Tivoli Management Framework

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Files on TMR Server Not Being Backed Up

I'm trying to backup my TMR server, but when I look in the log file of my backup program, loads of files (some listed below), are showing as being skipped.  What should I do to ensure I get a clean backup of my TMR server?

epmgrlog is in use. It has been skipped.
gatelog is in use. It has been skipped.
gwdb.bdb is in use. It has been skipped.
gwdb.log is in use. It has been skipped.
imdb.bdb is in use. It has been skipped.
notice.bdb is in use. It has been skipped.
notice.log is in use. It has been skipped.
odb.bdb is in use. It has been skipped.
odb.log is in use. It has been skipped.
odtrace.log is in use. It has been skipped.
oservlog is in use. It has been skipped.
epmgr.bdb\1472981863.1.556.bdb is in use. It has been skipped.
epmgr.bdb\1472981863.1.556.log is in use. It has been skipped.

Contributed By: Cliff Hobbs [MVP SMS]
Your problem is being caused by the fact that Tivoli has the various databases open at the time you are trying to back them up.  Details on backing up the Tivoli database can be found in Section 2 'Maintaining the Tivoli Database' of the 'Tivoli Management Framework Maintenance and Troubleshooting Guide'.

You have several options for your backups such as:

• Scheduling Tivoli to do the backups for you and then having your backup program backup the contents of the 'backups' directory created by Tivoli (the name and location of which you can change)
   
• If you don't want to set this up in Tivoli, or give the people performing backups access to Tivoli so they can invoke the 'wbupdb' command, simply tell them to stop the oserv service, allow the backup program to backup the Tivoli files and then start the oserv service.

Remember that as no Tivoli-related data is stored on the Endpoints, you only need to backup your TMRs and Managed Nodes as part of your Tivoli backups.