In order to back up an auxiliary database, all members of the local auxiliary database cluster must be operational and available, or the backup fails. Perform one of the following to verify that the status of each local cluster member is UP:

• How do I view the local auxiliary database cluster status in the client GUI?

• How do I view the local auxiliary database cluster status from a CLI?

Record the current auxiliary database administrator password and store it in a secure location for safekeeping.

The password is required if you change a database user password and then subsequently need to restore the database.

Choose Administration→Database from the NFM-P main menu. The Database Manager form opens.

Click on the Auxiliary Database Backups tab.

CAUTION Data Loss

If you specify a Backup Location on the database data partition, data loss or corruption may occur.

To avoid data loss or corruption, specify an absolute path on a partition other than the database data partition.

Specify an absolute file path as the Backup Location, which can be local or remote, and must:

• have 20% more capacity than the database data consumes

• be accessible from each auxiliary database station

• have full read/write permissions for the samauxdb user

• support a data transfer rate of at least 1 Gb/s from each station; if achievable, a higher transfer rate is recommended

Click Apply.

Click Backup All Databases. A confirmation form opens.

Click OK. The backup process begins, and the Latest Backup State indicator displays In Progress; the backup is complete when the indicator displays Success.

When the backup is complete, close the Database Manager form.

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