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Administration Overview  Online Help
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Online Help
Most screens and windows have a companion text window that contains 
helpful reference information. Figure 13 on page 17
 shows the help screen 
associated with the Database Access ID Table window. The system online 
help windows are not designed to be a substitute for this book. They briefly 
describe each of your options for a given menu/window. Press 
F1
 to access 
online help.
Figure 13. Sample Online Help Screen, Database Access ID Table  
						

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Access the Intuity CONVERSANT Administration Menus
Use the following procedure to access the Intuity CONVERSANT 
administration menu:1  
At the 
Console Login: 
prompt, enter root
The system prompts you for a password.
2  
Enter your root password.
The system displays the system prompt 
#.
3  
Enter one of the following commands at the prompt:~
cvis_mainmenu
The system displays the Intuity CONVERSANT menu (Figure 14 on page 18
).
Figure 14. Intuity CONVERSANT Menu 
  
						

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~
cvis_menu 
!
CAUTION:
Do not create multiple, simultaneous cvis_menu processes, as this could 
severely impact performance and may lock up the system. 
The system displays the Voice System Administration menu (Figure 15 
on page 19
). See Chapter 3, 
Voice System Administration
 , for more 
information and procedures on voice system administration.
Figure 15. Voice System Administration Menu  
						

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Intuity CONVERSANT Main Administration Menu Options
From the Intuity CONVERSANT main menu, you can initiate two 
administration options, UNIX System Administration and Voice System 
Administration, or you can exit. 
UNIX System 
Administration
The UNIX System Administration menu allows you to set up a variety of 
generic software operations including backups, printer operations, and 
peripheral setup. See Chapter 2, 
UNIX Administration
 , for more information 
and procedures on UNIX administration.
Voice System 
Administration
The Voice System Administration menu allows you to begin your session for 
administering the system, such as application package administration and 
reports. See Chapter 3, 
Voice System Administration
 , for more information 
and procedures on voice system administration.
Exit
Exit takes you out of the Intuity CONVERSANT administration menus and 
returns you to the UNIX system prompt.
Press 
F6
 (Cancel) from almost any place in the Intuity CONVERSANT 
Administration menu structure to close the active window and return to the 
previous menu. If you press 
F6
 (Cancel) enough times, depending on how 
deep into the menus you are, you will eventually exit the menu structure 
completely and return to the operating system prompt. 
						

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Note:
F6
 (Cancel) does not exit from the UNIX System Administration 
menus. See Exit UNIX System Administration Menu
 on page 57
 in 
Chapter 2, 
UNIX Administration
 , for the procedure to exit from the 
UNIX System Administration menus. 
						

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UNIX Administration
Overview
This chapter describes the UnixWare™ system administration user interface 
and the procedures to access the UnixWare administration menu, as well as 
the procedures to perform basic UnixWare-level administration.
The sections in this chapter are arranged in the same order as the 
administration services in the UnixWare administration main menu. 
						

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UnixWare Documentation
For additional information on UnixWare administration, see the Novell 
UnixWare documentation.
Start with the 
System Administration Volume 1
 for an overview of the 
UnixWare system administration and for an introduction to administration 
concepts and procedures.
Many of the procedures in this chapter reference various UnixWare system 
administration books. Follow the referenced procedures for additional 
information.
UNIX System Administration Access
Use the following procedure to access SYSADM (the OA&M menu interface 
of UnixWare):1  
At the 
Console Login: 
prompt, enter root
The system prompts you for a password.
2  
Enter your root password.
The system displays the system prompt 
#. 
						

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Enter cvis_mainmenu
The system displays the Intuity CONVERSANT menu (Figure 16 on 
page 24
).
Figure 16. Intuity CONVERSANT V7.0 Menu  4  
Select 
UNIX System Administration
.
The system displays the UNIX System V Administration menu (Figure 17 
on page 25
). 
						

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Figure 17. UNIX System V Administration Menu  All of the procedures in this book assume that you are using the SYSADM 
user interface menus. The procedures provide references to the books 
detailing command line interfaces when possible.
Application Administration
The Application Administration menu provides menu and task for 
administering custom applications. Application developers can use this option 
to place menus from which to administer add-on or custom applications. 
						

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Backup Scheduling, Setup, and Control
The Backup Service Management menu provides two backup options: basic 
and extended. Backup files can be stored on either tape or diskettes.
Note:Diskettes must be UNIX formatted when you begin this procedure; 
tapes may be unformatted.
See “Backing Up the Intuity CONVERSANT System” in Chapter 3, “Common 
System Procedures, in 
Intuity CONVERSANT System Reference
, 585-313-
205, for information on when to conduct backups.
The basic backup services allow you to:
•
Display the date and time of the last system and incremental backup.
•
Conduct a backup of all files or only selected files in your HOME directory.
•
Add, change, delete, or display backup requests.
•
Back up all system and user files that have been modified or created 
since your voice system was installed.
The extended backup services allow you to:
•
Determine the backup rotation period.
•
Specify how backups are to be done for file systems and data partitions.
•
Display the backup history and backup status logs.