Chapter 11 Backing Up and Restoring BCM50 Data 271
BCM50 Administration Guide
Chapter 11
Backing Up and Restoring BCM50 Data
This chapter provides information about how to back up and restore data from the BCM50 system.
Overview of backing up and restoring data
Before you make administrative changes or as your BCM50 system accumulates information, you
can create a backup archive on the BCM itself, on a USB drive, or on another location on the
network. At a later time, you can restore the data to the BCM50.
You can restore data to the same system or to a different system at the same software release level.
The BCM50 checks the software release level of the destination system and will provide a warning
if an incompatibility prevents the backup from being restored onto the selected system.
Backup and restore operations are performed by only one operator at a time to avoid conflicts with
other operations. All passwords and database records included with your backup file are
encrypted.
You can perform backup operations on demand or you can schedule a single backup or recurring
backups. You can view the backup schedule and change it as required, and you can also save a
record of the backup schedule that you set. For information about saving programming records,
see “Saving programming records” on page 58.
A restore operation can be performed on demand only.
Backup and restore options
You can backup and restore the settings and service data of your BCM50.
Note: Nortel recommends that you back up BCM50 data on a regular basis. In
particular, you should perform a backup of the BCM50 and router data before you
undertake major configuration changes and before you apply a software update or
upgrade.