IBM® Carrier Grade Server X3650 TRevision 3.0287.4 Using a SysCon KeyA SysCon key is a removable USB storage device that contains a SysCon environment. The primary useof the SysCon Key is to backup and restore settings for a single system. Each system is identified by theunique identifier of the baseboard. This identifier is known as a Universally Unique ID or UUID. Thesysconenv\data\config folder contains folder with this UUID as shown below.7.4.1 Backup system settings to a SysCon KeyWhen a SysCon Key is present during system boot, the SysCon feature will copy the set of folders for thesystem onto the SysCon Key. This can also be accomplished with the following menu option:7. Backup configuration data to KeyThe user can disable this function using the SysCon policy settings (See Controlling SysCon BehaviorUsing Policies).7.4.2 Restore system settings from a SysCon Key BackupWhen a SysCon Key is present during system boot, the SysCon feature will scan the SysCon Key todetermine if configuration files for this system exist on the Key. When a UUID folder on a SysCon keymatches the UUID of the system, the following menu options will be displayed:7. Backup configuration data to Key8. Restore configuration data from KeyThe restore process copies the appropriate files from the key to the SysCon device. The settings areapplied to the system when SysCon processing is resumed or reinitiated.
