Management Server Backup - Brocade Communications Systems Brocade BladeSystem 4/24 User Manual

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Management server backup

There are three options for backing up data to the management server:
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The Management Server is backed up to a rewritable (CD-RW) compact disk by default. Make sure
you have a CD-RW disk in the CD recorder drive to ensure that backup can occur. Critical
information from the Management application is automatically backed up to the CD-RW when the
data directory contents change or when you restart the Management application.
Note that backing up to CD is not the recommended method. The usable capacity of a CD is
approximately 700 MB and needs to be replaced when full. Also, CD media has a limited number of
re-writes before the medium is exhausted, and write errors occur. It is recommended that you
configure the backup system to target a hard drive or a network drive as described in the
procedures below.
Back up directory structure overview
The Management server backs up data to two alternate folders. For example, if the backup
directory location is D:\Backup, the backup service alternates between two backup directories,
D:\Backup and D:\BackupAlt. The current backup is always D:\Backup and contains a complete
backup of the system. The older backup is always D:\BackupAlt.
If a backup cycle fails, the cause is usually a full CD-RW. When the backup cycle fails, there may
only be one directory, D:\Backup. There may also be a D:\BackupTemp directory. Ignore this
directory because it may be incomplete.
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Configuring backup to a writable CD
Configuring backup to a hard drive
Configuring backup to a network drive
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