Maintenance
The topics in the following section cover maintenance information including updating the
IBM® Storage Defender Copy Data Management appliance, logging on to the virtual
appliance, and collecting logs for troubleshooting.
Maintenance overview In most cases, IBM Storage Defender Copy Data Management is installed on a virtual appliance. The virtual appliance contains the application and the Inventory.Log on to the virtual appliance Log on to the IBM Storage Defender Copy Data Management virtual appliance through vSphere Client to access the command prompt. Available options include collecting logs for troubleshooting.Setting the time zone Access the IBM Storage Defender Copy Data Management Administrative Console to set the time zone of the IBM Storage Defender Copy Data Management appliance.Setting a Daylight Saving Time (DST) configuration The Copy Data Management application may experience scheduling inconsistencies during Daylight Saving Time (DST) transitions. To prevent these inconsistencies, set the DST configuration to skip non-existent hours.Setting DNS search domain Setting DNS search domain in IBM Storage Defender Copy Data Management .Collecting logs for troubleshooting For troubleshooting the IBM Storage Defender Copy Data Management application, IBM Storage Defender Copy Data Management can generate an archive of logs containing various files.Troubleshooting policy-based high availability and policy-based replication errors This topic describes common errors and their resolution.Updating global settings You are able to modify a predefined set of configurable options in IBM Storage Defender Copy Data Management through the Update Global Settings window to adjust the settings for your environment.Managing the administrative console Log on to the Administrative Console to review the configuration of the IBM Storage Defender Copy Data Management virtual appliance. Available information includes general system settings, network, proxy settings, and available updates.Upgrade IBM Storage Defender Copy Data Management This topic describes how to upgrade IBM Storage Defender Copy Data Management .Backup and Restore the Catalog The Catalog Manager provides IBM Storage Defender Copy Data Management administrators with the ability to backup and restore the IBM Storage Defender Copy Data Management Catalog.Modifying the network settings Access the IBM Storage Defender Copy Data Management appliance using SSH to make adjustments to the network.Uploading an SSL Certificate To establish secure connections in IBM Storage Defender Copy Data Management , you must upload an SSL certificate through the web-based management console of the virtual machine where IBM Storage Defender Copy Data Management is deployed.Restoring a snapshot from a FlexGroup volume to another FlexGroup volume Use this process to manually restore a snapshot from a FlexGroup volume to another FlexGroup volume using the OnTap Command Line Interface (CLI).Configuring the snapshot offload API Configure the offload API to enable snapshot offloading to IBM Storage Protect storage.