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Install, Upgrade, and Maintenance Guide for Cisco Unity Connection Release 10.x
Chapter2 Backing Up and Restoring CiscoUnity Connection Components
About Disaster Recovery System
From the toolbar, select Restore > Restore Wizard.
c. Select the backup device you re-created and select Next.
d. Select the backup .tar file to restore the components and select Next.
Note DRS time stamps each backup file enabling you to easily select the backup file to use for a
restore operation.
e. Select the software components to restore and select Next.
f. Select the specific server to restore each component.
Additionally, Unity Connection can perform a file integrity check as part of the restore
operation. This is advisable to ensure that the files are valid and have not been corrupted during
the backup or restore operations.
g. Select Restore to begin the restore of the selected .tar file to the server.
As with the restore operation, you can view the restore operation log file for each restored
component.
Also as with a restore operation, the time it takes to restore depends on the size of the database
and the components restored.
Step5 Restart the new Unity Connection server. In case of a cluster server, reboot the publisher server.
Step6 (Cluster only) Once the publisher reboots, run the following command on Command Line Interface
(CLI) on the subscriber server to copy the data from the publisher to the subscriber server:
utils cuc cluster overwritedb
Step7 (Cluster only) Run the following CLI command on either the publisher or subscriber server to check the
status of the Unity Connection cluster:
show cuc cluster status
Verify that the status of publisher server is Primary and subscriber server is Secondary. Test and
validate it before moving it back into production.
Viewing the Restore Status
To Check the Restore Status in Disaster Recovery System
Step1 Sign in to Disaster Recovery System and login using the same administrator username and password that
you use for Cisco Unified Operating System Administration.
Step2 Select Restore > Current Status. The Restore Status window displays.
The Status column in the Restore Status window shows the percentage of restore process completed.
Step3 To view the restore log file, select the log filename link.