Use the following procedure on every application and Web server to back up Oracle Hyperion Financial Management.

To enable recovery of Financial Management:

1. Perform a full database backup once per cycle:

   1. Stop Financial Management Web Service and Financial Management Java Service:

      • Oracle Hyperion Financial Management - Java Server (epmsystem1)

      • Oracle Hyperion HFM Server - Java Web Application (epmsystem1)

   2. Stop the related process xfmdatasource.exe.

2. Back up the Oracle Hyperion Shared Services Registry.

3. Back up any customized style sheets.

To recover from an application server or Web server failure:

1. Reinstall and configure Financial Management on the failed application or Web server.

2. Stop all Financial Management processes and services on the newly configured server.

3. Restore the backed-up files to their original locations.

4. Restart the services.

To recover from a database server failure:

1. Stop all Financial Management processes and services on all application and Web servers.

2. Restore the database from the last full backup, applying transaction logs as needed.

3. Restart the database.

4. Restart the application and Web servers.