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Backing Up System
Files Now
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This topic contains the following information:
About the
Backup Now
Use Backup Now when you want to back up system data immediately. For
example, you may want to back up data very soon after you have installed
the Avaya Communication Manager server and/or the INTUITY AUDIX system. Additionally,
you may want to run the backup procedure just before making a change
to your system. Doing so ensures that the most recent data is backed
up, including data that is new since the last scheduled backup was run.
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The "backup now" does not cause a degradation in service.
However, for best results, perform a backup now at a time when
the INTUITY AUDIX system experiences low usage.
Additionally, the INTUITY AUDIX backup files can
be quite large. As a result, your LAN network connection may fail
during the backup. In this case, you can run a scheduled backup
instead, which allows the Communication Manager server to handle breaks in the LAN connection
and ultimately create a successful backup. To run a scheduled
backup in case of a failed backup now, you can simply set the
schedule to run on the current day and 5 or 10 minutes in the
future. See Create
(add) a new backup schedule. |
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Note: Unlike other
versions of INTUITY AUDIX systems (for example, INTUITY AUDIX
R5.1), there is no partial success of a backup. An IA 770 INTUITY
AUDIX backup is successful only if it includes all data you
select for backup. If any of the data fails to be backed up,
no data is stored. |
Performing
a Backup Now
To perform a backup now:
- Stop the messaging software (voice system).
- Login to the Communication Manager server Maintenance Web Pages main menu.
- Select:
Backup Now
The system displays the Backup
Now screen.
- Click the AUDIX checkbox.
- Click the button for the data type or data types
you want to back up. Only one option in the list can be selected for
a specific back up. For detailed information about data sets and backup methods, see Overview of Backup and Restore.
- Select the backup method FTP.
- Complete the following fields:
- User name. You must enter a valid user name to enable
the Communication Manager server to log in to the FTP server. If you want to use
the anonymous account, type "anonymous" in this field.
If you do not want to use the anonymous account, type the actual
user name in this field. Contact the FTP server administrator
if you have questions.
- Password. You must enter a password that is valid for
the user name you entered. If you are using anonymous as the user
name, you must use your email address as the password. However,
the FTP site may have a different convention. Contact the FTP
server administrator if you have questions.
- Host name. Enter the DNS name or IP address of the FTP
server to which the backup data is sent. To enter an IP address,
use the dotted decimal notation (for example, 192.11.13.6).
- Directory. Enter the directory on the corporate repository
to which you want to copy the backup file. When you enter a forward
slash (/) in the directory field, the system copies the backup
file to the default directory. The default directory for backup
data on the FTP server is /var/home/ftp. If you do not want to
use the default directory, you must enter the path name for the
directory. Contact the FTP server administrator if you have questions.
- If you want to encrypt the backup data, click the box
in the Encryption area of the screen and enter a pass phrase using
an arbitrary string of 15 to 256 characters. The pass phrase can contain
any characters except the following ones:
' \ & ` " %
It is strongly recommended that you encrypt the backup data. You
must remember the pass phrase because you cannot restore the data
without it.
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There is no way to retrieve a forgotten encryption pass phrase.
If you forget the pass phrase, you will not be able to restore
the data later. |
- Click Start Backup.
The system displays the results of your backup procedure on the
Backup Now results screen. If the results are not shown soon, you
can also check the backup status.
- Restart the voice system.
Checking the backup status
- Select the Backup Status option from the Communication Manager server Maintenance Web Pages main menu.
The system displays the Restore History
screen.
- Click the most recent backup in the list, and click Check
Status.
The system displays the Restore History Results screen.
- Repeat steps 1 and 2 until the message BACKUP SUCCESSFUL
appears.
IA 770 INTUITY AUDIX data will have one of the following names attached
to the backup file name:
- audix-ann for announcements
- audix-tr-msg for translations and messages
- audix-tr-name-msg for translations, names, and messages
- audix-tr-name for translations and names
- audix-tr for translations only
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Note: If your backup
fails, it may be because of LAN network problems and the size
of the backup file. In this case, you can run a scheduled backup
instead, which allows the Communication Manager server to handle breaks in the LAN
connection and ultimately create a successful backup. To run
a scheduled backup in case of a failed backup, you can simply
set the schedule to run for the current day of the week at a
time 5 or 10 minutes in the future. See Create
(add) a new backup schedule. |
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