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Maintaining an Efficient Network

This chapter contains the following information to help you maintain an efficient network:

• 5.1 How Do I Manage the Database?

• 5.2 How Do I Monitor the Network?

• 5.3 How Do I Modify the Network?

• 5.4 How Do I Manage the Network Software?

• 5.5 How Do I Manage Redundancy and Failover?

• 5.6 Which Ports Are Reserved in Cisco MGM?

• 5.7 How Do I Export Information in Tables?

Note For information on configuring users and user-related parameters, creating and modifying advisory

messages, and accessing various logs, please refer to Chapter 8, “Managing Security”.

Maintaining your network focuses on tasks that will keep your network running smoothly, for example:

• Backing up and restoring memory and/or the database

• Restoring default settings when necessary

• Monitoring tasks and jobs

• Modifying basic server and NE information

• Finding modules or boards

• Updating software images and versions

• Exporting data and generating reports

• Performing administrative database operations

5.1 How Do I Manage the Database?

This section describes procedures for managing the Oracle database and deals specifically with

Cisco MGM data stored in the database. For a complete description, refer to the Oracle

documentation—specifically the Oracle9i Server Administrator’s Guide.