Users Guide

Backup and Restore

Use the export and import feature to backup, export, or restore a server profile.

Exporting Server Profile to iDRAC vFlash Card or Network Share

To successfully perform remote operations on the server, make sure that the following prerequisites are met:

• Common Prerequisites Before Using Remote Services.

• iDRAC7 Enterprise license is installed.cccc

• Server has a valid 7 character service tag.

• The destination location has read or write access.

• 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.

– Correct feature license is installed.

– 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.

• Execute Server Command privileges are available on iDRAC.

Create a backup of the server firmware and configuration and export it to an iDRAC vFlash Card or a Network share. The

backup file is secured with a passphrase.

To back up the following:

• Hardware and firmware inventory such as BIOS, LOMs, Lifecycle Controller supported add-in NIC cards, and

Storage Controllers (RAID level, virtual disk, and controller attributes.)

• System information such as Service Tag, System Type, and so on.

• Lifecycle Controller firmware images, system configuration, and iDRAC firmware and configuration.

Important Notes

• 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 Lifecycle Controller 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 Lifecycle Controller.

• Do not schedule any other remote services jobs; BIOS update or setting the NIC attributes.