No, I have not had replication issues in the real lab and I check the replication after NTP, every time.
I have had replication issues in my home lab but only when I have done something stupid. -Bill -- William Bell blog: http://ucguerrilla.com twitter: @ucguerrilla On Apr 3, 2013, at 9:04 PM, Josh Petro wrote: > Have you (or anyone) run into replication issues in the real lab? Im assuming > Cisco uses vmware which 7 isn't approved on, so that kind of cheating on > cisco's part, no? Your steps are a valid real world troubleshooting technique > for sure, but the lab should have better thing to test on I hope. > > On Apr 3, 2013 12:18 PM, "William Bell" <b...@ucguerrilla.com> wrote: > You definitely have a replication issue. You cannot go by the Unified > Reporting or by the perf counters (RTMT or from the CLI) as a valid > indication of replication health. I know that sucks but it's true. > > I recommend using the CLI command: "utils dbreplication status all" from the > Publisher > > In practice (and in the real lab) I use the following approach since NTP > seams to be where replication could fall apart on you: > > > 1. Make sure that if you are using HQ, BR1, BR2 or some other device you > "control" in the lab as the NTP source for CUCM that that NTP server is > associated to a valid NTP clock source and is synchronized. Very important > step. > > 2. Set the NTP server on the Pub as you normally would > > 3. SSH to Pub and use "utils ntp status" command to ensure that time in > synchronized. If it does not sync then look at step 1 and you will need to > restart NTP on the pub. > > 4. SSH to Sub (after Pub is sync'd) and use the "utils ntp restart" command > to restart NTP. You could check status beforehand if you want but you'll need > to restart NTP 99.999% of the time. > > 5. Use "utils ntp status" on Sub to verify sync status. Once sync'd, proceed > to 6. > > 6. Use "utils dbreplication status all" from Publisher to check replication > status. > > > If you see a db replication issue, I'd recommend fixing it. Various methods > exist. The method I use for this lab: > > 1. Subscriber: utils dbreplication stop > > 2. Publisher: utils dbreplication stop > > 3. Once publisher has stopped replicating: utils dbreplication > forcedatasyncsub all > > 4. Reload Subscriber > > This all takes 10 - 15 minutes, so try to avoid stupid mistakes and also try > to catch dbreplication issues early on > > > -Bill > > > -- > William Bell > blog: http://ucguerrilla.com > twitter: @ucguerrilla > > > > On Apr 2, 2013, at 1:14 PM, Hesham Abdelkereem wrote: > > > Dear Experts, > > > > I was working yesterday on one of the online Rack Rentals. > > I have registered all Phones , Gateways and everything to the Subscriber. > > Something is very odd. > > I was unable to make any calls from the phone at all and the calls were not > > reaching the gateway. > > I have deleted the SLRG and Recreated, Delete all Route Patterns and then > > Recreated them again. > > Deleted all Route Groups and recreated them again. > > Disassociated LRG from Device Pool and Recreated them Again never worked. > > Restarted all Device Pool , Phones and Gateways never worked. > > However, When I shut down the subscriber and when it was restarting and > > everything fails over on Publisher then everything works perfectly and as > > soon as the Subscriber comes back everything is ruined. > > However , NTP Server is configured properly , Checked DB replication in > > Unified Reporting and it's good status. > > All Endpoints shows registered successfully but I am unable to perform > > calls. > > All Devices are configured with the correct Device Pool and Correct CSS. > > So what's likely other problem that makes the subscriber fail? > > I restarted it and as soon as it comes back nothing works. > > > > Thanks a lot for your great efforts. > > > > Hesham > > _______________________________________________ > > For more information regarding industry leading CCIE Lab training, please > > visit www.ipexpert.com > > > > Are you a CCNP or CCIE and looking for a job? Check out > > www.PlatinumPlacement.com > > _______________________________________________ > For more information regarding industry leading CCIE Lab training, please > visit www.ipexpert.com > > Are you a CCNP or CCIE and looking for a job? Check out > www.PlatinumPlacement.com
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