Database backup and restore

Overview

This section describes the database backup and restore feature in Alcatel-Lucent 1850 TSS-5 for SYSCTL pack information and information about SYSCTL controlled circuit packs.

The Alcatel-Lucent 1850 TSS-5 uses the following connections to perform database backup and restore:

• A direct IP connection

• OSI connectivity to an FTP GNE.

• FTAM Backup and Restore

Database backup

Alcatel-Lucent 1850 TSS-5 can back up all provisionable data via a local or remote FTP file transfer. Data can be backed up to a remote operations system via an FTAM-FTP gateway. The FTAM-FTP gateway is also referred to as the file transfer translation device (FTTD).

The backup database is stored on a WaveStar^® CIT, and Alcatel-Lucent 1350 OMS or another FTP server.

Database restore

In the event of a catastrophic failure, Alcatel-Lucent 1850 TSS-5 can restore all provisionable data (from the backup file) via local or remote FTP. Data can be restored from a remote operations system via an FTAM-FTP gateway. The FTAM-FTP gateway is also referred to as the file transfer translation device (FTTD).

If there are Ethernet cross-connections and the database is restored, then the VLNC2, VLNC50/52/55, and VLNC35 circuit packs are hard-reset. The circuit pack resets can cause an outage of up to two minutes. In Release 5.1, Alcatel-Lucent 1850 TSS-5 supports a restoration of circuit IDs only, which is hitless. The circuit ID restoration can be used when replacing a VLNC2 SYSCTL.

The backup database maybe stored on a WaveStar^® CIT or another FTP server.

Automatic database backup

Alcatel-Lucent 1850 TSS-5 supports automatic database backups. This allows users to establish a backup interval, date, and time. The database backups may be saved on the WaveStar^® CIT or another FTP server.

The user can also specify the number of backups to destination files before overwriting those same files with subsequent backups. To eliminate the scenario of multiple Alcatel-Lucent 1850 TSS-5 systems initiating automatic backups simultaneously, Alcatel-Lucent 1850 TSS-5 does not support a default scheduled backup date/time; the user must provision their own date/time.