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McDATA Sphereon™ 4500 Fabric Switch Product Manager User Manual
Configuring the Switch
Backing Up and Restoring Configuration Data
You can back up the NV-RAM configuration, which includes all of
the data you input through instructions in this chapter, using the
Backup and Restore Configuration option. This option is available
through the Maintenance menu. Selecting this option backs up the
configuration data to a file on the EFC Server hard drive. The restore
function writes this data back to NV-RAM on the switch. Using the
restore function overwrites the existing configuration. For more
information, refer to Backup and Restore Configuration on page 5-7.
In addition to the Backup and Restore Configuration option, the Iomega
QuikSync application backs up configuration and other critical data
from the EFC Server automatically. As long as a Zip disk remains in
the Zip drive of the EFC Server, data backs up to the Zip disk
whenever the directory contents change or you reboot the EFC
Server.
NOTE: We do not recommend changing the default QuikSync settings.
NOTE: The QuikSync application and a Zip drive may not be available if you
are using a customer-supplied server platform for the EFC Management
applications.
NOTE: To ensure trouble-free backups; it is imperative that you leave the Zip
drive connected to the EFC Server, and leave a Zip disk in that drive at all
times. Removing the disk during a backup or restore can corrupt the database
on the disk. Make sure that data is not being written to or read from the Zip
drive before you remove the Zip disk. The Iomega QuikSync icon, Figure 1-11
on page 1-39, in the Windows system tray spins when data is writing to or
reading from the drive.