SNAPSHOT from ILOM by CLI and GUI !!!

Snapshot is a utility provided by ILOM to collect SP(Service Processor) data in High end servers like T-series and M-series.

To run the snapshot, we have two methods :
1) ILOM CLI (Command Line Interface).
2) WEBGUI (Graphical User Interface).

Let me start with ILOM CLI, In CLI we use ftp or tftp protocol.
For this we need to login to ILOM.

Oracle(R) Integrated Lights Out Manager
Version 3.2.1.7.d r86718
Copyright (c) 2014, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
Warning: password is set to factory default.
Hostname: SDELB0631LLP05-SP

->
-> cd /SP/diag/snapshot               ------ Go to snapshot location.
/SP/diag/snapshot
->
-> show
 /SP/diag/snapshot
    Targets:
    Properties:
        dataset = normal
        dump_uri = (Cannot show property)
        encrypt_output = false
        result = (none)
    Commands:
        cd
        set
        show
->

Here we can observe dump_uri which means, where the snapshot dump should be generated.
So we need to set this dump location.

NOTE: Since snapshot is a large file,ensure the size of desired location before setting dump_uri.

-> cd /HOST
/HOST
-> 
-> start /HOST/console
Are you sure you want to start /HOST/console (y/n)? y
Serial console started.  To stop, type #.
LLPT52 console login: root
Password:
May  8 05:08:53 LLPT52 login: ROOT LOGIN /dev/console
Last login: Wed May  7 18:09:46 from 10.32.232.18
Oracle Corporation      SunOS 5.11      11.1    November 2013
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root@LLPT52:~#
root@LLPT52:~#
root@LLPT52:~# df -kh
Filesystem             Size   Used  Available Capacity  Mounted on
rpool/ROOT/solaris     196G   4.2G       109G     4%    /
/devices                 0K     0K         0K     0%    /devices
/dev                     0K     0K         0K     0%    /dev
ctfs                     0K     0K         0K     0%    /system/contract
proc                     0K     0K         0K     0%    /proc
mnttab                   0K     0K         0K     0%    /etc/mnttab
swap                    98G   2.6M        98G     1%    /system/volatile
objfs                    0K     0K         0K     0%    /system/object
sharefs                  0K     0K         0K     0%    /etc/dfs/sharetab
fd                       0K     0K         0K     0%    /dev/fd
rpool/ROOT/solaris/var
                       196G   290M       109G     1%    /var
swap                    98G    32K        98G     1%    /tmp
rpool/VARSHARE         196G   102K       109G     1%    /var/share
rpool/export           196G    32K       109G     1%    /export
rpool/export/home      196G    31K       109G     1%    /export/home
rpool                  196G    73K       109G     1%    /rpool
root@LLPT52:~#
root@LLPT52:~#
root@LLPT52:~#
root@LLPT52:~# cd /tmp
root@LLPT52:/tmp# ls
dbus-nWFJlDIOUn          dbus-RsYSLGKvTY          gdm-auth-cookies-y7aO6d
dbus-q4KAq7ZbG1          disk-details.txt         hsperfdata_root
root@LLPT52:~#
root@LLPT52:~#
Serial console stopped.
->
->
->
-> cd /SP/diag/snapshot
/SP/diag/snapshot
->
-> show
 /SP/diag/snapshot
    Targets:
    Properties:
        dataset = normal
        dump_uri = (Cannot show property)
        encrypt_output = false
        result = (none)
    Commands:
        cd
        set
        show
->

Now set the dump_uri as shown below : 
Here we need mention protocol and host ip address...(not ILOM IP)

->
-> set dump_uri=ftp://root@10.32.232.16/tmp/
Enter remote user password: *******                    ----- we need to enter our ftp user's passwd
Set 'dump_uri' to 'ftp://root@10.32.232.16/tmp/'

-> show
 /SP/diag/snapshot
    Targets:
    Properties:
        dataset = normal
        dump_uri = (Cannot show property)
        encrypt_output = false
        result = Running                                 ----- we can observe that the status of result is running.
    Commands:
        cd
        set
        show
->
->                  It takes long time to complete, around 1hr minimum.
->
-> show
 /SP/diag/snapshot
    Targets:
    Properties:
        dataset = normal
        dump_uri = (Cannot show property)
        encrypt_output = false
        result = Running
    Commands:
        cd
        set
        show
->

Check the status in periodic time intervals, once it gets completed we will get the status of result as shown below. (SNAPSHOT COMPLETE DONE)

->
-> show
 /SP/diag/snapshot
    Targets:
    Properties:
        dataset = normal
        dump_uri = (Cannot show property)
        encrypt_output = false
        result = Collecting data into
ftp://root@ip_address>/tmp/***.zip
Snapshot Complete.
Done.
->

Now Go and collect the zip file of snapshot from provided directory (/tmp).

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Next is GUI method :

IN GUI method, we need to login to ILOM ip from browser url :
https://ipaddress/ 

Soon after entering credentials we can login to ILOM and can see a page as shown below :
NOTE : In screens observe the highlighted red box.

Then click on ILOM Administration :

Now click on the maintenance:

After clicking on maintenance, a page will be loaded then select the snapshot :

Then we can observe the option " Run " , click on it.

Now we need to select option " save " the snapshot in our local PC :

Lastly we need to select our desired location to where our snapshot should be downloaded:

Once download gets completed successfully, we can check our given location " My Documents " for the snapshot file.

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