The CMS IMPORT/EXPORT button is available with SmartServer 3.5 and higher. For SmartServer releases PRIOR to 3.5, and with 2.7 update 1 and Higher, the CMS import/export feature is available with the CMS Settings button. 

You can restore a system backup onto a new SmartServer in the event of a SmartServer hardware failure. To do so, you must first create a system backup. A full restore overwrites the new SmartServer's serial number, host name, MAC addresses, install code, segment ID (SID), and apollo password. With this process, the new SmartServer will have an identical image to the backed-up image. The procedures in this section describe how to back up and replace a SmartServer IoT, as well as to verify operations.

A clone restore preserves the new SmartServer's serial number, host name, MAC addresses, and install code, but changes the apollo password and SID. You cannot clone a target SmartServer with the same backup file more than once; however, if you re-image the SmartServer, then you can perform another clone. In addition, you cannot put two SmartServer clones on the same network. For a clone restore, see Backing Up and Cloning a SmartServer to a Multiple Sites for more information.

This section consists of the following:

Backing Up the SmartServer System

In order to restore a system backup onto a new SmartServer, you must first create a system backup. To do so, perform the following steps:

1. Take note of all the physical connections on the old SmartServer. You will need to establish these connections in the same way on the new SmartServer. For example, if a U60 is inserted into the front left USB port on the old SmartServer, then it will need to be inserted into the front left USB port on the new SmartServer.
   
   

2. Perform a full system backup using the Download option for Export Destination. See Backing Up, Restoring, and Cloning the SmartServer. This download will be applied to the new SmartServer using the Upload to its Local CMS.
   
   

3. After the backup is finished and downloaded, disconnect the Ethernet cable for the network connection used to connect to the Remote CMS.
   
   

4. Remove all U60s from a replacement SmartServer.
   
   
5. Replace the SmartServer from step 2 with the new SmartServer from step 3.  
   
   
6. Insert the U60s into the new SmartServer.
   

Continuing with the Restoring the SmartServer System section below.

Restoring the SmartServer System

Once you have completed the backup process, you can perform a full restore of the SmartServer system, which overwrites the new SmartServer's serial number, host name, MAC IDs, and install code, SID, and apollo password.  To do so, perform the following steps:

1. Save the apollo password for any backed-up SmartServer system image. If you restore a system image onto a new SmartServer, then the new SmartServer will have its password changed to the old SmartServer's password (from the backup image file).
   
   
2. Remove power from the new SmartServer.
   
   

3. Remove the SD Card from the SmartServer.
   
   

4. Insert your SD Card with the backup image to be restored into the SmartServer.
   
   

5. Open the SmartServer CMS.

   
   
   

6. Click the Import/Export button () located on the SmartServer app bar.
   
   
   
   The Import/Export dialog appears.
   
   
   Single SmartServer
   
   
   Multiple SmartServers
   
   
7. Verify, or select the SmartServers (if multiple), to be used for the restore.
   
   
8. Select the Import Source (i.e, Upload to upload a backup file from your PC or Local Storage to retrieve a backup file from a directory on the SmartServer).
   
   
   
   
9. If you selected Local Storage as the Import Source, set or verify Backup Location.
   
   
   
   
10. If you selected Local Storage as the Import Source, select the full system backup file to be imported from the pulldown list.
    
    
    
    Or, if you selected Upload as the Import Source, select the full system backup file from your PC and place it into the Drop files to import area, or use the browse feature to navigate to the backup file on your PC.
    
    
    
    
11. Verify that the Restore Original Segment ID option is enabled (default).
    
    
    
    
12. Click IMPORT.
    
    An indicator will appear showing that the restore is in progress. You will not be able to access the CMS during the system restore operation.
    
    

Continuing with the Verifying the SmartServer System section below.

Verifying the SmartServer System

Once you have restored a SmartServer system, you can verify its operations. To do so, perform the following steps:

1. If you are using LON Independent Management Mode (IMM), verify LON IMM operations by following these steps:
   
   
   1. Using the IzoT Commissioning Tool or other tool, open the drawing:
      
      
      Example IzoT CT Drawing
      
      
      1. Open the IP-852 Configuration Server, click on the Channel menu bar at the top of the screen and select Update Members.
         Make sure that the PC and the SmartServer are green after the update members routine.
         
         
      2. Replace the SmartServer IP-852 router and its native LON routers. 
         
         
   2. Right-click each router and device shape, click Manage, and then click Test.
      
      If not working, reprovision the SmartServer IP-852 router and its native LON routers, and repeat the test.
      
      
2. Test the SmartServer (see Testing Devices and Managing Datapoints) using the Devices widget.
   
   
3. Test an edge device (see Testing Devices and Managing Datapoints) using the Devices widget.