Owner's Manual

20 Use Case Scenarios

Before You Begin

Before you begin exporting the system profile for a single system or a

collection:

• Make sure that operations such as firmware update, operating system

deployment, and firmware configurations are not running.

• After you deploy the operating system using Lifecycle controller, the

Original Equipment Manufacturer Drive (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 you deploy the operating system, remove the

OEMDRV partition. To remove the partition, reset Integrated Dell

Remote Access Controller or cancel System Services.

For more information on resetting Integrated Dell Remote Access

Controller or cancelling system services, See the

Dell Lifecycle Controller

Remote Services User’s Guide

available at

support.dell.com/manuals

• If you have scheduled the backup, then do not schedule any other remote

services jobs such as BIOS updates or RAID configuration on the target

systems.

• Make sure that the backup image file is not tampered with, either during

export or after export.

Workflow

To export the system profile of a single target system, launch the

System

Viewer

Utility. To export the system profiles of a collection of systems,

launch the Config Utility. For more information, see

System Viewer Utility

or Configuration Utility.

Select the

Platform Restore

on the

System Viewer

Utility or the Config

Utility.

For a single system, see Exporting the System Profile.

For a collection, see Exporting the System Profiles in a Collection.

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