Cisco Unity Express 2.3 CLI Administrator Guide - Backing Up and Restoring Data [Cisco Unity Express]

Table Of Contents

Backing Up and Restoring Data

Restrictions

Setting Backup Parameters

Prerequisites

Required Data for This Procedure

Examples

Backing Up Files

Examples

Restoring Files

Example

Copying Configurations

Copying from Flash Memory to Another Location

Copying from the Network FTP Server to Another Location

Copying the Flash Running Configuration to Another Location

Copying the Network TFTP Configuration to Another Location

Restoring Factory Default Values

Backing Up and Restoring Data

Last Updated: July 25, 2006

Cisco Unity Express backup and restore functions use an FTP server to store and retrieve data. The backup function copies the files from the Cisco Unity Express application to the FTP server and the restore function copies the files from the FTP server to the Cisco Unity Express application. The FTP server can reside anywhere in the network if the backup and restore functions can access it with an IP address or hostname.

We recommend that backups be done regularly to preserve voice-mail messages and configuration data.

Backup and restore commands are available in configuration mode and in offline mode.

•In configuration mode, commands are available to set the following parameters:

–Number of backup files to keep (the oldest file is deleted).

–URL of the FTP server where the files will be stored.

•In offline mode, perform the backup or restore procedure. Decide the following:

–Type of files to be backed up: all files (configuration and data), only configuration files, or only data files. Data files consist of voice-mail messages. Configuration files consist of all other system and application parameters.

–URL of the FTP server where the files will be stored.

Caution Offline mode terminates all existing voice-mail calls and IMAP and VoiceView Express sessions. No new voice-mail calls are allowed. Calls to auto attendant are allowed. We recommend doing a backup when no calls are active.

This chapter contains the following sections:

•Restrictions

•Setting Backup Parameters

•Backing Up Files

•Restoring Files

•Copying Configurations

•Restoring Factory Default Values

Restrictions

Cisco Unity Express does not support the following backup and restore capabilities:

•Scheduled backup and restore operations. The backup and restore procedures begin when the appropriate command is entered.

•Centralized message storage arrangement. Cisco Unity Express backup files cannot be used or integrated with other message stores.

•Selective backup and restore. Only full backup and restore functions are available. Individual voice-mail messages or other specific data cannot be stored or retrieved.

Setting Backup Parameters

The backup parameters define the FTP server to use for storing Cisco Unity Express backup files and the number of backups that are stored before the system deletes the oldest one.

All Cisco Unity Express backup files are stored on the specified server. You can copy the backup files to other locations or servers, if necessary.

Cisco Unity Express automatically assigns an ID to each successful backup. Use this backup ID to restore the backup.

Prerequisites

•Verify that the backup server is configured.

•Verify that an FTP administrator or other user who can log in to the FTP server has full permission on the FTP server, such as read, write, overwrite, create, and delete permissions for files and directories.

Required Data for This Procedure

•Number of revisions to save before the oldest backup is written over

•FTP server URL

•User ID and password of the FTP server login

SUMMARY STEPS

1. config t

2. backup {revisions number | server url ftp-url username ftp-username password ftp-password}

3. exit

4. show backup

DETAILED STEPS

Command or Action

Purpose

Step 1

config t
Example:

se-10-0-0-0# config t

Enters configuration mode.

Step 2

backup {revisions number | server url ftp-url username ftp-username password ftp-password}
Example:

se-10-0-0-0(config)# backup server url ftp://main/backups username "admin" password "wxyz"
se-10-0-0-0(config)# backup server url ftp://172.168.10.10/backups username "admin" password "wxyz"
se-10-0-0-0(config)# backup revisions 5

Sets the backup parameters.

•server url—The ftp-url value is the URL to the network FTP server where the backup files will be stored. The ftp-username and ftp-password values are the user ID and password for the network FTP server.

Note The backup server must be configured before the backup revisions can be configured.

•revisions—The number of backup files that will be stored. When this number is reached, the system deletes the oldest stored file.

In the example, main is the hostname of the FTP server and backups is the directory where backup files are stored.

Step 3

exit
Example:

se-10-0-0-0(config)# exit

Exits configuration mode.

Step 4

show backup
Example:

se-10-0-0-0# show backup

Displays the backup server configuration information, including the FTP server URL and the number of revisions.

Examples

The following example configures a backup server and displays the show backup output:
se-10-0-0-0# config t
se-10-0-0-0#(config)# backup server url ftp://172.16.0.0/backups username admin password 
voice
se-10-0-0-0#(config)# backup revisions 10
se-10-0-0-0#(config)# exit
se-10-0-0-0#
se-10-0-0-0# show backup
Server URL:                             ftp://172.16.0.0/backups
User Account on Server:                 admin
Number of Backups to Retain:            10
se-10-0-0-0#
Backing Up Files

Three types of backup requests are available: data only, configuration only, or all.

•Data—Backs up voice-mail greetings and voice-mail messages.

•Configuration—Backs up system configuration, including recorded names, custom scripts, and custom prompts. Use the show run command to display the current running configuration.

•All—Backs up all data and configuration information.

Backups are performed only in offline mode.

Cisco Unity Express automatically numbers and dates the backup files and identifies the revision number in a backupid field.

Performing different backup types at various times causes different backup IDs for data backups and configuration backups. For example, the last data backup ID might be 3, and the last configuration backup might be 4. Performing an "all" backup might result in a backup ID of 5 for both data and configuration.

When restoring the files, refer to the backup ID for the backup file that you want to use. Use the show backup server command for a list of backup IDs.

Note We recommend that you back up your configuration files whenever changes are made to the system or application files. Data files, which contain voice messages, should be backed up regularly to minimize data loss, such as from a hardware failure.

Caution Offline mode terminates all existing voice-mail calls, and no new voice-mail calls are allowed. Calls to auto attendant are allowed. We recommend doing a backup when telephone subscribers are not active on calls.

SUMMARY STEPS

1. offline

2. backup category {all | configuration | data}

3. continue

4. show backup history

5. show backup server

DETAILED STEPS

Command or Action

Purpose

Step 1

offline
Example:

se-10-0-0-0# offline

Enters offline mode. All active voice-mail calls are terminated.

Step 2

backup category {all | configuration | data}
Example:

se-10-0-0-0(offline)# backup category all
se-10-0-0-0(offline)# backup category configuration
se-10-0-0-0(offline)# backup category data

Specifies the type of data to be backed up and stored.

Step 3

continue
Example:

se-10-0-0-0(offline)# continue

Exits offline mode and returns to EXEC mode.

Step 4

show backup history
Example:

se-10-0-0-0# show backup history

Displays the backup and restore procedures and the success or failure of those attempts.

Step 5

show backup server
Example:

se-10-0-0-0# show backup server

Displays the backup files available on the backup server, the date of each backup, and the backup file ID.

Examples

The following example displays the output from the show backup commands:
se-10-0-0-0# show backup history
#Start Operation
Category:      Configuration
Backup Server: ftp://10.100.10.215/CUE_backup
Operation:     Backup
Backupid:      2
Restoreid:     -1
Description:   test backup 1
Date:          Sun Jun 13 12:32:48 PDT 1993
Result:        Success
Reason:
#End Operation
#Start Operation
Category:      Data
Backup Server: ftp://10.100.10.215/CUE_backup
Operation:     Backup
Backupid:      2
Restoreid:     -1
Description:   CUE test backup
Date:          Sun Jun 13 12:32:57 PDT 1993
Result:        Success
Reason:
#End Operation
#Start Operation
Category:      Configuration
Backup Server: ftp://10.100.10.215/CUE_backup
Operation:     Restore
Backupid:      2
Restoreid:     1
Description:
Date:          Sun Jun 13 12:37:52 PDT 1993
Result:        Success
Reason:
#End Operation
#Start Operation
Category:      Data
Backup Server: ftp://10.100.10.215/CUE_backup
Operation:     Restore
Backupid:      2
Restoreid:     1
Description:
Date:          Sun Jun 13 12:38:00 PDT 1993
Result:        Success
Reason:
#End Operation
se-10-0-0-0# show backup server 
Category:       Data
Details of last 5 backups
Backupid:     1
Date:         Tue Jul 22 10:55:52 PDT 2003
Description:  
Backupid:     2
Date:         Tue Jul 29 18:06:33 PDT 2003
Description:  
Backupid:     3
Date:         Tue Jul 29 19:10:32 PDT 2003
Description:  
Category:       Configuration
Details of last 5 backups
Backupid:     1
Date:         Tue Jul 22 10:55:48 PDT 2003
Description:  
Backupid:     2
Date:         Tue Jul 29 18:06:27 PDT 2003
Description:  
Backupid:     3
Date:         Tue Jul 29 19:10:29 PDT 2003
Description:  
se-10-0-0-0#
Restoring Files

After the backup files are created, you can restore them when needed. Restoring is done in offline mode, which terminates all voice-mail active voice-mail calls and IMAP and VoiceView Express sessions. It does not permit new voice-mail calls (auto attendant calls are permitted) or new IMAP and VoiceView Express sessions. You should consider doing the restore when telephone subscribers are least likely to be on the telephone.

Use the show backup server command to locate the backup ID of the file that you want to restore.

SUMMARY STEPS

1. show backup server

2. offline

3. restore id backupid category {all | configuration | data}

4. show backup history

5. reload

DETAILED STEPS

Command or Action

Purpose

Step 1

show backup server
Example:

se-10-0-0-0# show backup server

Lists the data and configuration backup files. Look at the backup ID field for the revision number of the file that you want to restore.

Step 2

offline
Example:

se-10-0-0-0# offline

Enters offline mode. All active voice-mail calls are terminated.

Step 3

restore id backupid category {all | configuration | data}
Example:

se-10-0-0-0(offline)# restore id 22 category all
se-10-0-0-0(offline)# restore id 8 category configuration
se-10-0-0-0(offline)# restore id 3 category data

Specifies the backup ID backupid value and the file type to be restored.

Step 4

show backup history
Example:

se-10-0-0-0# show backup history

Displays the backup and restore procedures and the success or failure of those attempts.

Step 5

reload
Example:

se-10-0-0-0(offline)# reload

Resets the Cisco Unity Express module so that the restored values take effect.

Example
The following example displays the backup server and backup history:
se-10-0-0-0# show backup server 
Category:       Data
Details of last 5 backups
Backupid:     1
Date:         Tue Jul 22 10:55:52 PDT 2003
Description:  
Backupid:     2
Date:         Tue Jul 29 18:06:33 PDT 2003
Description:  
Backupid:     3
Date:         Tue Jul 29 19:10:32 PDT 2003
Description:  
Category:       Configuration
Details of last 5 backups
Backupid:     1
Date:         Tue Jul 22 10:55:48 PDT 2003
Description:  
Backupid:     2
Date:         Tue Jul 29 18:06:27 PDT 2003
Description:  
Backupid:     3
Date:         Tue Jul 29 19:10:29 PDT 2003
Description:  
se-10-0-0-0# 
se-10-0-0-0# show backup history
Start Operation
Category:      Configuration
Backup Server: ftp://10.100.10.215/CUE_backup
Operation:     Backup
Backupid:      1
Restoreid:     -1
Description:   test backup 1
Date:          Sun Jun 13 12:23:38 PDT 1993
Result:        Failure
Reason:        Script execution failed: /bin/BR_VMConfg_backup.sh: returnvalue:1
 ; Server Url:ftp://10.100.10.215/CUE_backup: returnvalue:9 Unable to authenticate
#End Operation
#Start Operation
Category:      Data
Backup Server: ftp://10.100.10.215/CUE_backup
Operation:     Backup
Backupid:      1
Restoreid:     -1
Description:   test backup 1
Date:          Sun Jun 13 12:23:44 PDT 1993
Result:        Failure
Reason:        Script execution failed: /bin/BR_VMData_backup.sh: returnvalue:1
Voicemail Backup failed; Server Url:ftp://10.100.10.215/CUE_backup: returnvalue:9
 Unable to authenticate
#End Operation
#Start Operation
Category:      Configuration
Backup Server: ftp://10.100.10.215/CUE_backup
Operation:     Backup
Backupid:      2
Restoreid:     -1
Description:   CUE test backup
Date:          Sun Jun 13 12:32:48 PDT 1993
Result:        Success
Reason:
#End Operation
#Start Operation
Category:      Data
Backup Server: ftp://10.100.10.215/CUE_backup
Operation:     Backup
Backupid:      2
Restoreid:     -1
Description:   CUE test backup
Date:          Sun Jun 13 12:32:57 PDT 1993
Result:        Success
Reason:
#End Operation

Copying Configurations

The following Cisco Unity Express EXEC commands are available to copy the startup configuration and running configuration to and from Flash memory, the network FTP server, and the network TFTP server.

Copying from Flash Memory to Another Location

Starting in Cisco Unity Express EXEC mode, use the following command to copy the startup configuration in Flash memory to another location:
copy startup-config {ftp: user-id:password@ftp-server-address/[directory] |  
tftp:tftp-server-address} filename
Keyword or Argument

Description

ftp: user-id:password@

User ID and password for the FTP server. Include the colon (:) and the at sign (@) in your entry.

ftp-server-address

IP address of the FTP server.

/directory

(Optional) Directory on the TFTP server where the copied file will reside. If you use it, precede the name with the forward slash (/).

tftp:tftp-server-address

IP address of the TFTP server.

filename

Name of the destination file that will contain the copied startup configuration.

This command is interactive and prompts you for the information. You cannot enter the parameters in one line. The following examples illustrate this process.

In this example, the startup configuration is copied to the FTP server, which requires a user ID and password to transfer files. The IP address of the FTP server is 172.16.231.193. The startup configuration file is saved on the FTP server with the filename start.
se-10-0-0-0# copy startup-config ftp
Address or name of remote host? admin:voice@172.16.231.193
Source filename? start
The following example shows the startup configuration copied to the TFTP server, which does not require a user ID and password. The IP address of the TFTP server is 172.16.231.190. The startup configuration is saved in the TFTP directory configs as filename temp_start.
se-10-0-0-0# copy startup-config tftp
Address or name of remote host? 172.16.231.190/configs
Source filename? temp_start
Copying from the Network FTP Server to Another Location

Starting in Cisco Unity Express EXEC mode, use the following command to copy the network FTP server configuration to another location:
copy ftp: {running-config | startup-config} user-id:password@ftp-server-address/[directory] 
filename
Keyword or Argument

Description

running-config

Active configuration in Flash memory.

startup-config

Startup configuration in Flash memory.

user-id:password@

User ID and password for the FTP server. Include the colon (:) and the at sign (@) in your entry.

ftp-server-address

IP address of the FTP server.

/directory

(Optional) Directory name for retrieving the file. If you use it, precede the name with the forward slash (/).

filename

Name of the source file to be copied.

This command is interactive and prompts you for the information. You cannot enter the parameters in one line. The following example illustrates this process.

In this example, the FTP server requires a user ID and password. The IP address of the FTP server is 10.3.61.16. The file start in the FTP server configs directory is copied to the startup configuration.
se-10-0-0-0# copy ftp: startup-config 
!!!WARNING!!! This operation will overwrite your startup configuration.
Do you wish to continue[y]? y
Address or name or remote host? admin:voice@10.3.61.16/configs 
Source filename? start
Copying the Flash Running Configuration to Another Location

Starting in Cisco Unity Express EXEC mode, use the following command to copy the running configuration in Flash memory to another location:
copy running-config {ftp: user-id:password@ftp-server-address/[directory] | 
startup-config | tftp:tftp-server-address} filename
Keyword or Argument

Description

ftp: user-id:password@

User ID and password for the FTP server. Include the colon (:) and the at sign (@) in your entry.

ftp-server-address

IP address of the FTP server.

/directory

(Optional) Directory on the FTP server where the copied file will reside. If you use it, precede the name with the forward slash (/).

startup-config

Startup configuration in Flash memory.

tftp:tftp-server-address

IP address of the TFTP server.

filename

Name of the destination file that will contain the copied running configuration.
When you copy the running configuration to the startup configuration, enter the command on one line.
When you copy to the FTP or TFTP server, this command becomes interactive and prompts you for the 
information. You cannot enter the parameters in one line. The following example illustrates this 
process. 
In the following example, the running configuration is copied to the FTP server, which requires a user 
ID and password. The IP address of the FTP server is 172.16.231.193. The running configuration is 
copied to the configs directory as file saved_start.
se-10-0-0-0# copy running-config ftp:
Address or name of remote host? admin:voice@172.16.231.193/configs
Source filename? saved_start
In the following example, the running configuration is copied to the startup configuration as file start. 
In this instance, enter the command on a single line.
se-10-0-0-0# copy running-config startup-config start
Copying the Network TFTP Configuration to Another Location

Starting in Cisco Unity Express EXEC mode, use the following command to copy the network TFTP configuration to another location:
copy tftp: {running-config | startup-config} tftp-server-address/[directory] filename
Keyword or Argument

Description

running-config

Active configuration in Flash memory.

startup-config

Startup configuration in Flash memory.

tftp-server-address

IP address of the TFTP server.

/directory

(Optional) Directory on the TFTP server where the copied file will reside. If you use it, precede the name with the forward slash (/).

filename

Name of the source file to be copied.

This command is interactive and prompts you for the information. You cannot enter the parameters in one line. The following example illustrates this process.

In this example, the TFTP server has IP address 10.3.61.16. The file start in directory configs on the TFTP server is copied to the startup configuration.
se-10-0-0-0# copy tftp: startup-config
!!!WARNING!!! This operation will overwrite your startup configuration.
Do you wish to continue[y]? y
Address or name of remote host? 10.3.61.16/configs
Source filename? start
Restoring Factory Default Values

Cisco Unity Express provides a command to restore the factory default values for the entire system. Restoring the system to the factory defaults erases the current configuration. This function is available in offline mode.

Caution This operation is irreversible. All data and configuration files are erased. Use this feature with caution. We recommend that you do a full system backup before proceeding with this feature.

When the system is clean, the administrator sees a message that the system will reload, and the system begins to reload. When the reload is complete, the system prompts the administrator to go through the postinstallation process.

When logging in to the graphical user interface (GUI), the administrator has the option to run the initialization wizard.

Perform the following steps to reset the system to Cisco Unity Express factory default values.

Step 1 se-10-0-0-0# offline

This command puts the system into offline mode.

Step 2 (offline)# restore factory default
This operation will cause all the configuration and data on the system to be erased. This 
operation is not reversible. Do you wish to continue? (n)
Step 3 Do one of the following:

•Enter n if want to retain the system configuration and data.

The operation is cancelled, but the system remains in offline mode. To return to online mode, enter continue.

•Enter y if you want to erase the system configuration and data.

When the system is clean, a message appears indicating that the system will start to reload. When the reload is complete, a prompt appears to start the postinstallation process.