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TITLE: General Switch O&M CP Backup Procedure on APG40

Document Code: SWT/INT-002

Document Revision: Version 1.0Date Issued: August 2005Date Effective: August 2005

CP BACKUP PROCEDURE

On APG40

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1 Introduction......................................................................................................................41.1 OBJECTIVE............................................................................................................................................... 41.2 PRE-REQUISITES....................................................................................................................................... 41.3 OVERVIEW............................................................................................................................................ 4

2 PROCEDURES..................................................................................................................52.1 CP BACKUP..........................................................................................................................................5

3 Terminology.....................................................................................................................8


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DOCUMENT HISTORY

Edition Date DetailsVersion 1.0 Aug. 2005 Compiled by EMMANUEL Omunizua

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NAME DESIGNATION SIGNATUREMohammed Elasmai Switch Mgr.






1 INTRODUCTION

1.1 OBJECTIVE

This manual is aimed at outlining the various procedures and/or routines required to be carried out on the APG daily or when due.

1.2 PEREQUISITES

It is assumed that the user of this Guide would have been familiar with:

AXE COMMANDS

HANDLING OF APG

APG CP file system (CPF)

Hardware

DAT TAPE

Software

TMOS OR WINFIOL TERMINAL

ALEX LIBRARY

Telnet program -PC ANYWHERE

USER MUST BE DEFINED ON THE APG

1.3 OVERVIEW

The procedure will give guidelines to the OMC Engineer on CP backup operation on the APG40.






2 PROCEDURES

2.1 CP BACKUP

Period: WEEKLY (Every Friday)

Reason: To transfer updated switch backup from the Hard disk to DAT tape for safe keeping.

Reference:

Step No

Step details Reference

CP Backup

1 Open a command log file to save all work.

If logged in from OSS, skip steps 2 to 4, go to step 6.

2 Verify to which node you are connected. Type at the C:\> prompt:

C:\> hostname

the response would be either “<nodename>a” or “<nodename>b”, indicating either the A or B node.

e.g. “saind1hap1a” or “saind1hap1b”

3 Print working state of the node:

C:\> prcstate

A response “passive” or “active” indicates the state of the node.

4 Check the CP files defined for RELFSWn, n=0,1,2,…

C:\>cpfls –l ! Relfsw0, 1 and 2 should be listed !

5 Go in to CP mode:

C:\>mml

You should get the normal AXE terminal prompt “<”

6 Deactivate Auto Dump:

SYBUE;

Print CP states:

DPWSP;

7 Print RELFWSn file information:

SYBFP:FILE;

8 Start Backup

SYBUP:FILE=RELFSWx; ! usually, x=2 !






Step No


CP Backup

9 Check to see if Backup is finished

Should get BACKUP INFORMATION OUTPUT EXECUTED print out.

Use SYBFP:FILE; ! To confirm !


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Step No


CP Backup

10a Copy Backup to Tape: Log on to the active node using PC Anywhere

Note active node from printout in step 3!

Insert DAT tape into tape drive on the Active node

go to Start | Programs | Administrative tools (common) | Backup

! Wait for the tape to fully initialize !

From the window pane, select drives”. Navigate to

L:\FMS\DATA\CPF\RELVLOUMSW\RELFSW2 folder.






Step No Step details Reference

CP Backup

10b

In the view pane, select details to ensure it is the recent backup. Select the Relfsw2 folder.

11 Start Backup to tape

Select Backup. A backup information window will come up) select ‘verify after backup’, ‘replace/append’ –if you want to append to existing contents on the tape. Enter in the description field, where “RELFSW_BACKUP”. Leave other values as they are. A report window would come up and notify you when backup is finished.

Alternatively, using commands:

C:\>ntbackup backup L:\FMS\data\CPF\RELVOLUMSW\RELFSW2 /v /d "RELFSW_BACKUP" /b /hc:on /t normal /tape:0

! where “RELFSW_BACKUP” is the description !

To check if backup is finished using command:

C:\>ps ! ntbackup will be listed as among the running processes if backup is still running !

12 Check to see if backup is completed.

C:\>ps

If NTBACKUP is no longer listed among the processes running, the backup is completed. Eject the tape with the eject button and store safely.

13 Update the Switch Records

END.






3 TERMINOLOGY

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Terms/Abbreviations Explanation

APG Adjunct Processor Group: consist of one small NT domain with only two computers (Node A and Node B). Node A acts as the Primary Domain Controller, while Node B acts as the Backup.

ALEX Ericsson Active Library Explorer. Should have R9.1 database.

OPI Operational Instruction: from ALEX.


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