Replacing GSS Devices in Your GSS Network
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Configure the GSS device as the primary GSSM in the GSS network by
entering the following command:
gssm1.example.com# gss enable gssm-primary
Determine if you have a full backup of the original primary GSSM database
that can be loaded on the replacement GSS as follows:
If yes, restore the primary GSSM database as described in the
Primary GSSM Backup"
Downgrading the GSSM
If no, proceed to Step 10.
If you do not have a backup of the original primary GSSM database, do the
following:
Reconfigure the global server load-balancing configuration settings on
a.
the new primary GSSM as described in the Cisco Global Site Selector
Global Server Load-Balancing Configuration Guide (GUI-based or
CLI-based version).
Send DNS queries to the new primary GSSM and ensure that it replies
b.
properly to the queries. If the new primary GSSM replies properly,
proceed to Step 10c. If it fails to reply properly, verify the network
connectivity settings and resend DNS queries to the device.
At the CLI of the standby GSSM and of each GSS device in your
c.
network, enter the gss disable command to remove the existing
configuration, including the deletion of the GSSM database from the
standby GSSM, and return the GSS device to an initial state. The deletion
process includes removing all previously configured DNS rules and
keepalives.
gssm2.example.com# gss disable
At the CLI of the standby GSSM, enter the gss enable gssm-standby
d.
command to reenable the standby GSSM in the GSS network and direct
it to the primary GSSM. See the
Network"
section for details about the gss enable gssm-standby
command.
gss1.example.com# gss enable gssm-standby gssm1.example.com
Chapter 2
section in
Chapter 7,
,
Database.
"Replacing the Standby GSSM in the
Managing the GSS from the CLI
"Restoring a
Backing Up, Restoring, and
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