Back Up and Restore

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The backup and restore functions of EliteMail VMS/EliteMail Limited are

 

largely self-functioning. CoSession is used when a technician performs

 

manual backup or restore functions.

 

CoSession, a communication software tool available from NEC, is used for

SECTION 1

EliteMail to perform all configuration, maintenance and backup functions.

 

INTRODUCTION

EliteMail VMS/EliteMail Limited has no access to secondary storage devices

 

for backup. This new method is provided to perform database archive and

 

system backup.

SECTION 2

 

DEFINITIONS

The following definitions apply:

 

Backup

 

Backup is the transfer of all system data to offsite storage. In most

 

￿cases, the data from EliteMail is backed up to a support PC.

 

Archive

 

Archive is the transfer of system database and user greetings to a

 

second location on the EliteMail board.

SECTION 3

Description

ARCHIVE FEATURE

 

The goal of database archive is to allow a system that has suffered

 

catastrophic data loss or other failure to restore itself to working condition.

 

EliteMail VMS/EliteMail Limited retains a default system database and the two

 

most recent databases.

 

EliteMail checks daily to determine if the database should be archived. If

 

necessary, the system builds a compressed file containing the system

 

database and all user greetings. The compressed file is then moved to the

 

ARCHIVE directory on the EliteMail hard drive.

 

During bootup, EliteMail determines if an archived database should be

 

restored. If necessary, the system purges unusable data from the working

 

directories and restores a database from the ARCHIVE directory.

Reference

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