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.
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: