3Com 3C10402B, Administrator'S Manual

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HAPTER
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YSTEM
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AINTENANCE
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When you upgrade system software, answer Yes when the software
prompts you to include the database in the upgrade process.
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After an upgrade, backup the database again.
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After you make any administrator-level configuration changes, backup
the database.
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To ensure that you capture changes that telephone users make to their
personal settings, perform frequent or, if possible, daily backups.
A backup of your system data includes voice mail messages and licenses
only if you specify that you want to include them. If voice mail was not
included when the system data was backed up, you cannot specify that
you want to restore voice mail during a restore operation.
During a backup operation, a series of status windows track the steps.
Some steps might occur quickly so that you do not see the status
window. For example, you might see the status window appear to go
from step 1 to step 4, if steps 2 and 3 complete quickly.
A system task, which is independent of all other system tasks, backs up
your database. You can safely perform any of these actions before the
backup operation completes without interfering with the backup:
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Click your browser’s Back button
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Click your browser’s Stop button
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Exit your browser
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Shut off your computer
If another administrator tries to back up the system database before the
current backup task completes, a message warns that a backup is
currently in progress.
The message includes:
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The IP address of the computer from which the backup was started
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The time that the backup was started
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The current step of the upgrade process