Lucent Technologies Audix Administration And Data Acquisition Guide

PC2AUDIX Data Retrieval 
4-1 Overview 
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PC2AUDIX Data Retrieval
Overview
With a few exc ep tions, PC2AUDIX d oes not use live d ata from the voic e mail 
database for its traffic reports and billing operations. Therefore, before you can 
g enerate PC2AUDIX traffic  rep orts or p erform b illing op erations, you must 
capture ap p rop riate d ata from the voic e mail and d ownload  it to d isk files on your 
PC’s fixed...

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Onc e you have d one this, then establish a routine for reg ularly retrieving  this d ata 
as p art of your normal system ad ministration. Be aware that the voic e mail 
system d oes not retain d ata indefinitely. For example, subsc rib er d aily traffic  
information is kep t b y the voic e mail system for eight d ays and  then d eleted . 
In ad dition to retrieving  d ata, you...

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4. There must b e suffic ient d isk sp ac e availab le on your PC for the that d ata 
you retrieve. PC2AUDIX c alc ulates how muc h sp ac e is req uired  for eac h 
op eration and  does not c ollec t d ata if there is not enoug h sp ac e availab le 
on your fixed  d isk. If you have insuffic ient d isk sp ac e, refer to Chapter 10, 
PC2AUDIX Datab ase Manag ement Tools, for...

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4-4 Initiating PC2AUDIX Data Retrieval 
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Initiating PC2AUDIX Data Retrieval
Perform the following  step s to initiate d ata retrieval for the PC2AUDIX interfac e. 
1. At the DOS prompt C> , enter cd
 
machine_name to c hang e to the d irec tory 
for the voic e mail system you want to retrieve data from. 
2. Enter pc2audix
 to c all the PC2AUDIX software. 
3. At the PC2AUDIX Root Menu, selec t 1)...

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4-5 Hourly System Traffic Data Retrieval 
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Hourly System Traffic Data Retrieval
Hourly System Traffic  Rec ord s c ontain hourly information from the voic e mail 
system for hourly feature, load , c ommunity, sp ec ial features, and  network load  
rep orts. The time involved  for retrieving  these rec ord s is minimal. 
PC2AUDIX req uires hourly system traffic  data for the following  rep orts:...

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4-6 Daily System Traffic Data Retrieval 
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Defaults in the d ata fields are as follows: 
nStart c ollec tion d ate and  time are the last hourly traffic  d ata rec ord  
on the PC p lus one hour or 191 hours p revious to the c urrent time, 
whic hever is g reater. 
nStop  c ollec tion d ate and  time is one hour p revious to the c urrent 
time. 
nCollec tion rang e start and  stop  hours are 8 a.m....

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The following sc reen appears: 
Defaults in the d ata fields are as follows: 
nCollec tion d ate is the last d aily traffic  d ata rec ord  on the PC p lus 
one d ay or one month p revious to the c urrent d ay, whic hever is 
greater. 
nStop  c ollec tion d ate is the d ay p rior to the c urrent d ay. 
2. If you wish, c hang e the d efault c ollec tion d...

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4-8 Monthly Subscriber Traffic Data Retrieval 
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The following sc reen appears: 
nStart c ollec tion month is one month after the last month for whic h 
d ata was c ollec ted. 
nStop  c ollec tion month is the c urrent month. 
2. If you wish, c hang e the d efault c ollec tion months. Otherwise PC2AUDIX 
retrieves the d efault-sp ec ified  information. 
3. Press   (CHANGE/RUN) to retrieve the d ata....

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To retrieve monthly subscriber traffic data:
 
1. Determine if you need  to verify the sub sc rib er datab ase. You must 
sync hronize the PC2AUDIX sub sc rib er d atabase with the voic e mail 
d atab ase b efore you retrieve sub sc rib er traffic  d ata. To d o this, selec t 6) 
Verify Loc al Sub sc rib er Direc tory for loc al sub sc rib ers, d esc...

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4-10 Daily Subscriber Traffic Data Retrieval 
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Daily Subscriber Traffic Data Retrieval
Daily Sub sc rib er Traffic  Data rec ords c ontain d aily information from the voic e mail 
system for the d aily sub sc rib er rep ort. These rec ord s remain in the voic e mail 
d atab ase for eig ht d ays. 
You c an c ollec t only one d ay of d ata at a time. The time involved  for this d ata 
c ollec tion c...