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5. Issue the REST request to start the restore.

6. Check the response to the restore request to make sure the restore started successfully. The

restore will fail if the backup version is incompatible with the firmware running on the appliance

or if the backup is corrupted. If the backup is incompatible with the firmware on the appliance,

update the firmware and then retry the restore or upload a different backup. If the backup is

corrupt, upload a different backup.

7. Issue REST requests periodically to get restore progress information. A restore can take several

hours to complete. The amount of time required depends on the size of the managed

environment. The REST API returns the percentage complete and a description of the restore

step in progress.

8. Once the restore completes, the REST API returns a message reporting the restore completed

successfully.

9. After the restore completes, users can log in to the appliance. A restore resets the user names

and passwords to those in effect at the time of the backup.

10. There will be an alert indicating the restore completed successfully.

11. During the restore, the appliance firmware automatically reconciles the data in the backup

with the current state of the managed environment. If there are any discrepancies that cannot

be resolved automatically, resolve them manually after the restore. After the restore completes,

the alert messages to resolve the discrepancies.

12. After resolving any discrepancies detected by the restore, perform a new backup. Restart the

regularly scheduled backups.

13. If an unrecoverable error occurs during a restore, the restore REST API calls will fail. An error

message will be displayed indicating the restore failed and that it is necessary to deploy a

new appliance from the HP-provided template as described in the HP Insight Control Server

Provisioning Installation Guide available at http://www.hp.com/go/insightcontrol/docs.

Restore REST API overview

IC server provisioning provides REST APIs and sample scripts for use in restoring an appliance

from backup .

NOTE: You can also use the Insight Control server provisioning UI to restore an appliance from

a backup file. From the Settings screen, select Actions→Restore from backup (see the online help

for details).

The restore REST API provides REST calls to the following:

• upload a backup to the appliance

• start a restore

• check the restore status.

These calls are summarized in the following table. The REST API calls to start a restore require a

session ID for authorization. The session ID is obtained by issuing the REST request to log in to the

appliance as a user with the role of Infrastructure Administrator. The REST API calls to get restore

status information do not require a session ID.

DescriptionResponse body

Response

headersRequest bodyRequest headersREST call

Upload a

backup to

A backup resource that

contains the upload

N.A.Multipart form data

containing the

backup file.

auth: session ID,

content-type:

multipart/

POST

https://{appl}/rest/backups/