How do I reinstantiate the main database from the client GUI?

Purpose

Perform this procedure to use the NFM-P GUI to restore the main database redundancy in a redundant NFM-P system by reinstantiating the primary main database on the standby database station. Database reinstantiation is required after a main database failure.

If automatic database reinstantiation is enabled, a failed manual reinstantiation attempt does not affect the reinstantiation timer. If a manual reinstantiation is successful, the NFM-P does not attempt a subsequent reinstantiation.

Before you attempt to perform this procedure, the following conditions must be true:

  • The primary database proxy and the standby database proxy are in contact with the primary main server.

  • The database listener is operating.

Steps
 
1 

Log in to a GUI client as a user that has an assigned Administrator scope of command role.

2 

Choose Administration→System Information from the NFM-P main menu. The System Information form opens.

3 

If you are performing this procedure after a database failover or switchover, ensure that the Failover State or Switchover State on the form is Successful.

Note: The state must read Successful before you can continue.

4 

Click Re-Instantiate Standby, and then click Yes. The database reinstantiation begins.

Note: The Re-Instantiate Standby button is displayed only if your user account has an appropriate scope of command.

The client GUI status bar and the System Information form display the reinstantiation status. The Standby Re-instantiation State changes from In Progress to Success when the reinstantiation is complete. The Last Attempted Standby Re-instantiation Time displays the start time of the current reinstantiation.

5 

When the reinstantiation is complete, close the System Information form.

6 

View the NFM-P GUI status bar to verify that the NFM-P main servers and main database are communicating and operational.

End of steps