From: Darby Weaver (darbyweaver@yahoo.com)
Date: Fri Dec 07 2007 - 21:30:05 ART
Good advice Shiran. Also noted that it is a good
thing to try in practice. All things considered, a
guy just mentioned this happened to him... on his
fateful day.
--- shiran guez <shiranp3@gmail.com> wrote:
> the mode of the VTP is only management it doesn't
> meter if it is a client or
> server, the job of a client is to listen and update
> his local DB, but to do
> it interesting take one of your client switches that
> have on him VLAN
> information and put him with a new Server Client
> enviorment that is clean
> from and vlan information (revision 0) or see that
> the revision number of
> the client you put is higher then the new
> enviorment.
>
> all the information on the higher revision switch
> will be propagated to your
> new enviorment even tough it is a client. (Assuming
> the Domain Name is the
> same and password in case there is one).
>
>
>
> On Dec 7, 2007 9:33 PM, itsfortarget iwillgetit
> <itsfortarget@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Hi Shiran,
> >
> > Are you sure that in Client mode switch VLAN info
> stored in vlan.dat? I
> > think it is not the case..
> >
> > On Dec 8, 2007 1:00 AM, shiran guez
> <shiranp3@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > The VLAN Information in every switch is stored
> in the vlan database in a
> > > file called vlan.dat you can see it in your
> flash directory.
> > >
> > > the VTP is used to manage the vlan database
> either locally using
> > > transparent or remotely using the client server.
> > >
> > > you can change the modes without effecting the
> vlan database, the vlan
> > > database will change only when you add or remove
> information to it not when
> > > you change the method of how to add or remove
> information.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On Dec 7, 2007 8:00 PM, itsfortarget
> iwillgetit <
> > > itsfortarget@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Someone, could you please come up , why the
> VLAN info still
> > > > retained??
> > > >
> > > > On Dec 7, 2007 8:18 PM, Alexander Belov
> <abelov@technoserv.ru> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Why would it loose the vlan info after
> restart? ;)
> > > > >
> > > > > Somenone should kill the vlan.dat
> firstly....
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > > From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:
> nobody@groupstudy.com ] On
> > > > Behalf Of
> > > > > Joseph Saad
> > > > > Sent: Friday, December 07, 2007 5:17 PM
> > > > > To: Cisco certification
> > > > > Subject: Re: NEED HELP...
> > > > >
> > > > > Server and client store the vlan information
> in vlan.dat
> > > > > Transparent stores it in running-config and
> you save it in
> > > > startup-config.
> > > > >
> > > > > Your clients will be OK till your restart
> any or all the switches.
> > > > >
> > > > > You'll lose all your vlan information on
> restarting a switch.
> > > > >
> > > > > Joseph.
> > > > >
> > > > > On Dec 7, 2007 6:00 PM, itsfortarget
> iwillgetit <itsfortarget@gmail.com
> > > > >
> > > > > wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > Dear Team,
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Hope all doing good.Let me narrate my
> doubt below....
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I have 4 switches, say SW1, SW2,SW3 and
> SW4.SW1 is VTP server and
> > > > > > remaining
> > > > > > are client. Now suppose all the VLAN
> information is synchronised
> > > > between
> > > > > > Server and Client
> > > > > > and LAN is up and running smooth.Let's
> suppose,now the VTP mode of
> > > > all
> > > > > > client changing in to Transparent mode,
> will this changes effect
> > > > my
> > > > > users?
> > > > > > my transparent switches will retain the
> VLAN information obtained
> > > > from
> > > > > > Server?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Hope you all will interact.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Regards.
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > >
>
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