HP Integrity BL870c Server-Blade - Manual (Page 33)

Table 5 Partition use case: Scale down (shrink) the partition (continued)
Comments: Recommended blade
configuration for scaling down
(shrinking) the nPartition
Partition use case: Scale down (shrink)
the partition
Boot type
removed resources, i.e., FibreChannel
IO mezz card or FCOE LOM.
HP-UX parSpec support
CLI commands overview
HP-UX parSpec commands are not operative for the BL8x0c i4, due to the parSpec capabilities
being supported on the Superdome class of machine only.
Backup and restore algorithm
Objective: Backup/record settings and data required to recreate a given
environment.
Use cases:
•
Restoration of a prior existing Partition
•
Blade repair/replace condition
•
Blade Link Domain upgrade case
•
Blade Link Repair case
Table 6 Backup and restore procedures
Alternatives/comments Procedure Focus Phase
Partition A monarch is always
present, unless blade is replaced
for a repair case. 1. Manually record Unique iLO settings for
other partitions.
nl • Network settings
nl
iLO Backup
• Run DC command to observe settings
• Manually record settings of
interest; e.g., boot path, memory
config interleaving
nl
1. Boot partition to EFI
nl 2. Execute the dmpstore command to
storage:
nl
System Settings - EFI
• If booting from FICH, record
EFI device manager - Emulex fw
version
nl
Shell> dmpstore –s filename
nl Example:
nl
Shell> dmpstore –s
fs0:\tmp\sysvar
nl
• SAS raid settings
3. Storage device options
nl • Local disk
nl • Local USB key
nl 4. Note: If using SAS RAID, here the RAID
will need to be recreated for a blade
replacement; don’t store EFI vaiables to this
location.
nl 5. Additional settings that should be
considered for your records.
nl • Network information
nl • Error information (deallocation)
nl • Console Configuration
nl • TPM settings
VC profile, OS image, other? Other possible items
to consider
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