Users Guide

The Backup and Export Server Prole page is displayed.

2. Click the Automatic Backup tab.

3. Select the Enable Automatic Backup option.

4. Select one of the following to save the backup le image:

• Network to save the backup le image on a CIFS or NFS share.

• vFlash to save the backup le image on the vFlash card.

5. Enter the backup le name and encryption passphrase (optional).

6. If Network is selected as the le location, enter the network settings.

NOTE: While specifying the network share settings, it is recommended to avoid special characters for user name and

password or percent encode the special characters.

For information about the elds, see the iDRAC Online Help

7. In the Backup Window Schedule section, specify the backup operation start time and frequency of the operation (daily, weekly,

or monthly).

For information about the elds, see the iDRAC Online Help.

8. Click Schedule Backup.

A recurring job is represented in the job queue with a start date and time of the next scheduled backup operation. Five minutes

after the rst instance of the recurring job starts, the job for the next time period is created. The backup server prole operation

is performed at the scheduled date and time.

Scheduling automatic backup server prole using RACADM

To enable automatic backup use the command:

racadm set lifecyclecontroller.lcattributes.autobackup Enabled

To schedule a backup server prole operation:

racadm systemconfig backup –f <filename> <target> [-n <passphrase>] -time <hh:mm> -dom

<1-28,L,’*’> -dow<*,Sun-Sat> -wom <1-4, L,’*’> -rp <1-366>-mb <Max Backups>

To view the current backup schedule:

racadm systemconfig getbackupscheduler

To disable automatic backup use the command:

racadm set LifeCycleController.lcattributes.autobackup Disabled

To clear the backup schedule:

racadm systemconfig clearbackupscheduler

For more information, see the iDRAC RACADM Command Line Interface Reference Guide available at dell.com/idracmanuals.

Importing server prole

You can use the backup image le to import or restore the conguration and rmware for the same server without rebooting the

server.

Import feature is not licensed.

NOTE: For the restore operation, the system Service Tag and the Service Tag in the backup le must be identical. The

restore operation applies to all system components that are same and present in the same location or slot as captured in

the backup le. If components are dierent or not in the same location, they are not modied and restore failures is

logged to the Lifecycle Log.