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VisionWorks Classic T&D and PM: How to restart applications in a Failover environment without failing over.

Objective/Summary
This article provides steps that should be followed if need to stop and start the VW Classic applications in a failover enviroment without causing a failover.
Environment/Versions
VisionWorks Classic: All versions
Procedure
All steps are done as smartsys user.   If receive a password prompt, press return to continue.
To Stop Applications:
1) Logon to the Standby Server as smartsys.
2) cd $METRO_HOME/scripts
3) stopAllMetro
wait for processes to stop.
 
4) Logon to the Active Server as smartsys.
5) cd $METRO_HOME/scripts
6) addRemoveFailoverToCron.ksh $METRO_HOME ACTIVE REMOVE
7) ps -ef | grep Failover.py
8) kill pidOfFailover.py
where pidOfFailover.py is the pid of the Failover.py process from step 7.
 
If PM is installed, stop it:
9) Logon to the active PM server as smartsys.
10) cd /spirent/metro/escout
11) ./stop -full
wait for processes to stop.
 
Stop T&D:
12) On the Active T&D server.
13) cd $METRO_HOME/scripts
13) stopAllMetro
 
If SpirentWebPM is installed
14) cd /spirent/CenterOpGateway/SpirentWebPM/
15) ./stop
 
 
To start applications:
1) Logon to the Active Server as smartsys.
2) cd $METRO_HOME/scripts
3)   startAllMetro failover
 
If SpirentWebPM is installed
4) cd /spirent/CenterOpGateway/SpirentWebPM/
5) ./start
 
If PM is installed, start it:
6) Logon to the PM server as smartsys.
7) cd /spirent/metro/escout
8) ./start
 
9) Logon to the Standby Server as smartsys.
10) cd $METRO_HOME/scripts
11) startAllMetro failover
Notes
Definitions:
Primary server: Server who has T&D installed in /spirent/metro/<version>/ directory.
Backup server: Server who has T&D installed in /spirent/metro-backup/<version> directory.
Active server: Server that is currently running the T&D and PM applications.  StatusMetro will show "Failover Script is running in ACTIVE mode"
Standby server: Server that is "Standing By" to become active server in case of failover. StatusMetro will show "Failover Script is running in STANDBY mode"

Product : VW Controller PM Classic,VW Controller T&D Classic