Chapter 4 System Software Upgrade: Restore from an Older Release
Restore the Backup to a New Server
Step 7 l.
Check the option Include System Configuration and click OK . m.
This will change the IP address and other network configurations to the same as the old server.
Log in again the new server using old IP address.
View the log files to verify that the restore process was successfully completed. For example for a Media
Server server, check /usr/BWhttpd/logs/dbRestoreLog.txt
. For CDAF, check
/usr/BWhttpd/logs/cdaf_be/cdaf_restore.log
.
Restore VSOM High Availability (VSOM HA) Servers
To restore a VSOM HA setup:
Step 1
Step 2
Step 3
Step 4
Step 5
Step 6
Step 7
Backup the Master VSOM server.
Backup the Peer VSOM server.
Power off the Master and Peer servers.
Create a new VSOM server and restore the Master server backup on the new server.
Create a second new VSOM server and restore the Peer server backup on the new server.
Perform the Replace HA configuration operation on the Master server: a.
Log in to the Operations Manager using the virtual IP address / hostname.
b.
Click the pencil icon in the top right to turn maintenance mode ON.
– The icon is grey when maintenance mode is ON.
c.
d.
e.
Select System Settings > Servers .
Select the Master server from the list.
Select the VSOM High Availability tab.
Select Device Settings > Replace HA Configuration . h.
i.
f.
g.
Click OK and wait for the job to complete.
Select the server Status tab to verify that the problem is resolved.
On the Master server, click the grey pencil icon in the title bar to turn maintenance mode OFF.
– The icon is yellow when maintenance mode is off, meaning user configuration changes can be saved.
Backup the splitbrain Media Server and restore it on the new Media Server.
Note Starting with Cisco VSM 7.11, at least one split brain Media Server. is mandatory for a VSOM HA setup.
If all splitbrain media servers are down both Master and Peer server will go in standby mode. So while upgrading splitbrain media servers always make sure any one split brain media server is up and running.
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