Restore Manager (Rm) - Dell PowerVault Storage Area Network Administrator's Manual

Figure 6. Software Upgrade Alert - Upgrade in Progress
All other administrators that may be logged into DR Series system (excluding the initiator administrator), only see
the following dialog displayed (Figure 2):
Figure 7. DR Series System Upgrade Status
There are only three possible outcomes during a DR Series system software upgrade operation:
– Upgrade has completed successfully—no reboot is required.
– Upgrade has completed successfully—but a reboot is required (click Reboot in the Software Upgrade
page).
– Upgrade has failed.
NOTE: If the DR Series system software upgrade operation fails, you can reboot the system and attempt
another software upgrade operation using the DR Series system GUI. If this is unsuccessful, you can use the
DR Series system CLI system --show command to view the current System State status. DR Series system
software upgrades can also be performed using the DR Series system CLI. For details, see the
System Command Line Reference Guide . If both the DR Series system GUI and CLI attempts are unsuccessful,
contact Dell Support for assistance.

Restore Manager (RM)

The Dell Restore Manager (RM) utility can be used to restore the DR Series system software. RM can be used when a
non-recoverable hardware or software failure prevents the DR Series system from functioning correctly.
RM can also be used to reset the system back to its initial factory settings when moving it from a test environment to a
production environment. RM supports the following two modes:
• Recover Appliance—in a Recover Appliance mode, RM reinstalls the operating system and attempts to recover
the prior system configuration and the data residing in the containers.
• Factory Reset—in a Factory Reset mode, RM reinstalls the operating system and resets the system
configuration back to the original factory state. It is important to note that when doing a factory reset, all of the
containers and the data in the containers gets deleted.
CAUTION: Using the Factory Reset mode deletes all of the DR Series system data. The Factory Reset mode must
only be used when the container data is no longer needed.
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