Appendix B: Restoring Files

Last Updated: September 7, 2010

After you create the backup configuration files for the Cisco Video Management and Storage application, you can restore the files as needed. Restoring is done in offline mode, which terminates all activity. You should consider doing the restore when the system is least active.

Use the show backup server command to locate the backup ID of the file that you want to restore.

SUMMARY STEPS

1. show backup server

2. offline

3. restore id backupid category {all | configuration | data | VSMS | VSOM}

4. reload

5. show backup history

DETAILED STEPS

 
Command or Action
Purpose

Step 1 

show backup server

Example:

cvmss-10-0-0-0# show backup server

Lists the configuration backup files. Look at the backup ID field for the revision number of the file that you want to restore.

Step 2 

offline

Example:

cvmss-10-0-0-0# offline

Enters offline mode. All activities are terminated.

Step 3 

restore id backupid category {all | configuration | data | VSMS | VSOM}

Example:

cvmss-10-0-0-0(offline)# restore id 8 category configuration

Specifies the backup ID backupid value and the Cisco Video Management and Storage configuration file type to be restored. Use the backup ID that you used in Step 1.

Note Make sure that you have enough storage space to store the files. Restoring could take a long time.

Step 4 

reload

Example:

cvmss-10-0-0-0(offline)# reload

Resets the Cisco Video Management and Storage SRE module so that the restored values take effect.

Step 5 

show backup history

Example:

cvmss-10-0-0-0# show backup history

Displays the backup and restore procedures and the success or failure of those attempts.