Visara SCON-20L Configuration Manual - Manual (Page 115)

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Chapter 12. Configuration Backups
Once you have created a working configuration, you will probably want to back the
configuration up for disaster recovery purposes. There are 4 ways that you can back up
your configuration.
1. Create the backup from the configuration utility.
2. Copy the configuration data object using Media Management.
3. Copy the configuration files using FTP.
4. Retrieve a copy of the configuration with the Visara eManager product.
Creating a Backup Using the Configuration Utility
This procedure assumes that you have already booted onto the new configuration and
verified that it works.
Enter the Configuration Utility (Utility 1/1,u) from Central Control Mode as described
in Chapter 1. Select to use the ‘Currently Loaded’ version this time, and proceed forward
into the configuration. From the Configuration Menu (Submenu_List) panel, press the
key to take you to the Configuration Complete panel. Toggle the ‘System Disk
Drive’ option until it says ‘Drive A’.
Insert an appropriate floppy disk into Drive A (as described below), and press the
key to save the configuration. The Configuration Utility should save the configuration
onto the floppy drive. Remove the floppy disk and place it into a safe location.
The LINCS Configuration Utility expects to write the configuration file onto the System
1 diskette. You can use a real System 1 diskette that is at the same integration level as
the LINCS operating system. If you do not have a real System 1 disk handy, you can
use a blank formatted floppy with a volume label of ‘@@D@@@@@174’. When
using a blank formatted floppy with the System 1 label on it, you will get an error
message ‘Disk Error 000A while Reading CAT$SYS.LOA on drive A’. This is not a
problem for backup purposes. You should however test the backup by going into
configuration one more time, but use the backup (Drive A) as the source. If you can
open the configuration file, it should be good.
Creating a Configuration Backup Using Media Management
You can use Media Management to back up your configuration, by using the Copy Data
Object utility (3/3). For more complete detail on the Media Management utilities, refer
to the LINCS Central Control Mode manual. In brief, you must toggle the fields (if
necessary) until they indicate Disk Type: System, Source Disk Drive: Drive C, and
Destination Disk Drive: Drive A. Next press . From the resulting menu, select
the MCUST data object that includes ‘CFG’ as part of the name, and proceed to make
the copy.