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Restore the Disaster Recovery DMS

When you restore the disaster recovery DMS, dmsmgr copies the data from the backup files into the disaster recovery DMS directory.

Note: You must have full administrative access to the operating system to use the dmsmgr utility.

To restore the disaster recovery DMS, enter the following command on the disaster recovery DMS host:

dmsmgr -restore -dms name -source path -parent name\
[-subscriber dhname[,dhname...]] [-admin user[,user...]]\
[-xadmin user[,user...]]

-admin user[,user...]

(UNIX) Defines internal users as administrators of the restored DMS or DH.

-dms name

Defines the name of the DMS that is restored on the local host.

-parent name

Defines the name of the production DMS that the restored disaster recovery DMS will subscribe to. Specify the production DMS in the following format: DMS_name@hostname.

-source path

Defines the directory that contains the backup files to restore.

-subscriber dh_name[, dh_name...]

(Optional) Defines a comma-separated list of DHs that the restored DMS will send policy updates to. Specify each DH in the following format: DH_name@hostname.

-xadmin user[,user...]

(UNIX) Defines enterprise users as administrators of the restored DMS or DH.

The disaster recovery DMS is restored and the disaster recovery DMS is subscribed to the production DMS.

Note: After you restore the disaster recovery DMS, you must back up the disaster recovery DMS and restore the disaster recovery DHs from the backup file. This ensures that the disaster recovery DMS and disaster recovery DHs are synchronized.

More information:

DH or Disaster Recovery DMS Fails to Resubscribe