Extreme Networks Summit WM Maintenance Manual page 14

Backing up the existing image
NOTE
The above process may take several minutes. You must not reboot the system. After the filesystem check is
completed, the main rescue menu is displayed.
Rescue AC Start-up Menu. Use with extreme caution.
1) Force system recovery
2) Create System Backup Image
3) Display Backup Images
4) FTP Menu
5) Network Interface Menu
6) Manually run File System Check Utility (fsck)
9) Reboot
WARNING! - Forcing system recovery will erase all files, and reinstall the image
installed at the factory.
Reboot will restart the system back into Normal mode.
If you have any questions about these options, please contact Support.
Your choice>
2 Creating a backup image.
To create a backup image:
a In the Rescue mode, press 2.
Your choice: 2
Warning: All logs from the main partition will be lost due to creating a backup
image.
Warning: Any previous user backup image will be deleted first.
Proceed with image backup (Y/N):
b Type Y. The following screen is displayed.
Performing system backup.
--------------- Creating 'Normal' mode backup -----------------
Please be patient.
Mount the normal mode partitions:
mounting root partition...done.
mounting rest of normal mode partitions...done.
Wipe out logs...Done.
Clean home directory...Done.
Creating a backup, please wait
Unmounting partitions...
done.
Creating a Backup image is Complete!
<< Press any key to return to previous menu. >>
NOTE
You can also upload the backed-up image to the FTP server. To back up the image to the FTP server, continue
with the following procedures.
c In Rescue Mode, press 4. The following message is displayed.
Please enter ftp info:
d Type the following string, specifying the following:
User Name for your FTP Server. In the following example, the user name ftpadmin is used.
■
Password
■
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Please be patient and do not reboot the box
It may take a while. Do not reboot the machine
Summit WM Maintenance Guide, Software Version 5.3