SIM hot backup ?

[Arnaud Schmitt]

Hi all!

I'd like to backup my SIM 4.2 database with SQL Server tools without stopping the SIM service, but I can read in the sys-book, step 1 for backing up the database (p. 484) : "Log out of HP Systems Insight Manager, and stop the HP Systems Insight Manager Service."

Is this really necessary or does the backup also work without stopping the service?

Regards

[Rob Buxton]

Depends how time critical the data is.
Generally if an event was missed after a recovery of the database, would you care?

The guaranteed way of backing up Servers is the one usually documented, but SQL Server Backup should secure a useable database.