Backing up an advanced management module configuration

You can back up the configuration for an advanced management module.

To back up your current configuration, complete the following steps:

  1. Log in to the management module for which you want to back up the current configuration. For more information, see Starting the management-module web interface.
  2. In the navigation pane, click MM Control → Configuration Mgmt.
  3. Select the type of backup that you want to perform:
    • Backup Configuration to File
    • Save Configuration to Chassis
    Notes:
    • If data encryption is enabled for the BladeCenter® unit, you must enter a password for the configuration file. This password must be entered when you restore the configuration file.
    • Configuration files that are saved from BladeCenter units where data encryption is enabled can be used only with advanced management module firmware versions that support data encryption.
    • If data encryption is enabled for the BladeCenter unit and the BladeCenter unit Universally Unique Identifier (UUID) is modified, configuration data that is backed up to the BladeCenter unit becomes invalid: you must back up the configuration again after you change the UUID.
    1. To save the configuration to the BladeCenter unit, click Save. When you back up the configuration for BladeCenter units other than BladeCenter H units, click Save (compressed format) to save the configuration in a compressed format that requires less space. (BladeCenter H units automatically save the configuration in compressed format.)
    2. To back up the configuration to a file, click View the current configuration summary in the Backup Configuration to File section and complete the following steps.
      Note: The security settings for data encryption on the Security page are not backed up.
      1. Verify the settings; then, click Close.
      2. To back up the configuration, click Backup.
      3. Type a name for the backup, select the location where the file will be saved; then, click Save.
        • In Mozilla Firefox, click Save to Disk; then, click OK.
        • In Microsoft Internet Explorer, click Save this file to disk; then, click OK.
Parent topic: Backing up your management-module configuration