PVSS 3.x - Spare Server Setup

1 Line and Spare Server are the Same Type

1.1 Preparation

1.1.1 Hardware adjustments DELL R610/620

1.1.1.1 LSI Logic MPT SCSI Controller, disable Boot Capability

Start-up the Server:

During POST Routine wait until you get a message like:

Adapter(s) disabled by user

Press Ctrl + C...

1. Press Ctrl + C to switch into the Adapters BIOS.
2. Mark 6Gbps SAS HBA and press Enter
3. Set Boot Support to Disabled by pressing + or –
4. Press ESC two times and then Save changes and reboot.

1.1.1.2 Power Edge Expandable RAID, change RAID level

During POST, wait until you get following message displayed on your screen:

Power Edge Expandable RAID …. Press Ctrl + R …

1. Mark with the cursor “Virtual Disk 0”, press F2 and Delete VD, confirm with Yes.

To get the first disk in a single RAID 0 configuration:

1. Mark the line “No Configuration Present” and press F2 to Create New VD
2. In the next screen, “RAID level 0” is already preselected, don’t change.
3. Change to the first entry in the box Physical Disks and press spacebar.
4. Change with Tab to OK and confirm.
5. Confirm a second time with OK.
6. The first disk (left slot in the server) is now configured as a single Harddisk for RAID 0.

For the second (right slot in the server) we do the same setup:

1. Mark “PERCH310 Mini (…)” with the cursor and press F2.
2. In the following screen “RAID 0” is already setted and not changeable, don’t mind it.
3. Change to the Physical Disks box and press spacebar to choose the second Harddisk.
4. Change with Tab to OK and confirm.
5. Confirm a second time with OK.
6. Leave the setup menu by pressing ESC and confirm with OK.
7. Press Ctrl + Alt + Del to reboot.

 

1.1.1.3 System BIOS Settings

During POST, when the large grey Dell logo appears on the screen:

1. Press F2 key to enter the System Setup after the POST is finished.
2. You can see in the right top corner, if your command will be executed at the end of POST.
3. Wait, until the System Setup screen will be displayed.
4. Select System BIOS.
5. Scroll down to Miscellaneous Settings and enter menu. Set the System Time to UTC. (GMT +0)
6. Go back to System BIOS Settings.
7. Change to Boot Settings and select BIOS Boot Settings.
8. Boot Sequence should be:
   1. Embedded SATA Port E:
   2. Hard drive C:
   3. Integrated NIC1 Port1 Partition1:

1. Boot Option Enable/Disable
2. Remove hook from Integrated NIC1 Port1 Partition1

1. Go to Serial Communication in the System Setup and change “Serial Device 1 = Com2, Serial Device 2 = Com 1” to “Serial Device 1 = Com1, Serial Device 2 = Com2”
2. Press ESC two times to get back to System BIOS Settings screen.
3. Select iDRAC Settings
4. Select Network and scroll down to IPV4 SETTINGS
5. Set IPv4 Address to 10.XX.YY.170 and confirm with Enter. Replace the XX and the YY with the commission number. E.g. MOF 1521, you should enter 10.15.21.170
6. Set Gateway to 10.XX.YY.190. Replace the XX and the YY like before with the commission numbers.
7. Set the Subnet Mask to 255.255.255.0
8. Press ESC to get back and scroll down to User Configuration.
9. Change the User Name from root to admin.
10. Go to box for Change Password and enter the Enigma generated password for user admin.
11. Another box will open and you have to reenter the password for user admin.
12. Press ESC to save settings and get back to System Setup Main Menu.
13. Select Device Settings.
14. Select second entry in table, Integrated NIC1 Port1: Broadcom Gigabit Ethernet BCM5720
15. Select MBA Configuration Menu and set Legacy Boot Protocol from PXE to NONE
16. Press ESC 2x and save changes.
17. Leave System Setup by pressing ESC and reboot system.

1.1.1.4 NIC Adapter Adjustment

Press CTL+S during Startup and change all Cards to Disable MBA Settings -> Disable (1st Line)

1.1.2 Software

• Create and burn a backup of the running system using the DVDBackup all command (Backup IPC - external medium)

1.2 Restoring

1.2.1 Start Rescue Shell

1. Start the spare server and insert the DVD labelled "CentOS 5.4"
2. Wait until the boot from the DVD is finished, then enter: linux rescue
3. Select English as language and choose US for the keyboard layout
4. When promted for the network setup, hit No
5. Choose Skip in the Rescue dialog and remove the DVD

1.2.2 Restore Data

1. Insert the (first) backup DVD and mount the drive to /mnt2/ by using the following commands:
   • mkdir /mnt2
   • mount /dev/scd0 /mnt2
   • cd /mnt2
2. Initiate the restore process by ececuting: ./RestoreFromDVD and confirming with Yes
3. Unmount and remove the DVD after the process has finished:
   • cd /
   • umount /mnt2
4. If there is a second backup DVD, repeat the steps above

1.2.3 Finalization

1. Restart the server and check for a proper boot-up

2 Line and Spare Server are different Type

In this case, only the project can be used

2.1 Backup of the Active Server

• Create a PVSS Database Backup
• Create a MMS Backup
• Create a Project to File Backup
• Copy the created tgz file to your Notebook

2.2 Restore the Spare Server

• Copy the tgz file to the Spare Server
• Stop PVSS
• Stop jboss and firebird
• Delete all contents in Template:KomNam
• Extract the tgz file

tar xzfvp Template:KomNam.tgz

• Restore the PVSS Database
• Restore the MMS Database
• Check that PVSS is running without Problems. Check the LogFiles!!