ISX Backup

DCIM_Support · ‎2020-07-04

This question was originally posted on DCIM Support by Muhammad Shahzad on 2018-05-21

Dear Team,

I want to take backup of isx to my DR (Disaster Recovery) site. Please do let me know its requirement and procedure.

BR

DCIM_Support · ‎2020-07-04

This answer was originally posted on DCIM Support by Steven Marchetti on 2018-05-21

Hi Muhammad,

If your question is about how to do a backup, the documentation or spezialist 's answer should suffice. If you're looking for information about taking a backup from one server and putting it on another, there may be complications. If you're using a virtual version of DCE, you'll want to make sure that your disaster recovery version has the same resources as the main server. You'll want to make sure that this server has access to the same devices the primary server has for ports, SNMP access on the devices, etc.

Please also note that the DCE license keys are tied to the mac address. If your disaster recovery system is another VM, you may want to create it with the same mac. If you can't or you're using 2 hardware servers, you'll need a second set of license keys. Your local tech support should be able to assist you with this as long as you have valid support contracts for both servers and keys for both systems.

Please note that according to another recent post from you, it appears that you're running version 7.0. That version is no longer officially supported and it is strongly recommended that you upgrade to the current 7.5.

Steve

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DCIM_Support · ‎2020-07-04

This answer was originally posted on DCIM Support by spezialist on 2018-05-21

Dear Muhammad Shahzad,

I guess it's only about DCE software (early ISX Central)?

If so, then briefly, according to the web-page Server Backup/Restore, DCE software can perform three types of backup:

Full: all server data (configuration and repository) will be saved in every backup file.

Synchronized: only changes to server data (configuration and repository) will be saved after the initial backup file.

Configuration: only server configuration data will be saved in every backup file.

Backup can be performed on two types of repositories: Windows or NFS. In addition, the backup can be performed automatically in the scheduler or in the manual mode.

Additionally, a good video instruction can be found at link Configuring a Windows Share Backup of StruxureWare Data Center Expert.

I hope this is what you need.

If there are more questions, please ask.

With respect.

DCIM_Support · ‎2020-07-04

This answer was originally posted on DCIM Support by Steven Marchetti on 2018-05-21

Hi Muhammad,

If your question is about how to do a backup, the documentation or spezialist 's answer should suffice. If you're looking for information about taking a backup from one server and putting it on another, there may be complications. If you're using a virtual version of DCE, you'll want to make sure that your disaster recovery version has the same resources as the main server. You'll want to make sure that this server has access to the same devices the primary server has for ports, SNMP access on the devices, etc.

Please also note that the DCE license keys are tied to the mac address. If your disaster recovery system is another VM, you may want to create it with the same mac. If you can't or you're using 2 hardware servers, you'll need a second set of license keys. Your local tech support should be able to assist you with this as long as you have valid support contracts for both servers and keys for both systems.

Please note that according to another recent post from you, it appears that you're running version 7.0. That version is no longer officially supported and it is strongly recommended that you upgrade to the current 7.5.

Steve

DCIM_Support · ‎2020-07-04

This comment was originally posted on DCIM Support by Muhammad Shahzad on 2018-05-28

Thanks alot for your usual spport

DCIM_Support · ‎2020-07-04

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