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title: BroadSoft BroadWorks Database Server (DBS) - Cheat Sheet - ECG
description: The BroadSoft BroadWorks DBS is a different animal than other BroadWorks servers, and it requires a special set of commands to keep it alive and well. The
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# [BroadSoft BroadWorks Database Server (DBS) - Cheat Sheet - ECG](https://www.ecg.co/blog/111-broadsoft-broadworks-database-server-dbs-cheat-sheet)

 Written by [Mark Lindsey](https://www.ecg.co/blog/author/mark-lindsey) | Dec 5, 2014, 5:00:00 AM

The BroadSoft BroadWorks DBS is a different animal than other BroadWorks servers, and it requires a special set of commands to keep it alive and well. The level of care and feeding required for the database reminds of BroadWorks App Server release R12 and R13; those were not happy days.

## Check status of the FRA Disk Group

- dbsctl diskinfo
- /etc/init.d/oracleasm listdisks 
    - On a healthy, normal system, this should list two entries: DATA and FRA
- bwBackup.pl
- srvctl status diskgroup -g FRA
- As root: /sbin/blkid | grep asm

## Installation Logs

These show a lot of what happen when installing the Oracle parts of the DBS:

- /var/broadworks/logs/installation/oracle\*
- /u01/app/oraInventory/logs/installActions\* show

## Convert a standalone DBS to be a secondary DBS

1. Clear ASM DATA and FRA disk groups
2. Install DBS on DBS2 as a standalone primary
3. On the primary/active DBS: use config-ssh to mesh both bwadmin and oracle accounts
4. On the other DBS which will become the standby: sitectl convert bwCentralizedDbX
5. On the primary/active DBS: peerctl add dbs2

## Fix the kernel 2.6.18-400.1.1.el5 name mismatch for OracleASM

Upgrading to the BroadWorks DBS R20sp1 requires a kernel update. As of 2014 December 19, updating the RHEL 5 kernel installs version 2.6.18-400.1.1.el5.

However, only oracleasm-2.6.18-400.el5-2.0.5-1.el5 is available from Oracle.

However, the kernel module appears to be cross-compatible. Here's how I moved it:

```
mkdir -p /lib/modules/2.6.18-400.1.1.el5/kernel/drivers/addon/oracleasm
```

```
cp /lib/modules/2.6.18-400.el5/kernel/drivers/addon/oracleasm/oracleasm.ko /lib/modules/2.6.18-400.1.1.el5/kernel/drivers/addon/oracleasm
```

```
cat /lib/modules/2.6.18-400.el5/modules.dep >> /lib/modules/2.6.18-400.1.1.el5/modules.dep
```

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