Chapter 1 General Troubleshooting

Restoring the Database and Default Settings

1.4.2 Restore the Node to Factory Configuration

Symptom A node has both XTC cards in standby state, and you are unable reset the XTC cards to make the node functional.

Table 1-2describes the potential cause(s) of the symptom and the solution(s).

Table 1-2 Restore the Node to Factory Configuration

Possible Problem

Solution

 

 

Failure of both XTC

To restore the node to factory configuration, see the “Use the Reinitialization

cards in the node.

Tool to Clear the Database and Upload Software (Windows)” procedure on

 

page 1-43or the “Use the Reinitialization Tool to Clear the Database and

Replacement of both

Upload Software (UNIX)” procedure on page 1-45.

XTC cards at the same

 

time.

This procedure describes how to restore the node to factory configuration

 

using the RE-INIT.jar JAVA file, which is referred to as the reinitialization

 

tool in this documentation. Use this tool to upload the software package

 

and/or restore the database after it has been backed up. You need the CD

 

containing the latest software, the node’s NE defaults, and the recovery tool.

 

 

Caution If you are restoring the database on multiple nodes, wait until the XTC cards have rebooted on each node before proceeding to the next node.

Caution Cisco strongly recommends that you keep different node databases in separate folders. This is because the reinitialization tool chooses the first product-specific software package in the specified directory if you only use the Search Path field. You might accidentally copy an incorrect database if multiple databases are kept in the specified directory.

Note If the software package files and database backup files are located in different directories, complete the Package and Database fields (Figure 1-19 on page 1-44).

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

Procedure: Use the Reinitialization Tool to Clear the Database and Upload Software (Windows)

Note The XTC cards reboot several times during this procedure. Wait until they are completely rebooted before continuing.

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