DPA in an IDPA system - Alert: DPA Datastore export status. Database export maximum age period has expired. Consider creation a database backup

In the DPA UI under Alerts, a DPA Datastore export status alert message displays.

In the description of the alert, the following appears:    

• DB export maximum age period has expired. Consider creation a DB backup, please.

DPA checks for the last time a DS export was run and generates this alert if the export was not run in the last 7 days. 

For IDPA DPA systems, set up the following script to run the DS export daily to keep this alert from triggering. 

1. Create a directory in /data01 called dbbkp with the following command:     

mkdir /data01/dbbkp/

2. Create a script in that directory, called dbbkp.sh with the following command:     

vi /data01/dbbkp/dbbkp.sh

1. 1.  Insert the following into that script file:     

#!/bin/sh
#Take backup of DPA database
/opt/emc/dpa/services/bin/dpa.sh datastore export /data01/dbbkp/
#Delete the files older than 3 days
find /data01/dbbkp/datastore* -type d -mtime +2 | xargs rm -rf

2. Press escape and then :x to save and exit vi.
3. Run the following command to make that file executable:     

chmod +x /data01/dbbkp/dbbkp.sh

3. Edit the crontab so this runs daily.
   1. Run the following command:     

crontab -e

2. This opens the crontab in vi. Add the following line to this:     

00 19 * * * /usr/bin/sh /data01/dbbkp/dbbkp.sh >> /tmp/dpabkp.log 2>&1

3. Press escape and then :x to save and exit crontab. 

4. Run the script with the following command:

/data01/dbbkp/dbbkp.sh