High-Level Restore Guidelines in Operations Manager 2007
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Applies To: Operations Manager 2007 R2, Operations Manager 2007 SP1
Use the following table for information about possible failure scenarios and the general steps required to restore operations and data in that scenario.
General Restore Steps
Failed Component
General Restoration Steps
Required Backups
Management server
With additional management servers:
Repair the server.
Reinstall the Operations Manager management server on the repaired server.
After the failed management server is restored, Operations Manager agents will eventually resume reporting to that management server.
Without additional management servers:
Configure the root management server (RMS) as the primary management server in the management group.
Install a new management server in the management group. Use the computer running Microsoft SQL Server that is hosting the OperationsManager database, and use the same action account that was previously defined.
Configure the newly installed management server as the primary management server.
none
Root management server
Clustered:
Repair the failed server, and re-connect to the cluster.
Not clustered:
Promote an existing management server to root management server.
Repair the failed server.
Reinstall the Operations Manager management server on the repaired server.
Demote the temporary root management server to management server.
Promote the repaired server to root management server.
Root management server encryption key
Data warehouse server/Operations Manager reporting server (assumes the OperationsManager database is intact
Clustered:
Repair the failed server, or reinstall SQL Server and reconnect to the cluster.
If needed, configure all management servers to point to the repaired server.
Not clustered:
Repair the server as needed.
Restore the OperationsManager database.
OperationsManager database
Root management server encryption key
OperationsManager database
Reinstall the Operations Manager reporting server component if needed.
Restore the OperationsManager database.
If log shipping has been implemented:
Rebuild and restore the database.
OperationsManager database
root management server encryption key
Operations Manager reporting server
Clustered:
Reinstall the Operations Manager reporting server if needed.
Restore the OperationsManagerDW database, and the ReportServer and ReportServerTempDB databases if needed.
OperationsManagerDW database
Gateway server
Repair the server if needed.
Reinstall the Operations Manager gateway server if needed.
None
Computer hosting Operations console
Repair the computer.
Reinstall the Operations Manager console.
None
OperationsManagerAC (Audit Collection) database
Repair the Operations Manager Audit Collection Services (ACS) database server if needed.
Reinstall SQL Server if needed.
Reinstall the Operations Manager ACS database component if needed.
Restore the Audit Collection database.
Audit Collection database
ACS Collector Server
Do either of the following:
Repair the ACS Collector server if needed.
Install the ACS Collector on another management server in the management group if needed.
Install another management server in the management group and install the ACS Collector if needed.