How to backup profile manager?

Question

Is there a way to backup the database in the profile manger?

Answer 1

Thought I should update this info for Mavericks (10.9) and Server 3 because Apple changed things again, just slightly.
Apple removed /user/bin/psql and associated apps so now you only have one psql to deal with and it’s in your environment path. Running ‘which psql’ will show you /Applications/Server.app/Contents/ServerRoot/usr/bin/psql
That has simplified things a little.
The socket has moved also and is now in:
/Library/Server/ProfileManager/Config/var/PostgreSQL/
So to get into the database run this command.
sudo psql -U _devicemgr -d device_management -h /Library/Server/ProfileManager/Config/var/PostgreSQL/
Use \d to see the tables \h to get help \q to exit. See the man page or the postgresql documentation online for more if you are new to this, like me.
The basic backup/dump command is:
pg_dump -U _devicemgr -h /Library/Server/ProfileManager/Config/var/PostgreSQL/ -c device_management > $HOME/device_management.sql
If you use the above psql command to create the backup it will be in a text format. Apparently that means you need to also use psql to restore. I’m sure there are better ways to do the backup and restore. Having a full TimeMachine backup of your server works well.
For the restore I modified the previously posted commands just a bit.
sudo serveradmin stop devicemgr
sudo serveradmin start postgres
sudo dropdb -h /Library/Server/ProfileManager/Config/var/PostgreSQL/ -U _devicemgr device_management
sudo createdb -h /Library/Server/ProfileManager/Config/var/PostgreSQL/ -U _devicemgr device_management
sudo psql -U _devicemgr -d device_management -h /Library/Server/ProfileManager/Config/var/PostgreSQL/
sudo serveradmin start devicemgr
I rand all this on a test server and it appears to work.