Backing Up Files On The Standby Media Server; Verifying The Backup; Suppressing Alarming - Avaya S8100 Series Manual

Upgrading Communication Manager on Avaya S8700-series Media Servers or S8700-series ESS from R2.x/

Backing up files on the standby media server

To back up the system configuration files on the standby media server:
1. Under Data Backup/Restore, select Backup Now.
2. Select the data sets, including Avaya Call Processing (ACP) translations, and the backup
method.
!
Important:
Do not select Full Backup or Save ACP translations prior to backup because
Important:
you cannot save translations on a standby media server.
3. Click Start Backup to start the back up process. Wait until the backup is complete.

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

!
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.
218 Upgrading, Migrating, and Converting Media Servers and Gateways