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:
Verify that the Forge Factory VM is shut down.
At the local console of the Forge Appliance (that is, the Dell Server iDRAC), press Alt+F1.
Log in as root (password: Password1).
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: