I have a number of customers who use a Tandberg RDX QuikStor removable external hard drive to back up their CallPilot systems, rather than the usual SLR tapes.
Only problem is that the backups don't overwrite themselves, and older backup files need to be purged off the drive - else they fill up the drive and future backups fail (sometimes for years before someone catches it).
In CP 5.00.41 there's a file management utility that comes with Windows Server 2003 - c:\windows\system32\forfiles.exe - that you can write a small batch script and delete files older than xx days. But to automate that, you gotta turn up the scheduling service in Windows - which is disabled. Want to know if this was disabled by Nortel intentionally, or would starting the service create any problems - being mindful to take a "don't fix what ain't broke" approach to it as Nortel/Avaya is picky about any changes made to the operating system.
Thanks.
Only problem is that the backups don't overwrite themselves, and older backup files need to be purged off the drive - else they fill up the drive and future backups fail (sometimes for years before someone catches it).
In CP 5.00.41 there's a file management utility that comes with Windows Server 2003 - c:\windows\system32\forfiles.exe - that you can write a small batch script and delete files older than xx days. But to automate that, you gotta turn up the scheduling service in Windows - which is disabled. Want to know if this was disabled by Nortel intentionally, or would starting the service create any problems - being mindful to take a "don't fix what ain't broke" approach to it as Nortel/Avaya is picky about any changes made to the operating system.
Thanks.
