Owner's Manual

22 Use Case Scenarios

• During import, 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

OEMDRV is open for 18 hours. If you need to perform the operations such

as update, configuration, or import after operating system deployment,

remove the OEMDRV partition. To remove the partition, reset Integrated

Dell Remote Access Controller or cancel System Services.

Workflow

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

System

Viewer

Utility. To import 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 Importing the System Profile.

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

Viewing and Exporting Lifecycle Controller Logs

You can view the Lifecycle Controller Logs for a single system or a collection

and also export them in a .CSV format to a network share folder.

Prerequisites

• Common Prerequisites.

•Network Share:

– Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller can access the network

share.

– Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller has the necessary

permissions to write information to network share.

– Minimum free space of 384 MB is available.

• Configure the number of log files you want to view at a time in the

DLCSystemview.exe.config

or the

DLCConfigUtility.exe.config

files. For

more information, see

Viewing Lifecycle Controller Logs.

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