Backing up CMDB data

The cmdb_backup_storage_information table (part of the [app-cmdb-content] ServiceNow Store application) holds generic backup storage information for a CI as a platform related item. The table includes a CI as a reference attribute and stores information for hardware, cloud, containers, and other CI types.

Backup Store Information [cmdb_backup_storage_information] table

The table captures backup policy, last successful backup, last backup attempt, execution mode, backup source, backup source ID, and backup service.

To mitigate the risk of uncontrolled growth of the table, a cascade-delete rule applies to the Backup Source (CI) reference field. When a CI is deleted, the corresponding rows in the table are deleted.

Tables related to backup operations

//. Sample IRE payload  var payload = 
{ 
 "items": [ 
   { 
     "className": "cmdb_ci_hardware", 
      "sys_object_source_info": { 
       "source_name": "ServiceNow", 
       "source_native_key": "some key" 
     }, 
     "values": { 
       "name": "I am a good cat" 
     }, 
     "lookup": [], 
     "related": [ 
       { 
         "className": " cmdb_backup_storage_information", 
         "values": { 
           "backup_policy": "true", 
           "last_backup": "2023-02-02", 
           “backup_id”:”sede-09191-fet” 
         } 
       } 
     ] 
   } 
 ] } 
var jsonUntil = new JSON(); var input = jsonUntil.encode(payload); 
var output = SNC.IdentificationEngineScriptableApi.createOrUpdateCI('ServiceNow', input); gs.print(output); 

Columns in cmdb_backup_storage_information