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backuppmd Command—Back up a PMDB

Valid in the pmd environment

The backuppmd command backs up the data in the PMDB database to a specified directory. All the data in the PMDB database is backed up, including policies, deployment information, and configuration files.

This command has the following format for DMSs:

backup pmdName destination(path)

This command has the following format for PMDBs:

backup pmdName [destination(path)|hir_host(name)]

destination(path)

Defines the directory that you want the backup files to be stored in.

Note: If you do not specify a path, the files will be backed up to the default location specified in the _pmd_backup_directory_ token.

Default: (UNIX) ACInstallDir/data/policies_backup/pmdName

Default: (Windows) ACInstallDir\data\policies_backup\pmdName

pmdName

Defines the name of the PMDB or DMS to back up.

hir_host(name)

Backs up all the PMDBs in a hierarchy to the host name that you specify, and modifies the PMDB subscribers so that the subscription still works when the backup is moved to the name host.

Note: This command is only supported if the master and child PMDBs are deployed on the same host.