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Service Guide: Fiery® ES IC-420
Installing System Software
Using Fiery System Restore
Fiery System Restore allows you to create a backup of the Fiery ES for quick recovery later when any problem happens.
You can restore the Fiery ES either from images stored on the local hard disk, or from a bootable USB drive. Fiery System
Restore also provides the feature of creating the scheduled backups. You can access the Fiery System Restore from the
WebTools
Home
tab.
You must login to the system as a system administrator to use the Fiery System Restore features.
To access the Fiery System Restore features
1
From a client computer, start a web browser and enter the IP address or the DNS name of the Fiery ES.
2
Select
Home
tab.
The available features are listed under
Fiery System Restore
section.
You must log in to the system as a system administrator before performing any of the backup/restore process.
To setup automatic scheduled backup
1
In the WebTools
Home
tab, select
Schedule Automatic Backup
.
2
Select
Enable automatic backup
, and select when you want to start the backup process on the Fiery ES.
Note:
The backup process takes more than an hour to complete and it requires the Fiery ES to be Idle status. If the
Fiery ES is not in Idle status, the backup process does not start.
3
Click
Save
.
To create a backup
1
In the WebTools
Home
tab, select one of the options below.
•
Create Backup
>
USB
: Select this option when you create a backup on a USB flash drive. If you want to create a
backup of the current Fiery ES on the USB flash drive, select
New image
. You can select
Create bootable image
to
make the USB flash drive a bootable media.
If you want to create a factory image backup on a USB flash drive, select
Fiery factory image
.
Note:
The minimum size for the USB flash drive depends on the actual size of the backup file. You can determine
the size of the backup file by checking the
Estimated size
: field in the
Create USB Backup
dialog box. Prepare the
USB flash drive with enough capacity.
Note:
The maximum size of the USB flash drive is 32GB if you select
Create bootable image
option. You can use
the USB flash drive with more than 32GB capacity if you do not select
Fiery factory image
.
•
Create Backup
>
Internal hard drive
: Select this option when you create a backup on the HDD of the Fiery ES. You
must specify the file name of the backup image. The default image name is the server name of the Fiery ES.
2
Make sure to connect the USB drive to the USB connector on the Fiery ES.
Note:
If the capacity of the USB flash drive is less than size of the value listed in
Estimated size
: field, the backup
process will not take place.
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