Verifying The Backup; Suppressing Alarming - Avaya S8100 Series Manual

Note:
If you back up to a flashcard, Avaya recommends that you use a different
Note:
flashcard from the one with the prior release translations. You might need these
translations if you need to back out of the upgrade, migration, or conversion
procedure.
3. Select the backup method.
4. Click Start Backup to start the back up process.

Verifying the backup

To verify that the backup was successful:
1. Under Data Backup/Restore, select Backup History.
2. Select the backup that you want to verify, and click Check Status.
The system displays the status of the backup.
3. Verify that Backup Successful appears for each data set in the backup.

Suppressing alarming

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CAUTION:
Ensure that you suppress alarming during the upgrade. If you do not, the system
CAUTION:
can generate alarms, resulting in unnecessary trouble tickets.
To suppress alarming:
1. Access the command line interface of the server with telnet and an IP address of
192.11.13.6.
2. Log in as craft.
3. Type almsuppress -t time, where time is the length of time that the alarms are
suppressed up to 120 minutes (2 hours). Press Enter to suppress both dial-out and SNMP
alarms.
The system displays the following message:
Alarm is suppressed. 120 minutes left.
4. Log off and close the dialog box.
Preupgrade tasks
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