Copy call recordings to Windows Server

[dancarter1220 (Dan Carter)]

Hi,

I have a PBXact PBX.
It only has a single HDD so I am very wary of failure.
We need to keep a copy of all call recordings for 5 years.

I know that the actual call recording location can be changed to a new location. I am aware though that if the location is lost (Ie on a NAS) that this will halt the system entirely.

Is it possible to run some kind of job either from a windows server to copy the call recording folder or from the PBX to a windows share.

Any help would be massively appreciated.

Thanks

[dicko]

https://wiki.centos.org/TipsAndTricks/WindowsShares

[moussa854 (Moussa)]

I will suggest using rsync command. It is rich with options including incremental backup.

@dancarter1220

I am aware though that if the location is lost (Ie on a NAS) that this will halt the system entirely.

Per this post, if you save your recordings to a SMB share and it is lost then they will be saved locally

I changed the call recording location to a SMB folder but no files are being created

That was it, while i did added permisions for asterisk to write in the /mnt/recording folder before mounting the share, i did not added “dir_mode=0777,file_mode=0666” to fstab, resulting in asterisk not having permision to write. Thanks. BTW in case anyone wonders, creating a folder and mounting a share to it, if somehow the share is not avalible it does still write the recording in that folder but locally. So doing this and mounting share via fstab seems to be safe. I did not noticed any issu…

• If your PBXact has USB port then you could rsync the recordings to a USB drive
• If you were able to mount a Windows Share, then you could rsync the recordings to the Windows Share
• You could try backing the recordings (folder) to a server (? or locally) in Admin >> Backup & Restore
• You could back up (or change the recording location) to the cloud. Sangoma Documentation