Specifications

willbelost.YoumustalsoclosethemanagementconsoleBEFOREmakingarestore.
SchedulingaBackup
UsingtheWindowsscheduleryoucaneasilyscheduleadailyphonesystembackup.Todothis:
1. GotoWindowsStartMenuandsearchfor“TaskScheduler”.
2. RuntheTaskSchedulerandclick“CreateBasicTask”.
3. Selectwhenthistaskwillrunandclick“Next”.
4. Select “Start a program”, click “Next” and browse to the 3CX Backup program. The
defaultpathis:“C:\ProgramFiles\3CXPhoneSystem\Bin\3cxbackup.exe”
5. Inthe“Addarguments”entryfield,includethecommandlineparametersthatyouneed:
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Hiddenrunstheprocesshiddensoitwillcloseautomaticallyaftercompletion
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Backupwillbackupthedatabase
○ Restorewillrestorethedatabase
○ Filepathisthelocationofthedatabasetorestorefromorbackupto
○ /callhistwillincludethecallhistorydatabase
○ /voicepromptswillincludesystemprompts
○ /voicemails–willincludevoicemails
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/callrecordingswillincludecallrecordings.
○ /exit–toexittheutilityafterbackupisdone.
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/firmware–backupthefirmwaresoftheIPPhonesalso
○ /sslbackupHTTPSconfiguration
Example of an argument for a complete hidden backup of 3CX Phone System to path
“c:\backup.zip”:
hiddenbackupc:\backup.zip/callrecordings/voicemails/voiceprompts/callhist/ssl/exit
You can then direct your backup solution, to also include the backup.zip file and store it on your
backupmedia.
Moving3CXPhoneSystemtoaNewMachine
FollowthisguideonhowtoMove3CXPhoneSystemtoaNewMachine.