ADDENDUM TO ISSUE 4 OF THE AXXESS MANUALOCTOBER 1997
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Voice Mail Save/Restore To A NetworkDrive
The NT version of the AXXESSORY Talk allows the
userto save or restore the database, voice data, and se-
lected information using a network directory in addi-
tion to the AXXESSORY Talk hard drive or floppy
drive. The AXXESSORY Talk provides this support by
mapping the B drive to the desiredtarget directory as
follows:
•The Avdap service musthave access to directory
(readaccess for a restore and read/write access for
asave). If using a network path, it will need to run
AXXESSORY Talk so that it logs in as a network
user that has access to the network path.
•Tell the Avdap service tomap the B drive as the
specified directory.
•Specify the B drive as the save/restoredrive from
Database Programming.
NOTE: In order for this feature towork, the AXXES-
SORYTalk PC must not have a B drive (either real or
mapped). Otherwise, the AXXESSORY Talk will not
be able to perform its own B-drive mapping.
To map the B drive to a directory on the network, the
voicemail administrator needs to add a new command
option to the avdap.opt file in the root directory where
the AXXESSORY Talk software is installed. For ex-
ample, if the AXXESSORY Talk software is installed
inC:\AVDAP, the avdap.opt will have an absolute file-
nameC:\AVDAP\avdap.opt. Note that capitalization is
unimportant. The format of the command option to
map the B drive to a network directoryis:
–map_b=UNC_path
UNC_path is the name of the target directory in the
Universal Naming Convention as follows:
•If the target directory is a Netware path, the
UNC_pathcan specify a directory path (forexam-
ple, \\nwserver\sy2\ud\avdap\save).
•If the target directory is on another NT machine,
the UNC_path mustspecify a share name (for ex-
ample, \\ntserver\save_avdap_share).
Forexam ple, suppose a site wishes to perform saves to
theC: \AVDAPSV directory on the AXXESSORYTalk
PCitself (machine name VM_PC). The system admin-
istrator needs to create a share for the C:\AVDAPSV
directory. For example, the new shared directory is
calledVM_SAVE. The voic e mail administratorwould
thenneed to edit the file avdap.opt and add the follow-
ing line:
–map_b=\\VM_PC\VM_SAVE
Tosave t oa di rectoryon a different PC, the system ad-
ministratorneeds to create the shared directory on the
target PC, give the AXXE SSORY Talk’s account read/
write access to the directory, and specify the –map_b
line that refers to the target PC’s share.
CAUTION
When the AXXESSORY Talk performsa save op-
eration, it erases files and/or directories from the
UNC_path. Therefore, be careful whenspecifying
the save/restorepath. For example, do not specify
C:\ as the save/restorepath because the AXXES-
SORY Talk would delete the entire C drive.