# Back up the LAN using FTP

NuPoint UM supports manual and scheduled backups of all application data from the NuPoint UM server(s) using Microsoft Networking or a FTP server on the customer's LAN. Each backup is a full and independent backup of NuPoint UM data, and does not include existing MSL configuration data. You perform backups over the LAN to an FTP server or a Microsoft network share.

NuPoint UM provides a system restore capability from the LAN archive to the server. You can restore data using FTP / MS Network interchangeably, provided that you use the same directory path for both. The format of the backed up data is the same, regardless of whether you backed it up using FTP or MS Networking.

Backing up NuPoint UM data can take a few seconds or up to several hours. Factors that influence the duration include

- The nature of the files to be backed up and the amount of information being transferred. Messages, names, and greetings are large files and significantly increase the backup duration.

- The network speed: the throughput of the network between the NuPoint UM system and the storage server.

- The processing speed of the storage server.

## Before You Begin

- For the LAN backup to function, you must enable write access on the customer's FTP server before you perform the backup. Failure to do so will result in errors.

- Ensure the Windows PC has sufficient disk space available for the backup.

- If you have added local host names for VPIM servers to the MSL server, the host names are not backed up by the LAN backup procedure. To back up local host names for VPIM servers on the MSL server, you must back up the MSL server settings before you perform the LAN backup procedure. For information on backing up the MSL server, refer to the Mitel Standard Linux Technician's Handbook on the Mitel Customer Documentation site at http://edocs.mitel.com/.

- Ensure the network connection is functioning and is stable.

- For Active/Active and Active/Passive systems, ensure the backup is restored to the correct server (for example, the server1 backup must be restored to server1) in order to maintain cluster and ILO information.

- Configure the FTP Server for LAN backups and restores.

To specify network, login, and default backup settings for the FTP destination server

1. Access Text console and connect to the NuPoint UM node.

2. Log in as root and type the root password.

3. Access the FTP Backup menu: select S (System Maintenance), L (NPM Backup Menu), and L (Lan Backup using FTP).

4. In the FTP Backup menu, configure the following settings:

1. - (I) FTP Server IP Address/host name = [enter the IP address of the FTP server to which you will back up the data (for example, 10.32.63.100)]

   - (U) FTP Server User ID = [enter the FTP server user ID]

   - (P) FTP Server Password = [enter the FTP server password]

   - (D) Backup Path = [enter the path to the location on the FTP server where the data will be backed up.] You specified the name of the root folder in Step 1 of Configuring the FTP Server for LAN Backups and Restores.

   - (M) Backup Messages (Y/N)? = [enter Y (yes) or N (no) to indicate if mailbox messages will be backed up]

   - (N) Backup Names and Greetings (Y/N)? = [enter Y (yes) or N (no) to indicate whether mailbox names and greetings will be backed up]

   - (F) Backup Fax Coverpages (Y/N) = [enter Y (yes) or N (no) to indicate whether Fax cover pages will be backed up] The system configuration is automatically backed up the FTP server.

1. Type B (Perform Backup) to begin the backup process.

2. When the backup is complete, under General information the Status line confirms if the backup was completed successfully.

3. Return to the Main Menu and quit Text console.

Parent topic: Backup and Restore