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Restoring a CMS

These instructions describe how to restore your CMS to a point‑in‑time. For example, if your CMS host server suffers a hardware failure then you will need to restore the CMS.

1. Stop the CA Data Protection infrastructure

   Using the Computer Management utility in Windows, expand the Services group and stop the service ‘CA Data Protection Infrastructure’.

   Or you can stop the infrastructure service from a command line:

   net stop wgninfra
   

2. Reimport the data management registry key

   This data management registry key was used by the original installation. Run wgnmgmt.exe on the CMS host serverm, using this command syntax:

   wgnmgmt i <file name> <password>
   

   Where <file name> and <password> are the backup file and password you specified when you backed up the master encryption key.

3. Restore the CA Data Protection data folder

   Using your normal data-recovery procedures, restore the CA Data Protection data folder to your CMS host server. You can restore it to any suitable location on your network, and give it any name. You simply specify the name and location when you reinstall CA Data Protection (step 5).

4. Restore the CMS database

   The procedure depends on your Database Engine:

   • For Oracle databases, create a recovery job for your CA Data Protection database using the Recovery wizard. See your Oracle documentation for details.
   • For SQL Server databases, restore your CA Data Protection database using the SQL Server Database Restore feature. For details, see your SQL Server documentation.

   Note: If you are restoring after a complete system failure, recreate a login for CA Data Protection to use. See the Database Guide for details; search for ‘Oracle accounts’ and ‘SQL Server login properties’.

5. Reinstall CA Data Protection on the CMS server

   Use the CA Data Protection installation wizard:

   • In the Database Type screen, enter the name and password for the login that CA Data Protection uses to manage the CMS database.
   • In the Data Folder screen, specify the name and location of the data folder that you previously recovered in step 3.

More information:

Back up the Master Encryption Key