ADB Replacement

This section describes how to replace ADBs in deployed standalone Solace PubSub+ appliances. It also describes how to replace ADBs in one or both appliances in a high-availability (HA) redundant appliance pair. These replacement procedures will preserve any spooled messages.

The replacement ADB must be the same model as that it is replacing or a newer model that is compatible with the appliance chassis type. Also, if the appliance belongs to an HA pair, the ADBs used by each appliance must be compatible models. For more information, contact Solace.

ESD/Safety Precautions

To prevent equipment damage from Electrostatic Discharge (ESD), always ensure that the appliance chassis is electrically connected to earth ground. Always follow ESD prevention procedures when removing and replacing power supplies. Use an anti-static wrist strap, or another anti-static device. If no wrist strap or mat is available, touch the metal housing of the chassis to ground yourself.

Tool and Equipment Requirements

The following tools and equipment are required to replace an ADB in an appliance:

Electrostatic discharge wrist strap
Anti-static mat
Anti-static packaging for ADB
No. 1 Phillips head screwdriver ( Solace PubSub+ 3260)
No. 2 Phillips head screwdriver (Solace PubSub+ 3530 and 3560)
A compatible replacement ADB (ordered from Solace)

Procedure for Standalone Appliances

Perform the following steps to replace an ADB in a standalone appliance:

Determine the current version of Solace PubSub+ software that is running and ensure that it is compatible with the replacement ADB you will be installing:
solace> show version
You may need to upgrade the appliance's version depending on the model of the replacement ADB. For example, if you are replacing an ADB-000000-02 or an ADB‑04210M-01 with an ADB‑000004-01, the appliance must use software version 8.0.0 or greater.
As a protective measure, make a copy of the current Solace PubSub+ configuration in the /configs subdirectory:
solace> enable
solace# copy current-config
/configs/<version>_preBladeReplacementCfg
Where:
<version> is the version number of current Solace PubSub+ software as seen in the output of the, show version, User EXEC command.
Upgrade the version if necessary.
For upgrading information, refer to the Upgrade Procedures for the version you want to upgrade to.

Ensure that the internal disks are in a redundant state.

solace> show disk

If the displayed output shows the RAID disk drives to be in a non‑redundant state, contact Solace, and stop this hardware replacement procedure immediately to prevent software corruption on the appliance.

Enter the following command to verify the event broker is correctly configured.

solace> show message-spool

The primary event broker should show Config Status: Enabled (Primary), Operational Status: AD-Active, and a Datapath Status: Up.

Determine whether routing is enabled:
solace> show routing
Shut down routing if it is enabled:
solace# configure
solace(configure)# routing
solace(configure/routing)# shutdown
solace(configure/routing)# exit
Shut down messaging services:
solace(configure)# service msg-backbone
solace(configure/service/msg-backbone)# shutdown
All SMF, WEB, and REST clients will be disconnected
Do you want to continue (y/n)? y
solace(configure/service/msg-backbone)# exit

If the appliance is handling transacted sessions, wait until all transacted sessions time-out and the count drops to 0. This could take up to three minutes.

Enter the following command to view the transacted sessions in use (the following example only shows the relevant transacted session usage lines):

solace# show message-spool detail

Shut down the message spool:
solace(configure)# hardware message-spool
solace(configure/hardware/message-spool)# shutdown
All message spooling will be stopped.
Do you want to continue (y/n)? y
solace(configure/hardware/message-spool)# exit
solace(configure)# exit
Enter the following command to view the total number of spooled messages, and for reference, write down the total number of spooled message:
solace> show message-spool
Backup the ADB configuration to the event broker internal disk and export any currently spooled messages from the Guaranteed message spool to the configured internal disk or external disk array.
solace# admin
solace(admin)# system
solace(admin/system)# message-spool
solace(admin/system/message-spool)# backup-adb-to-disk
On the next system startup, the backed-up ADB state on disk will overwrite
the current ADB state.
Do you want to continue (y/n)? y
Once the CLI output indicates that the ADB backup operation has completed, enter the following command to display the message spool contents. Ensure that there are no messages spooled on the ADB and all messages are spooled to disk.
solace(admin/system/message-spool)# end
solace# show message-spool
If there are messages spooled to the ADB, or the number of messages spooled to disk is not the same as the total number of messages recorded earlier, do not continue. Contact Solace for assistance.
Turn off the event broker:
solace# power-down
Physically replace the ADB with the new ADB:
- If you are replacing an ADB-000000-01, refer to Replacing Blades in FEC CHS-FC1040-01-C or CHS-FC0140-01-B.
- If you are replacing an ADB-000000-02, ADB-04210M-01, or ADB-000004-01, refer to Blade Replacement in PubSub+ 3260s or Blade Replacement in PubSub+ 3530s & 3560s.
After the new ADB has been installed in the chassis, power up the appliance.
- For a Solace PubSub+ 3230 or 3260, use a paper clip to press the () on/standby button on the front panel of the appliance.
- For a Solace PubSub+ 3530 or 3560, press the () on/standby button on the rear panel of the appliance.
Alternately, use WOL to turn power back on to the appliance through a WOL magic packet (refer to Powering Up an Appliance With WOL for details).
Wait for the supercapacitor on the ADB to fully charge. This could take up to 15 minutes. To determine its charge level, enter the following command:
solace> show hardware detail
Example:
Only relevant lines from the output are shown.
```
solace> show hardware detail
. . .
Power Module Details:
      State:                               Ok
      Charge Level:                        100%
      Estimated Time Until Fully Charged:  0 minutes
. . .
```
Start the message spool that was shut down:
solace> enable
solace# configure
solace(configure)# hardware message-spool
solace(configure/hardware/message-spool)# no shutdown primary
solace(configure/hardware/message-spool)# exit
Start the messaging services that were shut down:
solace(configure)# service msg-backbone
solace(configure/service/msg-backbone)# no shutdown
solace(configure/service/msg-backbone)# exit
If routing was shut down in step 7, start routing:
solace# configure
solace(configure)# routing
solace(configure/routing)# no shutdown
solace(configure/routing)# end
To ensure that the message spool is in an AD‑Active state, enter the following command :
solace# show message-spool detail

Procedures for Redundant Appliances

For appliances configured in an HA redundant pair, you can either:

Replace the ADB in one of the appliances in the HA pair. Refer to Replacing One ADB in a Redundant Pair.
Replace the ADBs in both appliances if you want to upgrade the versions of ADBs used (for example, replacing ADB‑000000-01 or -02 ADBs with ADB‑04210M-01 or ADB-000004-01 ADBs). Refer to Replacing Both ADBs in a Redundant Pair.

When appliances are configured in HA redundant pairs, the ADBs used by each appliance must be compatible models.

Replacing One ADB in a Redundant Pair

When appliances are configured in an HA redundant pair, you can replace the ADB used in one of the appliances with an ADB that is compatible with the one used by its mate. For example, this can be done when an ADB failure has occurred and one of the appliances in the HA redundant pair is handling all messaging activity.

In the example command line snippets provided below, the ADB replacement is performed for the appliance, solace1, which is configured as primary event broker in the redundant pair. However, the ADB can be replaced in an appliance serving as either the active or backup event broker in the HA pair.

To replace the ADB of one of the appliances that belongs to an HA redundant pair, perform the following steps:

As a protective measure, for the appliance for which you are replacing the ADB, make a copy of the current Solace PubSub+ configuration in the /configs subdirectory:
solace1> enable
solace1# copy current-config /configs/<version>_preBladeReplacementCfg
Where:
<version> is the version number of current Solace PubSub+ software as seen in the output of the show version User EXEC command.
On the appliance that you are replacing the ADB for, enter the following command to ensure that it surrenders activity for its virtual router VRIDs to its mate appliance:
solace1(configure)# redundancy
solace1(configure/redundancy)# release-activity
solace1(configure/redundancy)# exit

On the appliance that you are replacing the ADB for, confirm that the backup appliance has taken activity:

solace1# show redundancy

If the mate appliance has not taken activity, do NOT proceed with the replacement procedure. Instead, contact Solace for further instructions.

Power down the appliance:
solace1# power-down
Physically replace the ADB with the new ADB:
- If you are replacing an ADB-000000-01-A, refer to Replacing Blades in FEC CHS-FC1040-01-C or CHS-FC0140-01-B.
- If you are replacing an ADB-000000-02-A, ADB-04210M-01, or ADB-000004-01, refer to Blade Replacement in PubSub+ 3260s or Blade Replacement in PubSub+ 3530s & 3560s.
After the new ADB has been installed in the chassis, power up the appliance.
- For a Solace PubSub+ 3230 or 3260, use a paper clip to press the () on/standby button on the front panel of the appliance.
- For a Solace PubSub+ 3530 or 3560, press the () on/standby button on the rear panel of the appliance.
Alternately, use WOL to turn power back on to the appliance through a WOL magic packet (refer to Powering Up an Appliance With WOL for details).
Wait for the supercapacitor on the ADB to fully charge. This could take up to 15 minutes. To determine its charge level, enter the following command:
solace> show hardware detail
Example:
Only relevant lines from the output are shown.
```
solace> show hardware detail
. . .
Power Module Details:
      State:                               Ok
      Charge Level:                        100%
      Estimated Time Until Fully Charged:  0 minutes
. . .
```
To allow activity to return back to the event broker, enter the following commands:
solace1> enable
solace1# configure
solace1(configure)# redundancy
solace1(configure-redundancy)# no release-activity
solace1(configure-redundancy)# end
Optional: Enter the following commands on the mate event broker to force it back to its original redundancy state:
solace2> enable
solace2# admin
solace2(admin)# redundancy revert-activity
solace2(admin)# end

On the appliance that you replaced the ADB, enter the following command to confirm that activity status for each virtual router is correct.

solace1# show redundancy

Replacing Both ADBs in a Redundant Pair

To replace the ADBs in both the primary and backup appliances of a redundant pair, follow this procedure:

Enter the following commands for both the primary and backup appliance to determine the current version of Solace PubSub+ software that they are running:
solace1> show version

solace2> show version
You may need to upgrade the applianceʼs version depending on the model of the replacement ADB. For example, if you are replacing an ADB-000000-02 or an ADB‑04210M-01 with an ADB‑000004-01, the appliance must use version 8.0.0 or greater.
As a protective measure, copy the current configuration of both appliances.
solace1> enable
solace1# copy current-config /configs/<version>_preBladeReplacementCfg

solace2> enable
solace2# copy current-config /configs/<version>_preBladeReplacementCfg
Where:
<version> is the version number of current Solace PubSub+ software as seen in the output of the show version command.
Upgrade the version if necessary.
For upgrading information, refer to the Upgrade Procedures for the version you want to upgrade to.

Ensure that the primary appliance is in the correct redundancy state:

solace1# show redundancy

Ensure that the backup appliance is in the correct redundancy state:

solace2# show redundancy

Check to see if the Solace routing protocols are running on either appliance:
solace1# show routing

solace2# show routing
If routing is enabled on either appliance, you'll see a line that looks like this in the command's output:
Enabled: Yes
If you see Yes in the output, stop the Solace routing protocols on the appropriate appliance:
solace1# configure
solace1(configure)# routing
solace1(configure/routing)# shut
solace1(configure/routing)# exit

solace2# configure
solace2(configure)# routing
solace2(configure/routing)# shut
solace2(configure/routing)# exit
Shut down messaging services on both appliances:
solace1(configure)# service msg-backbone
solace1(configure/service/msg-backbone)# shutdown
All clients will be disconnected.
Do you want to continue (y/n)? y
solace1(configure/service/msg-backbone)# exit
solace1(configure/service)# exit

solace2(configure)# service msg-backbone
solace2(configure/service/msg-backbone)# shutdown
All clients will be disconnected.
Do you want to continue (y/n)? y
solace2(configure/service/msg-backbone)# exit
solace2(configure/service)# exit
Ensure that auto-revert is not enabled for either appliance:
solace1(configure)# redundancy
solace1(configure/redundancy)# no auto-revert
solace1(configure/redundancy)# end

solace2(configure)# redundancy
solace2(configure/redundancy)# no auto-revert
solace2(configure/redundancy)# end

If the appliances are using transacted sessions, wait until all transacted sessions time-out and the count drops to 0. This could take up to three minutes.

Enter the following command to view the transacted sessions in use (the following example only shows the relevant transacted session usage lines):

solace1# show message-spool detail

Shut down the message spools on both appliances:
solace1# configure
solace1(configure)# hardware message-spool
solace1(configure/hardware/message-spool)# shutdown
All message spooling will be stopped.
Do you want to continue (y/n)? y
solace1(configure/hardware/message-spool)# end

solace2# configure
solace2(configure)# hardware message-spool
solace2(configure/hardware/message-spool)# shutdown
All message spooling will be stopped.
Do you want to continue (y/n)? y
solace2(configure/hardware/message-spool)# end
Enter the following command on the primary appliance to release activity to the backup appliance:
solace1# configure
solace1(configure)# redundancy
solace1(configure/redundancy)# release-activity
solace1(configure/redundancy)# end
solace1#

Enter the following command on the primary appliance to confirm that the backup appliance has taken activity:

solace1# show redundancy

The Activity Status for both virtual routers should be “Mate Active”.

If the backup has not taken activity, DO NOT proceed with the upgrade. Contact Solace for further instructions.

Enter the following command on the primary appliance to view the total number of spooled messages, and, for reference, write down the total number of spooled messages:
solace1# show message-spool
Enter the following commands on the primary appliance to backup the ADB to disk:
solace1# admin
solace1(admin)# system
solace1(admin/system)# message-spool
solace1(admin/system/message-spool)# backup-adb-to-disk
On the next system startup, the backed-up ADB state on disk will overwrite
the current ADB state.
Do you want to continue (y/n)? y
Moving ADB messages to disk: 100%
Backing up ADB config to disk: 100%
solace1(admin/system/message-spool)# end
Turn off the primary appliance:
solace1# power-down
Physically replace the ADB with the new, Solace provided ADB:
- If you are replacing an ADB-000000-01, refer to Replacing Blades in FEC CHS-FC1040-01-C or CHS-FC0140-01-B.
- If you are replacing an ADB-000000-02, ADB-04210M-01, or ADB-000004-01, refer to Blade Replacement in PubSub+ 3260s or Blade Replacement in PubSub+ 3530s & 3560s.
After the new ADB has been properly installed in the chassis, power up the appliance:
- For a Solace PubSub+ 3230 or 3260, use a paper clip to press the () on/standby button on the front panel of the appliance.
- For a Solace PubSub+ 3530 or 3560, press the () on/standby button on the rear panel of the appliance.
Alternately, use WOL to turn power back on to the appliance through a WOL magic packet (refer to Powering Up an Appliance With WOL for details).
Wait for the supercapacitor on the ADB to fully charge. This could take up to 15 minutes. To determine its charge level, enter the following command:
solace1> show hardware detail
Example:
Only relevant lines from the output are shown.
```
solace1> show hardware detail
. . .
Power Module Details:
      State:                               Ok
      Charge Level:                        100%
      Estimated Time Until Fully Charged:  0 minutes
. . .
```
Enter the following commands to release activity to the primary appliance from the backup appliance:

Enter the following commands on the primary appliance to allow activity to return back to it:
solace1# configure
solace1(configure)# redundancy
solace1(configure/redundancy)# no release-activity
solace1(configure/redundancy)# end
Enter the following commands on the backup appliance to administratively force it to give up service:
solace2# configure
solace2(configure)# redundancy
solace2(configure/redundancy)# release-activity
solace2(configure/redundancy)# end

Confirm that the backup appliance has released activity for both virtual routers:

solace2# show redundancy

If the backup appliance is not Mate Active for both virtual routers, DO NOT proceed with the card replacement. Instead, contact Solace for further instructions.

Power down the backup appliance:
solace2# power-down
Physically replace the ADB with the new ADB:
- If you are replacing an ADB-000000-01, refer to Replacing Blades in FEC CHS-FC1040-01-C or CHS-FC0140-01-B.
- If you are replacing an ADB-000000-02, ADB-04210M-01, or ADB-000004-01, refer to Blade Replacement in PubSub+ 3260s or Blade Replacement in PubSub+ 3530s & 3560s.
After the new ADB has been installed in the chassis, power up the appliance:
- For a Solace PubSub+ 3230 or 3260, use a paper clip to press the () on/standby button on the front panel of the appliance.
- For a Solace PubSub+ 3530 or 3560, press the () on/standby button on the rear panel of the appliance.
Alternately, use WOL to turn power back on to the appliance through a WOL magic packet (refer to Powering Up an Appliance With WOL for details).
Wait for the supercapacitor on the ADB to fully charge. This could take up to 15 minutes. To determine its charge level, enter the following command:
solace2> show hardware detail
Example:
Only relevant lines from the output are shown.
```
solace2> show hardware detail
. . .
Power Module Details:
      State:                               Ok
      Charge Level:                        100%
      Estimated Time Until Fully Charged:  0 minutes
. . .
```
On the backup appliance, enter the following commands to prepare it to accept activity:
solace2# configure
solace2(configure)# redundancy
solace2(configure/redundancy)# no release-activity
solace2(configure/redundancy)# end
On the primary appliance, enter the following commands to force it back to its original redundancy state:
solace1# admin
solace1(admin)# redundancy revert-activity
solace1(admin)# end

On the primary event broker, enter the following command to confirm that it is active for the primary virtual router and the backup event broker is active for the backup virtual router. The Activity Status line should read “Subscriptions pending” for the primary virtual router and “Mate Active” for the backup virtual router:

solace1# show redundancy

If the activity status is not correct, DO NOT proceed with the upgrade. Contact Solace technical support for further instructions.

On both appliances, start the message spools that were shut down:
solace1# configure
solace1(configure)# hardware message-spool
solace1(configure/hardware/message-spool)# no shutdown primary
solace1(configure/hardware/message-spool)# exit
solace1(configure/hardware)# exit

solace2# configure
solace2(configure)# hardware message-spool
solace2(configure/hardware/message-spool)# no shutdown backup
solace2(configure/hardware/message-spool)# exit
solace2(configure/hardware)# exit
On both appliances, start the messaging services that were shut down:
solace1(configure)# service msg-backbone
solace1(configure/service/msg-backbone)# no shutdown
solace1(configure/service/msg-backbone)# end

solace2(configure)# service msg-backbone
solace2(configure/service/msg-backbone)# no shutdown
solace2(configure/service/msg-backbone)# end
If routing was previously enabled on both appliances, start the Solace routing protocols:
solace1# configure
solace1(configure)# routing
solace1(configure/routing)# no shut
solace1(configure/routing)# end

solace2# configure
solace2(configure)# routing
solace2(configure/routing)# no shut
solace2(configure/routing)# end

Ensure that the primary appliance is in the correct redundancy state:

solace1# show redundancy

Ensure that the backup appliance is in the correct redundancy state:

solace2# show redundancy

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