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5.3.4 Maintaining multiple view-only portal servers

As updates to portal server properties, for example workspaces, are only now

permitted on the primary portal server, any changes made must be migrated

across to

all view-only portal servers such that all users will be able to view the

replica. The simplest way to accomplish this is by using the scripts provided by

IBM Tivoli Monitoring to first export details out of the primary portal server, and

then to import these into each view-only portal server available.

To export the data, run the script migrate-export.sh (on Windows, run

migrate-export.bat) from the portal server subdirectory:

migrate-export.sh

Note that the portal server

must be running when you run this script. The result of

a successful export is an SQL file called saveexport.sql.

To import the data to another portal server, copy the file saveexport.sql to the

machine running the view-only portal server and run the

migrate-import.sh

(on Windows, run migrate-import.bat) from the portal server subdirectory:

migrate-import.sh /tmp/saveexport.sql

If you do not supply a path to the file to import, then the path is assumed to be

the same as used by the migrate-export script.

Note: User administration within IBM Tivoli Monitoring V6.2 introduces the

concept of user groups. This will allow an administrator, for example, to

establish a user group definition with a set of permissions that represent some

particular user persona.

There are two product-provided user groups: ADMINISTRATOR and

OPERATOR. The OPERATOR group will have all of the permissions shown in

Table 5-1. So, for an IBM Tivoli Monitoring V6.2 user, a portal administrator

could create a set of users with no initial permissions, and then simply add

them to the OPERATOR group. Users in the OPERATOR group would then

be positioned, from a permissions perspective, to connect with a view-only

portal server.