Restoring UCS service profile backups

Consider the following before restoring UCS service profile backups:

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Service profiles, templates, pools, and policies must be restored using the original name to prevent namespace collisions.

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Restoring a profile, template, pool, or policy overwrites the original if it exists on the UCS.

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Restoring an active profile takes down that service profile. You must restart the service profile after the restore completes.

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Restores are performed to the original client or to an alternate UCS manager client. If you are replicating, you can restore from replicated backups. See To restore a UCS service profile backup from the replication target for details.

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Only one restore or backup operation per UCS manager can run at any given time. Any subsequent jobs are queued and started once the last run completes.

Use this procedure to restore the entire backup to the original UCS manager client. The backup contains all supported service profiles, templates, pools, and policies present on the UCS at the time the backup ran. Note that the restore overwrites any existing objects on the UCS that are present in the backup. To view items contained in the backup, see To view the contents of a UCS service profile backup. If you do not wish to restore all items, use one of the following procedures:

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To restore items from a UCS service profile backup to the original UCS manager

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To restore items from a UCS service profile backup to an alternate UCS manager

Important!   Any active service profiles that are restored are taken down by the restore process and must be restarted after the restore completes.

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In the left Navigation pane, expand the desired Cisco UCS client by clicking the arrow to its left.

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Select the UCS Service Profile icon, then click Restore.

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Select a Recovery Point Day from which the backup will be restored by clicking on the calendar. Available days display in bold.

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Select a restore time and click Next (Select Files/Items).

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In the Restore from Backup of Client pane, click Restore.

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To confirm you understand that active profiles will be taken down, click Yes to continue.

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To monitor the restore job, select Settings > System Monitoring > Jobs.

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Once the restore completes, use the UCS manager to restart any service profiles that have been restored.

Use this procedure to restore the entire backup to an alternate UCS manager client. The alternate UCS manager must be added to the backup system as a client before it can be used as a restore target.

The backup contains all supported service profiles, templates, pools, and policies present on the UCS at the time the backup ran. Note that the restore overwrites any existing objects on the alternate UCS that are present in the backup. To view items contained in the backup, see To view the contents of a UCS service profile backup. If you do not wish to restore all items, use one of the following procedures:

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To restore items from a UCS service profile backup to the original UCS manager

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To restore items from a UCS service profile backup to an alternate UCS manager

Important!   Any active service profiles that are restored are taken down by the restore process and must be restarted after the restore completes.

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Add the alternate UCS manager to the backup system if it has not already been added as a client. See Adding Cisco UCS Manager clients to the Unitrends appliance and About adding clients for details.

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In the left Navigation pane, expand the original Cisco UCS client by clicking the arrow to its left.

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Select the UCS Service Profile icon, then click Restore.

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Select a Recovery Point Day from which the backup will be restored by clicking on the calendar. Available days display in bold.

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Select a restore time and click Next (Select Files/Items).

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In the Restore from Backup of Client pane, click Show Advanced Execution Options at the bottom left and select the alternate UCS manager from the Client To Which To Restore list.

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Click Restore.

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To confirm you understand that active profiles will be taken down, click Yes to continue.

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To monitor the restore job, select Settings > System Monitoring > Jobs.

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Once the restore completes, go to the alternate UCS and use the UCS manager to restart any service profiles that have been restored.

Use this procedure to restore selected service profiles, templates, pools, and policies to the original UCS manager. Note that service profiles are often associated with dependent templates and policies. Be sure to restore all dependent items as needed.

Important!   Any item restored overwrites the original if it is still present on the UCS. Any active service profiles that are restored are taken down by the restore process and must be restarted after the restore completes.

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In the left Navigation pane, expand the original Cisco UCS client by clicking the arrow to its left.

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Select the UCS Service Profile icon, then click Restore.

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Select a Recovery Point Day from which the backup will be restored by clicking on the calendar. Available days display in bold.

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Select a restore time and click Next (Select Files/Items).

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On the Restore from Backup of Client page, do one of the following:

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Click Restore.

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To confirm you understand that active profiles will be taken down and that dependencies will not automatically be restored, click Yes to continue.

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To monitor the restore job, select Settings > System Monitoring > Jobs.

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Once the restore completes, use the UCS manager to restart any service profiles that have been restored.

Use this procedure to restore selected service profiles, templates, pools, and policies to an alternate UCS manager. Note that service profiles are often associated with dependent templates and policies. Be sure to restore all dependent items as needed.

Important!   Any item restored overwrites the original if it is present on the alternate UCS. Any active service profiles that are restored are taken down by the restore process and must be restarted after the restore completes.

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Add the alternate UCS manager to the backup system if it has not already been added as a client. See Adding Cisco UCS Manager clients to the Unitrends appliance and About adding clients for details.

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In the left Navigation pane, expand the original Cisco UCS client by clicking the arrow to its left.

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Select the UCS Service Profile icon, then click Restore.

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Select a Recovery Point Day from which the backup will be restored by clicking on the calendar. Available days display in bold.

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Select a restore time and click Next (Select Files/Items).

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On the Restore from Backup of Client page, do one of the following:

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Click Show Advanced Execution Options at the bottom left and select the alternate UCS manager from the Client To Which To Restore list.

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Click Restore.

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To confirm you understand that active profiles will be taken down and that dependencies will not automatically be restored, click Yes to continue.

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To monitor the restore job, select Settings > System Monitoring > Jobs.

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Once the restore completes, go to the alternate UCS and use the UCS manager to restart any service profiles that have been restored.

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Add the UCS manager to the replication target system as a client. See Adding Cisco UCS Manager clients to the Unitrends appliance and About adding clients for details. You will use this UCS manager client as the restore target.

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Log in to the replication target and switch to replication view by selecting the Gear icon at the bottom of the Navigation pane, checking Show Replication view, and clicking Confirm.

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Proceed to one of the following to restore from the replicated backup: