Backing up and restoring the VM Manager tool

To avoid losing configuration of VM manager connections due to corruption of VM Manager tool files, back up the /LMT/VMMAN/config/ and /LMT/VMMAN/keydb/ directories. If the VM Manager tool files are corrupted, reinstall the VM Manager tool and restore the two directories from the backup location.

Before you begin

This procedure can be also used to migrate all or selected configurations to the new VM Manager Tool instance.
Important: When restoring VM Manager configuration on different Computer or Computer ID has been changed there is needed to let VM Manager Tool regenerate vmm_id property value by setting it to empty value in each vmmconf_*.properties VM Manager Tool connection configuration file. On BigFix Inventory vmm_id is linked with computer_id and data coming from different computer with the same vmm_id will be rejected.

About this task

Procedure

  1. Back up the VM Manager tool and copy the following directories to a backup location:
    • Config: <client_install_dir>/LMT/VMMAN/config/
    • Keydb: <client_install_dir>/LMT/VMMAN/keydb/
  2. If you are migrating configurations to the new VM Manager Tool remove them from the instance and reload config.
  3. Reinstall the VM Manager tool and copy the backed-up directories to the VM Manager tool installation directory.
    1. Log in to the BigFix console.
    2. In the navigation tree, click Sites > External Sites > BigFix Inventory > Fixlets and Tasks.
    3. To uninstall the existing VM Manager tool, select Uninstall VM Manager Tool, and click Take Action. Then, select the computer on which the VM Manager tool is installed, and click OK.
    4. To install a new VM Manager tool, select Install VM Manager Tool version number, and click Take Action. Then, select the computer on which you want to install the VM Manager tool, and click OK.
  4. Restore the /LMT/VMMAN/config/ and /LMT/VMMAN/keydb/ directories from the backup location.
    1. If you are restoring the configuration files on new computer or computer id has been changed, edit it configuration file and set the vmm_id to empty value.
    2. If the keystore is not restored set again the vmm_password for each configuration file.
  5. Reload the configuration:
    • Linux icon ./vmman.sh -reloadconfig
    • Windows icon vmman.bat -reloadconfig
  6. Test connections to confirm that all configurations are correct. Ensure that you can connect to the URL and credentials is correct.