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1. Thank You for using software from PB Soft 8 1 Open the actual configuration The shortcut combination CTRL SHIFT C will open the PBbackup configuration file You can edit the configuration file and save the changes To activate the new changes you have to reload the configuration with the shortcut combination CTRL SHIFT R or restart the application G Apps PBbackup 1 0 config PBbackup ini win32pad x File Edit View Favorites Tools Help PBbackup Remote Backup Tool Version 1 6 Copyright 2616 PB Soft Patrick Biegel www pb soft com Please specify the encryption password used to encrypt the archive files Example EncryptPass MySecretPass 29 EncryptPass MySecretPass 36 WIN INS Tab 8 Col 27Ln 29 Page 26 of 34 PBbackup User Manual 8 2 Delete the MD5 hash files lf you want to backup all the data regardless if the data was modified or not you can delete the MD5 hash files with the shortcut combination CTRL SHIFT D Then the PBbackup tool will backup all the data Before deleting the MD5 hash files you have to confirm the deletion process PBbackup 1 0 Question 8 3 Show the application info The shortcut combination CTRL SHIFT I will display the following window with information about the PBbackup application Application Version 1 0 Autohotkey Version 1 0 48 05 Application Build Date 13 06 2010 Application Build Time 05 05 42 Page 27 of 342. E 2 Requirements E 2 1 Hardware E 2 2 Software E 3 Install PBbackup E 3 1 Shortcut PBbackup GUI P B ba E k U p E 3 2 Shortcut PBbackup Silent E 3 3 Shortcut PBbackup User Manual E 4 Uninstall PBbackup Es Configuration Panel E 5 1 Setting Encryption Password U se r M a n u a i E 5 2 Setting Reference Servers E 5 3 Setting Text Editor E 5 4 Setting Network Status Time E 5 5 Setting FTP Host E 5 6 Setting FTP Port E 5 7 Setting FTP Directory E 5 8 Setting FTP Username E 5 9 Setting FTP Password E 5 10 Setting Wait Time Loops E 6 Configuration Manual E 6 1 Setting SilentMode E 6 2 Setting BalloonMessages E 6 3 Setting DebugMode E 7 Using PBbackup User Interface EHE 7 1 Status Area E 7 1 1 Status Lights E 7 1 2 File and Directory Counters E 7 1 3 Status Message Displays Page 28 of 34 PBbackup User Manual 8 6 Reload the configuration The shortcut combination CTRL SHIFT R will reload the PBbackup configuration If you made some manual changes to the configuration file you can use this shortcut to update the actual settings A confirmation message will inform you after the configuration was reloaded PBbackup 1 0 Information l x O The configuration was successfully reloaded 8 7 Open the company website The shortcut combination CTRL SHIFT W will open the PB Soft website Page 29 of 34 PBbac
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4. Analyze 6 3 Analyzing process completed Process completed Page 16 of 34 PBbackup User Manual 7 2 Button Area The button area has three buttons to start each of the backup processes 3 M Analyze Files Compress Encrypt Upload Backup The first step analyzes the backup data the second step compresses and encrypts the backup data and the third step uploads the backup data to the remote host lf a process is running a window will be displayed to show the user that the application is processing data PBbackup Is processing data Please wait This window will stay until the process has completed but you can minimize the PBbackup application and do something else until the PBbackup application will inform you about the status of the running process Page 17 of 34 PBbackup User Manual 7 2 1 Analyze Files Button This button starts the analyzing process The PBbackup application makes a ZIP file of each of the folders inside the backup directory and creates a MD5 hash of each archive Then it compares this hash with the MD5 hash from the last backup and decides if the actual folder is new was modified or is exactly like it was at the last backup lf the MD5 hash is different the data of the actual folder will be selected and included into the next backup Otherwise it will be excluded from the next backup Analyze Files The PBbackup tool will create a new backup archive from each folder ins
5. Loop Number This parameter specifies the maximum number of trials the application will make to check the network connection After the maximum number of loops are reached the PBbackup tool will terminate without uploading the backup archives This parameter is not mandatory If omitted the default value of 20 trials will be used If you want to change the default value you have to enter another value for the loop number To change parameter 3 you have to change the shortcut target and add a third number to the path like on the following image Target CA PBbackuptPEbackup exe 1 Page 32 of 34 PBbackup User Manual 10 External Components This application uses some external components which are listed below Thanks a lot for the great components and for the possibility to use them in my application 10 1 7zip zip is an open source Windows utility for manipulating archives It formats 7z ZIP GZIP BZIP2 and TAR are supported fully other formats can be unpacked To know more about the zip license please check the two license files 7zip_license txt and GNU _license txt in the application subfolder license For more information about this component please visit the zip website http www 7 zip org 10 2 libcurl libcurl is a free and easy to use client side URL transfer library supporting FTP FTPS HTTP HTTPS SCP SFTP TFTP TELNET DICT LDAP LDAPS FILE IMAP SMTP POP3 and RTSP To know
6. finished and you only have to save the changes to the configuration file pressing the button Save Settings Configuration Manual There are a few settings which normally do not have to be changed Those settings have to be configured manually through editing the configuration file If you want to open the configuration file you can press CTRL SHIFT Cor open the file PBbackup ini in the subdirectory config 6 1 6 2 6 3 Setting SilentMode This setting specifies silent mode status If the silent mode is enabled the application will run without the GUI and without all the information error messages The only thing visible is the tray icon However the log function works and will log all the messages WARNING This setting disables the GUI completely Also if you restart the application the GUI will not be displayed If you want the GUI to be displayed again you have to disable this setting in the configuration file Setting BalloonMessages This setting specifies if the balloon messages should be displayed If you can not see the balloon Tips maybe they are disabled by the operating system Windows Registry ij PBbackup 1 0 x Installation successfull Rd Fu el 0 13 07 ME Setting DebugMode This setting specifies the debug mode status If the debug mode is enabled additional messages will be displayed during the application execution This setting should be disabled for normal use P
7. more about the Curl license please check the license file Curl license txt in the application subfolder license For more information about this component please visit the libcurl website http curl haxx se libcurl 10 3 libcurl Wrapper for AHK This application also uses the libcurl wrapper from DeathByNukes This wrapper for the libcurl easy interface helps to integrate the libcurl library into Autohotkey projects For more information about the component please visit the following autohotkey forum topic htto www autohotkey com forum topic32019 html Page 33 of 34 PBbackup User Manual 11 Feedback We always like feedback from you so that we can improve enhance our products We don t want only positive feedback we also like constructive criticism so we can change for the better If you think there is something missing in this manual please contact our support so that we can add it in the next release Please also visit our website http www pb soft com Thank you for your attention and for using our software Patrick Biegel Page 34 of 34
8. the compression encryption process the small display in the status area shows how many files were compressed encrypted and the big display shows the name of the archive in progress After the process has completed an information message will be displayed PBbackup 1 0 Information l x lt a The compress encryption process was completed successfully i Total backup archives available 6 Total archives compressed encrypted 6 Total size without compression 2 82 MB Total size after compression 1 23 MB Total size difference 56 38 Percent In the taskbar a message will show that the step 2 was completed successfully Backup Step Successful Page 20 of 34 PBbackup User Manual WARNING The compress encrypt process can only be started if the backup data was analyzed before and if there is new or modified data available lf you want to start the compress encrypt process without previous analyzing the backup data you will get an information message xi Th There is no modified data available Maybe you did not run the analyzer Please also remember If you are using the free version of PBbackup the backup archives will not be encrypted and the compression level is lower than with the full version If that s ok with you use the free version as long as you want There are no other limitations no nag screens no adds and no expiration time lf you would like to upg
9. P Username a 5 9 Setting FTP Password E 5 10 Setting Wait Time Loops E 6 Configuration Manual ea 6 1 Setting SilentMode E 6 2 Setting BalloonMessages E 6 3 Setting DebugMode J 7 Using PBbackup User Interface 1 7 1 Status Area E 7 1 1 Status Lights E 7 1 2 File and Directory Counters E 7 1 3 Status Message Displays Page 3 of 34 PBbackup User Manual After this process the directory PBbackup then should contain the following directory structure MA c PBbackup System C PBbackup Organize Indudeinlibrary Share with f TI ed De 7p 07 06 2010 2 19 Le backup 12 06 2010 13 59 compress 12 06 2010 13 59 Li config 07 06 2010 3 31 Le hash 12 06 2010 13 59 license 12 06 2010 1 00 Li log 12 06 2010 14 02 Li png 07 06 2010 2 19 Li tmp 12 06 2010 11 44 Di upload 12 06 2010 14 02 2 libcurl dl 10 06 2010 19 59 PBbackup exe 12 06 2010 5 28 PBbackup pdf 03 06 2010 2 46 File folder File folder File folder File folder File folder File folder File folder File folder File folder File folder DLL File 252 KB Application 1 033 KB Adobe Acrobat Document 1 635 KB The user manual PBbackup pdf is optional and can be removed if it is not needed anymore Then the installation size of the application will only be about 2 MB without backup data After unpacking the data and creating the shortcut
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11. PBbackup User Manual 8 4 Open the license file The shortcut combination CTRL SHIFT L will display the PBbackup license file G Apps PBbackup 1 0 license License txt win32pad ioj x Edit View Favorites Tools Help File 18 11 IMPORTANT PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING LEGAL AGREEMENT CAREFULLY THE USE 12 OF THE SOFTWARE PROVIDED WITH THIS LICENSE AGREEMENT HEREINAFTER 13 REFERRED TO AS SOFTWARE CONSTITUTES THE ACCEPTANCE OF THESE TERMS BY 14 THE USER IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH THE TERMS OF THIS LICENSE AGREEMENT 15 DO NOT INSTALL OR USE THIS SOFTWARE BY INSTALLING COPYING OR OTHER 16 WISE USING THIS SOFTWARE PRODUCT YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THE TERMS OF 17 THIS END USER SOFTWARE L ICENSE AGREEHMENT 18 AAA 26 211 PURPOSE 23 This End User Software License Agreement is a legal agreement between you 24 either an individual or a single entity and the company PB Soft This 25 agreement specifies the usage of the software product identified above which 26 includes computer software and may include associated media printed materials 27 and online or electronic content y no WIN INS frab 8 Col 1Ln 1 y 8 5 Open the user manual The shortcut combination CTRL SHIFT M will display the PBbackup user manual a PBbackup User Manual Adobe Reader 10 x File Edit View Document Tools Window Help x amp E 73 56 Hd Fing gt Bookmarks E 1 Introduction
12. age 11 of 34 PBbackup User Manual 7 Using PBbackup User Interface lf the PBbackup tool is not running double click on the file PBbackup exe After the splash screen the application window will be displayed FE PBbackup 1 0 PBbackup 1 0 Remote Backup Tool Status Area Button Area Copyright 2010 PB Soft www pb sofl com Backup Step 1 Not executed Backup Step 2 Not executed Backup Step 3 Not executed The application window has two main areas The Status Area always displays the current status of the backup process and the Button Area contains the buttons to start each step of the backup process Beside the two areas there is a Settings and an Exit button Page 12 of 34 PBbackup User Manual 7 1 Status Area The Status area consist of three status sections One for the analyzing process one for the compress and encrypt process and one for the upload process Encrypt ICUOI Carr press ompress and Enc CLO 7 1 1 Status Lights On the left side each panel has a status light which indicates the overall status of the process belonging to it Each status light can have four different states or colors Process Waiting lf a process did not run yet the light is blue Process Running If a process is running the status light is orange Process Successful lf a process is was successful the status light is green Process Failed If a process failed the status li
13. er except for the application directory just press the button No lf you press the button Yes the following shortcuts will be installed on your desktop PEbackup PBbackup PBbackup GUI Silent User Manual Page 2 of 34 3 1 3 2 3 3 PBbackup User Manual Desktop Shortcut PBbackup GUI This shortcut will start the PBbackup application in the normal mode and display the application window Desktop Shortcut PBbackup Silent This shortcut will start the PBbackup application in the silent mode with the following parameters 1 50 40 Please read the section Using PBbackup Silent Mode to know more about the different parameters Desktop Shortcut PBbackup User Manual This shortcut will open the PBbackup user manual H PBbackup User Manual Adobe Reader Of x File Edit View Document Tools Window Help a g Sl gt 56 v x Find X la Bookmarks a gt 1 Introduction E 2 Requirements ll 2 1 Hardware 2 2 Software 3 Install PBbackup E 3 1 Shortcut PBbackup GUI P B ba C k U p E 3 2 Shortcut PBbackup Silent 3 3 Shortcut PBbackup User Manual 8 4 Uninstall PBbackup E 5 Configuration Panel amp 5 1 Setting Encryption Password U se r Ma n U a a 5 2 Setting Reference Servers E 5 3 Setting Text Editor E 5 4 Setting Network Status Time E 5 5 Setting FTP Host E 5 6 Setting FTP Port E 5 7 Setting FTP Directory 5 8 Setting FT
14. essed Page 14 of 34 PBbackup User Manual 7 1 3 Status Message Displays There is a long panel which shows the status messages for each of the processes During the process the file or folder names in progress are displayed For all three processes the messages are similar Analyzing Extreme Downloader zip After the process has finished the actual status is displayed Analyzing process completed 7 1 4 Logfile Buttons On the right side each status section has a logfile button To display the logfile of the corresponding process just press the logfile button The logfile will be displayed with the text editor specified in the configuration settings Please also read the Configuration section in this manual to learn how to configure PBbackup 14 Analyze log Notepad J lalx Fie Edit Format View Help 7 Zip A 4 65 Copyright c 1999 2009 Igor Pavlov 2009 02 03 Scanning Creating archive C Users Neron Desktop PBbackup compress Extreme_ _Desktop zip Extreme Desktop Source cop right jpg Extreme Desktop Source desktop ah Extreme Desktop Source desktop ini Extreme Se ee Extreme Desktop Source desktop pd Extreme Desktop Source desktop tp Extreme Desktop Source exit gif Extreme Desktop source logo gif Extreme Desktop Source minimize gif Extreme Desktop source net_blue gif Extreme acer Hebe ee hg dad Extreme Desktop Source net_red gi Extreme Desktop Source restart gif Extreme Deskt
15. ght is red Page 13 of 34 PBbackup User Manual 7 1 2 File and Directory Counters There is a small display which counts the directories and files The first number shows the total number of files or folders and the second number shows how many of them are were selected or processed by the corresponding process For each process the display shows different information Analyze Process For the analyze process the display shows the total number of folders in the backup directory and shows how many of them are new modified and selected for the next backup On the example image below there are 6 folders in the backup directory but only 3 of them are modified and selected for the next backup Compress and Encrypt Process For the compress and encrypt process the display shows the total number of folders which are selected for the next backup and how many of them were compressed and encrypted during the process After finishing the process the two numbers have to be equal or there was an error On the example image below there are 3 folders selected for the backup and all of them were processed 3 3 Upload Process For the upload process the display shows the total number of archives which need to be uploaded and how many of them were uploaded After finishing the process the two numbers have to be equal or there was an error On the example image below there are 3 folders selected for the upload and all of them were proc
16. grade to the full version if you would like to use AES 256 encryption for your backup data Setting Reference Servers The two specified hosts will be contacted to check if a network connection is available or not These two URLs have to be reliable sources For that reason the default values for this settings are http www google com and http www yahoo com Please enter two different reference servers lf one reference server fails the other one can respond Page 7 of 34 PBbackup User Manual 5 3 Setting Text Editor This setting specifies the application used to display the logfile As default the logfile will be displayed with the windows notepad application C Windows notepad exe You can press the search button and select your favorite text editor search After pressing the search button a file selection dialog will be displayed Now you have to navigate to your text editor select it and press the Open button Please select a text editor 3 O Y Datal G Apps Win32pad 1 5 10 4 Organize New folder Fil Name Date modified Type Size 3 ka a E win32pad exe 13 09 2007 23 40 Application File name win32pad exe Applications exe E 5 4 Setting Network Status Time This setting specifies after what time the network connection status will be updated That means how many seconds are between two updates With every update the application checks if the network c
17. ide the backup directory including all files and sub folders like shown in the following example loxi E amp Jo PEbackup backup a g J gt PBbackup upload B Organize az i Organize gt 2 Name Date modified Type de Testi 12 06 2010 14 02 File folder Testi 7z 12 06 2010 14 02 de Test2 12 06 2010 14 02 File folder Test2 7z 12 06 2010 14 02 de Test3 12 06 2010 14 02 File folder Test3 7z 12 06 2010 14 02 Le Testa A aye Test4 7z 12 06 2010 14 02 Le Tests 12 06 2010 14 02 File folder Test5 7z 12 06 2010 14 02 Le Test 12 06 2010 14 02 File folder Test6 7z 12 06 2010 14 02 You can choose how many backup archives you want and how big they will get If you want more but smaller archives just create more folders with less data in each of them If you want less but bigger archives just create less folders with more data in each of them Remember If you change only one file in one of the folders the whole archive of this folder has to be copied to the remote host again because individual files in the archives can not be updated Therefore it is not advisable to make just one big backup archive with all data in it Page 18 of 34 PBbackup User Manual There is another reason for splitting the data in different archives If a backup archive gets corrupt only the data in this archive could be lost not all the data Remember lf you create a lot of folders which on
18. kup User Manual 9 Using PBbackup Silent Mode The PBbackup tool can also be run without the user interface This can be useful if you want to run it from a script or every time the computer starts It is also useful if you want to run a manual backup but without the user Interface In the silent mode only the tray icon will be displayed At anytime you can hoover over the tray icon and you will see the actual status of the backup process like on the following image Le E po 3 To use PBbackup this way you have to create a shortcut to the file PBbackup exe and name it PBbackup Silent or something else like in the following example M c Temp Ioj x System C Temp Organize Fil p B PBbackup Silent Shortcut PLAS 1 71 KE Then you have to display the properties of the shortcut You can display the properties if you right click on the shortcut and choose Properties from the context menu Create shor tout Delete Rename The shortcut property window will be displayed Page 30 of 34 PBbackup User Manual FE PBbackup Silent Properties x Securty Details Frevious Versions General Shortcut Compatibilty PBbackup Silent Target type Application Target location PBbackup C PBbackup P Bbackup exe Start in CAPBbackup Shortcut key Nons Run Normal window Comment PO 9 1 Parameter 1 Silent Mode With the first parameter
19. ly one file inside each of them you will get small archives but it will take a lot of time to transfer them because of the administrative work to manage those uploads Normally it is advisable to try something between the two extremes Not to much folders but also not to less of them During the analyzing process the small display in the status area shows how many folders were analyzed and the big display shows the folder name in progress After the process has completed an information message will be displayed PBbackup 1 0 Information x O The analyzing process was completed successfully Total available archives 6 Total modified archives 6 In the taskbar a message will show that the step 1 was completed successfully Backup Step 1 Successful The analyze process is always the first process to run because the other two processes depend on the result of this process Page 19 of 34 PBbackup User Manual 7 2 2 Compress and Encrypt Button This button starts the process for compressing and encrypting the folders selected in the first step After that the process copies the backup archives to the upload folder Compress Encrypt The generated files are in the 7 Zip format and are AES 256 encrypted The password specified in the application settings window is used for the encryption Please also read the Configuration section in this manual to learn how to configure PBbackup During
20. on you will be asked if you really want to close the PBbackup application PBbackup 1 0 Question If you press the Yes button the PBbackup application will exit if no other process is running Page 24 of 34 PBbackup User Manual lf there is a running process like analyze compress encrypt or upload you will see a second message x h Atleast one operation is running Do you really want to terminate it Yes or No ve If you press the Yes button the PBbackup application will terminate the actual running process and exit Thereby the process will fail Better is to press the No button and wait until the process has completed Then press the exit button again to exit the application Page 25 of 34 PBbackup User Manual 8 Shortcuts In the PBbackup application there are also some shortcuts available To see a list of all available shortcuts press the key combination CTRL SHIFT S The following window will be displayed PBbackup 1 0 Information xx The following shortcuts are available CTRL SHIFT C gt Open the actual configuration CTRL SHIFT D gt Delete the MD5 hash files CTRL SHIFT 1 gt Show the application info CTRL SHIFT L gt Open the license file CTRL SHIFT M gt Open the user manual CTRL SHIFT R gt Reload the configuration CTRL SHIFT 5 gt Show the available shortcuts CTRL SHIFT W gt Open the company website
21. onnection is still available The default value for this setting is 60 seconds If no network connection is available this will be displayed with the red light of the upload status and also the upload button on the right side shows a red cross to sign that an upload is not possible The following images shows the two situations Page 8 of 34 PBbackup User Manual PE PBbackup 1 0 PBbackup 1 0 Remote Backup Tool y Analyze o A B Compress e 070 Waiting for analysis Encrypt ro g y a pload No network connection available 1B 28 Analyze Files Compress Encrypt Upload Backup Copyright 2010 PB Sofl www pb sofl com Backup Step 1 Not executed Backup Step 2 Not executed Backup Step 3 Not executed Screen if the network connection is not available PE PBbackup 1 0 PBbackup 1 0 pao Remote Backup Tool gt Analyze o R E gt Compress e 0 0 Waiting for analysis Encrypt 0 0 g y pload Network connection available again 1 B 34 Analyze Files Compress Encrypt Upload Backup Copyright 2010 PB Sofl www pb sofl com Backup Step 1 Not executed Backup Step 2 Not executed Backup Step 3 Not executed J Screen if the network connection is available Page 9 of 34 9 9 9 6 9 7 9 8 9 9 PBbackup User Manual Setting FTP Host This setting specifies the hostname or IP address of the remote host on which the backup will be stored Please enter a hos
22. op Source shortcuts gif Extreme Desktop Source splash gif Analyzing the directory Extreme_ _Desktop Creating the file Extreme_ _Desktop zip Analyzing the file Extreme_ _Desktop zip search for an old version of this file This file did exist before Compare the MD5 hashes Hash old 741B61D1A9CDDD8591283C8853A06110 Hash new 741861D1A9CDDD8591283C8853A06110 Page 15 of 34 PBbackup User Manual 7 1 5 Folder Buttons On the right side each status section has a folder button To display the folder of the corresponding process just press the logfile button Analyze Process For the analyze process the backup folder will be displayed All the folders inside will be analyzed by the analyze process Compress and Encrypt Process For the compress and encrypt process the folder compress will be displayed All the data inside will be compressed and encrypted by the compress and encrypt process and then moved to the upload folder Therefore the ZIP files in this folder are not compressed and also not encrypted Upload Process For the upload process the folder upload will be displayed All the archives inside are compressed and encrypted and selected for the next upload These files are in the 7 Zip format Here is an example how the status area looks like Analyze process Analyze Ready to analyze Process waiting Analyze Analyzing Extreme Desktop zip Process Running
23. p data This data will be transferred to the remote server You just have to put your data into the backup sub folder and run PBbackup The first step of the backup process is the analysis of the data in the backup folder to see if there is modified data which has to be uploaded The second step is the compression and encryption of the data and the third and last step is the upload of the archive files to the remote host 2 Requirements PBbackup has very low hard and software requirements The following checklist will help you to determine if the hard and software of your system meets the specific needs of PBbackup 2 1 Hardware Personal computer PC with mouse 128 MB of memory RAM 4 MB of free hard disk space for the application and manual Screen resolution of 800 x 600 pixel Remote computer access to an FTP server Nous Network connection to the remote computer FTP server 2 2 Software v Operating System Windows XP or higher Page 1 of 34 PBbackup User Manual 3 Install PBbackup The PBbackup tool does not have to be installed with an installer Just unpack the archive and start the file PBbackup exe PBbackup zip During the startup the application will create some new directories and unpack different files The application will also ask you if you want PBbackup to create shortcuts on the desktop PBbackup 1 0 Question lf you dont want the application to install anything on your comput
24. rade to the full version with AES 256 encryption and the highest compression level please visit our store website and buy a license http www pb store com This software is very affordable and you can test the free version and see if it fits your needs Therefore we make no refunds because the cost of a refund probably will be higher than the price of the software Thank s for understanding Page 21 of 34 PBbackup User Manual 7 2 3 Upload Backup Button This button starts the upload process which transfers the compressed and encrypted backup archives to the remote host 3 e Upload Backup During the upload process the small display in the status area shows how many files were uploaded and the big display shows the name of the archive in progress If the upload and therefore the whole backup process was successfully completed the following message is displayed PBbackup 1 0 Information x The uploading process completed successfully In the taskbar a message will show that the step 3 was completed successfully Backup Step 3 Successful If the network connection breaks down please don t exit the application only check that the network connection works again The PBbackup application then will continue to upload the files until the backup process is complete After reaching the maximum trial loops specified in the PBbackup configuration Setting Loops the application will termina
25. s the following message will be displayed and the application will terminate PBbackup 1 0 Information x The necessary files are unpacked dl Please restart the application Now you have to restart the application and then the PBbackup user interface will be displayed Page 4 of 34 PBbackup User Manual 4 Uninstall PBbackup The PBbackup tool does not write anything into your Windows registry start menu or other places on your computer except the application directory and the desktop shortcuts if you choose to create them Therefore it is fully portable and does not need an uninstall application If you want to remove PBbackup from your computer just delete the folder PBbackup with all files and folders included and also the three shortcuts on the desktop That s all WARNING Please be sure that you remove all your important data from the sub directory backup before you delete the PBbackup application directory Page 5 of 34 PBbackup User Manual Configuration Panel Please start the PBbackup application with a double click on the file PBbackup exe A splash screen indicates the startup process of PBbackup PB PBbackup 1 0 Soft Full Version Installing application files Copyright 2010 PB Soft wew pb sof com After a moment you will see the PBbackup user interface like in the following example PE PBbackup 1 0 PB PBbackup 1 0 Remote Backup Tool Analyze Ready
26. set to 1 you enable the silent mode If you double click the shortcut the PBbackup will run without the user interface First the data will be analyzed then compressed and encrypted and at last uploaded to the remote host Only the tray icon indicates that the PBbackup tool is running To enable parameter 1 you have to change the shortcut target and add a 1 to the path like on the following image Target C PBbackup P Bhackup ex Page 31 of 34 9 2 9 3 PBbackup User Manual Parameter 2 Wait Time This parameter specifies how long the application should wait before checking the network connection Normally if the computer starts it will take some time until the network connection is available If the wait time parameter is set to 60 the PBbackup tool will wait 1 minute 60 seconds before trying to connect to the network If no network connection is available the application will wait another 60 seconds and try again until the number of specified loops are reached Please see the third parameter Loop Number to see how to specify the maximum number of loops This parameter is not mandatory If omitted the default value of 60 seconds will be used If you want to change the default value you have to enter the wait time in seconds To change parameter 2 you have to change the shortcut target and add a second number to the path like on the following image Target C PBbackup PBbackup exe 60 Parameter 3
27. te and the backup process will fail Page 22 of 34 PBbackup User Manual Next time you start the application you will be asked to continue the failed backup process PBbackup 1 0 Question x 3 files could not be uploaded Do you want to upload them now Yes or No lf you press the button Yes the application will have the state at the time when the upload failed You just have to press the button Upload to continue the failed process lf you press the button No the application will continue normal without resuming the failed backup process WARNING The upload process can only be started if the backup data was analyzed compressed and encrypted before or if a previous upload has failed lf you want to start the upload process without previous compressing encrypting the backup data you will get an information message PBbackup 1 0 Information x 75 There are no upload data available Maybe you did not compress encrypt the data Page 23 of 34 7 3 7 4 PBbackup User Manual Configuration Button There is a configuration button with a gear wheel symbol on the upper right side A double click on this button opens the application settings window Please also read the Configuration section in this manual to learn how to configure PBbackup Exit Button There is an exit button with a red X symbol on the upper right side If you press the exit butt
28. tname like ftp example com or an IP address like 173 81 33 2 Setting FTP Port This setting specifies the port on the remote host over which the FTP control connection will be established The default port is 21 Setting FTP Directory This setting specifies the name of the backup directory on the remote host All the backup files will be transferred into this directory If your backup location is ftp example com backup only enter backup into this edit field Setting FTP Username This setting specifies the username for the FTP login Setting FTP Password This setting specifies the password for the FTP login 5 10 Setting Wait Time Loops The first setting Wait Time specifies the the wait time before trying to connect to the network If there is no network connection available the PBbackup application waits some time before trying to connect again This wait time in seconds specifies how long the pause will last between two connection attempts With a specified wait time of 60 the application will wait one minute before trying to connect again The second setting Loops specifies the maximum attempts the PBbackup application will try to connect to a network If all those attempts have failed the application will exit With 60 loops specified the application will try 60 times to connect to the network before declaring the upload process as failed Page 10 of 34 PBbackup User Manual Now the configuration is
29. to analyze Compress 0 0 Waiting for analysis Encrypt alting for analysis Upload Waiting for compression 2 BL Analyze Files Compress Encrypt Upload Backup Copyright 2010 PB Sofl www pb sofl com Backup Step 1 Not executed Backup Step 2 Not executed Backup Step 3 Not executed Please press the settings button with the image of a gear wheel to display the configuration page Page 6 of 34 PBbackup User Manual FE PBbackup 1 0 Settings PB PBbackup 1 0 Settings Remote Backup Tool Encryption Password EEE CAT Reference Servers http www google com http www yahoo com Text Editor G Apps Win32pad 1 5 10 4win32pad exe Network Status Time 60 Seconds FTP Host FTP Port 21 PEETA FTP Directory FTP Username 223467 FIP Password Wait Time Loops Application Build Date ni 1 55 e ar nimm j i it 12 06 2010 05 23 00 Please edit the data from the configuration page to fit your needs Each option will be explained below 9 1 9 2 Setting Encryption Password This setting specifies the password to encrypt the data All the data will be encrypted through the AES 256 encryption Please use a real password and not just the name of your dog The minimum password length is 8 characters You have to enter the password two times to prevent password errors through typing The encryption option is only available with the full version of PBbackup Please up
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