C Utilities; Nvram Backup Utility; Downloading And Installing The Nvram Backup Utility; Using The Nvram Backup Utility - HP Integrity BL860c User's & Service Manual

C Utilities

This appendix describes the utilities that are part of the server blade. These include the EFI Boot
Manager and EFI-POSSE.

NVRAM Backup Utility

The HP Integrity Non-Volatile RAM (NVRAM) configuration backup utility provides the capability
to store and restore critical server settings and EFI Boot Manager options on the server blade. This
utility is available as an offline EFI application.

Downloading and Installing the NVRAM Backup Utility

To download and install the NVRAM backup utility onto your server:
1. Connect to the HP Support & Drivers home pages at:
en/support.html.
2. Select Download drivers and software.
3. Enter the server model number (BL860c) and click >> to begin the search.
4. Select the configuration of your server.
5. Select the operating system ( HP-UX 1 1.x).
6. Select Utility from the Quick jump list.
7. Select the following utility in the list:
hp Integrity Non-Volatile RAM Configuration Backup
8. Select the Release Notes tab to view the release notes with the installation instructions.
9. Click Download, then Save, and select a directory to save the utility package to. The utility
package downloads to the directory you selected.

Using the NVRAM Backup Utility

The following shows the options you can enter when using the NVRAM backup utility.

Syntax

nvrambkp [-h|-b|-r <archivedb>|-a <archivedb>|-o|-n|-v|-i|-l <log>]

Parameters

-h
-b
-r <archivedb>
-a <archivedb>
-o
-n
-v
-i
-l <log>
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Displays help text
Enables paging text (only allowed with -h)
Restores all nonvolatile settings from the archived database
Archives all nonvolatile settings to the archive database
Restores EFI Boot Manager options only (use only with -r)
Non-interactive mode, no user prompt
Validates the database that used on the server
Database information
Creates a log file
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