Automated BackupSelected subscriber and system data is automatically backed up nightly to prevent the loss of crucial data in the event of a disk drive failure. The user-recorded names can also be backed up weekly. The weekly backups are enabled or disabled on the System-Parameters Features screen. Nightly and weekly backups can always be run manually via the Save screens. The data is restored via the Backup screen.1 Avaya IP Office Telephone Systems Although automated backups save message header information, voice messages themselves are not backed up automatically because typically this data changes constantly and takes up a disproportionate amount of space on the backup disk. Voice messages can, however, be backed up manually. See the Save Voice feature for more information. The system estimates the number of remaining backups possible
on the disk. In DEFINITY AUDIX system Release 4.0,
the system can record up to 2 weeks of nightly and weekly Release 4.0’s MO disk drive will overwrite backups on the
MO disk one at a time when the MO disk is full. Releases earlier
than 4.0 will overwrite an entire tape once the tape is full, In releases earlier than 4.0, the system records a warning
message in the administration log if there is room for fewer
than four backups on the disk. In Release 4.0, the system will Automatic backups are also useful for hard disk upgrades. The nightly and weekly backups occur after the nightly audits, which begin at 1:00 AM. Some non-critical files, including personal directories and mailing lists, are not saved automatically and must be reconstructed after a disk failure. Any problems with the backup
(such as those caused by a
defective MO disk) are recorded Automated Backup |