Automatic Backups; Manual Backups - Nortel CC MIS User Manual

Release 5.2
Note: Systems that store more
than 2 GBytes of data may not
be able to perform an unat-
tended nightly backup. The
information being backed up
may not fit on a single DAT
tape.
CC MIS Maintenance Guide

Automatic backups

The CC MIS system automatically performs backups every 24 hours,
if the "Nightly Backups" is enabled for the partition. It will backup ev-
ery partition for which this option is enabled (see partitions options in
Chapter 7). To verify that your daily database backup has been suc-
cessful, view the error log and look for one of the following messages:
Nightly Backup was successful, or Nightly Backup failed. To keep
one week of data as a backup, use a total of seven tapes for the daily
backup. Change the tape each day, storing the tape from the previous
day. Reuse the tapes in a seven day cycle. (Do not exceed the tape
manufacturer's recommended usage.)
The number of days, weeks, or months that data is stored is determined
by the parameters set through the storage calculator. The specified du-
ration identifies the period of time data is saved before being automat-
ically purged from the database.

Manual backups

Manual backups provide additional control over what is backed up.
The manual selections for BACKUP and RESTORE are as follows:
• For configuration only backup and restore - This backs up and
restores the information defined through the maintenance config-
uration screens.
• For partition/definition database only - This backs up and restores
the information defined through admin, reports, displays, config
screens, and so on. That includes all definitions that were created
by the supervisor.
• For partition/data database only - This backs up only historical
statistics. This is the data used in the custom and standard reports.
This is NOT data shown on real-time displays. (Not applicable
for NAPs.)
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