Users Guide

Backup Server Prole

Use this licensed feature to do the following and store the backup image les in a vFlash SD card:

• Back up the following:

– Hardware and rmware inventory such as BIOS, NDCs, Lifecycle Controller supported add-in NIC cards, and Storage

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

– System information

– Lifecycle Controller rmware images, data and conguration, and iDRAC rmware and conguration.

• Optionally, secure the backup image le with a passphrase.

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System or Feature Behavior During Backup

Back Up Server Prole

Before you back up the server prole, make sure that the following prerequisites are met:

• A software license for 12th generation Dell PowerEdge servers. For more information about managing licenses using iDRAC Web

interface, go to

Overview → Server → Licenses, and see the iDRAC Online Help.

• The server has a valid service tag (7 characters).

• vFlash SD card is installed, initialized, and enabled.

• vFlash SD card has a minimum free space of 384 MB.

To back up the server prole:

1. In the left pane, select Platform Restore.

2. In the right pane, select Backup Server Prole.

3. To generate the backup le without entering the passphrase, click Finish.

Alternatively, to generate an encrypted backup le using a passphrase, enter the passphrase and click Finish. In the absence of

a passphrase, Lifecycle Controller encrypts the backup image le with a default passphrase (internally-generated).

4. In the Backup File Passphrase eld, enter a passphrase. For example, Rt@#12tv.

NOTE: A valid passphrase contains 8 to 32 characters. It must include a combination of uppercase and lowercase

letters, numbers, symbols, and must not have white spaces. The passphrase is optional and if used for backup, it

must be used during restore.

5. In the Conrm Passphrase box, reenter the passphrase and click Finish.

The system restarts and Lifecycle Controller is disabled. You cannot access Lifecycle Controller until the backup process is

complete. A success message is displayed when you launch Lifecycle Controller after backup is complete.

NOTE: You can check the Lifecycle logs in iDRAC Web interface for backup server prole status. To view the log in

Lifecycle Controller after the backup is completed, click Lifecycle Log → View Lifecycle Log History.

System or Feature Behavior During Backup

• Lifecycle Controller is disabled.

• A partition with a label name SRVCNF is automatically created on the vFlash SD card to store the backup image le. If a partition

with the label name SRVCNF already exists, it is overwritten.

• Takes up to 45 minutes depending on the server conguration.

• Takes a backup of all conguration information.

• Does not back up diagnostics and driver pack information.

• Backup fails if an AC power cycle is performed.