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Connectrix DS-32M2 User Guide
Using Maintenance Features
Automatic Backup 
to Zip Disk
As long as a Zip drive (with a disk in it) is connected to the 
Connectrix service processor and the user remains logged in to the 
Windows NT operating system, data is backed up, critical 
information from both the Product Manager and Connectrix Manager 
applications automatically backs up to the Zip disk when the data 
directory contents change or when you reboot the Connectrix service 
processor.
Connectrix Manager maintains a mirror image of its configuration data on 
the D:\ drive of the service processor. The automatic backup to the Zip disk 
occurs only when you log in to the service processor or when the service 
processor is rebooted. If you want the automatic backup to occur all of the 
time (which is recommended), the best way to accomplish this is to not log 
out of the service processor, but rather to lock the workstation by pressing 
CTRL-ALT-DEL and selecting Lock Workstation.
The application used for this function is Iomega QuikSync, a separate 
application installed on the Connectrix service processor. QuikSync is 
configured to automatically mirror the contents of the 
EfcData 
directory to the Zip drive when the contents are changed or when 
you reboot the Connectrix service processor. This directory contains 
all Connectrix Manager and Product Manager data, so it can be 
copied back to a newly restored Connectrix service processor to fully 
recover the preferred operating environment.
The mirroring operation will only occur while a user is logged in to 
Windows NT on the Connectrix service processor PC (independent of 
the Connectrix Manager login). 
The data contained in the 
EfcData directory and mirrored to the Zip 
disk includes the following:
◆ All Connectrix Manager configuration including:
• Product definitions
• User names, encrypted passwords, and user rights.
• Nicknames
• Session options
• Connectrix Manager SNMP configurations
• E-mail configuration
◆ All log files (both Connectrix Manager log files and individual 
Product Manager log files).