Tivoli IAM Tech Help: Backup, Extract and Restore Tivoli Access Manager data

By Siva Praturi

pdbackup

pdbackup utility is used to backup, extract and restore Tivoli Access Manager data

<TAM_Install_Dir>\etc\pdbackup.lst file contains Tivoli Access Manager data

<TAM_Install_Dir>\etc\pdinfo.lst file contains Tivoli Access Manager service information

It is good practice to backup using both options.

How to bakup Tivoli Access Manager data?

Use following commands to bakup Tivoli Access Manager data

pdbackup.exe -action backup -list "D:\APPS\IBM\Tivoli\Policy Director\etc\pdbackup.lst" -file pdbackup.lst_xxxx -path D:\temp

pdbackup.exe -action backup -list "D:\APPS\IBM\Tivoli\Policy Director\etc\pdinfo.lst" -file pdinfo.lst_xxxx -path D:\temp

If the command is run without any errors, it creates pdbackup.lst_xxxx.dar and pdinfo.lst_xxxx.dar files in D:\temp directory.

How to extract Tivoli Access Manager data?

Use following commands to extract Tivoli Access Manager data. This is to ensure the files are created properly before performing restore operation.

pdbackup.exe -action extract -file D:\temp\pdinfo.lst_xxxx.dar -path D:\temp\pdinfo

pdbackup.exe -action extract -file D:\temp\pdbackup.lst_xxxx.dar -path D:\temp\pdbackup

If the command is run without any errors, it extracts files to D:\temp\pdinfo and D:\temp\pdbackup directory.

How to restore Tivoli Access Manager data?

Use following commands to restore Tivoli Access Manager data.

pdbackup.exe -action restore -file D:\temp\pdinfo.lst_xxxx.dar

pdbackup.exe -action restore -file D:\temp\pdbackup.lst_xxxx.dar

If the command is run without any errors, it restores files to <TAM_Install_Dir> from archive file.

Note:-

Use current date / timestamp for xxxx. It will avoid overwriting of bakup files created.
msg__pdbackup file will contain verbose output of ‘pdbakup’ commands. Review this file after executing the commands. Generally this file will be created in local\temp folder.
‘pdbakup’ with restore option will try to overwrite files in <TAM_Install_Dir> and it prompts for ‘yes/no/all’ options. In win 2008, there is a bug and this will not be visible in command prompt. So open msg__pdbackup file and enter your option.
Stop TAM policy server service before restore operation.