Backup and restore, Backup file, Restore – Grass Valley iControl V.4.43 User Manual

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All the information on the Redundancy Configuration Form of a Main Application Server is
visible from that of a Backup Application Server. In addition, however, the Redundancy
Configuration Form on the Backup Application Server displays the following:

• timestamps for the most recent replication of each Main Application Server

• a list allowing operators to choose which Main Application Server to perform a Manual

Takeover on

• a list allowing operators to choose which Backup Application Server to designate as the

Auto-failover Backup

• a list allowing operators to choose the replication frequency, in minutes

In addition, only from a Backup Application Server can the following operations be done:

• Trigger a Manual Takeover

• Perform a Reverse Takeover

• Perform a Replace Takeover

Backup and Restore

Backup File

In the iControl documentation and iControl system a backup refers to creation of one backup
file that contains all iControl related services and their configurations, Web sites, GSM, and
scripts. Backups can be restored on the Application Server where the backup was originally
created OR on another Application Server that you want to have configured in the same way.

Restore

Restore refers to the replacement of a backup file on an Application Server which restores all
iControl related services, Web sites, GSM, and scripts can also be restored.

4. Takeover: A failover or a switchover is in progress. While this is occuring, no additional switchover or

failover can be triggered.

5. This IP address will be given to any Application Server coming back online, provided the Extra IP isn’t

already being used by a Main (If it is used, then the Main falls back to the factory IP address:

10.0.3.6

See also

For more information about:

• Auto-failovers, see

"Configuring and Managing Application Server Redundancy"

, on

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• Redundancy Groups, see