Modifying alternate locations

You can modify your existing alternate locations to adjust settings as needed.

1. From the console, click System > Backup and Restore.

   The Restore table is displayed, showing the available locations from which you can restore data.

2. Click Set alternate locations.
   The Set alternate restore locations table is displayed. Find the alternate location to modify.
3. In the Actions column, click Edit to modify the settings for the selected alternate location.
4. For any of the following columns in the table, click inside the row cell and enter or modify the appropriate information for your alternate location.

   Name

   Type over the data in this cell with a unique name that identifies this alternate location for your environment.

   Host name

   The fully qualified host name or IP address of the remote system where the restore data is located.

   Examples: Pokgsa.ibm.com, 172.xxx.xxx.xxx

   Path

   The directory path on the remote system where the restore data is located.

   Example: /backup/

   Port

   The port number on the remote system where the restore data is located. The default value is 22.

   User name

   The user name with appropriate credentials to access the remote system where the restore data is located.

   Example: Admin, root

   Authentication type

   The type of authentication used to access the remote system where the restore data is located. You can select either Private key or Password type authentication. As a best practice, you should use a private key.

   • If you select Private key authentication, click Browse to navigate to the location of a valid private key file. Select the file, then click Upload to upload the private key information.
   • If you select Password authentication, enter the password associated with the specified user name (and enter it a second time for verification). The value is obscured for security. Example: ************

   Rack ID

   The ID number for the Cloud Pak System Software for Power® instance where the restore data was backed up from originally (example: SERVwdc-pe-test2-econ-ipas). You should examine your backup server where backup files are stored, to see the Rack ID defined in the directory path. For more information about specifying the Rack ID when adding alternate locations, see Adding alternate locations.

   Actions

   This column contains several functions for managing your alternate locations:

   Edit

   Modify your alternate location configuration.

   Delete

   Remove the alternate location from the table.

   Test Connection

   Verify that the remote system can be accessed successfully across the network.

5. Click Save to save your alternate location configuration settings.
   You can also click Cancel to cancel any changes made to the alternate location configuration.
6. You can modify additional entries in the table as needed.
7. When finished, click Close to return to the Restore table on the main Backup and Restore page.
   Your alternate location entries remains in the table until you remove them.

   The Restore table is refreshed to display the alternate locations with updates to name, size, and status as needed. Click Refresh if needed to refresh the table display. If the test of the connection was successful, you should be able to select this alternate location to restore data to your system as needed.