Backup and restore screens overview

Avaya IR R2.0 offers you the option of performing backup using an NFS mounted drive or a Tape Drive.

Note: The Tape Drive option will be available to you on the Backup screen, only if you have a tape drive connected to the IR platform and it is set in the default backup parameters.

You can perform a full backup or a partial backup of system data, after selecting either the NFS or the Tape Drive option.

Backing up and restoring data involves:

• Performing either a full backup or a partial backup of data
• Scheduling a backup
• Deleting backup files (available only for NFS mounted drive)
• Copying backed up data onto the system ("restoring" the data)

Although backups can be performed at any time, Avaya recommends that you perform a full backup after the initial installation.

A full backup copies all IR system files, including voice response applications to a backup file. A partial backup can be performed by in three ways:

• By backing up a list of files:
• By backing up all files in a directory:
• By backing up all files that have changed in the last 1 to 90 days.

Before you can perform a partial backup, you must first perform a full backup. Avaya also recommends you stop the voice system before performing a partial backup. Before performing a partial backup of files that have changed in the last 1 to 90 days, you must stop the voice system.

CAUTION:
The transfer of large backup images may have a negative impact on your network performance.

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