Restoring the SBC Configuration using CLI

Perform the following steps to restore the

1. Log on to the remote server where you have copied the configuration files, as described in Saving the SBC Configuration.

2. Execute the following commands to copy the files to your SBC system:

   Example

   % cd /home/bob/SBC01/config
   % sftp -oPort=2024 sftpadmin@SBC01a
   Connecting to SBC01a
   sftpadmin@10:54:19.17's password:
   sftp> put config_SBC01_20110824_021127.tar.gz /var/log/sonus/sbx/config/

3. To view the saved configuration files, use the following CLI command:

   Example

   admin@SBC01a> show table system savedConfigList 
   
   INDEX          FILE NAME                        SIZE         
   ----------------------------------------------------------
   1      config_SBC01_20110824_021127.tar.gz  1061 KBytes  

4. Log on to SBC CLI, and load the configuration by executing the following CLI command:

   Example

   admin@SBC01a> request system admin SBC01 loadConfig fileName config_SBC01_20110824_021127.tar.gz
   This command will load the last saved configuration and restart the applications on active/standby servers. Do you want to continue (yes/no) y
   Proceeding
   result success
   reason Starting DB restoration from: config_<server name>_20110824_021127.tar.gz please check /var/log/messages for progress

   This command will restart application on both the servers and is service impacting.
   
   Note

   When reloading a saved configuration, make sure the standby server is stable or the server is reachable. If the standby is restarted or rebooted, wait until the server is stable before proceeding.
   
   If the standby system crashes before the load config completes, stop the standby server and allow the original active server to come back online as active.