Data Center Fabric Manager Professional User Manual v10.3.X (53-1001355-01, November 2009)

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Searching for a device in the connectivity map

You can search for a device in the Connectivity map by name, WWN, or device type.

1. Enter all or part of the device type, name, or WWN in the search field.

2. Press Enter or click Search

Data backup

The Management application helps you to protect your data by backing it up automatically. The

data can then be restored, as necessary.

NOTE

Backing up data takes some time. It is possible that, in a disaster recovery situation, configuration

changes made after the last backup interval will be missing from the backup.

The Management application allows you to view the backup status at a glance, initiate immediate

backup, enable or disable automatic backup, reconfigure the backup directory, interval, and start

time, and retrieve backup events.

What is backed up?

The data is backed up to the following directories:

• Backup\databases — contains database and log files.

• Backup\data — contains M-EOS switches Element Manager data files (including Dump files,

Data collection progress files, Director/Switch firmware files FAF files, Switch technical

supportSave, and Switch backup files) and Fabric OS miscellaneous files.

• Backup\conf – contains the Management application configuration files.

Management server backup

There are three options for backing up data to the management server:

• Configuring backup to a writable CD

• Configuring backup to a hard drive

• Configuring backup to a network drive

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.