Cisco Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Directory Services Manuale Di Manutenzione

Chapter 5  Managing MeetingPlace Directory Services 59

Latitude Communications  MeetingPlace Directory Services System Manager’s Guide

several suspense files reporting errors with this entry. In this case, 
only one suspense file corresponding to this entry needs to be 
replayed to re-establish synchronization.

It is advisable to make periodic backups of the directory 
information in case of hardware failure or corruption. The backup 
can subsequently be restored so as to minimize the loss of data. 
Additionally, if you are about to make large scale changes to the 
directory, it is prudent to make a backup copy before making any 
changes. If a problem occurs, you can restore the directory to its 
previous state.

It is recommended that you perform backups at the same time and 
frequency as you perform your MeetingPlace server backup. If 
you are uncertain of when the MeetingPlace server backup 
occurs, or if you do not back up the MeetingPlace server, you 
should back up the directory information once a week to ensure 
restoration of the directory in case of catastrophic loss.

To perform a backup from a command prompt, type the 
following:

dcbckdib BACKUP <backup directory>

[THRESHOLD] <threshold-in-Kb>]

, where <backup

directory>

 is the directory you want to store the backup in. 

dcbcklib

 will create this directory and place the backup in a 

subdirectory beneath it.

Before backing up the directory, dcbckdib will check to make 
sure there is sufficient space to store the backup copy of the 
directory.

Note: It is highly recommended that you store the backup copy of 
directory information on a drive different than the one containing 
the original directory information.