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4. Click the Backup Now button.
A message is displayed below the Backup Now button indicating whether the backup completed success-
fully or not. If the backup is successful, you can download the archived data by clicking the displayed
directory path links, which can include backup-configs/fs.tar.gz, backup-configs/pds.tar.gz, and backup-mail-
store/mailstore.tar.gz.
Figure 46. Successful backup
Note
SIPxNano backup files should be stored on media or a machine other than
the SIPxNano server.
Scheduling backups
In addition to performing a manual backup, you can schedule backups.
To schedule a backup:
1. From the main screen, click
System
>
Backup
.
2. Select the
Schedule
checkbox (next to the ‘
Every day’
menu).
3. Select a specific day or every day from the ‘
Every day’
drop-down menu, and enter the time you want to
backup.
4. Click
OK
.
Restoring the system
Before restoring the system, transfer the backup files from the media or storage machine back to the relative
folder, either backup-configs or backup-mailstore.
To restore the system:
1. In a command-line prompt, type
restore-configs.sh
.
This will restore files from the
fs.tar.gz
and
pds.tar.gz
files.
2. To restore voicemail data, in a command-line prompt, type
restore-mailstore.sh.
This will restore files from the
mailstore.tar.gz
file.
Note
The restore files must be started from the proper directory or you will cor-
rupt the system. For example, voicemails
must
be restored from the voice-
mail directory, etc..