This chapter looks at how the web manager menus can be used to configure backup and restore operation between servers.
If the IP Office server hard disk has sufficient capacity, you can use it to receive backups from other IP Office servers. However, this is not a suitable solution for its own backups. Therefore, the recommendation is to backup to another IP Office server.
Within a primary/secondary server pair, you can configure reciprocal backups.
The preferred option is a separate backup server. This can be done by installing an IP Office Application server with a sufficiently large hard disk (see Disk space required for backups) and no services (Voicemail Pro and Avaya one-X Portal) enabled.
Warning:
Backup/restore is not supported between different server software release levels. Any exceptions are specifically documented in software release notes and migration documents.
You cannot restore data to a server unless either the IP Address or the system id (LAN1 MAC address) match the server from which it was backed up.
Backup and restore action must only be performed using servers inside a secure, trusted network.
