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Re-initializing ASM The Re-initialize ASM task restores the ASM to an unconfigured state, replacing all software and settings with the image in the the Updating the ASM Recovery Partition .
This operation is typically useful when a Lync SBA needs to be re-deployed, for disaster recovery, or as a means of clearing all software and configuration. Sometimes, it is also used in conjunction after after Updating the ASM Recovery Partition in in order to load updated software onto the ASM.
This operation can also be used to run a different type of image on the ASM to achieve another role. The ASM is shipped running Lync SBA 2013running Skype for Business 2015 SBA, with the following four images available on the recovery partition:the recovery partition of the ASM SBA:
- Cloud Connector Edition Lync 2013 SBA image, which allows use of the ASM as a Cloud Connector Appliance with Microsoft CloudPBX.
- Lync 2013 SBA image, which allows use of the ASM as a Survivable Branch Appliance for for Lync 2013.
- Lync 2010 SBA image, which allows use of the ASM as a a Survivable Branch Appliance for for Lync 2010.
In addition to the image loaded onto the ASM recovery partition by Sonus, visit the Sonus SBC Edge Download Center for other image types:
- Lync 2013 RBA image, which allows use of the ASM in a an RBA HQ-Side SBC or QoE Agent Server SBC (see Configuring the RBA 3G4G Feature or or Configuring the QoE Feature).
- Windows Server image, which allows use of the ASM as a customer-maintained server.
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This operation is both disruptive (it leaves the ASM unavailable for up to 40 minutes) and destructive (it deletes and replaces all software and configuration on the ASM). |
- In the WebUI, click the the Tasks tab tab.
In the left navigation pane, under the the Application Solution Module, click click Reinitialize.
Panel borderStyle none Caption 0 Figure 1 Reinitialize 
- Select an image type from the Image Type select list.
- Click Click Apply
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Upon starting the operation, the ASM will become unavailable for up to 40 minutes. It will not provide progress updates (there is no way to see how far along it is), but the Current Activity Status panel will report when the operation is complete. |
Required Post Actions
After having successfully re-initialized initializing the ASM, you must proceed with the following actions:
- Upgrading the Sonus SBC 1000/2000 Communication Service Version
- If you plan to re-deploy the ASM as a Lync SBA,
- You must first install the latest Cumulative Updates for Lync SBA
- You may skip over the the Central Site Tasks in in the deployment, and continue starting with the the Branch Site Tasks.
- Install the latest Cumulative Updates for Lync SBA
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