You can use backed up data and settings to restore Lenovo XClarity Administrator to a previous state.
Before you begin
Attention: Ensure that you notify all active users
before you initiate the backup procedure. XClarity Administrator is quiesced during the procedure to prevent data from
being modified. Therefore, you cannot access XClarity Administrator while the backup procedure is running
Download
the Certificate Authority certificate from the XClarity Administrator virtual appliance and import the certificate into your
web browser (see Importing the Certificate Authority certificate into a web browser).
Ensure that all running
jobs are complete and that there are no pending jobs.
You can
restore a backup only to the same XClarity Administrator version that was used to create the backup.
About this task
Attention:
All changes since when the backup was created will be lost.
To restore data, the virtual appliance is reset to its original
clean state. All current settings, device inventory and files (operating-system
images, firmware updates, and OS device drivers) are deleted before
restoring data in the backup. Data and settings in the backup are
not mixed with the virtual appliance’s current data and settings.
If you choose not to restore device inventory, operating-system images,
firmware updates, and OS device drivers, only the default XClarity Administrator data is present after the restore operation completes.
Restoring a backup does not delete backups in the XClarity Administrator instance.
Restoring a backup
does not change data or settings on the managed devices. For example,
if you unmanage a device and then restore a previous backup when the
device was still managed on XClarity Administrator, you might have connectivity issues with that device after
the restore operation is complete. Likewise, if you manage a device
and then restore a previous backup when the device was still unmanaged,
you might need to manually modify the device's configuration to undo
its managed status or use the Force option
when trying to manage it in XClarity Administrator again.
Procedure
Complete the following steps to restore XClarity Administrator.
- From the XClarity Administrator menu bar, click . The
Back Up and Restore Data page is displayed.
- If you exported the backup package to your local system
and deleted it from XClarity Administrator, complete the following steps.
- From the Backup and Restore Data page, click the Import Backup icon () to display the Import Backup dialog.
- Click Browse to find the backup
that you exported from a XClarity Administrator instance.
- Click Import to upload the backup
to the XClarity Administrator.
Importing the backup might take a while. A progress bar shows
the status of the job.
Attention: If you close or
refresh the web browser tab or window before the upload completes,
the process might fail.
- When the import is complete, specify the encryption
passphrase for the backup.
- Select the backup to restore, and click the Restore Backup icon (). The Restore Data dialog
is displayed.
- Specify the encryption passphrase for the backup.
- Click Confirm.
- In the Confirm Data Restore dialog, verify that the information
in the dialog is correct.
- In the Restore Options dialog, optionally choose to import
operating-system images, firmware updates, OS device drivers, network
settings, and device inventory.
Attention: Ensure that you carefully read all warning
that are displayed in this dialog.
- Click Confirm to begin data restore.
Restoring the data and settings might take a while. A progress
bar shows the status of the job.
When the restore process is
complete, you are redirected to the login page.
Attention: If you close or refresh the web browser tab or window
before the process completes, process might fail.
- Log in to the XClarity Administrator to continue managing your devices.