Allied Telesis AlliedWare Plus Operating System Version 5.4.4C (x310-26FT,x310-26FP,x310-50FT,x310-50FP) - Manual (Page 1569)

AMF Introduction and Configuration
Software Reference for x310 Series Switches
C613-50046-01 REV A AlliedWare Plus TM Operating System - Version 5.4.4C 59.25
Backups on VCStacks running as AMF
masters
When a VCStack or SBx8100 with dual CFCs is running as an AMF master node, it is
important to note that an AMF backup will only occur on the external removable media
installed in the VCS master (or Active CFC). This means that following a failover event, the
new VCS master will not have an AMF backup stored on its external storage media, and
will not be able to provide configuration backup and recovery when required.
To avoid this situation, the recommended solution is to use trigger scripts to automatically
perform a manual backup of the AMF network following a failover event.
Example manual backup activation script called triggered-atmfbackup.scp:
To perform a manual backup of the entire AMF network, on the AMF master enter the
atmf backup now command on page 60.6 :
Example This example shows a trigger script configuration for the SBx8100:
This example shows a trigger script configuration for the SBx908:
If there are multiple AMF master nodes in the network, you may also want to use a trigger
script or perform a manual backup of all master nodes whenever there is a failover event
to ensure that all backups are up to date. Create an AMF working-set group which
contains all master nodes, and then use the atmf
atmf working-set command in the
trigger script to execute the manual backup on all nodes within the working set group.
enable
wait 180
atmf backup now
Note There is a syntax difference between the configuration commands required to
create the necessary trigger on the SBx8100 and SBx908.
awplus# conf t
awplus(config)# trigger 1
awplus(config)# type chassis active-CFC-fail
awplus(config)# script 1 triggered-atmfbackup.scp
awplus# conf t
awplus(config)# trigger 1
awplus(config)# type stack master-fail
awplus(config)# script 1 triggered-atmfbackup.scp