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254 IBM Systems Director Management Console: Introduction and Overview
Backup
To perform the backup, perform the following steps:
1. Check if the system is a Hardware Appliance.
If the system is Virtual Appliance, the backup method is different based on the
hypervisor used on the host (RHEV-H Blue or VMWare). So the backup
operation is permitted only when the system is a Hardware Appliance. Refer
to 9.3.2, “SDMC software appliance backup and restore on VMware” on
page 256 and 9.3.3, “SDMC software appliance backup and restore on KVM”
on page 261 for more information about software appliance backup and
restore.
2. Check that the user who runs the backup has the authority to do so. It is
predefined in the role_permission.xml file that only the root role has the
authority to run backup and restore.
3. Before performing the backup, the appliance tests if the USB diskette driver or
the remote secure FTP (SFTP) server are accessible.
4. Optionally, stop the IBM Systems Director server. You can use the backup
command to perform this task.
5. Run backup on the Systems Director Management Console.
The command has the following syntax:
backup [-l usb | sftp] [-s][-d][-u][-p][-Y][-h | --help]
Where:
-Y Say Yes to all questions.
-l The location to store the backup file. If sftp is specified,
the -s argument is needed to set the SFTP server.
-s Specify SFTP server when -l sftp is specified.
-n Specify the restore file name with the abstract path, for
example, data/backup/20101011.tar.gz.
-u The user used to connect to the SFTP server.
-p The password used to connect to the SFTP server.
Note: During testing, it was found that the rear USB ports were best at
detecting USB media.
Note: If you are saving to a USB device, the USB device will be unmounted
at the start of the backup. Do not mount the USB device while the backup
is taking place. After the backup has completed, the drive can be mounted.