Restore Database Window

Use the Restore Database window to restore the initial database or restore a saved database. Both functions cause all current client connections and operations in progress to be terminated. You can access this window by clicking the Restore button in the Database tab of the Server Information window.

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Restore Initial Database
Restoring an initial database removes all data elements from the database and populates the Extreme Management Center Administrator authorization group with the name of the logged-in user. You must restart both the Management Center Server and the client following an initialize database operation.
Restore Saved Database
Specify the database you wish to restore or use the Browse button to navigate to the database. If the server is remote, you only have access to databases in the default database backup directory.
  NOTE: When restoring a saved database to a new Management Center server installation, any memory or database configuration changes on the original server requires a manual change on the new server in order to replicate the configuration of the original Management Center server.
  • Changes to the default -Xmx memory settings in the <install directory>\services\nsserver.cfg file needs to be duplicated on the new server when the database is restored. To change the memory setting to match the previous server, stop the Management Center server and edit the nsserver.cfg file.
  • The mySQL my.ini file also needs to be manually updated to match any changes made on the original server. For instructions on modifying the my.ini file, see the Change the MySQL my.ini File section in the Extreme Access Control (NAC) Deployment Guide.
Restore Alarm, End System Event and Reporting Database
The Restore Alarm, End System Event and Reporting Database checkbox lets you enable and disable restoring alarm, end-system event and reporting data as part of the restore operation. This option is only enabled if you have selected the Restore Saved Database option and the selected backup has a Management Center database included with it.
Restore Button
Starts the restore operation.

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