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Saving and Restoring Configuration Files

Updating the RSM for Storage software with a newer version will not affect the customer's configuration. Customers are incouraged to backup their configuration files to diskette or another system.

Saving the configuration

Configuration files reside in the directory "/etc/rsm". A command line program: "rsm-cfg-save" will zip all of the configuration files and store them as "/packages/rsm-config-files.zip". If the system has a diskette drive, you can have the program copy the file to the diskette.

To save the configuration to a diskette you will neet to login to the RSM for Storage system as the root user.

Using FTP to transfer the configuation to another system

The internal firewall of the RSM for Storage application prevents FTP access to other systems in your network. Disable the RSM for Storage firewall while using FTP.

NOTE: If an event occurs while the firewall disabled, it will be processed and sent to IBM as an alert. However, if the RSM for Storage is configured to automaticlly enable remote access when an alert occurs, remote access will not be enabled while the firewall is disabled.

Restoring a saved configuration

The command line program "rsm-cfg-restore" can restore a previously saved configuration from a diskette (if the system has a diskette drive), or from the file "/packages/rsm-config-files.zip".


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