MIISInfoBackup

MIISInfoBackup retrieves configuration and system information from MIIS 2003 and stores it in a specified folder. A user configured input file determines what information MIISInfoBackup retrieves and where it is stored. You must be a member of the MIISAdmins group to run this tool.

MIISInfoBackup can retrieve and store the following information:

• Event log entries
• Run history
• Server configuration
• Management agent information
• Connector space export information
• Encryption keys
• MIIS 2003 SQL database
• Copy of each management agent data folders
• Copy of the Extensions folder
• Copy of additional user specified folders

Syntax

MIISInfoBackup InputXMLFile

Parameters

InputXMLFile

An XML formatted input file that specifies what information MIISInfoBackup should retrieve, as well as file and folder names to save the information to. This parameter may include the path, for example c:\MIISTools\InputXMLFile.xml. A sample input file, capture.xml, is provided with the MIIS 2003 Resource Tool Kit.

The user configurable nodes and attributes for the XML input file are listed below:

Node	Attribute
<Folder> The name and path of the folder to write the system information to. If a path is not specified, the folder will be created in the folder where MIISInfoBackup is run. If a folder already exists with the same name, and appendtimestamp is set to false, an error will be generated. You need to either set appendtimestamp to true, or remove or rename the existing folder.	appendtimestamp When set to true, will append the date and time to the folder name.
<EventLog>	capture When set to true, will capture Event log information.
<EventLog><Application>	capture When set to true, will capture Application log information. allevents When set to true, will capture all events in the Application log. If set to false, then only events for SQL Server 2003 and MIIS 2003 will be captured. filename The name of the file in which the Application log events are saved.
<EventLog><System>	capture When set to true, will capture System log information. filename The name of the file in which the System log events are saved.
<EventLog><Security>	capture When set to true, will capture Security log information. filename The name of the file in which the Security log events are saved.
<RunHistory>	capture When set to true, will capture the RunHistory information for this server.
<ServerConfig>	capture When set to true, will capture the server configuration information for this server.
<MAXml>	capture When set to true, will capture the management agent XML. all When set to true, will capture the management agent XML for all existing management agents. MAName The name of the management agent. This attribute must be repeated for each management agent that you wish to capture information for.
<MAXml><MAName> The name of the management agent. This subnode must be repeated for each management agent that you wish to capture information for.
<CSExport>	capture When set to true, will capture the connector space information. all When set to true, will capture the connector space information for all existing management agents. MAName The name of the management agent. This attribute must be repeated for each management agent that you wish to capture information for.
<BackUpKey>	backup When set to true, will backup the encryption keys. filename The name of the file to export the encryption keys to. The user is prompted to enter a user name and the password.
<BackUpSQLDB>	backup When set to true, will backup the MIIS 2003 SQL database.
<BackUpSQLDB><filename> The name of the file to backup the SQL database to. If the SQL 2000 database is located on a remote server, then the user running MIISInfoBackup must have permissions to access the database remotely. In this scenario, the backup file will be created on the remote server.
<BackUpSQLDB><timeout> The timeout limit to be set on the SQL command. This limit can be set based on the size of the database. It is specified in seconds and can only contain numeric characters.
<OtherInfo><MAData>	capture When set to true, will create a copy of the MAData folder and all its contents. capturedeleted When set to true, will create a copy of the deleted MAData subfolders and all their contents.
<OtherInfo><Extensions>	capture When set to true, will create a copy of the Extensions folder and all its contents.
<OtherInfo><CopyFolder>	capture When set to true, will create a copy of the listed folders and their contents.
<OtherInfo><CopyFolder><FolderPath> The full path of a selected folder. The path must be less than 249 characters. This subnode must be repeated for each folder that you wish to create a copy of.

/?

Displays help at the command prompt.

Example

To export the MIIS 2003 system information and data specified in the capture.xml file, type the following command:

MIISInfoBackup capture.xml