Q: My machine has a new IP address and I can no longer start or stop the server in SDS. What can I do?
Q: I recently installed SDS 4.1 on my laptop. I relocated my laptop to another network and now no servers inside SDS start as a dialogue (error) box pops up complaining about a connection exception regarding being unable to connect to the IP address that was in use when the installation was used.

A: The start/stop mechanism uses a network connection that is linked to the machine's IP address.

Solution: Change the Remote Agent IP address as follows:

1. From the Eclipse menu, select Windows > Preferences.   
2. In the navigation tree on the left, expand Ericsson SDS > Server.   
3. Select the Remote Agent node.   
4. Modify the Address field to 127.0.0.1 - the localhost IP.   
5. Click OK.

Q: I get an error opening the provisioning view and I don't see my data anymore! Did I lose everything?

A: No. SDS cannot connect to the Remote Agent, which is used to manage your data. Once the connection is restored, your data will be available again.

Solution:

Change the Remote Agent IP address as follows:

1. From the Eclipse menu, select Windows > Preferences.
2. In the navigation tree on the left, expand Ericsson SDS > Server.
3. Select the Remote Agent node.
4. Modify the Address field to 127.0.0.1 - the localhost IP.
5. Click OK.

Q: It is possible to export server configuration and provisioning data from one SDS installation to another?

A: Yes, the data can be easily exported.

Solution: Follow this procedure:

SDS 4.1 FD1 and after:

1. Stop Eclipse   
2. Copy the following files to the target machine's SDS installation:

• C:\Ericsson\SDS4.1FD1\Simulators\CSCF\database\*
• C:\Ericsson\SDS4.1FD1\Simulators\DNS\*.db
• C:\Ericsson\SDS4.1FD1\Simulators\DNS\dns.properties
• C:\Ericsson\SDS4.1FD1\Simulators\sailfin\domains\ericsson.com\*

   3. Start SDS on the target machine. The provisioning data and server configuration are loaded automatically.

SDS 4.0 and SDS 4.1:

1. Stop Eclipse and the Remote Agent Windows service on the target machine.

To stop the Remote Agent in Windows:

1. Go to Start > Run.    
2. Type services.msc.    
3. Press OK. The Services window is displayed.    
4. Select the SDS Remote Agent service.    
5. Click the Stop button (square icon).

    2.   Copy the C:\Ericsson\SDS4.1\RemoteAgent\applicationData folder from the source installation to the target machine's SDS installation.

    3.   Start the Remote Agent Windows service on the target machine, by selecting the SDS Remote Agent service and clicking the Start button (triangle icon).

    4.   Restart SDS on the target machine. The provisioning data and server configuration are loaded automatically.