppNode
To restore the AppNode,
Open a terminal and navigate to
BW_HOME\bin.
Enter the
bwadmin command, providing the name of the backup command file. The following example recreates the AppNode
MyAppNode.
BW_HOME\bin>bwadmin -f MyAppnode.cmd
If you are restoring to a different location, you need to update the command file as follows:
The agent name will point to
localhost by default; you need to change this to the name of the machine you are restoring to.
Update the domain home to point to the absolute path to the new location.
Update the path to the application archive (EAR) file to an absolute path.
Use the
bwadmin show appnodes command at the command line with the
-domain and
-appspace options to verify the restore.
