This appendix explains the maintenance mode available in Resource Coordinator VE and how to use it.
Maintenance mode is used during hardware maintenance of managed servers. It is also used during the installation and maintenance of physical OS's and VM hosts. Maintenance mode avoids unwanted error notifications and disables execution of Auto-Recovery upon server failure.
The following operations can be performed on a server in maintenance mode:
Maintenance LED
Maintenance LEDs can be turned on or off.
Backup and restore
System images can be backed up and restored.
Cloning
Cloning images can be collected and distributed.
Use the following procedures to set and release maintenance mode:
Setting maintenance mode
In the RC console resource tree, right-click the server (or the physical OS or VM host on the server) to put into maintenance mode, and select [Maintenance Mode]-[Set] from the popup menu.
Releasing maintenance mode
In the RC console resource tree, right-click the server (or the physical OS or VM host on the server) to put into active mode, and select [Maintenance Mode]-[Release] from the popup menu.
