Back up the Directories and Data

We recommend backing up Remote Deployment and Configuration data on a daily basis or according to your company backup policies.

The following table presents the list of key directories, their locations, and the corresponding abbreviations.

Directory	Locating the Directory	Abbreviation
Product Installation Directory* (valid for 32-bit systems)	REG QUERY "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ComputerAssociates\DynamicProvisioningManager" /v InstallDirectory	<INSTALLDIR>
Product Installation Directory* (valid for 64-bit systems)	REG QUERY "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\ComputerAssociates\DynamicProvisioningManager"/v InstallDirectory	<INSTALLDIR>
Deployment and Configuration Private Data Directory	Findstr /i "CAISM_PRIVATE_DATA" "<INSTALLDIR>\bin\smglobals.ini"	<PRIVATEDATADIR>
Deployment and Configuration Public Data Directory	Findstr /i "CAISM_PUBLIC_DATA" "<InstallDir>\bin\smglobals.ini"	<PUBLICDATADIR>
IDManager Install Directory * (valid for 32-bit systems)	REG QUERY "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ComputerAssociates\InfrastructureDeployment"/v MgrApiPath	<IDDIR>
IDManager Install Directory * (valid for 64-bit systems)	REG QUERY "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\ComputerAssociates\InfrastructureDeployment"/v MgrApiPath	<IDDIR>

(*) Note: Use the 32-bit command prompt on 64-bit systems.

The backup recommendations are summarized in the following table:

Description	Directory	Recommendation
Installer configuration file	<INSTALLDIR>\bin\ smglobals.ini	This file defines the CA Virtual Assurance directory settings. Recommended for an incremental backup set.
Domain Server Data	<PRIVATEDATADIR>\ domainserver	Directory and below required for incremental backup except for deployment packages in <PRIVATEDATADIR>\domainserver\Deployment\Packages\SM
Deployment packages	<PRIVATEDATADIR>\ domainserver\ Deployment\ Packages\SM	No need to back up. Can be obtained from installation media.
Distribution Server Data	<PRIVATEDATADIR>\ distributionserver\	No need to back up if backup is done when Domain Server and Distribution Services are stopped.
IDManager Configuration on the Distribution server	<IDDIR>\config\SM	Required for incremental backup. If this information cannot be backed up on remote distribution servers and the distribution server is reinstalled, reenter credentials during the next deployment using this distribution server.
Web Service Data	<PRIVATEDATADIR>\ caismwebservice	No need to back up. Will be propagated from the domain server.
CA Virtual Assurance Log files	<PUBLICDATADIR>\log	Back up if needed for reference.
ID Log files	<IDDIR>\logs	Back up if needed for reference.

Follow these steps: