Collect Information for Backing Up Cloudera Manager
Information you should collect before backing up Cloudera Manager.
- Log in to the Cloudera Manager Server host.
ssh my_cloudera_manager_server_host
- Collect database information by running the following
command:
For example:cat /etc/cloudera-scm-server/db.properties
... com.cloudera.cmf.db.type=... com.cloudera.cmf.db.host=database_hostname:database_port com.cloudera.cmf.db.name=scm com.cloudera.cmf.db.user=scm com.cloudera.cmf.db.password=SOME_PASSWORD
- Collect information (host name, port number, database name, user
name and password) for the following databases.
- Reports Manager
You can find the database information by using the Cloudera Manager Admin Console. Go to Database category. You may need to contact your database administrator to obtain the passwords.
and select the - Find the host where the Service Monitor, Host Monitor and Event Server roles are running. Go to and note which hosts are running these roles.