3.5 Backing Up the Factory VM

As a precaution after the installation and configuration, you need to back up the Forge Management VM (a.k.a. the “Factory VM”) on the Forge Appliance.

To back up the Factory VM:

  1. Verify that the Forge Factory VM is shut down.

  2. At the local console of the Forge Appliance (that is, the Dell Server iDRAC), press Alt+F1.

  3. Log in as root (password: Password1).

  4. At the console prompt, enter the following command:

    python /opt/platespin/config/backup_forge_vm.py -f

    Wait for the Python script to complete the factory backup process: