Chapter 3 Monitoring and Backing Up the BTS

Checking BTS System Health

Table 3-2

BTS System Health Checklist (continued)

 

 

 

 

 

Auditing Databases and Tables

Monthly

 

 

 

 

Cleaning Filters

Monthly

 

See equipment manufacturer’s documentation.

 

 

 

 

 

Archiving Your Database

See your system

 

 

administrator

 

 

 

 

Backing Up the Software Image

Monthly

 

 

 

 

Examining Heap Usage

Quarterly

 

 

 

 

Running Diagnostic Procedures on Trunk Groups

Quarterly

 

See Chapter 5, “Managing External Resources”

 

 

 

 

 

Running Diagnostic Procedures on Subscriber Terminations

Quarterly

 

See Chapter 5, “Managing External Resources”

 

 

 

 

 

Running Network Loopback Tests for NCS/MGCP Endpoints

Quarterly

 

See equipment manufacturer’s documentation.

 

 

 

 

 

Creating Numbering Resource Utilization/Forecast (NRUF) Reports

Biannually

 

 

 

Using BTS System-Health Reports

The BTS allows you to gather data and create a report on its overall state. Use this data to find problems like hardware failures or traffic congestion.

Table 3-3 Using BTS System-Health Reports

Task

Sample Command

 

 

Viewing scheduled reports

show scheduled-command verb=report; noun=system_health

 

 

Viewing reports by ID number

show scheduled-command ID=1

 

 

Scheduling reports

add scheduled-command verb=report; noun=system_health;

 

start-time=2003-10-01 12:22:22; recurrence=DAILY;

 

keys=period; key-values=<1 ... 720>;

 

where:

 

start-time—When BTS creates report, yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm:ssss.

 

recurrence—How often to run report (none (only once), daily,

 

weekly, monthly

 

keys=period; key-values=<1 ... 720>;How many hours back to

 

collect data. If not specified, BTS uses default of 24 ( last 24 hours

 

worth of data).

 

 

Changing reports

change scheduled-command id=881958666704177006;

 

start-time=2003-10-01 14:14:14; recurrence=DAILY;

 

keys=period; key-values=24;

 

 

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