Backing up H.323 phone settings on the Utility Server

Last Updated : Jun 10, 2026 |

About this task

Use this procedure to back up H.323 phone settings, such as contact list, ring volume, and ring tone settings, on the Utility Server.

Important:

The Utility Server does not support the backup of SIP phone settings.

The Utility Server stores phone settings in a text file in the /var/www/http/PhoneBackup/ directory. The name of this file contains the extension number of the phone. In a cluster environment, phone settings are stored on the seed node. The Utility Server supports both HTTP and HTTPS authentication methods for backup operations.

When you back up the Utility Server, the backup includes phone settings.

Before you begin

  • Configure a DHCP server. For more information, see Setting up a DHCP server.

  • For AWS deployments, ensure that an inbound rule for HTTP port 80 is configured on a security group that you use for Avaya Aura® Device Services nodes.

Procedure

  1. Run the following commands to enable port 80 on the server: 
    cdto misc
sudo ./us-http-port.sh --enable

    For more information about this command, run the sudo ./us-http-port.sh —h command.

  2. Log in to your phone and perform a manual backup.

    For more information about performing a manual backup on your phone, see the documentation for your phone model.

    The backup file is created on the server in the /PhoneBackup directory. For example: /PhoneBackup/17774441530_96xxdata.txt.

  3. Reboot the phone.
  4. Add one of the following entries to the 46xxsettings.txt file for the phone model:

    • SET BRURI http://<username>:<password>@<AADS_IP_OR_FQDN>/PhoneBackup

    • SET BRURI https://<username>:<password>@<AADS_IP_OR_FQDN>/PhoneBackup

    In these entries, <username> and <password> are credentials of the administrative user that you created during the OVA deployment and <AADS_IP_OR_FQDN> is either the IP address or FQDN of Avaya Aura® Device Services. In a cluster environment, <AADS_IP_OR_FQDN> is either the IP address or FQDN of the seed node.