Enabling Hot Backup - Polycom RMX 1500 Administrator's Manual

Polycom RMX 1500/2000/4000 Administrator's Guide
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Enabling Hot Backup

To enable Hot Backup:
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If Hot Backup is disabled, all ongoing conferences and Reservations backed up on the
Slave MCU are automatically deleted.
Master and Slave initial roles can be reversed only after all ongoing conferences and
Reservations are deleted.
Changes to the Master MCU that require a System Reset can only be made after Hot
Backup is disabled.
On the RMX menu, click Setup > Hot Backup.
The RMX Hot Backup dialog box is displayed.
Complete or modify the following fields:
Table 19-22 Hot Backup
Field
Hot Backup Enabled
MCU Role:
Paired MCU IP
Address
Synchronization
Status
Description
Select this check box to enable Hot Backup.
This setting determines the role of the MCU in the Hot Backup
configuration.
Select either Master MCU or Slave MCU from the drop-down menu.
Enter the Control Unit IP Address of the:
• Slave MCU (if this MCU is the Master)
• Master MCU (if this MCU is the Slave)
The status of the synchronization between the Master and Slave
MCUs in the Hot Backup configuration is indicated as:
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OK - Hot Backup is functioning normally, and the Master and
Slave MCUs are synchronized.
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Attempting - Hot Backup is attempting to synchronize the Master
and Slave MCUs.
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Fail - A failure occurred while trying to synchronize the paired
MCUs.
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None - Hot Backup has not been enabled.
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