OpenManage Enterprise 4.1.x User's Guide

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Back up, restore, or migrate

Use the Backup And Restore screen to create a backup of the appliance, restore an appliance from a backup, or migrate an appliance.

CAUTION:

Appliances running on cloned VMs with OMES and CloudIQ enabled do not support backup, restore, or migrate operations. Perform this operation on a VM without cloning.
Only one backup, restore, or migrate process is supported at a time. Running more than one backup, restore, or migrate process at a time can lead to unexpected system behavior.

Before any backup, restore, or migrate operation for installed plug-ins:

Ensure you have read and complied with the limitations and requirements in the Manage backup and restore for plug-ins section of the User's Guide of every plug-in .
Choose a low-volume time to lower the risk of critical alerts.

Table 1. Data Considered During Backup, Restore, and Migration JobsThe below table lists all information that is captured during a backup, restore, or migration job.
Item	Description
Database	Devices that are discovered and all template, profile, firmware, and configuration compliance information related with the device. Configuration information (template, profile, firmware, configuration compliance, and so on.). Job history and audit logs Application settings
Configuration files	Certificate store Samba share files Multifactor authentication files. Appliance keystore used for encryption Apache webserver configuration files Source appliance information like RAM, CPU, storage, and device count. This information is collated into the import readiness report and deleted post restore.
Auto install plug-ins	Source plug-in details are captured to install on the target appliance automatically during the restore operation.
DCS and plug-in restore	DCS and installed plug-ins from the source appliance stores plug-in-related files and restores them on the target appliance.