Cisco Systems Surveillance Media Server manual Restoring VSMS, Procedure

Restoring VSMS

The VSMS backup file is named VSMS_<ServerName>_backup_timestamp. For example, VSMS_PST_backup_20070327153851.tar.

Restoring VSMS

To restore the VSMS configuration, follow these steps:

Note This process is not intended for copying a configuration from VSMS server to another VSMS server.

Procedure

Step 1 Obtain a new license key by sending the MAC address of the server that you want to restore to license@broadware.com.

Step 2 Enter the following command to stop the server:

shell> /etc/init.d/cisco stop

Step 3 Uninstall the VSMS packages.

Step 4 Reinstall the VSMS packages.

Step 5 Perform the following steps to extract the backed up VSMS configuration data to the new server. This process extracts all necessary configuration files, including proxy, archive, and event data.

a.Locate the VSMS backup file that was created by using the VSMS console Backup command.

b.Use SSH to access the new VSMS server as the root user.

c.Copy the VSMS backup file from its current location to the VSMS server.

d.From the SSH command line, enter:

shell> tar -Pxvf <filename>.tar

Example:

shell> tar -Pxvf VSMS_PST_backup_20070327153851.tar

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