Troubleshooting The Systems Director Management Console; Restoring Profile Data; Correcting A Connection Problem Between The Systems Director Management Console And A Server - IBM SDMC Troubleshooting, Service, And Support

Troubleshooting the Systems Director Management Console

Use this information to diagnose and fix any problems that might occur with the IBM Systems Director
Management Console (SDMC).

Restoring profile data

Learn how to read the virtual server profile data from the previously backed-up file on the IBM Systems
Director Management Console (SDMC), and load this data to the server.
Selecting this menu item restores virtual server profile data to the SDMC from a backup file stored on the
SDMC hard disk.
Note: This procedure is not concurrent. When the data is restored, the server powers on to Partition
Standby.
To restore stored profile data on the SDMC hard disk, you must be a member of one of the following
roles:
v Super administrator
v Service representative
To restore profile data, perform the following steps:
1. In the Welcome page, under the Resource tab, select the server.
2. Select Actions > System Configuration> Managed Virtual Server Data> Restore.
3. From the list of backup files, select the profile information that you want to restore.
4. Select a restore option.
5. Click OK.
Correcting a connection problem between the Systems Director
Management Console and a server
Learn how to correct a connection problem between the IBM Systems Director Management Console
(SDMC) and a server.
Use this procedure in the following situations:
v You have a new SDMC
v You have a new system
v You are using a different SDMC to manage your system.
If your system was previously connected to the same SDMC and is now in Not Available state, see
"Correcting a Not Available state for a server" on page 28.
1. Choose from the following options:
v If the system uses DHCP addressing, go to step 2.
v If the system uses static addressing, go to step 6 on page 14.
Note: To find out if your system uses DHCP or static addressing, perform one of the following steps:
v Use the ASMI by selecting Network Services > Network Configuration and viewing whether the
IP address field shows Static or Dynamic.
v If you have a control panel, use function 30.
2. If your system uses DHCP addressing, add a system automatically by issuing the following
command: smcli mksysconn -o auto.
Is the system displayed?
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