Users Guide

78 Use Case Scenarios
Prerequisites
To successfully perform remote operations on the server, make sure that the
following prerequisites are met:
• Common Prerequisites.
• The server has a valid 7 character service tag.
• iDRAC vFlash card:
– Is installed, enabled, and initialized.
– Minimum free space of 384 MB is available.
•Network Share:
– Permissions and firewall settings are provided for the iDRAC to
communicate with the system that has the network share.
– iDRAC vFlash card is installed as a license.
– Minimum free space of 384 MB is available.
NOTE: Invoking the BackupImage() method creates a backup image file on
the network share and size ranges from 30 MB to 384 MB depending on
system configuration.
• Administrator privileges on iDRAC.
Important
• During export, make sure that operations such as firmware update,
operating system deployment, and firmware configurations are not
running. If operating system deployment is performed using Lifecycle
Controller, reset the iDRAC or cancel System Services before you can
perform export.
• After operating system deployment using Lifecycle controller, the
OEMDRV is open for 18 hours as the Lifecycle Controller does not have
the status of the operating system installation. If you need to perform the
operations such as update, configuration, or restore after operating system
deployment, remove the OEMDRV partition. To remove the partition,
reset iDRAC or cancel System Services.
• Do not schedule any other remote services jobs; BIOS update or setting
the NIC attributes.