Backing Up The System - Nortel Meridian 1 Planning, Installation And Operating Instructions

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Backing up the system

553-3121-210 Standard 3.0
Chapter 20 — Meridian Mail Compact Option installation and maintenance
Before you perform any significant hardware or software procedures, you
should back up the Meridian Mail Compact Option system from disk to tape
so that, in the event that something goes wrong, the customer's data will not
be lost.
If an external tape drive is already installed, there is no need to courtesy
down. The Meridian Mail Compact Option system can remain active during
a backup. Any changes to the system's data that occur during the backup are
recorded at the very end of the backup process. However, since the backup
procedure may slow down the system, we recommend you only perform
backups when your system is not busy.
The tapes you receive from Nortel are 3M brand DC6250 tapes. Be sure to
use this tape format for your backups.
If you encounter any problems with the following procedure, refer to "Tape
drive problems" on
Procedure 47
Backing up the system
1 If one is not already connected, connect an external tape drive to the
Meridian Mail Compact Option voice mail card. (Refer to
on page 211.)
2 Log on to the Meridian Mail Compact Option system at the system
administrator's terminal.
3 From the Main Menu, choose "2 General Administration."→
"2 Volume Administration."
4 Choose the disk volume you wish to back up. (The Meridian Mail
Compact Option has only one disk volume, but you still must select it
by pressing the space bar.)
5 Press [Backup To Tape].
6 The Disk to Tape Backup screen appears.
7 Press [Immediate Backup].
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