BCM50 Backup Information

[HASAGO]

If I schedule a FTP or Network backup on a BCM50 on a regular basis do I need to also schedule a backup to the local hard drive also or is this done when a FTP or Network backup is completed? This is not clear in the Nortel documentation. Any advise or assistance is appreciated.

 

[Wallysworld]

Do you mean the local hard drive on the bcm? Unless you have a redundent hard drive (which mirrors all info anyways) why would you want to backup to itself? I would say backup to 1 location not on the bcm and you are good to go.

 

[Firebird Scrambler]

My advice would be to automate a backup on a Monthly basis to a FAT32 USB card, then do the same if possible to backup to a FTP Server or to a Network folder. If you have a RCC Server, then you can schedule them to be 2 weeks apart.

Therefore you should always have a backup from 2 different sources which at most would be 2 weeks old. Also BCM 50 backups don't overwrite the previous one, so you can have many archive copies.

All the best

Firebird Scrambler
Meridian Programmer in the UK

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If it's working, then leave it alone!.

 

[DigitelD]

I always does a backup on the BCM50 itself anytime you backup to any other device. But that backup won't do you any good if the HDD goes bad. I agree with firebirdscrambler.

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[HASAGO]

Thanks that is good advice - my issue is that I have experienced some BCM50 sites after a power outage loose it's customer data configuration. The sites that experienced this did not have any scheduled backups to the local hard drive. If I do not back up to the local hard drive after changes are made and a power reset occured should it still save the customer data?

 

[gberger]

That lost of programming after power loss is a known issue, make sure to always have the latest patches applied.