Cisco Optical Network Controller Installation Guide, Releases 26.x.x

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Cisco Optical Network Controller Installation Guide, Releases 26.x.x

Revert to a previous version of Cisco Optical Network Controller

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Use this procedure to revert to a previous version of Cisco Optical Network Controller. It helps you complete the related installation workflow and confirm the deployment state before continuing.


This is a manual process. Automatic rollback is not supported. You cannot perform a revert from within Cisco Optical Network Controller.

  • Cisco Optical Network Controller does not support direct downgrades to older releases.

  • To revert to a previous version, you must first create a database backup using the SWIMU application before upgrading. Then, install the desired older version using its OVA file, and finally, restore the database.

  • Refer to the Backup and Restore Database documentation for detailed instructions.

You can revert Cisco Optical Network Controller to a previous version by reinstalling the software and restoring the database from a backup.

Before you begin

Create a backup of the Cisco Optical Network Controller database. For details on creating a database backup, see Backup and Restore Database.

Follow these steps to revert to a previous version of Cisco Optical Network Controller.

Procedure

SUMMARY STEPS

  1. For stand-alone deployments:
  2. For georedundant deployments:

DETAILED STEPS

1.

For stand-alone deployments:

  1. Reinstall the previous version of Cisco Optical Network Controller, which is the version used for the backup. See Install Cisco Optical Network Controller Using VMware vSphere.

  2. Follow the procedure to perform database restore from a backup. See Backup and Restore Database.

2.

For georedundant deployments:

  1. Reinstall the previous version of Cisco Optical Network Controller, which is the version used for the backup. See Install and Deploy Geo Redundant Cisco Optical Network Controller.

  2. Follow the procedure to perform database restore from a backup. See Backup and Restore Database.