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Recovering partition data on a managed system

Learn how to recover the partition data on your managed system if the partition becomes corrupted.

Through the HMC interface, you can recover partition data on your managed system if the data becomes damaged. This partition data includes information about logical partitions, partition profiles, and system profiles. If the partition data on your managed system becomes damaged, the managed system is in Recovery state. You can either restore the partition data from a backup file that is saved automatically on your HMC, or clear all partition configuration.

This procedure recovers the partition data in the service processor of your server. To recover the partition data on your managed system, see Restoring profile data.

Note: The HMC might not show operating state for the managed system after completing this recovery procedure. After a partition is activated, the managed system changes to an operating state and clears the A700 4091 or C700 4091 system reference code (SRC).

To recover the partition data on your managed system, you must be a member of one of the following roles:

Super administrator
Operator

To recover the partition data on your managed system, do the following:

In the Navigation Area, open Server and Partition.
Select Server Management.
In the contents area, left-click the context menu button (double right arrows) next to the managed system whose partition data you want to recover and select Recover Partition Data.
Select one of the following:
- Restore profile data from HMC backup data: This option restores the partition data using the backup file that is saved automatically on the HMC.
- Initialize the managed system: This option clears all partition configuration data, and can only be used if all partitions are in the Not Activated state.
Click OK.

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Last updated: Sun, December 17, 2017