NEC NDA-24298 manual IPX MAT File Operations, Office Data Backup

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6.2.6IPX MAT File Operations

The IPX MAT creates three types of files; Command Log files, Office Data Backup files, and List-up Command Report data tables. Command Log files and List-up Command Report data tables are the only files a user needs to view. The Office Data Backup files are used strictly for saving and storing the PBX Office Data.

6.2.6.1Office Data Backup

It is always a good idea to routinely backup the data from the IPX memory to its internal hard disk. This data should then be saved from the IPX internal hard disk to the IPX MAT hard disk to ensure that no data is lost.

Once the data has been saved from the IPX internal hard disk to the IPX MAT’s hard disk, you can use standard operating functions to copy the saved data to floppy disks, zip drive disks, writable CD-ROM drives, or any other type of external storage devices supported by the operating system. Doing a three phase backup (save) ensures the IPX Office data is safe and always available for restoration in case of an IPX data memory loss, hard disk failure, or any other IPX-related catastrophic failure that requires data memory to be reloaded.

MEM_HDD and HDD_MAT are the two commands used for this three-phase backup. Once the data is saved to the IPX MAT, you can use Explorer to copy the appropriate files to the external mass storage device. To use Explorer, you must first determine where the IPX MAT copy of the numerous IPX Office Data backup files resides.

As an example, assume the default drive and directory C:\IMXMAT were used when IPX MAT was installed. Also assume that a PBX Alias was configured using the PBX Configuration dialog and assigned the PBX Alias name MY_PBX.

The IPX MAT always uses the same data directory structure when backing up data from the IPX. It creates a sub-directory under the IPX MAT home directory called DATA. Under the DATA directory another sub-directory using the PBX Alias name is created. In our example, this sub-directory is named MY_PBX. Under the PBX Alias directory, another sub-directory is created. The name of this directory is BACKUP. This directory structure always holds true. The only variables are the name of the IPX MAT home directory (default C:\IMXMAT) and the PBX Alias directory (in our example, MY_PBX). The complete directory structure for our example is as follows: C:\IMXMAT\DATA\MY_PBX\BACKUP. The bottom sub-directory (BACKUP) contains all files that have been backed up from the IPX using the HDD_MAT command.

To save these files to an external storage device, open Explorer, navigate to the appropriate backup directory (C:\IMXMAT\DATA\MY_PBX\BACKUP) and select ALL files and/or sub-directories and copy them to your external device. You now have a safe backup of your IPX data memory that can be stored at an offsite location.

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