Restoring Backup Data - Hitachi CE50-10 Instruction Manual

2. Confirm that the OS operation mode is set to maintenance mode.
Run the showecmode command to confirm that the bold underlined parts are displayed as follows.
$ sudo showecmode
Current : Maintenance mode
Next : Maintenance mode
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3. Connect the external media.
4. Mount the external media on /mnt/ecbackup_data.
$ sudo mount external-media /mnt/ecbackup_data
5. Run the backup command.
Run the ecbackup command to save the backup files in the external media. The following example shows how
to run the ecbackup command.
• When the backup menu appears, enter 1 (see the underlined part), and then press the Enter key to start
backup.
• The backup destination, the range of target partitions, and a message indicating the processing status are
displayed. Then, a message asking you whether you want to verify the saved backup files appears. Enter y to
verify the files or enter N to skip the verification.
• Finally, wait for the command to terminate, displaying the Successfully complete message.
$ sudo ecbackup
Please select a backup mode.
1. Back up to external media
2. Back up to maintenance PC
q. quit
> 1
Partition info backup started.
Partition info backup finished.
Backup directory: /mnt/ecbackup_data/ecbackup_20210525101010 <- Backup destinati
on
Backup targets: /dev/sda8 /dev/sda9 /dev/sda10 /media/etc
Partition /dev/sda8 backup start.
(snip)
Will you verify backup files(y / N)? N <-Whether to verify files
Finished:/mnt/ebackup_data/ecbackup_20210525101010/20210525101010_sda10_01.tgz:
xxx,xxx,xxx bytes
Successfully completed
$
If the command terminates displaying a message other than Successfully completed, the backup
processing was interrupted due to an error. Take corrective action against the error, and then rerun the backup
command.
6. Unmount the external media from the unit.
Use the following command to unmount the external media from the unit.
$ sudo umount /mnt/ecbackup_data
7. Remove the external media from the unit.
8. Log out from the unit.
To change the OS operation mode to normal mode, see 5.14.4 Changing maintenance mode to normal mode.
5.15.4 Restoring backup data
(1) Overview of restoration
When you perform restoration, backup data saved in the external media or maintenance PC is copied to the unit. The
restoration procedure varies depending on the configuration. The following describes the procedure for each
configuration.
5. Configuring Software Environment
<- Back up to external media.
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