CM Backup

[donayaan]

Hi,

I am backing up CM 5.x on daily basis to HTTP server to C:\.
I am unable to direct to any other folder. Is it ok?

The files i am backing is XLN,OS and security files as only these files can be backed up regularly.

The question i have is when i backup these files, is it backing up the configuration files for example Dialplan,
Ars, AAR tables, COR,COS etc?

If it is not backing configuration files how do we restore the system? Do we lose our config?

I guess XLN files contain the config, Am i correct?

Also do we need to back up LSP and gateways?

I appreciate any feedback...

 

[AvayaTier3]

xln is translations (CM station / trunk, etc. programming)
os is server configuration backup
security is license / auth files / logins and passwords

All of these backup segments can be restored individually or as a complete set.

Yes, you need to backup os and security on the LSP and ESS and standby servers. As they have different license and authentication data than the main active server.

From linux, you can use "vi /opt/ecs/sbin/backup" to read the backup program and see what is actually going to happen when you do a backup from linux command line.

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bsh

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[donayaan]

Thanks Aaya Tier3,

So i am good and backing up all programming including dial Plan, Cor, COS, ARS,station,trunk . Am i correct?

One question is, Why it is being backed up to C:\ on my http server even though i try to direct to other folder? Is it ok?

And what files do we backup for Media gateways?

Thanks again.

 

[AvayaTier3]

all of that translations data is in the xln file backup

files on the server where the backup strings are stored:

ls -l /etc/cron.d/webbackup*

folder name is after the server IP address in the 2nd example below:

webbackup -b -w -d ftp://'prod':'D0ntf0rg3t'@135.122.44.65/ -c -- full

c:\

webbackup -b -w -d ftp://'prod':'D0ntf0rg3t'@135.122.44.65/\prod -c -- full

c:\prod

A great teacher, does not provide answers, but methods to teach others "How and where to find the answers"

bsh

35 years Bell, AT&T, Lucent, Avaya
Tier 3 for 25 years and counting

http://bshtele.com