Using EELS

Archiving EELS databases

EELS provides two tools for archiving and restoring database tables: eels_log_archive(1Meels) and eels_log_restore(1Meels). These tools can be used for a variety of purposes such as:

backup security of the EELS database
pre-selection of records for report generation
prevention of over consumption of system resources.

eels_log_archive writes selected records from a specified EELS database into a compressed flat file. Additional flags can also be specified to purge archived records from the originating database once those records have been written to the flat file. Archiving can be triggered automatically by customizing /etc/default/eels or it can be performed manually by calling eels_log_archive from the command line. For more information see ``Archiving EELS database records''.

eels_log_restore reads the contents of a flat file generated by eels_log_archive, and writes the results to a specified database and table. There is no automated method for calling eels_log_restore; you must always call this command from the command line or via one of your own scripts. For more information on how to restore records from an EELS archive, see ``Restoring EELS database records''.