Backing up and restoring partition data
Use the Integrated Virtualization Manager to back up or restore the partition configuration information about your managed system. You can download an existing backup of the partition configuration, generate a new backup, upload a saved backup, or restore the existing backup.
To back up or restore
partition data, complete the following
steps:
- From the Service Management menu, click Backup/Restore. The Backup/Restore page is displayed, which includes the Partition Configuration Backup/Restore tab, the Management Partition Backup/Restore tab, and the File and Virtual Media Backup/Restore tab.
- To download an existing backup of the partition configuration, generate a new backup, upload a saved backup, or restore the existing backup, click the Partition Configuration Backup/Restore tab.
- To view instructions for backing up and restoring the data on your management partition using the backupios command, click the Management Partition Backup/Restore tab.
You can use the Integrated Virtualization Manager version 1.5.1.1 to back up and restore virtual optical media files and files in your user /home directory. For more information, see Backing up virtual media and user files to tape and Restoring virtual media and user files from tape.
