Cisco Systems PGW 2200 Backing Up the Cisco PGW 2200 Softswitch Configuration Files

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Chapter 5 Migrating to Solaris 10 and Cisco PGW 2200 Softswitch Software Release 9.8
Migration from Release 9.5 or 9.6 to Release 9.8 without Platform Changes
Note If you want to use two new disks drives to install the Cisco PGW 2200 Softswitch software Release 9.8,
complete the “Installing Sun Solaris 10” and “Loading the Sun Solaris 10 Operating Environment
Packages” sections before you begin this procedure.
Backing Up the Cisco PGW 2200 Softswitch Configuration Files
Before you begin the migration to the new version of the Cisco PGW 2200 Softswitch software, you
need to back up your current system files. This section describes the following backup procedures:
• Create a remote backup of the current Cisco PGW 2200 Softswitch configuration using the
mgcbackup utility. You can use these backup files to revert to the original version of the
Cisco PGW 2200 Softswitch software if there is a problem during migration.
• Create an MGC.tar archive of the current Cisco PGW 2200 Softswitch settings.
Follow these steps to back up the configuration files on PGW host 1:
Step 1 Verify that the pom.dataSync variable is set to False on both Cisco PGW 2200 Softswitch hosts. To edit
the pom.datasync variable, use an editor such as vi to edit /opt/CiscoMGC/etc/XECfgParm.dat.
Note If you modify the pom.dataSync variable, restart the active and standby Cisco PGW 2200 Softswitch
hosts sequentially to ensure that the changes take effect.
Step 2 Log in to the PGW host 1 as mgcusr.
Step 3 Enter the following command to stop the Cisco PGW 2200 Softswitch.
% sudo /etc/init.d/CiscoMGC stop
Step 4 Follow these steps to back up the system:
a. Local Tape Backup—Using the mgcbackup utility, back up the system to the local tape drive.
% /opt/CiscoMGC/local/mgcbackup –d /dev/rmt/0
b. Remote File Server Backup—Enter following commands to use the mgcbackup utility to back up
the system to local directory.
% mkdir /var/tmp/upgrade
% cd /var/tmp/upgrade
% /opt/CiscoMGC/local/mgcbackup –d /var/tmp/upgrade
Note The backup file is stored in the specified directory path in the following format:
mgc_<hostname>_<yyyymmdd>_<hhmmss>_backup
Where:
• hostname is the name of the Cisco PGW 2200 Softswitch host, such as MGC-01.
• yyyymmdd is the date the backup file is created, in a year-month-day format, such as 20011130.
• hhmmss is the time the backup file is created, in an hour-minute-second format, such as
115923.
c. Verify that the backup was successful by listing the files in your backup directory: