Stop Services on Windows Servers
To prepare for backing up the databases, stop the services on all of the Windows servers in your
Flow Monitoring
deployment.Follow these steps:
- Log in as a user who has administrator privileges forFlow Monitoring.
- ClickStart,Control Panel,Administrative Tools,Services.TheServiceswindow opens.
- Stop the Harvester service (NetQoS Harvester service orFlow MonitoringHarvester) on each Harvester server.
- Wait 15 minutes for data file processing to complete.
- Stop the remainingFlow Monitoringservices on each Windows server:ServiceStand-AloneHarvesterConsoleAnomaly DetectorFlow MonitoringCollection and Poller WebservicesYesYesN/AN/AFlow MonitoringData RetentionYesYesN/AN/AFlow MonitoringDNS/SNMP ProxiesYesYesN/AN/AFlow MonitoringFile ServerYesYesN/AN/AFlow MonitoringHarvesterYesYesN/AN/AFlow MonitoringHost Resolver ServiceN/AN/AN/AN/AFlow MonitoringHunter Tracker ServiceN/AN/AN/AYesFlow MonitoringPollerYesYesN/AN/AFlow MonitoringPumpN/AYesYesN/AFlow MonitoringReaperYesYesN/AN/AFlow MonitoringRibSourceYesN/AYesN/AFlow MonitoringNetQoS MySqlYesYesYesN/AFlow MonitoringNetQoS NQMySqlYesYesN/AN/AFlow MonitoringNetQoS Reporter Manager ServiceYesN/AYesN/AFlow MonitoringNetQoS Reporter/Analyzer General ServicesYesN/AYesN/AFlow MonitoringNetQoS Reporter/Analyzer Pump ServiceYesN/AYesN/AFlow MonitoringNetQoS Reporter/Analyzer Query ServicesYesN/AYesN/AFlow MonitoringNetQoS Reporter/Analyzer WatchdogYesN/AYesN/AFlow MonitoringNetQoS ReporterAnalyzer Report ServiceYesN/AYesN/AThe services and data collection stops.
- Wait 15 minutes for data file processing to complete.
- Check the following directory on the NFA console server:<install_path>\Netflow\datafiles\HarvesterWorkWhen theHarvesterWorkdirectory is empty, you can back up the database. The services are restarted automatically during the upgrade process.