Linux OS Image Backup & Restore Guide (Using PING Tool)

Using PING for backup and Restore Linux OS Images

PING (Ping is not Ghost) is a live Linux ISO, created to take image backups of HDD/partitions, either locally or over the network. It can be burnt on a CD and booted, or integrated into a PXE / RIS environment.


Its a good idea to take an image backup of all the servers. so that, if something goes wrong, we can restore easily.


Look at the Quick HOWTO Guide for Backup and Restore Linux Images using PING Tool


Download PING from here

Hope this Article will help System Admins. Using PING you can take image backup of Linux and Windows Operating Systems.

Upgrade iLO firmware from Linux shell

You can upgrade the iLO firmware from the Linux shell itself.

1. Download the right firmware version from HP site and upload it to the server which you want to upgrade.

2. Now login to the server and simply run the file which you downloaded from hp site.

mytestsrv1:/var/tmp # ./CP014890.scexe

FLASH_iLO2 v1.12 for Linux (Aug 31 2009)

Copyright 2009 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.

Firmware image: ilo2_206.bin

Current iLO 2 firmware version  2.01; Serial number ILOXXXXXXX

Component XML file: CP014890.xml

CP014890.xml reports firmware version 2.06

This operation will update the firmware on the

iLO 2 in this server with version 2.06.

Continue (y/N)?y

Current firmware is 2.01 (Aug 04 2010 11:16:29)

Firmware image is 0x300000 bytes

Committing to flash part...

******** DO NOT INTERRUPT! ********

Flashing completed!

Attempting to reset device.

Succeeded.

Waiting for iLO 2 to reboot...

iLO 2 reboot completed. 

That's all. you are done. iLO firmware has been upgraded to newer version.