Nortel INM 5.0, NTNM13XCAA User Manual
NTNM13XCAA 450-3101-031
INM Products
Integrated Network Management
Network Wide Backup & Restore User Guide
Standard Rel 1.0 June 1999
NTP Update Issue 1 July 1999
What’s inside...
Introduction
Installation of Network Wide Backup & Restore
Administration of Network Wide Backup & Restore
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Publication history 0
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This release of the optional Network Wide Backup & Restore application for
INM Release 5.0 is updated to include the following maintenance release
changes. Change bars have been used in the text.
• Procedure 2-2, Uninstalling the Network Wide Backup & Restore optional
application, is revised.
• A new procedure, Procedure 2-3, Saving the Network Wide Backup &
Restore configuration data, is added
• Procedure 3-4, Restoring a backup, is revised.
• Procedure 3-7, Customizing user preferences, is revised.
June 1999
This is the first release of the optional Network Wide Backup & Restore
application for INM Release 5.0.
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Introduction 1-1
Network Wide Backup & Restore 1-1
Backup & Restore 1-2
Suspending and unsuspending automated backups 1-3
Collection information 1-3
OPC 1-3
NPC 1-3
Installation of Network Wide Backup & Restore 2-1
Chapter task list 2-1
List of procedures
2-1 Installing the Network Wide Backup & Restore optional application 2-2
2-2 Uninstalling the Network Wide Backup & Restore optional application 2-5
2-3 Saving the Network Wide Backup & Restore configuration data 2-6
Administration of Network Wide Backup & Restore 3-1
Network Wide Backup & Restore user interface window 3-1
Chapter task list 3-2
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List of procedures
3-1 Using the Controller List window 3-3
3-2 Retrieving backup history 3-5
3-3 Viewing and modifying controller information 3-8
3-4 Restoring a backup 3-10
3-5 Using the Recurring Backup option 3-13
3-6 Using the One Time Backup option 3-17
3-7 Customizing user preferences 3-20
3-8 Printing and exporting data 3-23
3-9 Viewing and customizing error messages 3-26
3-10 Viewing the status of a controller 3-28
3-11 Canceling an active controller 3-30
List of terms 4-1
Index 5-1
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This document describes INM Network Wide Backup & Restore.
Audience for this document
This document is for trained INM maintenance personnel.
Format for system information
Thoughout this document you will see system information, such as command
strings and prompts and responses, represented in consistent ways.
Command strings
Command strings you enter appear in bold face followed by the Return or
Enter (↵) symbol as in the following example:
cd /tmp
Note: You must enter the command string exactly as shown, including
spaces, and press the Return key.
↵
Variable parameters appear in angle brackets, as in the following example:
mkdir /<directory name>
An explanation of the v ariable follows the command st ring, as in the followi ng
example:
where
<directory name> is the name of the CD-ROM directory
Prompts and responses from the system
System prompts and responses appear in courier font as in the following
example:
Press Return to continue.
Directory and path names
Directory and path names, when not part of a command string, appear in
courier font as in the following example:
/opt/nortel/inmb0
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Buttons and menu items
Buttons and menu items in the application interface appear in bold face as in
the following example:
Click on the OK button.
Keyboard keys
Keyboard key names appear in bold face as in the following example:
Press Return (↵).
Results of an action and comments
Results of an action and comments are printed in italic type, as follows:
The Controller List window appears.
Technical support and information
Nortel Networks maintains Integrated Network Management (INM) support
centers in North America and the United Kingdom (UK). Based on the
location from which your account is managed, refer to one of the following
sections.
Customer accounts managed in North America
INM Customer Care provides technical support for INM customer accounts
managed in North America. The support provided consists of emergency and
regular technical support and an INM Product Services suite of additional
support services.
Use one of the following telephone numbers to reach INM Customer Care.
If you are in Canada or the US
Call toll free: 1-877-684-6622 (1-877-NTINMCC)
If you are not in Canada or the US
Call: 1 (country code) 613-765-7766
Emergency technical support
You can reach emergency technical support personnel outside of the regular
technical support hours through an automatic paging system.
Nortel Networks provides emergency technical support for INM customers
who have purchased an optional, value-added service package. The service
package provides technical support outside of regular hours for critical issues
for the period covered by the service package.
Note: Access to regular technical support for all issues defined in the
service package is also available for the period covered by the service
package.
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Issues considered critical include:
• issues that are now having an effect on, or have the potential to
immediately have an effect on, services carried by the managed nodes
• issues causing the loss of network visibility or loss of fault management
functionality to one or more of the managed nodes
Regular technical support
Nortel Networks provides regular technical support for INM customers who
have purchased an optional, value-added service package. Call INM Customer
Care:
• Monday to Friday
• 08:00 to 20:00 hrs
• eastern standard time (EST) or eastern daylight time (EDT)
Use the regular technical support to report and receive help for issues co v ered
by the product warranty, as described in your purchase agreement with Nortel
Networks.
You can be charged a standard rate for service requests that Nortel Networks
considers to be outside the scope or period covered by the product warranty.
Y ou can purchase extended warranty cov erage and additional support services.
These optional, value-added service packages are part of the INM Product
Services suite.
INM Product Services
A full suite of optional, value-added services and service packages is available
for purchase through the INM Product Services suite.
The services include:
• extended product warranty support
• advanced technical support
• installation planning and support
• on-site installation
• technical training
• software upgrades
• extended HP warranty
• network planning and integration consultation
• Network Management System Audits and Performance Reports
Contact your Nortel Networks representative for more information about the
INM Product Services suite.
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Customer accounts managed in the United Kingdom
The Nortel Networks Service Desk provides technical support for INM
customer accounts managed in the UK. You can reach the Service Desk from
Monday to Friday between 08:30 and 17:00 (UK local time) using the
following FAX or telephone numbers:
EMC conformance
If you are in the United Kingdom
Freephone: 0800 626 881
Telephone: 0208 361 4693
FAX: 0208 945 3456
If you are not in the United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 208 361 4693
FAX: +44 208 945 3456
This product/product family complies with the provisions of
the Low Voltage Directive 73/23/EEC, and with the essential
protection requirements of the EMC Directive 89/336/EEC as
amended by 92/31/EEC, when it is properly installed and
maintained and when it is used for the purposes for which it is
intended.
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Introduction 1-
Network Wide Backup & Restore
The Network Wide Backup & Restore Release 1.0 optional application enables
the INM user to easily restore NE, Express NPC, or OPC/MOA lost data. The
backup feature provides the ability to centralize and automate the backup of
NE database and OPC configuration data to an INM server . The restore feature
provides the ability to restore the backed up data when required.
Note: The Backup & Restore feature is not compatible with previous
OPC/MOA releases.
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With this application, an INM user can create network wide backups, which
are placed on centralized storage (such as a hard drive). In the event of an OPC
or NPC hardware failure or a provisioning error, the backup can be used to
restore the controller and recover.
The backup is performed from the OPC or NPC to the INM controller
workstation. Similarly, the restore operation restores from the INM controller
to the OPC.
The Backup & Restore application
• contains a Backup Manager and a Restoration Manager
• will not create a processing load that can se verly impact other processes on
the controller or INM platforms
• gives a snapshot of the data on the controller at the time of the backup
• provides two timestamps that are generated by the
— process that creates the backup file; the time is based on the controller’ s
time
— INM workstation requesting the backup; the time indicates when
backup has occurred at the INM workstation
• is compatible with the following SONET NE controllers:
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— OPC (OC-48 Release 15, and OC-192 Release 6)
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— MOA (OC-3/12 Express Release 5 for MX and HX; CX Release 4)
• is compatible with the following SDH NE controllers:
— EC-1 (TN-1P Release 2; TN-1C Releases 1, 2, 3; TN-1x Releases 7, 8;
— OPC (TN-64X Release 2)
— OPC (TN-16X Release 7.1)
The Network Wide Backup & Restore feature allows operators to create
backups without having to travel to remote sites.
Only users with nocadm priviledges can perform backup and restore.
Only one instance of the EDIT window can be active at one time; other
instances of the EDIT window can be in VIEW mode only.
Backup & Restore
Database backup is performed for each controller to record and save the
contents of the database in a separate directory other than that of the controller.
TN-4xE Releases 1, 2, 2.02, 3)
Database restore is performed if a database of a controller becomes corrupted,
to replace the corrupted database with a known good backup database to
enable the controller to resume correct operation.
Backups are typically created at either of two times:
• recurring —daily, weekly, or other specified period
• one time — after significant changes have been made to the database or to
the controller environment
The backup directory can include up to nine separate backups.
A restore operation replaces the current contents of a controller database with
the contents of the selected backup file.
The primary reasons for restoring a database are
• the current database has been corrupted
• a recent update has introduced problems and a previous version must be
reactivated
• new hardware has been installed that requires a database
Multiple different backups are maintained for the following reasons:
• if one backup has been corrupted, another backup can be selected instead
• each backup is related to a specific time, configuration, and set of
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• a backup may contain changes that corrupt controller operation
You cannot overwrite a locked backup.
Suspending and unsuspending automated backups
Suspend automated database backup during any INM system maintenance
activities, such as:
• rebooting an INM workstation
• reinstalling INM Backup & Restore software
• changing workstation date/time settings
At the completion of these maintenance activities, unsuspend the automated
backup to allow automated backups to resume.
Collection information
The INM B&R software collects and backs up the database from each
controller on request or at scheduled intervals. This backup of the database is
stored on the INM server to be used if a database has to be restored to the
controller.
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OPC
NPC
The database collected from the OPC is the current contents of the OPC at the
time of collection.
Before the network processor controller (NPC) database is backed up to the
INM, the NPC collects an update from each of its shelf processors (SP).
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Installation of Network Wide Backup &
Restore 2-
This section describes the procedure to install the INM Network Wide Backup
& Restore software onto the workstation that will manage the network.
The INM Network Wide Backup & Restore provides an automated process to
back up system databases.
In the event of database failure, database corruption, or hardware replacement,
the most recent database can be restored to the affected controller from the
INM backup.
This section also describes the procedure to uninstall the INM Network Wide
Backup & Restore software and the procedure to save the configuration data.
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Chapter task list
Refer to the following procedures to install or uninstall the Network Wide
Backup & Restore feature.
Task Page
Installing the Network Wide Backup & Restore optional application 2-2
Uninstalling the Network Wide Backup & Restore optional application 2-5
Saving the Network Wide Backup & Restore configuration data 2-6
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Procedure 2-1
Installing the Network Wide Backup & Restore
optional application
Use this procedure to install the Network Wide Backup & Restore software.
Requirements
Read this requirements section and the entire procedure through once before
starting the procedure.
Before you start, you must
• unmount the CD-ROM drive and remove any CD-ROM from the drive
• have a copy of the Network Wide Backup & Restore CD-ROM
• install the INM software prior to the Backup & Restore software
Action
Step Action
1 Insert the Backup & Restore CD-ROM into the appropriate drive.
2 Log in to the workstation as the root user. Enter the root user ID and password
in the login dialog.
3 Open a console window and change to the /tmp directory. Enter
cd /tmp ↵
4 Create a new directory to store the CD-ROM installation files. Enter
mkdir /cdrom ↵
5 Mount the CD-ROM in the directory created. Enter
mount /dev/dsk/<device name> /cdrom ↵
where
device name is the name of the CD-ROM drive. For example c1t2d0.
6 Create a new user dir ectory to store the CD-ROM installation files. Enter
mkdir /tmp/br_install ↵
7 Change to the new directory. Enter
cd /tmp/br_install ↵
8 Save and restore the archive of the files to a storage location. Enter
tar xf /cdrom/install.tar ↵
9 Run the installation script. Enter
↵
./br_install
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Procedure 2-1 (continued)
Installing the Network Wide Backup & Restore optional application
Step Action
10 A startup message prompts you if you want to proceed.
If you wish to proceed, enter
yes ↵
11 A message prompts you for the name of the directory in which to store INM
Backup & Restore.
Note:
If you use the default directory /opt/nortel, enter
Return ↵
If you use another directory (this directory must already exist), enter
<full path name> ↵
A directory called /inmbr will be created under the directory specified in this
step (for example, the default directory will be /opt/nortel/inmbr). If you
override the default with a directory called /my/directory/, the Backup &
Restore software will be installed under /my/directory/inmbr.
Meanwhile, a link /opt/nortel/inmbr will be created to point to
/my/directory/inmbr.
Note:
system. If there is not enough space, you will be prompted to type in another
directory name.
12 If a version of Backup & Restore has already been installed, a message
prompts you to confirm whether or not you want to re-use its run-time
configuration in the new installation.
Note:
have been added in the current Backup & Restore GUI, their backup
schedules, the location of all backups, etc.
If you wish to re-use the current run-time configuration, enter
yes ↵
Note:
a file called /tmp/inmbr_config.tar, and then restore it back after the
new load is installed.
The configuration saved in this file can also be re-used by any later load
installation.
13 If you don’t want to re-use the current run-time configuration, enter
no ↵
Do not install the software in a directory called /tmp.
The installation script checks the disk space in the specified file
Run-time configuration includes the information of all controllers that
The installation will first back up the current run-time configuration into
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Procedure 2-1 (continued)
Installing the Network Wide Backup & Restore optional application
Step Action
14 In step 13, if you select not to use the current run-time configuration, a
message prompts you to confirm that you do not want to re-use a previously
saved run-time configuration.
Note:
Run-time configuration of a load can be saved in a file so that a new
installati on can re-use it.
The file may be created by step 13, or it may be created by running Backup
& Restore administration tool br_admin (refer to Procedure 2-3).
If you wish to re-use a previously saved configuration, enter
yes ↵
15 You will then be prompted to type in the name of a previously saved
configuration tarred file.
The default file name is: /tmp/inmbr_config.tar
If you want to use the default directory, press
Return ↵
If you do not want to re-use any previously saved configuration (this will be a
fresh installation), enter
no ↵
16 A message shows you the details of the new installation and asks for your
confirmation. To proceed with the installation, enter
yes ↵
A message notifies you that the files are being extracted from CD-ROM. File
extraction may take some time.
A message notifies you when the installation completes successfully.
Note:
If you receive a message about software not installed, review the
requirements for installing the Network Wide Backup & Restore application.
When the installation script has finished, the system returns to the UNIX
prompt.
Check that the installation was successful by logging in to the GNB and
ensuring that Network Wide Backup & Restore menus are available.
17 To unmount the CD-ROM, enter
umount /cdrom
18 To remove the CD-ROM directory, enter
rmdir /cdrom
19 To remove the installation files directory, enter
cd /tmp ↵
rm -rf /tmp/br_install
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