Back up, Restore, and Re-initialize the HP Datacenter Connection Manager (DCM) Controller

Backing Up and Restoring DCM Controller Data

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Be very careful when entering commands from the root: misconfigurations can cause the device to malfunction. You should be experienced with Linux systems before using these commands.

These steps instruct you to back up your data onto a USB drive. However, you can also back up the data to any safe network location that DCM Controller can reach. If you are using a network location, you can go directly to step 5.

4.Mount your USB drive:

a.Insert your USB drive into the USB port on the DCM Controller.

b.Confirm the name assigned by the OS to the USB device:

ProCurve DCM(mydcm):~# fdisk -l

In the command output, Disk /dev/sda: refers to the DCM Controller’s hard drives. Your USB drive will probably be placed in the /dev/sdb directory. Look for Disk /dev/sdb: in the output and confirm that the size of the device described there matches your USB drive. Your device will probably be named /dev/sdb1.

c.Create a directory where the USB drive can be mounted:

ProCurve DCM(mydcm):~# mkdir /media/DCMbackup

d.Mount the drive to the directory you just created: mount /dev/[device name] /media/DCMbackup

Replace device name with the string you wrote down in step b. For example:

mount /dev/sdb1 /media/DCMbackup

The USB device is now ready to be used.

5.At the prompt, enter the command below:

/var/opt/HP/dcm/bin/backup-bundle /[location]

In place of [location], enter the directory where you want to store the output file. For example:

/var/opt/HP/dcm/bin/backup-bundle /media/DCMbackup

This command creates a .tar.gz file that contains the backup data. The file will be named backup-bundle-MMM-DD-YY-nnnnnn.tar.gz. The month, day, and year of the date you run the script will be inserted in place of Mmm- dd-yy, and a random string of digits is entered in place of nnnnn.

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