Dell PowerVault MD3420 - Manual (Page 230)

file can be just RAID configuration data or all data, including data for RAID configuration, disk groups and
disk pools. The data in a cache location always includes all data.
Before using this command with the file option, you must first obtain a validator string (a security code)
from your Technical Support representative. To obtain a validator, use the save storageArray
dbmValidator command to generate an XML file that contains validator information.
Syntax
load storageArray dbmDatabase
((file="filename" validator="validatorValue") | sourceLocation=onboard)
[raidControllerModule [(0|1)]]
[contentType=(raidConfigration | all)]
Parameters
Parameter Description
file The file path and the file name of the DBM
database you want to upload. Enclose the file
name in double quotation marks (" "). For example:
file="C:\Array Backups
\DBMbackup_03302010.dbm". This command
does not automatically append a file extension to
the saved file. You must specify a file extension
when entering the file name.
validator The alphanumeric security code required to
restore a storage array to an existing configuration.
Use the save storageArray dbmValidator
command to generate the required validation
information XML file.
sourceLocation This parameter specifies the location from which
to retrieve backup database information. The
parameter must be included for consistency, but
the only allowed value is onboard.
raidControllerModule This parameter specifies the RAID controller
module from which data will be exclusively
retrieved, if sourceLocation is set to cache.
Enclose the RAID controller module identifier in
square brackets ([ ]). If the
raidControllerModule parameter is not
specified, data might be retrieved from either RAID
controller module.
Valid RAID controller module identifiers are 0 or 1,
where 0 is the RAID controller module in slot 0,
and 1 is the RAID controller module in slot 1.
contentType This parameter specifies the content type of the
data that is retrieved.
• If the parameter is set to raidConfiguration,
the RAID configuration data is retrieved. The
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