Simulator recovery

[lapis lotus]

Hi all, I had a laptop crash while 2 simulators were up. Found an article; https://kb.netapp.com/on-prem/ontap/OHW/OHW-KBs/System_does_not_start_after_reboot_due_to_Unable_to_recover_the_local_database_of_Data_Replication_Module

but i am running 9.12, article states
Recovery steps from ONTAP CLI in ONTAP 9.4 and later
Please contact NetApp Technical Support or log into the NetApp Support Site to create a case. Reference this article for assistance with the solution.

The solution requires Diagnostic-level recovery.
The use of Diagnostic commands and recovery steps is potentially disruptive and should only be used with guidance from NetApp Support.

Does anyone have these steps please?
Thanks
Darren.

[jade karma]

it's basically just unsetenv a few variables in the loader (the variables are bootarg.rdb_corrupt, bootarg.init.boot_recovery and bootarg.rdb_corrupt.mgwd)

however, the simulator is terribly fragile (due to not having any NVRAM), and it more often than not corrupts your WAFL when it crashes. So you might have to re-install anyway

side note: if anyone knows how to configure the simulator with a (simulated) NVMEM like ONTAP Select, I'd be interested in knowing how 🙂

[lapis lotus]

Many thanks