Backing Up Management Packs

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You can back up Management Packs, either by using the Import/Export Management PacksWizard, or by using the Management Module command-line tool (ManagementModuleUtil.exe.) For information about the Management Module tool, see Chapter 8, "Tools".

To back up a Management Pack using the Import/Export Management PacksWizard,export the Management Pack, and thenstore the exported file in a safe location.

To export a Management Pack using the Import/Export Management PacksWizard

  1. Open the MOM Administrator console.

  2. In the console tree, click Management Packs, and then in the Details pane, click Import/Export Management Packs.

  3. On the Import or Export Management Packs page, click Export Management Packs.

  4. On the Select a Rule Group page, expand Rule Groups, expand the subfolders to select child rule groups, and click the rule group that you want to export.

  5. On the Select Views page, select the Views check-box to export all views, or expand Views to select all views for a rule group, or to select individual views.

  6. On the Select Tasks page, select the Tasks check-box to export all tasks, or expand Tasks to select specific tasks to export.

  7. On the Management Pack Name page, type a name, click Browse to navigate to the location that you want to export the Management Pack to, select an overwrite handling option, and then click Next.

  8. On the Completing the Management Pack Import/Export Wizard page, click Finish.

Backing Up Report Definitions

When exporting a Management Pack, report definitions are not exported along with the other MOM objects defined in that Management Pack. To back up report definitions, you must use either of the following methods:

  • Export report definitions using SQL utilities or the Report Utility (RptUtil.exe). For information about this utility, see Chapter 8, Tools.

  • Backup the SQL Reporting database. (ReportServer).

If, after importing reports, no changes were made to those reports, then you can later re-import those reports in the case of a failure. However, if changes were made to the report definitions after they were imported, then you must back up the report definitions after changes are complete, using one of the methods mentioned above.