- Notes, cautions, and warnings
- Introduction to Dell Lifecycle Controller Integration (DLCI) for Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager
- Use case scenarios
- Common prerequisites
- Editing and exporting the BIOS configuration profile of a system
- Comparing and updating the firmware inventory
- Creating, editing, and saving a RAID profile of a system
- Deploying operating system on collection
- Exporting server profile to iDRAC vFlash card or network share
- Importing server profile from iDRAC vFlash card or network share
- Viewing and exporting Lifecycle Controller logs
- Working With NIC or CNA Profiles
- Working with Fibre Channel profiles
- Selecting Fibre Channel storage area network in boot sequence
- Using Dell Lifecycle Controller Integration
- Licensing for DLCI
- Dell Deployment ToolKit
- Dell Driver CAB files
- Configuring target systems
- Auto-discovery and handshake
- Applying Drivers from the task sequence
- Creating a task sequence
- Creating a Dell specific task sequence
- Creating a custom task sequence
- Editing a task sequence
- Configuring the task sequence steps to apply operating system image and driver package
- Applying the operating system image
- Adding Dell driver packages
- Deploying a task sequence
- Creating a task sequence media bootable ISO
- System Viewer utility
- Configuration utility
- Launching the integrated Dell Remote Access Controller console
- Task Viewer
- Additional tasks you can perform with Dell Lifecycle Controller Integration
- Configuring security
- Validating a Dell factory-issued Client Certificate on the Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller for auto-discovery
- Pre-authorizing systems for auto-discovery
- Changing the administrative credentials used by Dell Lifecycle Controller Integration for Configuration Manager
- Using the Graphical User Interface
- Using the Array Builder
- Defining rules with the Array Builder
- Creating a RAID Profile using Array Builder
- About creating Array Builder
- Controllers
- Adding a Controller
- Editing a Controller
- Deleting a Controller
- Variable conditions
- Adding a new variable condition
- Editing a variable condition
- Deleting a variable condition
- Arrays
- Adding a new array
- Editing an array
- Deleting an array
- Logical drives also known as virtual disks
- Adding a new logical drive
- Editing a logical drive
- Deleting a logical drive
- Disks (array disks)
- Adding a new disk
- Changing a disk
- Deleting a disk
- Importing a profile
- Using the Configuration Utility
- Creating a Lifecycle Controller boot media
- Configuring hardware and deploying the operating system
- Deploying operating systems
- Hardware configuration and OS deployment workflow
- Updating firmware during OS deployment
- Configuring hardware during OS deployment
- Configuring RAID
- Applying a NIC or CNA profile on a collection
- Applying FC HBA profiles and FC SAN boot attributes on a collection
- Applying an integrated Dell Remote Access Controller profile on a collection
- Exporting the system profiles before and after hardware configuration
- Comparing and updating firmware inventory for systems in a collection
- Viewing the hardware inventory
- Verifying Communication with Lifecycle Controller
- Viewing and exporting Lifecycle Controller logs for a collection
- Modifying credentials on Lifecycle Controllers
- Platform restore for a collection
- Comparing NIC or CNA profiles against systems in a collection
- Using the Import Server Utility
- Using the System Viewer Utility
- Viewing and editing BIOS configuration
- Viewing and configuring RAID
- Configuring iDRAC profiles for a system
- Configuring NICs and CNAs for a system
- Configuring FC HBA cards for a system
- Comparing and updating firmware inventory
- Comparing hardware configuration profile
- Viewing Lifecycle Controller logs
- Viewing the hardware inventory for the system
- Platform restore for a system
- Comparing FC HBA profile against a target system
- Troubleshooting
- Configuring Dell provisioning web services on IIS
- Dell auto-discovery network setup specification
- Troubleshooting the viewing and exporting of Lifecycle Controller logs
- Deploying the operating system on Dell’s 13th generation of PowerEdge servers using WinPE 3.0
- Issues and resolutions
- ESXi or RHEL deployment on Windows systems moves to ESXi or RHEL collection, but not removed from Windows Managed Collection
- Related documentation and resources
Dell Lifecycle Controller Integration Version 3.3 for Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager User's Guide
Importing the system profile
About this task
You can use this feature only if you have taken a backup image of the system profile before.
NOTE If you replace the
motherboard of the system, make sure you re-install the hardware back
in the same location. For example, install the NIC PCI card in the
same PCI slot that you used during backup.
Optionally, you can delete the current virtual disk configuration and restore the configuration from the backup image file.
To import the system profile:
Steps
- On the System Viewer utility, select Platform Restore.
The Platform Restore screen is displayed.
- On the Platform Restore screen, select the Import Server Profile option and click Next. The options to select the vFlash media or share location are displayed.
- Select one of the following options:
- vFlash media: to restore the backup image from the iDRAC vFlash Card.
- Network share: to restore
the backup image from a shared location on the network. If you choose
this option, you must specify the following information:
- Existing share: specify share location where you have saved the backup image. The drop-down list contains the list of shares where you had previously created backup files for the system or collection.
- User name: specify the user name to access the share location. You must specify the user name in the following format: Domain\<username>.
- Password: Specify the password to access the share location and re-type the password to confirm it.
NOTE While importing a backup file created using the Recur scheduling option, ensure that you prefix the backup file with <Recurrence number>_<Prefix>. - Click Next. Type the backup file passphrase that you specified while taking a backup.
- Click Next. While importing
the backup file, you can choose to retain the current RAID controller
configuration, or restore the backed up configuration from the backup
file. Choose one of the following options:
- Preserve: Retains the existing RAID controller configuration.
- Delete: Deletes the existing RAID controller configuration and import the configuration from the backup file.
NOTE This operation does not restore content that was on the virtual disk during the backup. For example, Operating System. This operation only creates a blank virtual disk and sets the attributes. - Click Next.
A summary screen is displayed.
- Click Finish to start
the importing the backup file and submit the task to the Task Viewer.
You can launch the Task Viewer to view the status of the task.
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