DMS Migration issue

[skathack]

Hi all,

after have migrated a couple of DMSs to another MDS without any problem, today I had an issue.

After importing the configuration in the new DMS, the process was stopped and the object disappeared from the Smartdomain Manager. Through the Clish the DMS is there but in the Smartdoamin manager cannot be see.
When trying to remove the complete domain, the DMS remains so you cannot create an object with the same name or same IP.

Any suggestion? Help please.

Thank you.

[msjouw]

There is a customers file, check if the domain is still mentioned in there, if so remove the section there, now go to the customers directory and make sure the directory is gone. When these 2 steps are done and you still have problems creating the domain again, search for the DMS cache files clearing SK and execute those steps.
If you need the above in more details, file location, dir location, I will have to check.

I just finished moving 140 domains from 4 different sources, into a new 3 MDS setup, including 2 VSX environments. I ran into similar problems a couple of times.

[skathack]

There is a customers file, check if the domain is still mentioned in there, if so remove the section there, now go to the customers directory and make sure the directory is gone. When these 2 steps are done and you still have problems creating the domain again, search for the DMS cache files clearing SK and execute those steps.
If you need the above in more details, file location, dir location, I will have to check.

I just finished moving 140 domains from 4 different sources, into a new 3 MDS setup, including 2 VSX environments. I ran into similar problems a couple of times.

Hi Marten,
thank you for the info.

The file is customers.C files from the $MDSDIR/conf/mdsdb? I found the sk34446 where there are some other files to edit (applications.C, objects_5_0.C). It is something like you did?
Please if possible provide me more details and file, dir location.

Many many thanks.

Bye.

[msjouw]

cache files removal:
mdsstop -m
mkdir -v /var/log/GUI_cache_bkp_MDS
mv $MDSDIR/conf/mdsdb/CPMILinksMgr.db* /var/log/GUI_cache_bkp_MDS
mdsstart -m

wait 5 to 10 minutes for rebuild, depending on the number of domains etc.

When you do a mdsstat on the MDS is the CMA still there and the files as you mentioned from SK34446 do not contain anything related to the CMA anymore check to see if the dir where the customer info is stored, with the name of the CMA, is in /opt/CPmds-R77/customers/
When it is still there you can safely remove it.

[laf_c]

Please apologize my question: what's a DMS?

[msjouw]

Domain Management Server?

[skathack]

Please apologize my question: what's a DMS?

As Marten says Domain Management Server new Check Point nomenclature for a CMA.

Bye

[skathack]

cache files removal:
mdsstop -m
mkdir -v /var/log/GUI_cache_bkp_MDS
mv $MDSDIR/conf/mdsdb/CPMILinksMgr.db* /var/log/GUI_cache_bkp_MDS
mdsstart -m

wait 5 to 10 minutes for rebuild, depending on the number of domains etc.

When you do a mdsstat on the MDS is the CMA still there and the files as you mentioned from SK34446 do not contain anything related to the CMA anymore check to see if the dir where the customer info is stored, with the name of the CMA, is in /opt/CPmds-R77/customers/
When it is still there you can safely remove it.

Hi Marten,
I'm sharing what I didi for future reference. I tested this solution in my LAB in a couple of days I will follow the same procedure in the production enviroment.
Any of these files: applications.C, objects_5_0.C and customers.C contained some references to that DMS, via Clish I used the command mdsremove_customer "customer's name". The DMS has been deleted succesully and it disappeard also by clish and the customer folder has been deleted automaticaaly. After that I was able to recreate the Domain and the DMS with the same name with no issue.

Bye