What Do I Do When Fabric Manager Client And Device Manager Cannot Connect To The Switch; How Do I Increase The Log Window Size In Fabric Manager Client; When Do I Do When The Fm Server Database Fails To Start Or Has A File Locking Error; How Do I Re-Synchronize Fabric Manager Client With Fabric Manager Server - Cisco AP775A - Nexus Converged Network Switch 5010 Configuration Manual

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What do I do when Fabric Manager client and Device Manager cannot connect
to the switch?
Fabric Manager or Device Manager using SNMPv3 at Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 1.3(3) or earlier
can't manage a switch running Release 1.3(4) or later. This might affect a software upgrade using Fabric
Manager from Release 1.3(3) to Release 1.3(4).

How do I increase the log window size in Fabric Manager Client?

To limit the memory usage by FM Client, the log window is limited to 500 lines by default. If you want
to increase this, edit sm.properties in < install directory>/db/<user> directory and change
LogBufferSize.
When do I do when the FM Server Database fails to start or has a file locking
error?
In the database log (FMPersist.log) you will see an error message "The database is already in use by
another process". The HsqlDB 1.7.1 version has this problem. The file lock problem seems to happen
occasionally, and can be resolved by shutdown and restart of the db server. On windows this can be done
by stopping and starting the FMPersist service and on Unix just run the FMPersist.sh script with the
argument restart.

How do I re-synchronize Fabric Manager Client with Fabric Manager Server?

On some occasions, when the Fabric Manager Client in not in sync with the Fabric Manager Server, you
may need to re-synchronize the client and server. To re-synchronize Fabrix Manager Client with Fabric
Manager Server, click Resync All Open Fabrics from the File menu,

How do I rediscover the current fabric?

When the Fabric Manager Server is not in sync with the switches in the fabric, you may need to initiate
an on- demand discovery to update the Fabric Manager Client with the most recent changes from the
switches in the fabric. To rediscover the fabric switches, click Rediscover from the File menu.

How do I rediscover SCSI Targets?

When the Fabric Manager Server is not in sync with the SCSI Target switches in the fabric, you may
need to initiate an on- demand discovery to update the Fabric Manager Client with the most recent
changes from the SCSI Target switches in the fabric. To rediscover the fabric switches, click Rediscover
SCSI Targets from the File menu.
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