Enabling automatic save configuration backups, Initiating a manual save configuration – Dell POWERVAULT MD3620I User Manual

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Enabling Automatic Save Configuration Backups

These backups can be set to be automatically or manually initiated.

To enable automatic backups of the storage array base configuration, perform the procedure below:

1.

Open the Array Manager view.

2.

In the left pane, select the storage array name.
The storage array properties are displayed in the right pane.

3.

In the Summary tab, click Automatically Save Configuration.
The Automatically Save Configuration dialog box is displayed.

4.

Check Enable automatic save configuration.

5.

Click OK to enable automatic configuration backups.
Once automatic configuration backups are enabled, they are persisted between restarts of the MD vCenter Plug-in
application server and vCenter Server. To disable automatic save configuration, clear the selection box.

Figure 40. Automatic Save Configuration Message

NOTE: The automatic backup script files are located in C:\Program Files (x86)\Dell\MD Storage Array vCenter
Plug-In\jetty\savecfg directory.

Initiating A Manual Save Configuration

To perform a manual save configuration:

1.

Open the Storage Array Manager view.

2.

In the left pane, click the storage array name.
The storage array properties are displayed in the right pane.

3.

In the right pane, click Manually Save Configuration.
The Manually Save Configuration dialog box is displayed.

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