Introduction

This paper will help you to develop a backup and recovery strategy for the operating system and configuration of an IBM Smart Analytics System1 solution based on the AIX operating system and POWERTM processors.

The paper focuses on recovering the configuration of a replacement device and the configured operating system of a replacement server from the backup files of the following IBM Smart Analytics System components:

• Hardware Management Console or HMC (an IBM System xSeries 3650 server)

• Server Management, Administration, User, Data, Application and Standby servers (IBM p6-550

  servers)

• IBM System Storage ® SAN40B switches

• IBM System Storage DS5300 storage controllers

• Juniper EX4200-48T Ethernet switches

• IBM Remote Support Manager (RSM) for Storage (an IBM System x3650 M2 server)

  The objective of the backup and recovery strategy is to resume normal operating behavior as quickly as possible when replacing a server or device.

  An IBM Smart Analytics System 7600 R1 test cluster was used to test the configuration, backup and recovery of all recommendations. Sample commands, scripts and summaries of utilities are provided throughout the document. Use these commands as examples of how to implement a backup and recovery strategy on your cluster but be aware that the commands will need to be modified to work in your environment. Test all commands and scripts on a non-production system before implementing on a production system.

  The replacement of the storage subsystem components is out of scope for this paper.

  To use the information in this paper, you must have a working knowledge of the IBM Smart Analytics System solution.
  
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