Users Guide

Enabling automatic save configuration backups

You can set these backups to automatic or manually initiated. To enable automatic backups of the

storage array base configuration, perform the following task:

1. Select the target storage array from the list of managed storage arrays.

2. Click the Auto Save Configuration icon.

Figure 29. Auto Save Configuration dialog box

3. Select the Enable automatic save configuration check box.

4. Click OK.

5. Click Close.

NOTE: After automatic configuration backups are enabled, they are persisted between restarts

of the MD Storage Manager application server and vCenter Server. To disable automatic save

configuration, clear the check box in the Automatically Save Configuration dialog box.

NOTE: The automatic backup script files are located in the following directory: C:\Program

Files\Dell\ MD Storage Manager Plug-in for VMware vCenter\jetty\working

\savecfg

. The files are named <storage_array_name>_<date_time_stamp>.cfg.

Manually Save Configuration

To manually save a configuration, perform the following task from the Storage Arrays Objects tab:

1. In the right pane, click the name of the storage array.

2. Click the Manually Save Configuration icon.

The Manual Save Configuration dialog box is displayed.

3. Click OK.

NOTE: You may receive a security alert informing you are about to leave a secure Internet

connection. Select Yes.

NOTE: If you see an error message stating your current security settings, do not download this

file. you must add the secured HTTP address for your application server to the trusted sites list

inside of Internet Explorer.

The File Download dialog box is displayed.

4. Click Save.

5. Click Close.