5.11. How to Backup GUMS DB packages

GUMS server can be backed up by cloning gums.config and dumping GUMS table as follow.

#login to your GUMS server
#assuming OSG_GUMSBackupDir attr set to '/home/myusers/mygumsbackup'
$ su - root

#cp -p /etc/gums/gums.config /home/myusers/mygumsbackup/gums.config_rpm
#mysqldump GUMS_1_3 > /home/myusers/mygumsbackup/gums_1_3.sql_rpm

For recovery after installing gums server run script /root/ConfigureGumsUpgradeFromRPM.sh as shown in Example Install standalone gums server or follow automatization by setting attr 'OSG_GUMSRunScript' as shown in Example Install GUMS server + SQUID + CVMFS.