Backing Up, Restoring, and Cloning the SmartServer (Release 3.3 and Prior)
For SmartServer 3.4 and higher, see Backing Up, Restoring, and Cloning the SmartServer.
The SmartServer ships with an SD Card inserted into the appropriate slot on the device. The CMS database is located on the SD Card. This SD Card must remain inserted in the SmartServer whenever power is applied to the SmartServer.
The CMS Storage widget provides the ability to view system information including internal flash memory, CPU utilization, and log sizes, as well as to perform system and database backup, restore, and cloning operations. It also provides the ability to change logging settings (data and/or event logging, and storing on an SD Card).
The Storage widget can be used to erase the CMS database stored on your SD Card and all the contents on the SD Card from the Storage widget. See Managing the SmartServer SD Card for more information about these operations, as well as how to delete specific SmartServer system and database files and to reformat the SD Card.
The SmartServer system and database information that is backed up or stored can be also be used to configure another SmartServer. The following sections describe available methods to do so:
Backing Up and Replacing a SmartServer – the backup/replace method can use a backup for the same SmartServer only, or a replacement SmartServer.
Exporting and Importing a SmartServer Configuration – the export/import method saves the SmartServer configuration for deploying to multiple SmartServers. Typically, this method is used when building up your network.
Cloning and Deploying a SmartServer to Multiple Systems (Release 3.4) – the backup/cloning method backs up the SmartServer configuration and data. This method preserves the Host Name, Install Code, Serial Number, but changes the apollo password, MAC Addresses, and Segment ID (SID).
Saving the SmartServer apollo password
You should save the apollo password for any backed-up SmartServer system image. If you restore a system image onto a new SmartServer, then that SmartServer will have its password changed to the old SmartServer's password (from the image file).
If you use the CLONE tab to restore an image onto a new SmartServer, then the apollo password, MAC Addresses, and SID will be changed on the new SmartServer to what is stored on the image file. Host Name, Install Code, and Serial Number are not changed.
If you use the SYSTEM tab or DATABASE tab to restore an image onto a new SmartServer, then the apollo password, Serial Number, Host Name, MAC Addresses, Install Code, and SID will be changed on the new SmartServer to what is stored on the image file.
This section consists of the following:
Modifying Logging Settings
The Storage widget provides the ability to set logging operations to save data logging and/or save event logging, as well as to save logging on an SD Card.
To modify the logging settings, perform the following steps:
Open the Storage widget.
Click the Edit button ().
Note that the Edit button changes to a Save button ().Select the appropriate checkbox (that is, Save data logging, Save event logging, and/or Store on the SD Card).
Click the Save button () for logging changes to take effect.
The new logging settings are stored in the Storage widget.
Backing Up the System or Database
You can back up the contents of the flash memory in your SmartServer so that you can recover from a hardware failure of your SmartServer. You can back up the entire memory image that includes all the SmartServer system files as well as the database that stores your system configuration. This is called a system backup. You can also back up the SmartServer database without the system files. This is called a database backup. To backup the system or database, follow these steps:
Open the Storage widget.
Click BACKUP.
A confirmation dialog box appears.Select BACKUP SYSTEM or BACKUP DATABASE for the backup operation.
A message similar to the following appears:
System backup
Database backupClick OK to proceed with the desired backup operation.