NOTICE

Service-disruption hazard

From the System View menu, select Configuration → Software → Remote Restore.

Important!

The restore feature only works if the TID, the software release and the equipment that populated the NE slots has not changed since the last backup. Additional equipment is allowed. However, if any service-related parameters (for example, cross-connections) have been changed since the last backup file was created, those changes will be lost and service may be affected. These changes must be reentered. If the TID or the software release has changed or if different circuit pack types have been installed since the backup was performed, then the restore will not work.

In the pull-down Restore From/Via: menu, select FTP.

Select the connection from the Profile pull-down menu and then proceed to Step 6. OR Enter information for a new profile as follows:

1. In the Server panel, select IP and enter the address of the FTP server. (If the WaveStar^® CIT is the FTP server, you can determine its IP address by entering ipconfig from the MS DOS prompt on your PC.)

2. If necessary, enter the port (default is blank). Defining the port is not required for the restore to execute successfully. However, a value of 21 is valid if entered.

3. In the User panel, enter the user name and password for the FTP server. (If you are using the WaveStar^® CIT as your FTP server, the default user name/password for the WaveStar^® CIT is LUC01/LUC+01, however your user name/password may be different.)

If you entered connection information in Step 3 and wish to keep the information for future restores:

1. Enter a new name in the Profile menu.

2. Click Add to add the profile to the list.

3. Click Save to save the list.

Entries to the Profile pull-down menu may be changed using the Modify, Apply, and Save buttons or removed using the Delete button.

In the pull-down Class: menu, select

• RESTORE to restore the complete database.

  If there are Ethernet cross-connections and the database is restored with Class: RESTORE, then the VLNC2, VLNC5x, and VLNC35 circuit packs are hard-reset. The circuit pack resets can cause an outage of up to two minutes.

• RESTORE_CKTID to restore only the circuit IDs.

  This restore option does not reset any device or circuit pack; it is hitless. This circuit ID restoration can be used when replacing a VLNC2 SYSCTL.

In the Source/Destination Directory Path panel, enter the location where the database information is stored. Enter the path and filename exactly as it was entered in Procedure 2-12.1: Backup NE database using FTP or Procedure 2-12.2: Provision automatic database backup schedule using FTP (for example, backups/<subdirectory>/<filename).

You may also click the Browse button next to the Path: field to browse to any directory on your PC and select the required file. The Browse button is not available (greyed out) if the FTP server is not the local WaveStar^® CIT.

The value of the Path field can be either an absolute path or a relative path that is relative to the FTP server root directory.

• The absolute path must start with the drive name followed by a colon (:) then the path name. For example: C:/Program Files/Alcatel-Lucent/WaveStar CIT/backups/<subdirectory>/<filename>. If you had an older version of the WaveStar^® CIT installed prior to installing the current WaveStar^®, your path could start with C:/Program Files/Lucent Technologies/WaveStar CIT/.

• The relative path must start with the path name. For example: /backups/<subdirectory>/<filename>.

If you wish to store your data in a subdirectory within the default path, you may enter backups/<subdirectory>/<filename> if the subdirectory exists before the command is sent. Directories will not be created by this command, and therefore the command will be denied if any directory in the path does not already exist.

If necessary, replace 7.2.2 with your current release, for example 7.2.3.

If the FTP server is not the WaveStar^® CIT, then enter the path starting at the FTP home directory on the server.

Click OK.

You will be asked to verify that you wish to restore from the directory that you entered above. Click Yes if your path is correct.

In Step 5, which Class did you select?

A second warning screen appears.

If this is acceptable, click Yes.

Result:

The Progress Indicator window opens, indicating that the restore is in progress. When the restore is complete, a WaveStar^® CIT warning screen appears, stating NE reset after successful restore, CIT is going to log out.

Click OK.

Result:

A third WaveStar^® CIT warning screen appears, stating Communication to network element is lost, system view will now be closed.

Proceed to Step 12.

A second warning screen appears.

If this is acceptable, click Yes.

Result:

The Progress Indicator window opens, indicating that the restore is in progress. When the restore is complete, a WaveStar^® CIT confirmation screen appears.

Continue with Step 12.

Click OK.

Important!

If automatic synchronization is unsuccessful, the date and time must be reset manually.

Reference:

Procedure 7-8: Set date and time

End of steps