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• Target system with valid seven character service tag.
• iDRAC vFlash card:
– Is installed as a license, enabled, and initialized.
– Has minimum free space of 384 MB is available.
• Network Share:
– Permissions and firewall settings are provided for the Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller to
communicate with the system that has the network share.
– Has minimum free space of 384 MB is available.
• Administrator privileges on the iDRAC of the target systems.
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 iDRAC 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.
Exporting the Server Profile to Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller vFlash Card or a
Network Share Prerequisites Workflow
1. 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.
2. Select the Platform Restore on the System Viewer Utility or the Config Utility.
3. For a single system, see Exporting the System Profile.
4. For a collection, see Exporting the System Profiles in a Collection.
Importing Server Profile From iDRAC vFlash Card Or Network Share
You can restore the backup of a system profile for a single system or a collection of systems from an iDRAC vFlash card
or a network share using DLCI for Configuration Manager.
Prerequisites
• Common Prerequisites.
• The service tag of the server is either blank or same as when the backup was taken.
• iDRAC vFlash card:
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