74 CHAPTER 4: BACKING UP AND RESTORING A VCX CONFIGURATION
For example, a backup file created on 28 April 2006 on a VCX IP
Telephony and IP Messaging server named reg2a7 running version 7.1.1
would have the following filename:
reg2a7_VCX.7_1_1_all_060428104340.tar.gz
Examining a Backup
File
You can use the vcx-backup-query command to view information about
a backup file, for example, the version of VCX on which the archived file
is based, the backup date, and backed up components.
To view the contents of a VCX configuration backup file:
1Log in, using the root account, to the machine hosting the VCX
configuration backup file you want to back view.
2Enter the following commands:
cd /opt/3com/VCX/backup
vcx-backup-query [optional-arguments] <backup-filename>
<cfgtype> Specifies the configuration type of the system on which the
vcx-config-backup command was executed.
Possible values for type include:
■all — Indicates the host system is running as an IP
Telephony and IP Messaging Server.
■softswitch — Indicates the host system is running as an
IP Telephony Server.
■ums — Indicates the host system is running as an IP
Messaging Server.
■callserver — Indicates the host system is running as a
Call Server.
■dataserver — Indicates the host system is running as an
Authentication and Directory Server.
■bss — Indicates the host system is running as a Call
Records Server.
■adhoc — Indicates the host system is running as a
dedicated adhoc Conference Server.
<timestamp> Specifies when the backup file was created using the format
YYMMDDHHmm.
Tabl e 8 VCX Configuration Backup File Naming Format (continued)
Filename Element Description