Chapter 18. Protectier System Recovery Procedures; Preparing To Reload A Node - IBM TS7650G User Manual

Chapter 18. ProtecTIER system recovery procedures

The topics in this section provide instructions for recovering a ProtecTIER server.
This procedure should be used for node replacement with the same server model
in a Disaster Recovery scenario.
If you want to perform a node replacement and the server model of the new node
is different from the server being replaced, contact IBM. This replacement must be
ordered as an RPQ.
Note: In addition to the procedures outlined in the following topics, the TS7650G
3958 DD6 provides the new Operating System (OS) Recovery feature. This feature
adds redundancy to the ProtecTIER server by enabling it to create images of its
current configuration. These can be used to reduce the time needed to recover a
server from a catastrophic failure. For information about using OS Recovery, see
the IBM ProtecTIER Implementation and Best Practices Guide, publication
SG24-8025-03 available on the following Web site:
http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/Redbooks.nsf/RedpieceAbstracts/
sg248025.html?Open.
The recovery process described in these topics define the customer responsibilities
and includes the following procedures:

1. Preparing to reload a node

2. Installing the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advanced Platform operating system
3. Installing the ProtecTIER code v3.4
4. Recovering a server for use with the TS7650G.
5. Activating ProtecTIER Replication Manager (if the Replication Manager was
6. Backing up the configuration files
7. Analyzing and restoring the replication manager
Preparing to reload a node
Complete this task to prepare to reload a node as part of the system recovery
process.
About this task
To reload a node, you must first install the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release
5.6. If this is a single node server that is being recovered, proceed to "Installing
Red Hat Linux version 5.11 and ProtecTIER version 3.4.1" on page 184.
If the node you are recovering is still running, perform the following steps to
prepare to reload the node:
Procedure
1. Ensure a connection is established for the Baseboard Management Controller
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v5.11
originally installed on the designated server before node replacement)
(BMC).
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