Avaya Aura® Media Server (MS) can backup and restore system configuration data and application content stored in Content Store. You must maintain backups of your system to recover from hardware failure or to restore data to a previous point in time.
Using Element Manager (EM), you can define, manage, and schedule backup and restore tasks. Use the Avaya Aura® MS command line backup and restore tool when you use a management interface other than Avaya Aura® MS EM.
Important:
Storing the backup file locally on the same disk does not protect data from disk drive failure.
If you reimage your system or replace the disk drive, you must preserve the backup file in a safe location. This is required, if you have stored the backup file on the disk being replaced. Preserving the backup file ensures the backup is available for you to restore or upgrade the Avaya Aura® MS system
If you are restoring the backup files to a system, then the system’s major, minor, and subminor version must match the major, minor, and subminor version of the system the backup came from. If it doesn’t match you must use the migration tool amsupgrade to migrate the data forward.
Backup data is not portable from one server to another. If you need to replace a server, you must configure the server with the same IP address and hostname so that the data is compatible. See Server replacement in Installing and Updating Avaya Aura® Media Server Application on Customer Supplied Hardware and OS.
