KB 090 – PowerConnect System Copy Guide
Please follow the steps below as part of pre and post processing of your system copy to setup the PowerConnect (PC)
Before system copy
To preserve existing PC configuration, export out the PC tables:
- Prepare export and delete scripts (note: delete scripts will be used later)
a) Export script – create a text file with the following contents:export
client=ALL
file=”<export directory/export_PC_des.dat”
# —————————————————————————–
select * from “/BNWVS/SEPHDR_C”
select * from “/BNWVS/SEPFLD_C”
select * from “/BNWVS/TARGETS”
select * from “/BNWVS/DSSCHEME”
select * from “/BNWVS/GRP_DEF_C”
select * from “/BNWVS/TASK_GRPC”
select * from “/BNWVS/MTR_CFG_C”
select * from “/BNWVS/MTR_FLD_C”b) Delete script – create a text file with the following contents:
remove
client=ALL
# —————————————————————————–
select * from /BNWVS/SEPHDR_C
select * from /BNWVS/SEPFLD_C
select * from /BNWVS/TARGETS
select * from /BNWVS/DSSCHEME
select * from /BNWVS/GRP_DEF_C
select * from /BNWVS/TASK_GRPC
select * from /BNWVS/MTR_CFG_C
select * from /BNWVS/MTR_FLD_C - Run export command to export it into a file
R3trans export_PC_conf
After system copy
- Ensure all PC jobs are stopped
- Delete existing PC configurations which are being system copied over
R3trans delete_PC_conf
- Run import command to import back the config created from earlier step
R3trans -i export_PC_des.dat
- Restart all PC jobs