Completing prerequisites for backup
Before you back up the WebSphere® Portal installation, decide which utility to use and whether to perform online backup or offline backup.
Before you begin
- Determine whether you want to use IBM® Tivoli® Storage Manager or another backup and recovery utility. Refer to the Tivoli Storage Manager documentation or the documentation for the utility that you choose to use.
- Determine whether you want to perform an online backup or an offline
backup.
- An online backup occurs while the portal servers are operational when you run the backup procedure.
- An offline backup occurs when the portal servers are stopped prior to running the backup procedure.
Parent topic: Backing up files, databases, and the LDAP server(s)
Next topic: Backing up the WebSphere Portal file system