Chapter 4 Cisco Transport Controller Operation

Database Backup

From the node view, select a card and right-click to open a menu with the hard-reset and soft-reset commands. A card must be in the Out-of-Service and Management, Maintenance (locked-enabled,maintenance) service state before you can perform a hard reset.

4.10 Database Backup

You can store a back-up version of the database on the workstation running CTC. This operation should be part of a regular ONS 15310-MA SDH maintenance program performed at approximately weekly intervals and should also be completed when preparing an ONS 15310-MA SDH for a pending natural disaster, such as a flood.

A database backup may be restored in two ways, partial or complete. A partial database restore operation restores only the provisioning data. A complete database restore operation restores both system and provisioning data. For more information on restore database, refer to the Cisco ONS 15310-MA SDH Procedure Guide.

Note The following parameters are not backed up and restored: node name, IP address, mask and gateway, and Internet Inter-ORB Protocol (IIOP) port. If you change the node name and then restore a backed up database with a different node name, the circuits will map to the new node name. Cisco recommends keeping a record of the old and new node names.

4.11 Software Revert

When you click the Activate button after a software upgrade, the 15310E-CTX-K9 copies the current working database and saves it in a reserved location in the 15310E-CTX-K9 flash memory. If you later need to revert to the original working software load from the protect software load, the saved database installs automatically. You do not need to restore the database manually or recreate circuits.

The revert feature is useful if a maintenance window closes while you are upgrading CTC software. You can revert to the standby software load without losing traffic. When the next maintenance window opens, complete the upgrade and activate the new software load.

Circuits that were created and provisioning that was performed after a software load is activated (upgraded to a higher release) do not reinstate with a revert. The database configuration at the time of activation is reinstated after a revert. This does not apply to maintenance reverts (for example 8.0.1 to 8.0.0), because maintenance releases use the same database.

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15310-MA specifications

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