[cisco-voip] Restoring 4.1(3)sr5d Publisher?

Wes Sisk wsisk at cisco.com
Wed Sep 30 14:33:38 EDT 2009


1. in CM5.x restoring publisher requires reinstalling subscribers.
CSCsc65031    SD-GA Full cluster DRF restore leads to incorrect database 
on subscriber

2. CM6.x and later:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/partner/docs/voice_ip_comm/cucm/drs/6_1_2/DRS_CUCM/drsag612.html

3. in CM7.x and later:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/partner/docs/voice_ip_comm/cucm/drs/7_1_2/drsag712.html

/Wes


On Wednesday, September 30, 2009 2:17:21 PM, Lelio Fulgenzi 
<lelio at uoguelph.ca> wrote:
> pray tell, how are the rules different?
>
> in summary form would suffice....
>
> ---
> Lelio Fulgenzi, B.A.
> Senior Analyst (CCS) * University of Guelph * Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1
> (519) 824-4120 x56354 (519) 767-1060 FAX (JNHN)
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> "Bad grammar makes me [sic]" - Tshirt
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Wes Sisk" <wsisk at cisco.com>
> To: "Lelio Fulgenzi" <lelio at uoguelph.ca>
> Cc: "Dane" <dane at pktloss.net>, cisco-voip at puck.nether.net
> Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2009 2:14:14 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada 
> Eastern
> Subject: Re: [cisco-voip] Restoring 4.1(3)sr5d Publisher?
>
> Oh, and this only applies to CM 4.x.  CM5.x and later changes all the 
> rules.
>
> /Wes
>
> On Wednesday, September 30, 2009 2:13:41 PM, Wes Sisk 
> <wsisk at cisco.com> wrote:
>
>     yep.  something that keeps L1/L2/L3 up and lets the server use the
>     IP bound to the ethernet interface.  If you use DHCP that clearly
>     introduces other limitations.
>
>     /wes
>
>     On Wednesday, September 30, 2009 2:08:05 PM, Lelio Fulgenzi
>     <lelio at uoguelph.ca> wrote:
>
>         so, changing the VLAN on the switch is good enough?
>
>         ---
>         Lelio Fulgenzi, B.A.
>         Senior Analyst (CCS) * University of Guelph * Guelph, Ontario
>         N1G 2W1
>         (519) 824-4120 x56354 (519) 767-1060 FAX (JNHN)
>         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>         "Bad grammar makes me [sic]" - Tshirt
>
>
>         ----- Original Message -----
>         From: "Wes Sisk" <wsisk at cisco.com>
>         To: "Lelio Fulgenzi" <lelio at uoguelph.ca>
>         Cc: "Dane" <dane at pktloss.net>, cisco-voip at puck.nether.net
>         Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2009 1:35:00 PM GMT -05:00
>         US/Canada Eastern
>         Subject: Re: [cisco-voip] Restoring 4.1(3)sr5d Publisher?
>
>         If TAC engineer is not familiar then yes, please do escalate.
>         It is still supported and this knowledge is still available to
>         help you.
>
>         Otherwise -
>         it is good to install and upgrade the publisher offline.  It
>         is not good to take the publisher offline by simply unplugging
>         the network cable. That takes down the IP interface and causes
>         numerous problems with installs and upgrades.
>
>         /Wes
>
>         On Wednesday, September 30, 2009 11:40:55 AM, Lelio Fulgenzi
>         <lelio at uoguelph.ca> wrote:
>
>             Your process is what I would do. Get it running to the
>             version you have now offline and then once you have
>             restored everything from backup shut down the publisher,
>             plug it in and then restart it. once it is restarted, you
>             will have to restart the TFTP server and other subscribers.
>
>             Hopefully you don't have to republish the databases. But
>             if you do, you can use the dbhelper tool to do that.
>
>             Hopefully others will help.
>
>             P.S. If your TAC engineer is not familiar with 4.1, then I
>             would ask to have the case escalated to someone who has
>             4.1 experience.
>
>             ---
>             Lelio Fulgenzi, B.A.
>             Senior Analyst (CCS) * University of Guelph * Guelph,
>             Ontario N1G 2W1
>             (519) 824-4120 x56354 (519) 767-1060 FAX (JNHN)
>             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>             "Bad grammar makes me [sic]" - Tshirt
>
>
>             ----- Original Message -----
>             From: "Dane" <dane at pktloss.net>
>             To: cisco-voip at puck.nether.net
>             Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2009 11:21:46 AM GMT -05:00
>             US/Canada Eastern
>             Subject: [cisco-voip] Restoring 4.1(3)sr5d Publisher?
>
>             We had a drive fail on our publisher and had someone swap
>             it out last
>             night.  Well it seems they made a couple of mistakes and
>             left me no
>             option but having to rebuild and restore now.
>
>             Were running 4.1(3)sr5d and have a current BARS backup.
>
>             Problem is all the media we have is some what old so I am
>             having to
>             install and upgrade and upgrade and upgrade to get back to
>             where we
>             were.
>
>             My concern centers around the fact that this is the
>             publisher that is
>             down and having to be rebuilt using older media and then
>             upgrading to
>             get back to the point we were.  Is there a risk in
>             corrupting or
>             interrupting the subscriber that is currently operational
>             and running
>             everything?  I am afraid of the publisher coming back
>             online too early
>             during the process and somehow overwriting information on the
>             subscriber before the publisher is fully built.
>
>             My TAC engineer isn't familiar with the 4.1 release and
>             windows side
>             of things.  Currently the plan he suggests based on the
>             media we have
>             available is to install 4.0.2 (from media) offline (unplug
>             cable),
>             then upgrade it to 4.1(3), then upgrade to 4.1(3)sr5d,
>             then install
>             BARS from that version of CM and do the restore of the
>             BARS backup
>             data.
>
>             Does this sound right to others?
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