This section explains the maintenance of the Operation Management Server.
In case an accidents, back up the operation management environment for this product.
When installing this product and changing the settings of the Management Server, be sure to make a backup. Additionally, as some functions undergo automatic operation and information update, we recommend performing a regular backup.
Information
The ETERNUS VASA Provider operating procedures and the terms described in this sub section may vary with the version level of ETERNUS VASA Provider.
Back up and restore the information required for behaviors of ETERNUS SF Manager and ETERNUS VASA Provider.
Back up the necessary information on the ETERNUS SF Manager and ETERNUS VASA Provider.
Backup of ETERNUS SF Manager
Refer to "Backup of Manager" in "Maintenance of Administrative Environment" in the Storage Cruiser Operation Guide.
Backup of ETERNUS VASA Provider
The necessary task differs depending on the version level of ETERNUS VASA Provider. Refer to the ETERNUS VASA Provider manual of the version level being used and back up the files that are needed to operate ETERNUS VASA Provider as required.
Restore the necessary information on the ETERNUS SF Manager and ETERNUS VASA Provider.
Restoration of ETERNUS SF Manager
Refer to "Restoring Manager" in "Maintenance of Administrative Environment" in the Storage Cruiser Operation Guide.
Restoration of ETERNUS VASA Provider
The necessary task differs depending on the version level of ETERNUS VASA Provider. Refer to the ETERNUS VASA Provider manual of the version level being used and restore the files that are needed to operate ETERNUS VASA Provider as required.
If the Management Server is created on a virtual machine, take the following steps to perform backup/restore operations.
Make a virtual machine clone, on which the Management Server is created.
Take the following steps to perform restore operation.
Start the virtual machine clone made at backup.
If the clone was made with the power on at backup, restart the virtual machine after started.
Restore the system configuration information.
Perform the Reload Conf. operation on Web Console for all the ETERNUS Disk storage systems registered on this product.
Restore the configuration information about the VMware vSphere Virtual Volumes environment.
Use the "esfadm esfdata restore" command to restore the configuration information about the VMware vSphere Virtual Volumes environment from the system.
As a result of this operation, if the VVOL datastores and the virtual machines created by the VMware vSphere Virtual Volumes function are correctly displayed on the vSphere Web Client, restore has been properly performed.
When a problem occurs in the operation management environment, collect troubleshooting information for both ETERNUS SF Manager and ETERNUS VASA Provider.
Collecting Troubleshooting Information for ETERNUS SF Manager
Refer to "Collecting Troubleshooting Information" in "Troubleshooting" in the Storage Cruiser Operation Guide.
Collecting Troubleshooting Information for ETERNUS VASA Provider
Refer to the ETERNUS VASA Provider manual and collect troubleshooting information for ETERNUS VASA Provider.
