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Stop Services on Windows Servers

To prepare for backing up the databases, stop the services on all of the Windows servers in your CA Network Flow Analysis deployment.

Follow these steps:

1. Log in as a user who is a member of the Administrators group.
2. Open the Services window: Click Start, Control Panel, Administrative Tools, Services.
3. Stop the Harvester service (NetQoS Harvester service or CA NFA Harvester) on each Harvester server.
4. Wait 15 minutes for data file processing to complete.
5. Stop the ReporterAnalyzer or CA Network Flow Analysis services on each Windows server:
   • If you are upgrading a ReporterAnalyzer 9.0.1 deployment, stop the following services:

• If you are upgrading a CA Network Flow Analysis 9.1.00 or 9.1.1 deployment, stop the following services:

The services and data collection stop. The data files are processed within 15 minutes.

1. Check the following directory on the NFA console server:

   <install_path>\Netflow\datafiles\HarvesterWork

   When the HarvesterWork folder is empty, you can back up the database.

   The services are restarted automatically during the upgrade process.