Dell PowerVault MD 32XX/36XX Series Storage Arrays CLI Guide

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Save Storage Array DBM Database

Description

This command saves the database management (DBM) of the storage array.

Syntax

save storageArray dbmDatabase
                                 file="fileName"
                                 [sourceLocation=(disk | onboard) |
                                 controller [(0|1)] |
                                 contentType= all)]

Parameters

Parameter

Description

sourceLocation

This parameter specifies the location from which to obtain backup database information.

disk indicates that data comes directly from the database on the physical disk
cache indicates that data comes from the RPA memory location

The default location is disk.

controller

This parameter specifies the RAID controller module from which data will be exclusively retrieved, if sourceLocation is set to onboard. If the controller parameter is not specified, data might be retrieved from either RAID controller modules. 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.

file

The file path and the file name to which you want to save the database. Enclose the file name in double quotation marks (" "). For example: file="C:\Program Files\CLI\logs \events.txt".

This parameter must appear last, after any of the optional parameters.

This command does not automatically append a file extension to the saved file. You must specify a file extension when entering the file name.

Notes

The data that you save to the host using this command can, if needed, be restored to the RAID controller module. A validator, however, is required to restore data from the file on the host.