Linux - SafeFile Online Backup & Recovery
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1. Home Links to Online Backup Client online help Backup Please visit http www youronlinebackup com Restore w Reports and Logs lt Options e Support About gt Account Information B BATestuser 20 0 GB Status Online WJ Usage 174 MB 0 Figure 30 Support contact information O The Sterling Data Group 2011 Page 30 of 31 SafeFile Backup Client for Linux 4 0 X User Manual LJ 5 9 About Clicking on About in the Navigation panel will give details about the version of the software and the license of the software Navigation D About Home Backup Restore w Reports and Logs WARNING This computer program is protected by copyright law F g p prog p y copyng Options and international treaties Unauthorized duplication or distribution of this program or any portion of it may result in severe civil or Support criminal penalties and will be prosecuted to the maximum extent About possible under the law version 4 0 1 3416 Professional Edition 2003 2010 BackupAgent BV Netherlands All rights reserved Account Information B tuser2n S 40 0 GB Status Online Ny Usage 5 3 GB 13 mm Figure 31 SafeFile Backup Client about O The Sterling Data Group 2011 Page 31 of 312. E Client k ES CommandLine o Server DS Store 82 B Permanent DS Store install txt license tf relNotes rtf Figure 17 Restore 5 4 2 Restore latest versions of data Data can be restored per file folder or drive Select files folders or drives you want to restore in the node tree By clicking the Restore button the latest version of the data will be restoredautomatically This is the most common option O The Sterling Data Group 2011 Page 20 of 31 SafeFile Backup Client for Linux 4 0 X User Manual ed Version Latest version Versions before date O Specific version Restore location Default home ton Restore gt Original Location 3 Alternative Calculate restore size Apply scripts Restore Cancel Figure 18 Restore screen Before the restore starts the client will ask you where you want to store the restored data You can choose between the Default Location the Original Location or anAlternative Location Note If a filealready exists on the restore location a prompt appears that allows you to skip rename or overwrite the file 5 4 3 Restoring older versions ofdata When a file has been changed within the period between two backups the client will backup the file and notice that it has changed The SafeFile Backup Client will then create multiple versions of the file depending on the retention value you set Restor
3. Encryption key reminder Encryptionkey Il Please remember this key carefully since no data can be restored when the key is missing Figure 4 Encryption Key You must type an encryption key and then confirm this key You can only set the encryption key once After setting the encryption key it cannot be changed If you forget the encryption key the data encrypted with this key cannot be accessed anymore Please write down the encryption key in a safe place IMPORTANT This key is unique and can only be chosen once and cannot be changed afterwards Treat this key with great care since it is required to restore your files after a system crash Note It is possible to store a reminder which can be sent to your personal email address In this wizard the field to enter the reminder will change into a link Forgot your encryption key Congratulations You have finished the Registration Wizard To change any steps click Back otherwise click Finish Figure 5 End of RegistrationWizard The Sterling Data Group 2011 Page 9 of 31 SafeFile Backup Client for Linux 4 0 X User Manual J The wizard is now finished 5 SafeFile Backup Client main interface This is the main interface of the SafeFile Backup Client Several components are displayed in the figure below Navigation panel gt Account Information gt Main panel e g Home What do you want to do Registration Wizard
4. Automatic Backup amp Automatic Backup On Status Last backup Name Offiline Backup Date 28 09 2009 09 10 Status COMPLETED SUCCESSFULLY w Next backup Name RandomData5 GB Date 29 09 2009 02 00 B BATestuser 20 0 GB Status Online Ny Usage 0 B 0 Figure 6 SafeFile Backup Client main interface Navigation panel The Navigation panel is the main navigation through the SafeFile Backup Client The options are Home Start View Backup Select local data for a backup gt Restore Select remote data for a restore gt Reports and Logs View information on executed backups Options Configure backup tasks gt Support View contact information for support gt About Additional information about the SafeFile Backup Client Account Information Shows account details account name storage space status and usage of storage space The Sterling Data Group 2011 Page 10 of 31 SafeFile Backup Client for Linux 4 0 X User Manual sd Main Panel The main panel is the working space of the SafeFile Backup Client Depending on what you want to do this panel will show the necessary views 5 1 Home When you start the SafeFile Backup Client it will show the SafeFile Backup Client Home view This view shows the status of the last and the next backup task What do you want to do Registration Wizard Automatic Backup amp Automatic Backup On Status Last backup Name Offiline
5. Figure 14 MySQL backup plugin Page 17 of 31 SafeFile Backup Client for Linux 4 0 X User Manual S 5 2 9 Backup progress The backup process can be monitored by clicking on Details at the bottom of the application during the process of a backup the details screen will pop up automatically when a backup task is initiated Details Status Task 50k files Backup in progress Current file fhome ton TestData 5Ok bestand001 3886 File progress mm Total progress T o 7 Ful Fatch NoNeed Skipped Done Total Done 0 0 0 Files 286 286 4003 Bytes MB 12 0 0 0 12 174 Sent MB 12 0 i EG 12 Proc speed Upl speed 371 69 K Compression 100 Remaining time 00 07 33 Size uploaded 12 5 MB Elapsed time 00 00 49 Total size 174 MB Figure 15 The detail screen while making a backup The details regarding the backup of data are Progress information File progress The progress of the backup of the indicated file Total progress The progress of the total backup task In the table the amount of files the amount of selected MBsand the amount of sent MBs gt Full Fully backed up files which have not been backed up before Patch Patched backed up files incremental backups NoNeed Unchanged files unchanged compared to the last backup gt Skipped Skipped files details in the logs explained later Done The total amount of processed data Total The total amount
6. Scheduled resources MySQL Resource home ton TestData 100k Backup type Online backup Offline backup local backup Figure 9 General view You can give the backup task a name Online Backup An online backup will becreated to backup datato the backup service The Sterling Data Group 2011 Page 12 of 31 SafeFile Backup Client for Linux 4 0 X User Manual O Offline Backup local backup This is intended for the seed backup for a customer This creates a zip file which can be moved to the SafeFile server and extracted there for the initial backup The Sterling Data Group 2011 Page 13 of 31 SafeFile Backup Client for Linux 4 0 X User Manual sad 5 2 3 Schedule You can set a schedule for the backup task in the Scheduletab in the Task properties General Select when you want to schedule this task Schedule This task occurs Never v v Active Never Pre Post scripts File System MySQL Set Retention Default Automatically remove selected backup data v older than 304 day s Ok Cancel Apply Figure 10 Set a schedule The following scheduleoptions are possible Never Performs a backup only if you manually start the task Once Performs a backup once at the time that is inserted Daily Performs a backup daily at the time that is inserted gt Weekly Use this option to select whic
7. i p its Reports and Logs Advanced Encryption Standard AES type lt Options e Support About Connection Timeout for service requests default 80 804 Logging Log files location var log Online Backup Client v Detailed logging 2 Account Information B BATestuser 20 0 GB Status Online Nl Usage 174 MB 0 Figure 23 Advanced settings The Sterling Data Group 2011 Page 26 of 31 SafeFile Backup Client for Linux 4 0 X User Manual 5 5 4 Plugins In the Plugins tab you can set the options for all available plugins 5 6 MySQL backup Within the Plugins tab you can activate the MySQL backup plugin Once you have this activated you can set the plugin options like the URL username and password This plugin can be used to backup local or remote MySQL databases Navigation Home Backup Restore wv Reports and Logs lt Options e Support About gt Account Information B BATestuser 20 0 GB Status Online Nl Usage 174 MB 0 DE Options General Backup and Restore Advanced Plugins Plugin Name Status Mysql backup plugin Plugin options Figure 24 MySQL backup plugin Navigation Home Backup Restore wv Reports and Logs lt Options e Support About b Account Information
8. of selected data gt Done The percentage of processed data Other information gt Avg upl speed The average upload speed gt Remaining time The estimated remaining time gt Elapsed time The elapsed time gt Compression The average compression rate of the backed up data Size uploaded The size of the uploaded data Total size The total size of the selected data The Sterling Data Group 2011 Page 18 of 31 SafeFile Backup Client for Linux 4 0 X User Manual v 5 3 Offline backup You can create an offline backup task by clicking on Backup in the Navigation panel Task Name You can give the backup task a name Backup type Set the backup type to Offline backup and click on Browse to select the storage location Here you can also decide whether to create a Zip archive or not A zip archive is smaller to save but you do have to unzip the files on the SafeFile server when this is an initial offline backup All the next steps are the same as for an Online backup 5 3 1 General The General tab gives you a summary of the backup task You can change the name of the backup task in this screen This is also the place where you can decide between an Online and an Offline backup General Task Name New task 1 Schedule Created date 28 09 2009 13 14 Number of files Last start date Size Next start date Pre Post scripts File System Scheduled resource
9. paths of folders you would like to exclude from the backup Filter Expression gt No file filtering default Filter out files on file name extension Except specific files CH Filter out all files except with certain file name extension Excludeall but specific files Filter out folders by path pattern e g Temp Cookies etc 5 2 8 MySQL Instead of a file backup you can select to make a MySQL backup Open the MySQL tab and you can see the MySQL backup plugin with the available servers and databases Here you can select a database or even a table for the backup General Schedule Select which files and folders should be included for this task Selected resources 0 B in 0 file s Pre Post scripts File System MySQL The Sterling Data Group 2011 P 7 amp Mysql backup plugin localhost J information_schema CHARACTER_SETS COLLATIONS COLLATION_CHARACTER_SET _APPLICABILITY COLUMNS COLUMN_PRIVILEGES KEY_COLUMN_USAGE PROFILING ROUTINES SCHEMATA SCHEMA PRIVILEGES STATISTICS TABLES TABLE_CONSTRAINTS TABLE_PRIVILEGES TRIGGERS USER_PRIVILEGES RIR RIR RIR RIR RIR RIR RIR RIR VIEWS mysql phpmyadmin Refresh Cancel Apply
10. reports L Support i Send e mail with restore status reports About v Always install an update when it is available Account Information Username BATestuser Change password gt Account Information B BATestuser 20 0 GB D Status Online Nl Usage 174 MB 0 Figure 21 Options 5 5 1 General In the General tab you can set general options of the SafeFile Backup Client gt You can change the language of the application gt You canenable or disable the sending of backup and restore reports by email gt You can enable or disable to always install an updatewhen it is available gt You can change the password for your backup account Note It might not be possible to change your password in the SafeFile Backup Client since your SafeFile Backup Provider can disable this option The Sterling Data Group 2011 Page 24 of 31 i i SafeFile Backup Client for Linux 4 0 X User Manual LJ Note It is not possible to change the username or encryption key 5 5 2 Backupand Restore In the Backup and Restore tab you can set options that are specific for backing up and restoring with the SafeFile Backup Client Pi Options General Backup and Restore Advanced Data Retention Default Automatically remove backup data 7 older than 304 day s Restoring Please choose the folder which BackupAgent will use to save the restored files C
11. 2 Product Information Product SafeFile Backup Client for Linux Version 4 0 X x 2 1 System Requirements Operating System Linux RedHat SuSE Debian and Debian based systems such as Ubuntu Hardware Resources gt PC with 1gigahertz GHz or higher processor clock speed recommended 1 5 GB memory gt 25 MB of disk space Internet connection e g ADSL SDSL Required software Java 1 6platform or higher is required Note A separate manual is available for the SafeFile Backup Client for Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X Note There are two types of accounts Workstation Home and Server Professional Only the Server account is available for use with the Linux client The Sterling Data Group 2011 Page 4 of 31 SafeFile Backup Client for Linux 4 0 X User Manual v 3 Features The SafeFile Backup Client has several features It supports different kinds of data It can backup normal data but also specific data gt You can make one or more scheduled tasks to backup data automatically e g daily weekly gt The SafeFile Backup Client fully supports all Linux file formats and user rights The SafeFile Backup Service also includes a Management Console which can be accessed through an Internet browser lt has several functions gt Change user settings e g password gt Overview of your backups through logs and reports The Sterling Data Group 2011 Page 5 of 31 SafeFile Backup Client
12. B BATestuser S 20 0 GB Status Online SW Usage 174 MB 0 General Backup and Restore Advanced Plugins Plugin Name Mysql backup plugin Status s Plugin options Figure 25 MySQL plugin Options The Sterling Data Group 2011 Page 27 of 31 SafeFile Backup Client for Linux 4 0 X User Manual v 5 7 Report details Click on Reports and Logs in the Navigation panelfor a chronological overview of important events 5 7 1 Reports The Reports view shows a history of reports You can view the status of past backups and restores 3 Navigation T Reports and Logs Home Fanors logs 3 Backup Type 2 Task Date Status Restore BACKUP 50k files 28 09 2009 13 19 completed successf Reports and Logs RESTORE 28 09 2009 09 12 completed successf Options amp Account Information B BATestuser 20 0 GB B Status Online Nl Usage 174 MB 0 Figure 26 Report view Double clicking on a report will show report details 28 09 2009 13 19 BACKUP Account Account BAT estuser Computer ba po2 003 linux ersion 3 21 2 1 Operating System Linux Backup task Backup Report at 28 09 2009 13 25 Figure 27 Report details This report will also be sent to you by email O The Sterling Data Group 2011 Page 28 of 31 f f S
13. Backup Date 28 09 2009 09 10 Status COMPLETED SUCCESSFULLY Next backup Name RandomData5 GB Date 29 09 2009 02 00 Figure 7 Status of the last and next backup 5 2 Online backup You can create an online backup taskby clicking on Backup in the Navigation panel Figure 8 Backup 5 2 1 Create or change backup task To create or change a backup task Create task Click on New Task to create a new backup task The Sterling Data Group 2011 Page 11 of 31 SafeFile Backup Client for Linux 4 0 X User Manual v gt The Task Properties will open and you can configure O O O O O Change task General change name of backup task Schedule Pre Post scripts File System MySQL Select the task in the tree view and click on Edit Task The Task Properties will open and you can configure O O O 5 2 2 General General change name of backup task Schedule Pre Post scripts File System MySQL The General tabgives you a summary of the backup task You can change the name of the backup task in this screen This is also the place where you can decide between an Online backup and an Offline backup Task Name General Task Name 100k files Schedule Created date 10 09 2009 08 36 Number of files 4003 Last start date 28 09 2009 13 41 Size 381 MB Pre Post scripts Next start date 29 09 2009 04 00 File System
14. SafeFile Linux Client User Manual Software version 4 0 x For Linux distributions January 2012 Version1 0 Disclaimer This document is compiled with the greatest possible care However errors might have been introduced caused by human mistakes or by other means No rights can be derived from possible inaccuracies or errors as this is not a contractual agreement but for information only All rights reserved nothing may be duplicated or reproduced without written permission of Sterling SafeFile Backup Client for Linux 4 0 X User Manual v 1 Contents LENE E E E E E E E 2 2 Prod ci informalo fac ciaceteveceravenszeesrevssenceededecacecanccccneccenedesndccanecacusecsnedesndecadusesumecsdadsstdecadncssuaecsaadien 4 AES EE e E a De A A AO E E N A N E E E S 4 FENGSLE 5 EIE To NE NE RENERE 6 41 Software Installation vvaavsevsosedrvaaeeeeesvervsvvvsvse a 6 12 FVN 7 5 SafeFile Backup Client main interface axrnnnxnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnennnnennnnennnnennnnennnnennnnennnnennnnennnnennn 10 Dil FLOM EEE tiie AE dtc tniatadaidududaneseae sata AE 11 NN U esa e E A N 11 5 2 1 Create or change backup task ccccccceeeceeeseeeseeeeeeeeeeeeseeeseeseueeeeeeseeeseeess 11 2 NNN 12 JE e 10 1 EEE 14 5 2 4 Set Retention rwrnnrnnnnvnnanennanennnrnvnnnnnnnanvnnsnvnnsnvnnenvnnsnnnnsnnnnsnvnnsnnnnansnnsnsnnsenn 14 920 POP NN cerren 15 ONE 16 d 16 JE EEE 17 5 2 9 Backup progr SS rrrarrnnrrnrrvarrrarnnrrvnrrnrrn
15. afeFile Backup Client for Linux 4 0 X User Manual v It is possible to clean the reports or logs list In the list of reports or logs click on the Delete selection button 5 7 2 Logs The Logs view shows a history of log files Navigation Reports and Logs Home Reports Logs pep Type J Task Date Message Restore INFORMATION 100k files 28 09 2009 13 41 Action cancelled by w Reports and Logs lt Options e Support About gt Account Information B BATestuser 20 0 GB Status Online Nl Usage 174 MB 0 Figure 28 Log view Three types of events can occur Information Information on the progress of the backup or restore procedure Warning Non fatal errors occurred during backup or restore process Error A fatal error has occurred in the SafeFile Backup Client Details of the log message can be viewed by clicking on View This shows a dialog with detailed information of the message O The Sterling Data Group 2011 Page 29 of 31 f f N th Say SafeFile Backup Client for Linux 4 0 X User Manual v Ewent Date 28 09 2009 13 41 Type INFORMATION Message Action cancelled by user Action Backup Description Figure 29 Log Event Details 5 8 Support Clicking on Support in the Navigation panelwill give contact details of your SafeFile Backup Provider Navigation Support
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17. e at date It is possible to restore a file or folder from a selected date in the past You select a file or folder in the Restore view and click on Restore in the lower main panel In the Restore view that appears click on the Versions before date button Here you can select a date The latest backed up versions of the selected files or folder before that date will be restored The Sterling Data Group 2011 Page 21 of 31 SafeFile Backup Client for Linux 4 0 X User Manual 5 4 4 Restore process The restore process can be monitored by clicking on Details on the bottom of the application during the process of a restore the details screen will pop up automatically when a restore is initiated gt Details Status Restore in progress Current file home ton Restore 2009 09 28 50k bestand001 3928 File progress ml fk Total progress wL o Rk Proc speed Upl speed 44 77 KB s 9 Compression 100 Remaining time 00 00 00 Size downloaded 1 4 MB Elapsed time 00 00 33 Total size 174 MB Cancel Figure 19 Restoring Data The details regarding the restore of data Progress information Status The status of the restore gt Current file The file that is being restored at the time File progress The progress of the restore of the indicated file gt Totalprogress The progress of files that have been restored gt Compression The average compression rate of the backed up data S
18. for Linux 4 0 X User Manual y 4 Setup 4 1 Software installation Currently there is no package available for Linux Setup of the SafeFile Backup Client is performed using the following instructions gt Copy the SafeFile Backup Client archive OnlineBackupClient 4 0 X x tar gz to your system and place it in your HOME directory gt create a new directory mkdir HOME OnlineBackupClient change to this directory and extract the archive cd HOME OnlineBackupClient tarxzf HOME OnlineBackupClient 4 0 X x x tar gz This will create the two following folders Server This folder contains the SafeFile Backup Service component Client This folder contains the user interface application for the SafeFile Backup Client CommandLine This folder contains the CommandLine client part of the Backup Client Start the SafeFile Backup Service cd HOME OnlineBackupClient Server server with logging sh This will start the SafeFile Backup Client Service and place it in the background Here you will be asked to enter your sudo password so the SafeFile Backup Client can access all the files gt Start the SafeFile Backup Client User Interface cd HOME OnlineBackupClient Client client with logging sh This will start the SafeFile Backup Client User Interface and if this is a first time installation present you with the Registration Wizard Note After the setup you can adjust the language of the SafeFile Backup Client The S
19. h time and day s the backup must be performed gt Monthly Use this option to select which part of the month and day of the week the backup must be performed By checking Active the backup task will be performed automatically on the scheduled times Note If you select a task in the view Backup and click on Start task the backup task will be performed immediately 5 2 4 Set Retention Retention allows you to set the number of days your backup data will be kept before it is removed Data will be removed after set number of days in the following situations If an existing full backup is replaced by a new full backup Example A full backup takes place when data Is backed up for the first time or when the difference in data is more than 50 If a new full backup is made the old full backup will be automatically removed after the set number of days The Sterling Data Group 2011 Page 14 of 31 SafeFile Backup Client for Linux 4 0 X User Manual If the task is no longer active for that period of time Example If you set retention to 7 days and stop the OnlineBackupService or shut down your computer for that period of time the backup data will be automatically removed The retention time will only become active the second time you run the backup task gt If the data is no longer located at the original location Example If you made a backup of certain folder and you remove rename or replace that folder
20. ize downloaded The size of the downloaded data 5 4 5 Deleting data from Backup Server To deletedata from the Backup Server click on Restore in the Navigation panel Select the data that needs to be deleted by checking the checkboxes you can select multiple files or folders Click on the Delete button in the lower main panel to delete the file s The client will ask you to confirm the delete action The Sterling Data Group 2011 Page 22 of 31 CH SafeFile Backup Client for Linux 4 0 X User Manual Delete x Versions All versions O Delete all versions before O Specific version _ Keep latest version Figure 20 Confirm delete action Note You can choose to delete all data except the latest versions This can be useful to clean up your backup account 5 4 6 Reset Retention Within the Restore view it is also possible to reset the retention per file per folder or per computer Note that resetting retention will count for all subfolders files and versions within those folders The Sterling Data Group 2011 Page 23 of 31 SafeFile Backup Client for Linux 4 0 X User Manual v 5 5 Options You can set different kinds of settingsby clicking Options in the Navigation panel B Navigation Home General Backup and Restore Advanced Plugins Backup Restore vw Reports and Logs General Language settings English v Options Send e mail with backup status
21. left All items are displayed with their type General Fo Data Filter Select which files and folders should be included for this task Selected resources Unknown Pre Post scripts o U Schedule File System MySQL Cancel Figure 12 Select backup data When a folder is selected for backup underlying files and folders are automatically selected unless explicitly deselected Note If a folder is checked with a grey background only a subset of this folder is part of the backup set Note A light grey square in front of a file or folder means that it is not possible toadopt that item in the backup set 5 2 7 Filter You can add file filters or folder filters that are excluded or included in the backup task You can also choose to include hidden files by checking the checkbox The Sterling Data Group 2011 Page 16 of 31 SafeFile Backup Client for Linux 4 0 X User Manual General Schedule Pre Post scripts File System MySQL Figure 13 The filter screen while making a backup The various filter options are Filter Hidden files and folders Include hidden files Filter No file filtering 0 Except specific files Add files or extensions example doc xslt Filter Expression Exclude all but specific files Folder filtering Add
22. lick Browse to select the folder home ton Restore C Calculate restore size Figure 22 Default restore directory Data Retention In this view you can set the default data retention value By default this is 30 days This default value will be used when creating new backup tasks Restoring In this view the default restore folder can be specified This is the folder where datais restored by default when youdon t choose a specified folder Restoring You can enable or disable to always calculate the restore size 5 5 3 Advanced In the Advanced tab you can set advanced options of the SafeFile Backup Client The Sterling Data Group 2011 Page 25 of 31 SafeFile Backup Client for Linux 4 0 X User Manual LJ gt You can set the type of Encryption of the data that will be backed up AES 128 bits or 256 bits encryption By default only AES 128 bits is available but AES 256 bits can be enabled via a special file download gt Timeout for the service request setting 80 isthe timeout for the socket layer Further retries will be performed with the following delays 5 10 20 40 sec Logging Here you can set the directory where you can save the log files You can also enable Detailed logging in case of problems You will be asked to enable this by support in case of problems Navigation Options D Home General Backup and Restore Advanced Plugins Backup Advanced Restore
23. on your computer the backup of the folder will be deleted after set number of days You can also choose to not remove the selected backup data in which case all backups of the data will be kept 5 2 5 Pre Post scripts Pre Script A Pre Script is an advanced option to run certain operations before starting the backup task You can simply browse to a command or shell scripts e g home script sh which will be executed prior to the start of the backup task Continue if Pre Script fails When checked the backup will be performed even if the pre script did not run properly Post Script A Post Script is an advanced option to run certain operations after a backup task has run You can simply browse to a command or shell script e g home script sh which will be executed after the backup task is completed User This field indicates the user that is used to execute the script General Pre Script Schedule l Continue processing if pre script fails Pre Post scripts User File System Post Script MySQL User The Sterling Data Group 2011 Page 15 of 31 Ma SafeFile Backup Client for Linux 4 0 X User Manual v Figure 11 Pre Post Scripts 5 2 6 File System You can select data to backup in the File System tab in the Task properties You can easily expand and collapse the branches of the tree by clicking the signs displayed at the
24. s MySQL Resource Backup type Online backup Offline backup local backup home ton Browse v Create zip archive ok cancer Apply Figure 16 General view Task Name You can give the backup task a name Backup type Set the backup type to Offline backup and click on Browse to select the storage location Here you can also decide whether to create a Zip archive or not The Sterling Data Group 2011 Page 19 of 31 ken Ne SafeFile Backup Client for Linux 4 0 X User Manual v A zip archive is smaller to save but you do have to unzip the files on the SafeFile server when this is an initial offline backup All the next steps are the same as for an Online backup 5 4 Restore Yourbacked up data can be accessedby clicking Restore in the Navigation panel 5 4 1 View backed up data This view shows a collection of computers in the tree view These computers are the base of the backup schedules If the SafeFile Backup Client is or was previously installed on a computer this computer will be shown in this screen Furthermore the tree view shows all backed up data in the same structure as it was on your computer In this view you can restore or delete data from the Backup Server You are also able to import a local backup for restore Restore Import local backup Set Retention Retention omputers C BA PC2003 9 k E BackupAgent
25. terling Data Group 2011 Page 6 of 31 SafeFile Backup Client for Linux 4 0 X User Manual 4 2 Registration Wizard When the SafeFile Backup Client is started for the first time it will start with the Registration Wizard The Registration Wizard guides you to fill in the account information and encryption key With the encryption key your data will be encrypted and decrypted Thank you for using Online Backup Client Get started right now with the Registration Wizard This wizard will Setup your account information Setup your encryption key Click on Next to continue or Cancel to close this Registration wizard Figure 1 Registration wizard You need to fill in the address of the Backup Server to connect to your SafeFile Backup Provider will provide you with this address You can test the address by clicking on Test Backup server To connect to a backup Service you need to specify the server address e g https service backup com Server Figure 2 Backup Server Address You need to fill in the username and password that you created or obtained from your SafeFile Backup Provider Note You also have to fill in a Computer name This which will be registered at the Backup Server to store all files O The Sterling Data Group 2011 Page 7 of 31 SafeFile Backup Client for Linux 4 0 X User Manual Account information Online Backup Client provides an account Username with a
26. username and password nA orket If you do not have an username and password contact Online Backup Client Forgot your password Password Computer ba pc2003 linux Back Next Cancel Figure 3 User account Note If you do not remember your password you can click on the link below the Username text field reminder will then be sent to your registered email address Note If there is a problem with the username and password the SafeFile Backup Client will show a prompt that signing in is not possible There can be several reasons for this to occur The username and or password does not exist or is incorrect The time on the client machine differs too much from the real time more than 24 hours The SafeFile Backup Client cannot access the online services while port 443 SSL is blocked by a firewall on the network The next wizard page will ask you to set an encryption key The purpose of this key is to encrypt all files before transferring them to the Backup Server and decrypt the files from the Backup Server when restoring them The Sterling Data Group 2011 Page 8 of 31 SafeFile Backup Client for Linux 4 0 X User Manual Encryption key To secure your files you must specify Fill in your Encryption Key an encryption key This is an extra password to encrypt and decrypt your data The Encryption key should be more than Confirm your Encryption Key 6 characters and less than 20
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