GE Voluson P8, Basic Service Manual

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GE DRAFT V
OLUSON
™ P8/V
OLUSON
™P6
DIRECTION 5775469, R
EVISION
3 DRAFT (J
ULY
19, 2018) B
ASIC
S
ERVICE
M
ANUAL
Chapter 4 - Functional Checks 4-19
4-5-4 Load Full System Configuration (Full Backup)
WARNING WARNING
!! WARNING:
It is recommended to backup data before an upgrade; see: Section 4-5-3 on page 4-17 .
The “Full Backup” loading procedure replaces (overwrites) ALL the existing data
(except Application Settings which are adapted for the used System software version)
on the local hard drive of the
Voluson™ P8/Voluson™P6 system!
NOTICE
!! NOTICE:
It is neither required nor advisable to reload a previously stored “Full Backup” after a software
upgrade that was performed by means of the FMI FROM DVD button!
CAUTION
!! CAUTION:
There are circumstances where it is not possible to load (restore) all the data.
The following rules specify these restrictions:
1.) Generally, only restoring data from an older to a newer software version is possible.
Loading a backup into a system that has a lower software version than the system the backup was
created on is prohibited.
2.) Options can only be restored on the same Voluson™ P8/Voluson™P6 system within the same
major software version.
3.) When loading a backup into a system with a software version that has a higher major number, the
following items will not be restored:
A.) Options
B.) State of the Service Platform
4.) The user is only allowed to restore data to a different system if and only if the software version on
this system is the same as in the backup.
5.) The user is not allowed to restore the following items to a different system:
A.) Windows Network Settings
B.) Options
C.) DICOM AE Title
D.) DICOM Station Name
E.) State of the Service Platform