Dell PowerVault - Save Storage Array DBM Validator Information File

Save Storage Array DBM Validator Information File
Description
This command saves the database management (DBM) validation information for a storage array in an
XML file. Support personnel can use this XML file to generate a validator string (a security code). The
validator string must be included in the load storageArray dbmDatabase command when restoring
a storage array back to a pre-existing configuration.
Syntax
save storageArray dbmValidatorInfo file="filename" dbmDatabase="filename"
Parameters
Parameter Description
file
The file path and the file name of the DBM
validator. Enclose the file name in double
quotation marks (" "). For example: file="C:\Array
Backups \DBMvalidator.xml". This command does
not automatically append a file extension to the
saved file. You must specify the .xml file extension
when you enter the file name.
dbmDatabase
The file path and the file name of the DBM
database from which you want to generate the
XML information file. Enclose the file name in
double quotation marks (" "). For example:
dbmDatabase="C:\Array Backups
\DBMbackup_03302010.dbm". This command
does not automatically append a file extension to
the saved file. You must specify the .dbm file
extension when you enter the file name.
Notes
If you are generating the XML information file in order to obtain a validator string, you must run this
command while you are connected to the controller where you intend to restore the database. The
following example show the format of the XML file:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<DbmImageMetadata>
<Controllers>
<A>1IT0nnnnnnnnnABCDA>1IT0nnnnnnnnnABCD<A/>
<B>1T0nnnnnnnnnABCDB</B>
</Controllers>
<Header>
<ImageVersion>1</ImageVersion>
<TimeStamp>1269388283</TimeStamp>
</Header>
<Trailer>
<CRC>nnnnnnnnnn</CRC>
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