Chapter 10. Configuring Backup, Restore, and High Availability

In this chapter, we'll learn how to back up and restore the UCS configuration. There are multiple UCS backup options which can be used either in disaster recovery scenarios to fully restore the Fabric Interconnects configuration and state or can be used to export the UCS configuration data to be imported to the same, or a different system. UCS configuration backups are in XML format and hence can be easily modified if required. We'll show different backup options and walk through creating and importing backup jobs from both the GUI and the command line.

In the second half of the chapter, we will learn about the Fabric Interconnect high-availability feature. This feature is for control ...

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