Users Guide

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 dell.com/support/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

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:

– Is installed as a license, enabled and has the SRVCNF partition. In Lifecycle Controller, during backup, a partition

with a label name SRVCNF is automatically created on the vFlash SD card to store the backup image file. If a

partition with the label name SRVCNF already exists, it is overwritten. For more information, see Lifecycle

Controller documentation at dell.com/support/manuals.

– Has minimum free space of 384 MB available.

• If you are importing from an iDRAC vFlash card, make sure that the card is installed and has the backup image in the

SRVCNF partition. This image is from the same platform that you are importing.

• If you are importing from a network share, make sure that the network share where the backup image file is stored is

still accessible.

• If you replace the motherboard before performing import, make sure that the motherboard has the latest iDRAC and

BIOS installed.