Performing a binary database backup to a network device

Last Updated : Oct 02, 2024 |

About this task

You can back up the entire database in binary form. If you perform a binary backup, you cannot restore system data, call center administration data, or historical data individually.

The CMS server can be configured to use a network mount point for the binary backup and restore. The binary backup writes backup data to the network device. The speed of the network backup depends on your network bandwidth.

This procedure requires knowledge and experience with network file system mounts. You can find information about extracting data to a network mount point in Upgrading Avaya Call Management System. Additional information is also available in Maintaining and Troubleshooting Avaya Call Management System.

Procedure

  1. Create a mount point and mount the network file system to the CMS server.
  2. Modify /etc/vfstab to make sure your network file system can survive a reboot.
  3. Run the following touch command to create an empty file: 
    touch /<mount_point_path>/<binary_backup_filename>

    For example, run the following command:

  4. Run the following command to perform the backup: 
    /cms/install/bin/db_backup /<mount_point_path>/<binary_backup_filename>

Example

The following example shows the commands for mounting an NFS on Linux:

mkdir /nfs
mount -o vers=3 <machine_name>:/cms_db_backup /nfs
touch /nfs/cms_db_backup
/cms/install/bin/db_backup /nfs/cms_db_backup/<binary_backup_filename>