Dell PowerFlex 4.5.x Administration Guide

Back up and restore

Performing a backup saves all user-created data to a remote share from which it can be restored. To restore from a backup, you need to run a script outside of PowerFlex Manager. The user interface does not support the ability to restore from a backup.

Perform frequent backups to guard against data loss and corruption. The best practice is to take a snapshot of PowerFlex Manager every time you perform a restore.

The Backup page displays information about the last backup operation that was performed on PowerFlex Manager. The information provided applies to both manual and automatically scheduled backups and includes the following:

• Last backup date

• Last backup status

• Back up directory path to a CIFS share

• Back up directory username

The Backup page also displays information about the status of automatically scheduled backups (enabled or disabled).

On this page, you can:

• Manually start an immediate backup

• Edit general backup settings

• Edit automatically scheduled backup settings

After performing a backup operation, you need to run a script outside of PowerFlex Manager to restore from the backup. The user interface does not support the ability to restore from a backup.