Restoring a data backup

Via a data restore, the entire data of a VitalControl device can be restored on a different device using a backup file.

Required accessory

In order to restore a data backup to you VitalControl device, you need a dual USB flash drive (2-in-1 USB stick) Type-C/USB 3.0 with a USB C connector and a USB A connector. Such a dual USB flash drive is delivered together with your device. You may also purchase such an USB flash drive from different vendors.

Dual USB flash drive (USB A / USB C)

On this USB flash drive, a directory backup must exist, which must held a valid data backup file backup.vcu.

USB-flash drive with backup file VitalControl

Note

Inside the directory backup of your USB flash drive, you may find several backup files with extension .vcu. The VitalControl device always restores the backup data form the file named backup.vcu, which is always the newest file. If you want to restore data from an older backup file (which contains the backup date in the file name), you have to rename this older backup file to backup.vcu before performing data restore!

Data restoration to VitalControl device

Open the menu item Device in the main screen of the VitalControl device to which you want to restore the data.
Invoke the submenu Data management and select the submenu item Data backup afterwards. Now select the menu item Restore backup and confirm with OK. You are now asked to insert an USB flash drive:
Insert the USB flash drive (C plug) into the connector at the bottom of the device.
Once the device detected insertion of the USB stick, a confirmation window appears. Acknowledge this popup with Yes to start the data restore. Decompressing and restoring the backup may take a minute or longer. When the data restore is complete, a success message is displayed:
Backup data were successfully restored to VitalControl device.