Taking an Offline Backup of the ActiveMatrix BPM System

Note: If you need ActiveMatrix BPM to continue running while you take the backup, see Taking an Online Backup of the ActiveMatrix BPM System instead.

Procedure

  1. Shut down:
    1. each TIBCO Host instance on which the ActiveMatrix BPM system is running.
    2. the SystemHost on which ActiveMatrix Administrator is running (if it is hosted separately from ActiveMatrix BPM).
    See "Stopping a TIBCO Host Instance" in SOA Administration for more information.
  2. Shut down the EMS server.
    See the TIBCO Enterprise Message Service documentation for more information.
  3. Back up all of the following:
    • TIBCO_HOME - the directory in which ActiveMatrix BPM is installed
    • CONFIG_HOME - the directory that stores ActiveMatrix BPM configuration data
    • SHARED_DIR - the directory that stores shared configuration data used by ActiveMatrix BPM and/or ActiveMatrix Administrator (only present on a distributed BPM system)
      Note: Ensure that you preserve the timestamps when backing up these directories. This is important when restoring from a backup because the file timestamps are used to decide the correct order in which to start components.
    • The ActiveMatrix BPM database
    • The BDS case data store (if hosted separately from the ActiveMatrix BPM database)
    • The ActiveMatrix Administrator database
    • The TIBCO EMS server
    Note: See the documentation supplied with your database server for information on how to back up the databases. See the TIBCO Enterprise Message Service documentation for more information on how to backup the EMS server.
  4. Wait until all of the backup operations have completed.
  5. Restart:
    1. the SystemHost on which ActiveMatrix Administrator is running.
    2. each separate TIBCO Host instance on which the ActiveMatrix BPM system is running (if there are any).
    See "Starting a TIBCO Host Instance" in SOA Administration for more information.

What to do next

If you subsequently need to restore the ActiveMatrix BPM system from this backup, see Restoring the ActiveMatrix BPM System from a Backup.