The information on this page refers to License Statistics v6.18 or newer, which introduced the CLI. If you are using an earlier version of License Statistics, please refer to the documentation for previous releases. |
Default settings for an embedded database:
Host | Port | User | Password | Database Name |
---|---|---|---|---|
localhost | 3306 | root | xformation_licstat |
Determining how to do the backup
You can perform a backup using the License Statistics Manager for Windows, or the License Statistics CLI (Command Line Interface) for either Windows or Linux.
Using the License Statistics Manager for the backup
For Windows installations, you can create the backup using the Backup button in the Maintenance section of the License Statistics Manager.
Using the CLI for the backup
The CLI can be used for backup, restore and related operations. The CLI is available for both Linux and Windows:
For Linux: xflicstat-cli
For Windows: xflicstat-cli.exe
The CLI provides the following commands for performing backups.
Action | CLI command |
---|---|
Back up the License Statistics database (starts, backs up, and stops the MySQL database) | storage backup |
Restore the License Statistics database (starts, restores, and stops the MySQL database) | storage restore |
Drop (remove) the License Statistics database | storage clean |
Reset the Admin password to the default password | resetAdminPassword |
Backing up the database
The following instructions assume that you are using the License Statistics CLI to backup the database.
To perform a backup of the License Statistics database:
- Stop License Statistics. Backing up the database when License Statistics is running will cause the database dump to be inconsistent with the current state of monitored data.
- Open a command prompt with full administrator permissions.
- Navigate to the License Statistics installation directory.
For Windows:
cd C:\Program Files\X-Formation\License Statistics
For Linux:
cd /opt/xflicstat/bin
- Execute the "xflicstat-cli.exe storage backup" command. This command creates a .dump file in the directory from which the command was executed.
Restoring the database
The following instructions assume that you are using the License Statistics CLI to restore the database.
To restore the data:
- Stop License Statistics. Restoring the database when License Statistics is running will cause the state of the database to be inconsistent with monitored data.
- Open a command prompt with full administrator permissions.
- Navigate to the License Statistics installation directory.
For Windows:
cd C:\Program Files\X-Formation\License Statistics
For Linux:
cd /opt/xflicstat/bin
- If the database already exists, clean it before attempting the restore using the "xflicstat-cli.exe storage clean" command.
- Restore the database using the "xflicstat-cli.exe storage restore dump_file" command.
Restoring the database may take a long time, depending on the volume of data in your database.