Avaya Video Communications Systems Administrator Guide
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Saving and Restoring a System Configuration
You can save and restore a system configuration only from the web administration interface.
The
System Save
feature creates a text file that contains command line interface
commands to restore a saved configuration. The saved configuration includes all the
preferences that can be set through the command line interface, except the command line
interface password and the password for the default SNMP user. You can edit the file
manually to customize the configuration. The
System Restore
feature restores a system
configuration using the saved configuration file.
Note:
Configuration preferences and options vary across Avaya system models and
software releases. Restoring a system configuration using a file saved from a
different model or software release may produce unexpected results. Avaya
recommends that you restore a configuration that was saved from the same system
or the same system model and software release.
To save a system configuration from the web administration interface, follow these steps:
1.
In the web administration interface, navigate to
Preferences : System : System Reset
.
If you wish to save system passwords in the file, select
Save passwords
. Passwords
saved with this option are not encrypted.
2.
Click
System Save
.
3.
In the
Download
file
dialog box, click
Yes
.
4.
When prompted, choose a location in which to save the configuration file and then click
Save
.
To restore the system configuration from the web administration interface, follow these
steps:
1.
Ensure that a saved configuration file exists before performing a restore.
2.
If you chose not to save passwords when you saved the configuration file, passwords
appear in the file as tokens surrounded by ### characters and
FIX:
precedes the
command in the configuration file, for example:
FIX: set admin password ###Password###
If you wish to replace these tokens with passwords before using the file to restore a
system, delete
FIX:
and replace ###
token
### with the password. If you do not edit
these lines, error 09 (invalid command) appears in the command output when you
restore the system; the
FIX:
lines are ignored; and values previously set for the
passwords remain unchanged.
