Configuration Guide for Cisco Unified Videoconferencing Manager Release 7.0
Backing Up and Restoring Recordings and Settings

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Backing Up and Restoring Recordings and Settings

Backing up Recordings

Backing up Settings

Restoring Recordings

Restoring Settings


Backing Up and Restoring Recordings and Settings


You can backup and restore recordings as well as these Desktop settings:

dial string rules

administrative messages

invitation messages

recordings and recording attributes

categories

local database (used in basic deployments)

Backing up Recordings

Backing up Settings

Restoring Recordings

Restoring Settings

Backing up Recordings

Desktop saves actual recordings and recording attributes in different folders. In order to restore a recording you need to backup and restore both folders.

Perform the backup procedure described in this section on the Desktop Recording Server. During the backup procedure you copy the xml file which contains the database of categories configured, the recordings folder containing recording attributes, and the folder containing actual recordings to a location outside the installation directory.

Procedure


Step 1 Navigate to the following directory: <installdir>\data.

Step 2 Copy recorder_categories.xml file into a location outside the installation directory

Step 3 Copy the recordings folder into a location outside the installation directory.

Step 4 Navigate to the folder where recordings are stored.


Note By default, the recordings are stored in the <installdir>\Movies\recordings, if not configured otherwise.


Step 5 To check the location where recordings are stored:

a. Access the Cisco Unified Videoconferencing Desktop Server Administration web interface.

b. Select Status in the sidebar.

c. Select the Recording Status tab.

The Recordings Folder information is displayed on the tab.

Step 6 Copy that folder into a location outside the installation directory


Backing up Settings

Perform the backup procedure described in this section on the Desktop Recording Server. During the backup procedure you copy the xml files which contain these settings:

dial string rules

administrative message

invitation message

local database

Procedure


Step 1 Navigate to the following directory: <installdir>\data.

Step 2 Copy the relevant files into a location outside the installation directory:

motd.html—for administrator message

dialplanhelp.html—for invitation message

memebers.xml—for local database

dial_string_manipulators.xml—for dial string rules


Restoring Recordings

Desktop saves actual recordings and recording attributes in different folders. In order to restore a recording you need to restore both folders.

Procedure


Step 1 Stop the service "Desktop - Apache Tomcat".

Step 2 Navigate to the following directory: <installdir>\data.

Step 3 Replace recorder_categories.xml file with the backup file.

Step 4 Replace the recordings folder with the backup folder.


Note Replacing the recordings folder with the backup folder erases any categories that are currently defined in Desktop.


Step 5 Navigate to the folder in which recordings are stored.


Note By default, the recordings are stored in the <installdir>\Movies\recordings, if not configured otherwise.


Step 6 To check the location where recordings are stored:

a. Access the Cisco Unified Videoconferencing Desktop Server Administration web interface.

b. Select Status in the sidebar.

c. Select the Recording Status tab.

The Recordings Folder information is displayed on the tab.

Step 7 Replace that folder with the backup folder.

Step 8 Start the service "Desktop - Apache Tomcat".


Restoring Settings

Procedure


Step 1 Stop the service "Desktop - Apache Tomcat".

Step 2 Navigate to the following directory: <installdir>\data.

Step 3 Replace the relevant file with the backup file:

motd.html—for administrator message

dialplanhelp.html—for invitation message

memebers.xml—for local database

dial_string_manipulators.xml—for dial string rules

Step 4 Start the service "Desktop - Apache Tomcat".