Backing Up and Restoring the Cluster Database

Red Hat Cluster Suite: Configuring and Managing a Cluster
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# 8.5. Backing Up and Restoring the Cluster Database

The Cluster Configuration Tool automatically saves a back-up copy of your `/etc/cluster.xml` file whenever you save your configuration. This is useful if the cluster does not function correctly due to misconfiguration and you need to return to a previous working configuration.

The back-up configuration is stored in a file called `/etc/cluster.xml.bak`. If a cluster member becomes inoperable due to misconfiguration, stop cluster services on all members:

    /sbin/service cluster stop

Next, overwrite the erroneous configuration with a previously saved configuration:

    cp /etc/cluster.xml.bak /etc/cluster.xml

Finally, re-initialize the shared storage:

    shutil -s /etc/cluster.xml

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