Database backup and restore

Overview

This section describes the database backup and restore feature in Alcatel-Lucent 1665 DMX. IP tunneling is required to support remote database backup/restore for remote Alcatel-Lucent 1665 DMX systems.

Alcatel-Lucent 1665 DMX uses the following connections to perform database backup and restore:

• A direct IP connection

• OSI connectivity to an FTP GNE.

• FTAM Backup and Restore

Database backup

Alcatel-Lucent 1665 DMX can back up all provisionable data via a local or remote FTP file transfer. Data can be backed up to a remote operations system via an FTAM-FTP gateway. The FTAM-FTP gateway is also referred to as the file transfer translation device (FTTD).

The backup database is stored on a WaveStar^® CIT, and OMS, or another FTP server. For information about the Configuration → Software → Remote Backup command, see the WaveStar^® CIT help.

Database restore

In the event of a catastrophic failure, Alcatel-Lucent 1665 DMX can restore all provisionable data (from the backup file) via local or remote FTP. Data can be restored from a remote operations system via an FTAM-FTP gateway. The FTAM-FTP gateway is also referred to as the file transfer translation device (FTTD).

The backup database maybe stored on a WaveStar^® CIT, and OMS, or another FTP server. For information about the Configuration → Software → Remote Restore command, see the WaveStar^® CIT help. For more information about restoring the network element database, see the Alcatel-Lucent 1665 Data Multiplexer (DMX) User Operations Guide, 365-372-301.

Automatic database backup

Alcatel-Lucent 1665 DMX supports automatic database backups. This allows users to establish a backup interval, date, and time. The database backups may be saved on the WaveStar^® CIT or another FTP server.

The user can also specify the number of backups to destination files before overwriting those same files with subsequent backups. To eliminate the scenario of multiple Alcatel-Lucent 1665 DMX systems initiating automatic backups simultaneously, Alcatel-Lucent 1665 DMX does not support a default scheduled backup date/time; the user must provision their own date/time. For information about the Configuration → Software → Configure Auto Backup Interval command, see the WaveStar^® CIT help.