Lenovo System x3850 X6 Installation And Service Manual page 327

To backup the system configuration of the IBM server to a file, use the ASU save <filename>
command, where <filename> is the complete path name of the file where the configuration is to be
saved.
• Backup Features on Demand (FoD) keys
To backup the Features on Demand (FoD) keys of the IBM server:
– To export the FoD inventory information for the IBM server, use the ASU fodcfg reportkey
command.
– To export the FoD keys for the IBM server, use the ASU fodcfg exportkey command.
• Backup vital product data (VPD)
Notes:
– Make sure that you are using the latest version of the IBM ASU tool.
– For an IBM System x3950 X6 8-socket system, the following procedure must be performed twice,
once for each of the standard I/O books in the system.
To backup the VPD data for the IBM server:
– To save the VPD information for an IBM System x3850 X6 4–socket system, complete the
following steps. Save the files in secure location, as the values they contain will need to be re-
entered after installing the new Lenovo standard I/O book.
a. To save the system VPD information into a file, run the ASU command:
asu64 show SYSTEM_PROD_DATA --host <IMM IP> --user <IMM userid> --password <IMM
password> > <serial>_system.txt
where:
<IMM IP> is the IMM IP address
<IMM userid> is the IMM user name
<IMM password> is the IMM password
<serial> is the serial number of the standard I/O book (allows each data file to be identified)
b. To save the system component VPD information into a file, run the ASU command:
asu64 show VPD --host <IMM IP> --user <IMM userid> --password <IMM password> >
<serial>_component.txt
where:
<IMM IP> is the IMM IP address
<IMM userid> is the IMM user name
<IMM password> is the IMM password
<serial> is the serial number of the standard I/O book (allows each data file to be identified)
– To save the VPD information for an IBM System x3950 X6 8–socket system, complete the
following procedures. Save the files in secure location, as the values they contain will need to be
re-entered after installing the new Lenovo standard I/O books.
– To save the system VPD information for node 1 of an IBM System x3950 X6 8–socket system,
complete the following steps:
a. To save the system VPD information for node 1 into a file, run the ASU command:
asu64 show SYSTEM_PROD_DATA --host <IMM IP> --user <IMM userid> --password <IMM
password> > <serial>_Node1_system.txt
where:
<IMM IP> is the IMM IP address
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