Users Guide

System or Feature Behavior For Post-Restore Scenario

• During import, Lifecycle Controller is not available.

• Import restores everything that was backed up.

• Import may take up to 60 minutes depending on the server configuration.

• Import does not restore diagnostics or driver pack information.

• By default, import preserves the current virtual disk configuration.

NOTE: If you want to delete the current virtual disk configuration and restore the configuration from the backup

image file, use the PreserveVDConfig parameter with a value of 0. This does not restore content that was on

the virtual disk during the backup (for example, Operating System), but only creates a blank virtual disk and sets

the attributes.

• Additional reboots during task execution occurs because the system is trying to set the configuration for a

device that attempts to run the task again. Check the logs for information on what devices failed.

• To invoke the RestoreImage() method, the iDRAC user must have Execute Server Command privileges.

• The controller allows creation of global hot spares even if there are no virtual disks, and removes them after the

system reboots. If a hot spare is created without a virtual disk, the restore operation is attempted on the SAS

controller and an error is reported if the restore is not possible. The restore operation on the SAS controller may

fail if there are unsupported RAID levels.

• After Importing the server profile, the currently installed firmware version is the rollback version.

Example 1: The currently installed BIOS firmware version is 2.2 and version 2.1 was installed during export. After

import, version 2.1 is the installed version and 2.2 is the rollback version.

Example 2: The currently installed BIOS firmware version is 2.1 and version 2.1 was installed during export. After

import, version 2.1 is the installed version and 2.1 is the rollback version.

References For Importing Server Profile

NOTE: The sections referenced in this table contain only generic examples.

Table 16. Step Number and Location

Step Number Location in Lifecycle Controller Web Services Interface Guide (Windows or Linux)

step 1 18.2 — Import Server Profile

step 2 18.2.1 — Import Server Profile from iDRAC vFlash Card-RestoreImage()

18.2.2 — Import Server Profile from a NFS Share-RestoreImage()

18.2.3 — Import Server Profile from a CIFS Share-RestoreImage()

step 3 18.2.4 — Monitor Import Status

Profiles

Dell_LCManagement Profile

MOFs

DCIM_LCService.mof