HP Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager Software - Manual (Page 50)

1. Select the VC Domain upon which you want to perform VC Domain Maintenance.
2. Click VC Domain Maintenance. The VC Domain Maintenance page appears.
3. To unlock VCM for domain, network, and storage changes, click Make changes via VC
Manager. The VCM web interface appears in a separate browser window. The Under
Maintenance status indicates that the VC Domain is temporarily unlocked for domain, network,
and storage changes.
4. Using VCM, log in with full user rights at Virtual Connect Manager, perform the necessary
changes, and save the changes. VCEM blocks all operations related to the VC Domain and
to its respective VC Domain Group while the VC Domain is under VC Domain Maintenance.
5. Close the VCM web browser and return to the VC Domain Maintenance page in VCEM.
Repeat steps 1 and 2 to confirm the changes in VCEM.
6. To apply the changes, click Complete VC Domain Maintenance. Optionally, to cancel VC
Domain changes, click Cancel. The Restore configuration check box enables VCEM to
automatically restore the original VC Domain configuration in case the new VC Domain
configuration is not able to be replicated to other VC Domains in the VC Domain Group. The
Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager is executing the request
message
appears with a job ID code.
7. Click OK to go to the Jobs page and monitor job progress.
IMPORTANT: When a VC Domain is put in VC Domain Maintenance, operations such as backup
and restore VC configurations are allowed. Restoring VC configurations requires additional care.
If an old configuration is restored, verify that the configuration of this specific VC Domain remains
compatible with the VC Domain Group, otherwise the VC Domain will be incompatible with VCEM.
(For example, actual server profiles in the VC Domain after the restore may not match the previous
state registered by VCEM.)
While VC Domain Maintenance enables the following actions to be performed on this VC Domain,
the actions might cause side effects in VCEM. Therefore, HP does not recommend performing these
actions.
Domain-level operations (not recommended through VC Domain Maintenance):
•
Configuration restoration for backup configurations performed out of VCEM control
•
Domain deletion
To perform these domain-level operations, remove the VC Domain from VCEM, make the needed
changes, and then re-import the VC Domain to the VC Domain Group.
Backing up and restoring domain configurations through VC Domain Maintenance
NOTE: For VC Domains running VC 3.7x or later is not necessary to use VC Domain Maintenance
to perform the backup
1. Go to the VC Domains tab.
2. Select the VC Domain configuration that you want to back up.
3. Click VC Domain Maintenance. The VC Domain Maintenance page appears.
4. To unlock VCM for domain, network, and storage changes, click Make changes via VC
Manager. The VCM web interface appears in a separate browser window. The Under
Maintenance status indicates that the VC Domain is temporarily unlocked for domain, network,
and storage changes.
5. Using VCM:
a.
Log in to VCM with full user rights.
b. Perform the domain restoration by selecting Domain Settings
→Domain Configuration,
and selecting the Backup/Restore tab.
c. Click Backup configuration. Wait until the backup process completes.
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