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Back Up and Restore
The backup and restore functions of EliteMail VMS/EliteMail Limited are
largely self-functioning. CoSession is used when a technician performs
manual backup or restore functions.
CoSession, a communication software tool available from NEC, is used for
EliteMail to perform all configuration, maintenance and backup functions.
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ECTION
1
I
NTRODUCTION
EliteMail VMS/EliteMail Limited has no access to secondary storage devices
for backup. This new method is provided to perform database archive and
system backup.
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D
EFINITIONS
The following definitions apply:
Backup
Backup is the transfer of all system data to offsite storage. In most
cases, the data from EliteMail is backed up to a support PC.
Archive
Archive is the transfer of system database and user greetings to a
second location on the EliteMail board.
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A
RCHIVE
F
EATURE
Description
The goal of database archive is to allow a system that has suffered
catastrophic data loss or other failure to restore itself to working condition.
EliteMail VMS/EliteMail Limited retains a default system database and the two
most recent databases.
EliteMail checks daily to determine if the database should be archived. If
necessary, the system builds a compressed file containing the system
database and all user greetings. The compressed file is then moved to the
ARCHIVE
directory on the EliteMail hard drive.
During bootup, EliteMail determines if an archived database should be
restored. If necessary, the system purges unusable data from the working
directories and restores a database from the
ARCHIVE
directory.