Note: Best Practices for Backup Data

We strongly suggest that you:

Download backup files regularly for safekeeping

Delete backup files after downloading in order to free up disk space.

If you need to preserve transactional data and be able to restore it, regularly perform a full backup and download it from the cluster.

If you have a superclustered system, download backup files from each cluster (each cluster’s backup files include only the call, conference, and registration history for that cluster).

Restore from a backup only when there is no activity on the system. Restoring terminates all conferences and reboots the system.

For a two-server cluster, make system configuration changes, including restores, only when both servers are running and clustered.

If the system is shut down or in a bad state, the Polycom RealPresence DMA USB Configuration Utility (on the USB flash drive used to initially configure the network and system parameters) can restore the Polycom RealPresence DMA system from a backup file (full or configuration-only) that you load onto the USB flash drive.

The following table describes the fields in the Backup and Restore list.

Column

Description

 

 

Creation Date

Timestamp of the backup file.

 

 

Name

Name of the backup file.

 

 

Size

Size of the backup file.

 

 

System Version

Version number of the application that created the backup file.

 

 

SHA1

SHA1 checksum for the backup file. You can use this to confirm that a

 

downloaded file is an exact copy of one on the server.

 

 

See also:

Management and Maintenance Overview on page 332

Recommended Regular Maintenance on page 334

Confirm Restore Dialog Box on page 375

Backup and Restore Procedures on page 376

Confirm Restore Dialog Box

The Confirm Restore dialog box appears when you select a backup file and click Restore Selected in the Actions list.

If the backup file you selected is from a non-identical version of the software, you’re warned of the possible consequences and asked to confirm that you want to continue.

Select which data you want to restore and click OK. The options may include:

IP network configuration

Feature and system configuration

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