26 - 4 Back Up and Restore
Issue 3 EliteMail VMS/EliteMail Limited
The second method requires the technic ian to initiate restore by
attaching to the system using CoSession, exiting voice mail
application to DOS, and runni ng one o f three bat ch files ( Archive 1,
Archive 2, or Defaults). The technicia n must verify that all data should
be replaced by archived data. Selected data is dearchived into the
working directories, and the syste m is re bo oted.

Operational Criteria

This feature must reliably and cons istently shut down the VPS, copy
database files from one directory to another, reboot the system, and start
the VPS again.
This feature must perform its f unctions in a maximum of 5 minutes.
Customers do not tolerate a VPS t hat is unavailable for longer time
intervals.
This feature must accurately resto re the archived database including
personal names and user rec ordings but excluding messages and
modified system prompts that existed when the database was archived.

SECTION 4

BACKUP FEATURE Description

The backup feature saves the entire state of the voice processing system
at time of backup. Archiving only stores part of the data base, but backup
saves executable files, the entire datab ase, and all m essages, gre etings,
and voice names from the system.
Feature Input/Output
Backup is performed manually, and the technic ian must connect to
EliteMail VMS/EliteMail Limited thro ugh the serial p ort connection. V PS
cannot be running during backup, and the procedure is not available
through technician conversation.
User Interface
Backup uses CoSession to provide access to the EliteMail system and
uses CoSession script feature to perform the system backup. All EliteMail
systems are shipped with CoSession so ftw a re that provides script ability.
A script driven utility allows the technician to pe rform either a backup or
restore and configure commun ications between the support PC and
EliteMail.