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Controller system integrity and OS file system check

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  • 1.  Controller system integrity and OS file system check

    Posted Feb 09, 2016 04:46 AM

    Hi

    We have a old 3600 controller - we suspect that the controller has a fundamental File System problem.

    We have previously had issues where it wasn't saving configurations which was done + changing to different Config files with no success + upgrading to different Version on different Partition with same results.

     

    Is there perhaps a way to check the integrity of the system hardware and/or something like a file system check?



  • 2.  RE: Controller system integrity and OS file system check

    EMPLOYEE
    Posted Feb 09, 2016 07:47 AM

    The controller does a memory check during bootup.  Have you tried factory defaulting the controller?  Does it keep the time, when you reboot it?

     



  • 3.  RE: Controller system integrity and OS file system check

    Posted Feb 09, 2016 08:39 AM

    Hi

    The system Passes all the boot up tests for memory and image with no reported errors. Checking the clock it does keep the correct time across reboots.

     

    I Factory resetted  (write erase all) it a bit earlier and was able to upgrade to the latest 6.4.3.6.

    and appears to be behaving a bit better after the reset and upgrade.

     

    It appears to be saving configs now , however if I  choose one of my other config files to boot from it still loads the original config but not the selected.

    Before the reset it also gave me errors if I tried copying a file on the Flash to a different name -- can't remember the error dialogue it gave - but now it succeeds.......

     

    With the "Write erase all" I ran wasn't it supposed to delete the older config files I had? Two of my previous config files was still vissible in the file list after the "write erase all" - I have ignored them for now and not tried to use these configs.

     

    Im guessing this will be a TAC case?



  • 4.  RE: Controller system integrity and OS file system check

    EMPLOYEE
    Posted Feb 09, 2016 09:43 AM

    The older configs could be corrupt.  Save new configs and see if you have the same problem..

     



  • 5.  RE: Controller system integrity and OS file system check

    Posted Feb 10, 2016 08:53 AM

    Hi

    I saved my Configuration with "Maintenance -> CopyFiles" and saved it as conf1.cfg.

    I then implimented WIP (using the Wizard) and saved this config as normal clicking "Save Configuration" button at top (saving it to default,cfg) - I also saved this configuration aswell with "Maintenance -> CopyFiles" and saved it as conf2.cfg

     

    Under BootParameters I select the conf1.cfg file as the boot config, and go through the reboot process saving configuration before reboot (also did it without saving configuration before reboot --- with same results).

     

    The Controller was to boot without WIP settings as saved in Conf1.cfg -- during boot I see it says it loading config from my dafault.cfg file (not the newly specified files). Once booted the WIP config is still there - so it didn't load my other config file.