Cisco Cisco Prime Network Services Controller 3.0
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5. Restore the Cisco Prime Network Services Controller database.
Connect the Secure Shell to the Cisco Prime Network Services Controller CLI for this task. Depending upon
your Cisco Prime Network Services Controller backup location, restore using File Transfer Protocol (FTP),
Secure Copy (SCP), or Secure File Transfer Protocol (SFTP).
nsc# connect local-mgmt
nsc(local-mgmt)# restore scp://username@server/pathtofile
nsc# connect local-mgmt
nsc(local-mgmt)# restore scp://username@server/pathtofile
Note Do not use TFTP for backup and restore operations.
6. In the Cisco Prime Network Services Controller GUI, choose Administration > Service Registry > Clients, and
proceed with the following steps:
a. Wait until each registered VSM displays the operational status as lost-visibility.
b. Choose each VSM, and click Delete Client.
7. In the Cisco Prime Network Services Controller GUI, choose Resource Management > Resources > Virtual
Supervisor Modules, and verify that the deleted VSMs are not visible.
8. Reinstall the VSM policy agents.
Note If the VSM policy agents must be upgraded, install the new software now.
VSM# conf t
VSM (config)# vnm-policy-agent
VSM (config-vnm-policy-agent)# policy-agent-image bootflash:PNSC-vsmpa.3.0.1g.bin
VSM# conf t
VSM (config)# vnm-policy-agent
VSM (config-vnm-policy-agent)# policy-agent-image bootflash:PNSC-vsmpa.3.0.1g.bin
9. Wait until all the VSMs have registered in the Service Registry and are displayed under Resource
Management > Resources > Virtual Supervisor Modules.
10. Reinstall the Cisco VSG policy agents.
Note If the Cisco VSG policy agents must be upgraded, install the new software now.
VSG# conf t
VSG (config)# vnm-policy-agent
VSG (config-vnm-policy-agent)# policy-agent-image bootflash:PNSC-vsgpa.3.0.1c.bin
VSG# conf t
VSG (config)# vnm-policy-agent
VSG (config-vnm-policy-agent)# policy-agent-image bootflash:PNSC-vsgpa.3.0.1c.bin
11. Enable the ASA 1000V policy agents.
ciscoasa> enable
Password:
ciscoasa# configure terminal
ciscoasa(config)# vnm policy-agent
ciscoasa(config-vnm-policy-agent)# registration host n.n.n.n
ciscoasa(config-vnm-policy-agent)# shared-secret MySharedSecret
Password:
ciscoasa# configure terminal
ciscoasa(config)# vnm policy-agent
ciscoasa(config-vnm-policy-agent)# registration host n.n.n.n
ciscoasa(config-vnm-policy-agent)# shared-secret MySharedSecret
12. Verify the following states after the restore process is complete:
Note The restore process could take a few minutes depending upon your setup environment.
a. On the Cisco VSG CLI, verify that your configurations are restored to their earlier state.
b. On the Cisco ASA 1000V, verify that your configurations are restored to their earlier state.
c.
On the Cisco Prime Network Services Controller GUI, verify that your objects and policies are restored to
their earlier state.
their earlier state.