If possible, back up the auxiliary database to preserve it for potential data recovery. If data recovery is not required, you can skip this step.

Note: The auxiliary database must be running in order for a backup to be successful. If the auxiliary database cannot be started, you cannot create a database backup.

In order to back up an auxiliary database, all members of the local auxiliary database cluster must be operational and available, or the backup fails. Perform How do I view the local auxiliary database cluster status from a CLI? to verify that the status of each local cluster member is UP.

Perform the following steps on each auxiliary database station to collect the auxiliary database log files.

Note: You cannot specify /tmp, or any directory below /tmp, as the output directory.

1. Log in to the station as the root user.

2. Enter the following:

   # /opt/nsp/nfmp/auxdb/install/bin/getDebugFiles.bash output_dir days ↵

   where

   output_dir is a local directory that is to contain the output files

   days is the optional number of days for which to collect log files; if not specified, all logs are collected

On one auxiliary database station, open the /opt/nsp/nfmp/auxdb/install/config/install.config file using a plain-text editor such as vi.

Ensure that the internal and external IP addresses in the following lines are correctly assigned to the auxiliary database stations:

hosts=internal_IP1,internal_IP2...internal_IPn

export_hosts=internal_IP1[export_IP1],internal_IP2[export_IP2]...internal_IPn[export_IPn]

If you intend to reuse existing auxiliary database stations, uninstall the auxiliary database as described in the NSP Installation and Upgrade Guide.

Install the auxiliary database as described in the NSP Installation and Upgrade Guide.

Note: If you are performing this procedure to recover from a failed NFM-P system upgrade, you must use the new auxiliary database installation files, and not the installation files from before the upgrade.

When the auxiliary database is fully initialized, perform the following steps on each main server station to start the main server, if the server is not started.

Note: In a redundant system, you must start the primary main server first.

1. Log in as the root user on the main server station.

2. Open a console window.

3. Enter the following:

   bash$ ./nmsserver.bash start ↵

4. Enter the following:

   bash$ ./nmsserver.bash appserver_status ↵

   The server status is displayed; the server is fully initialized if the status is the following:

   Application Server process is running.  See nms_status for more detail.

   If the server is not fully initialized, wait five minutes and then repeat this step. Do not perform the next step until the server is fully initialized.

The main server detects the auxiliary database reinstallation, raises a Critical alarm against the auxiliary database, and begins recreating the auxiliary database schema.

Note: If the main server fails to recreate the schema, the server retries periodically until all schema elements are created.

When the schema recreation is complete, the reinstallation alarm clears, and the NFM-P raises a Major alarm that you must clear manually.

If the auxiliary database includes custom data tables, perform the following steps to recreate and repopulate the tables.

1. Log on to the standalone or primary main server station as the nsp user.

2. Enter the following:

   bash$ cd /opt/nsp/nfmp/server/nms/bin ↵

3. Create each custom table, as described in Step 6 of How do I create and manage custom auxiliary database table attributes?, using the saved XML file that defines the table.

4. Add the required data to each table, as described in Step 7 of How do I create and manage custom auxiliary database table attributes?, using the saved CSV file for the table.

If you use the Analytics dynamic inventory reporting function, you must recreate the custom inventory tables and dynamic Analytics managed-object definitions.

1. Remove the existing dynamic Analytics managed-object definitions; enter the following on the main server station:

   bash$ ./nmsserver.bash dynamic_analyticmo remove class mo_name ↵

   where

   class is the object class

   mo_name is the name of the dynamic Analytics managed object

2. Create the custom inventory tables; enter the following:

   bash$ ./customData.bash --createTables XML_file ↵

   where XML_file is the saved XML file that defines the custom inventory tables

3. Create the dynamic Analytics managed-object definitions; enter the following:

   bash$ ./nmsserver.bash dynamic_analyticmo create dyn_inv_XML_file ↵

   where dyn_inv_XML_file is the absolute path and name of the saved XML file that defines the Analytics dynamic inventory configuration

If you have created dynamic aggregations, recreate the aggregations.

Note: Any previous aggregation data is lost during the auxiliary database schema recreation earlier in the procedure.

1. Enter the following on the main server station for each dynamic aggregation to remove the aggregation:

   bash$ ./nmsserver.bash dynamic_aggregation remove aggregation ↵

   where aggregation is the name of the aggregation

2. Enter the following to create the dynamic aggregation:

   bash$ ./nmsserver.bash dynamic_aggregation create agg_XML_file ↵

   where agg_XML_file is the absolute path and name of the saved XML file that defines the aggregation configuration

3. Re-enable the dynamic aggregations using an NFM-P XML API or GUI client.

If you use periodic accounting tables, enter the following on the main server station to create the tables:

Note: Any previous periodic accounting data is lost during the auxiliary database schema recreation earlier in the procedure.

bash$ ./nmsserver.bash accountingPeriodic create per_acc_XML_file ↵

where per_acc_XML_file is the absolute path and name of the saved XML file that defines the periodic accounting configuration

Close the open console windows.

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