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

Wed Sep 30 14:40:47 EDT 2009

Good to know, thanks Wes.

Oh and I just found that if you open up the backup tar file and go to:

\STI\Backup

You can view the Backup.log file.  In the log file it states the
version of BARS.  In my case it is:

*          CISCO IP TELEPHONY APPLICATION BACKUP UTILITY                       *
*                                                                              *
*          Name       : Backup And Restore System                              *
*                                                                              *
*          Purpose    : Backup log                                             *
*                                                                              *
*          Version    : 4.0.11000

Got my answer and downloaded the version from CCO.  More progress
slowly but surely.

On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 1:35 PM, Wes Sisk <wsisk at cisco.com> wrote:
> Most versions of BARS are compatible but it is best practice to backup and
> restore with the same BARs version.
>
> /Wes
>
> On Wednesday, September 30, 2009 2:07:11 PM, Dane <dane at pktloss.net> wrote:
>>
>> Yup unplugging cable doesn't work.  Installs detect and don't even
>> allow you to move forward with the cable unplugged.
>>
>> I ended up hooking it up to a hub with nothing else connected.  I
>> suppose a loopback would have worked too.
>>
>> Made lots of progress I think.  Everything is back to the correct
>> version it was prior to the failure.  Only issue now is BARS
>>
>> I thought BARS was one of the plugins in CM and you just installed the
>> latest based on what was on the CM.  However it seems this is not the
>> case.
>>
>> Is there any concern with regards to the version of BARS you install?
>> It's not installed on the sub obviously so I can't look at it there to
>> find out the version.
>>
>> Thanks for help so far, and yes I did get another TAC engineer
>> involved just for reassurance.  All is well I think.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 12:35 PM, Wes Sisk <wsisk at cisco.com> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> 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)
>>> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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>>>
>>>
>>> ----- 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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