Online Backup Client User Manual
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1. Figure 43 About Screen BackupAgent 2012 Page 30 of 42 14 Windows System State This chapter explains how to backup and restore system state on Windows Server 2008 differentially 14 1 Backup of the SystemState Step 1 Install Server backup features including command line tools Step 2 Ensure you have an additional storage volume available with at least 30 GB of data capacity Step 3 Create a new file systemstatebackup bat containing the following script echo off amp Setlocal Set tDrive E Set sFolder tDrive WindowsImageBackup SCOMPUTERNAMES SystemStateBackup Set sFilyType vhd Set tDir StDrive S WindowsImageBackup COMPUTERNAMES SystemStateBackup mergepoint C Windows system32 wbadmin start systemstatebackup backuptarget tDrive quiet IF EXIST StDir S echo Merge point ok else Set NMP TRUE No Merge Point creating merge point IF Definded NMP MD StDirS PushD SsFolder3 Get OR Re ea seas IN O If i SS xKi SsFileType echo Moving i amp MOVE S i StDir merge file GOTO end domerge echo i mkmp mkdir tDir cau echo There was a problem amp GOTO end end Step 4 Change the tDrive volume to the appropriate volume for the system state backups Step 5 Plan the systemstatebackup bat in the Windows Task Scheduler to run daily Step 6 Test the scheduled script Step 7 Create a new backup task in the Online Backup Client2. Cloud Backup Software BackupAgent Online Backup Client User Manual For Microsoft Windows Software Version 4 2 4 P Ej Version 1 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 BackupAgent BV 1 Contents e He Ale un EL Le Ur EE 5 EE ln Re Uer TEE 5 3 e 6 ele eg ein EE 6 2 SCME OU SC Da CD 6 SEENEN 6 A SEUD EE 7 AAP Se CUS VV EE 7 4 2 Registration NEE ee EE 8 A A e O 10 DC IL a o 10 LAVAN CCAA Reg e EE 11 A O 12 6 Thechent IR ES 13 Ze HOME Eech 14 S AG e EE 15 SO Manace Backup e EE 15 EE 15 E TASK Properties cas 15 A 15 RE WE 16 EE ege 17 E SOC IRCECM LION sant its 17 A bv atta essa Vaan oe Sada chal cn vase ieee ae 18 O ANCE TAO EE 19 SA Montor PackUp EE 19 Sl Detale o a dee be de ol 19 IRESE ia dia 21 OA WIV S CON CONC aU A A A ate cee toate 21 IO RO EE 21 9 21 Restore IOCal Dick Di 21 O 22 io Restore ODO NS SA AS 22 DENET e EE 22 A EI ee 22 GE eege E 23 Sn meee ae ee ee ee A 23 9 A DEICTING stored datar aii 23 9S IMONITOF restore DOCTOR 24 LO Reports ANG Loria 25 10 1 REPOS Ee 25 OE EE 25 10 gt Cleanine Reports and LOES ianea a alados 26 TLOPU
3. File Action View Window Help e st EI P Ap xb e m 4 First Organization Exchange Global Settings 3 Recipients Y Servers E E BACKUPAG SBBSXO Mailbox Store BACKUPAG LI Logons LJ Mailboxes LI Full Text Indexing 18 Queues E ip First Storage Group E Mailbox Store BACKUPAG SBB8X E S Public Folder Store BACKUPAG S H 0 Protocols Connectors Figure 50 Select Exchange Mailbox Store Permission Entry for Mailbox Store BACKUPAG SBB8X0 El Ea Object This permission is inherited from the parent object Name Administrator BAGA Administrator Apply onto This object and subcontainers Permissions All bei o bi E Add remove self Read properties Write properties Delete tree List object Open mail send queue Administer information store OOOOOoo0oo00 Create named properties in the informati View information store status Receive As Send As kl gt OB8O000000000 aes E Apply these permissions to objects and or IN MICSE containers within this container only Figure 51 Set Receive As and Send As options If the Exchange Server is a Domain Controller then the Domain Administrators must also have permission for Send As and Receive As 15 5 Restore on folder level Once mailboxes are backed up on the Backup Server restoring is possible on any Exchange serv
4. Wizards Right beneath the overall status you can start Wizards to help you with registration creation of backup tasks and restoration of data Task statuses At the bottom of the Home view the latest five backups are shown Next to the task names you can see the status and the date time they finished Below the table the next scheduled backup task is shown including the start date and time Status OF E Online Backs Chen is working ethout problems Figure 20 Overall Status Wizards de Reguetrstion Veizard Backup Wizard Bj Restore Wizard Figure 21 Supportive Wizards Date Status 20 01 2011 15 29 30 20 01 2011 15 28 32 20 01 2011 15 28 21 Successfully completed Successfully completed Successfully completed Successfully completed Successfully completed 20 01 2011 15 24 34 20 01 2011 15 23 45 Next backup Data 21 01 2011 15 23 00 Figure 22 Status of the last and next backup 8 Backup 8 1 Manage backup tasks By clicking on Backup in the Navigation Panel you can manage your backup tasks By selecting a task in the task list you can examine its specifications You can manually run edit or delete the task It is also possible to create new tasks Figure 23 Backup 8 2 Creating a backup task To create a backup task click on New task below the task list in the Backup view Task Properties will pop up it allows you to configure the task If you cancel Task Pr
5. folders are automatically included in the selection unless Figure 25 Select backup data 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 adopt that item in the backup set Map network drives You can map additional network drives by clicking on Map Drive A drive letter will be added to the data tree which can be selected for backup 8 3 3 Schedule You can set a schedule for the backup task in the Schedule tab A task can be scheduled by setting a start E time and frequency By default the schedule is set to a daily backup at the time the task originally is created Figure 26 Set a schedule The following frequencies can be set o Once Task is performed once o Daily Task is performed daily o Weekly Task is performed one or multiple days a week o Monthly Task is performed once a month 8 3 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 o 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 66 If a new full backup is made the old full backup will be au
6. open files Pre Script A Pre Script is an advanced option to run certain operations before starting the backup task You can simply browse a command or batch file e g C scripts command bat 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 Figure 28 Advanced options view 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 a command or batch file e g C scripts command bat which will be executed after the backup task is completed Note The options for Exchange are explained in paragraph 15 2 8 4 Monitor backup progress The backup process can be monitored by clicking on Details on the bottom of the application The Details bar is only shown during a backup process Figure 29 Details during a backup 8 4 1 Details screen Progress bars o File progress The progress of the backup of the indicated file O Total progress The progress of the total backup task Details table shown on click Details gt gt O Full Full backed up files Patch Patched backed up files incremental backup patch over last backup NoNeed Unchanged files unchanged compared to last backup Skipped Skipped files details in the logs Done The total amount of processed data Total The total a
7. Online Backup client since your Online Backup Provider can disable this option 11 2 Backup and Restore tab In the Backup and Restore tab you can set options that are specific for backing up and restoring with the Online Backup Client Figure 40 Default restore directory Backup Start backup of missed task When this setting is enabled the missed tasks will automatically start the next time the service of the Online Backup Client is started Request confirmation when starting a missed task When this option is enabled you get a pop up box where you can choose to start the missed backup task s Compression Settings You can add file extensions that should never be compressed during backup You can add multiple extensions separated with commas Minimum file size bytes Smaller files will not be compressed Maximum file size bytes Larger files will not be compressed 0 no maximum file size Data Retention The default setting is set to Automatically remove backup data with a value of 30 days You can change the value of days or you can set data retention to Never remove backup data The default setting will apply for every new task which is created henceforward Restoring The textbox contains the default restore location This is the folder where data is restored by default when you don t choose a specified folder 11 3 Advanced tab Advanced Backup and restore privileges Th
8. and Mac OS X There are two types of accounts Workstation and Server The difference between features and Operating Systems are Workstation Home A user can backup and restore file data and System State Server Professional A user can backup and restore file data System State MS Exchange and MS SQL Server as well as creating a mapped network drive in the client Note System State is only available on Windows XP and Windows 2003 Windows XP all editions 32bit 64 bit Windows Vista all editions 32bit 64 bit X Windows 7 all editions 32bit 64 bit X Windows Server 2003 all editions 32bit 64 bit Windows Server 2008 all editions 32bit 64 bit lt x XX x A x KX Windows Server 2008 R2 all editions 64 bit BackupAgent 2012 Page 5 of 42 3 Features 3 1 Application plug ins LJ General Data Schedule P Filter 2 Advanced The Online Backup Client makes it very easy to backup i Y gt ki 2 Number of files 0 Microsoft Outlook Outlook Express Favorites and Folders ze ge 7 GERS Paardekooper Backi O i Local Disk C S es DVD Drive D Windows System State containing e g Windows Registry Y a 3 Libraries o CG data delft backupagent l Active Directory System and Boot Files S D videos CI SRbas paardekooper Ont ICOFormat 1 6f9 win di pe Om System State Figure 1 Data selection options 3 2 Scheduled backup You can make o
9. files Note If you don t remember your password you can click on the link below the password text field A reminder will then be sent to your registered e mail address Note If there isa problem with the username and password several causes can apply to this o The username and or password does not exist or is incorrect o The time on your machine differs very much from the real time more than 24 hours o Required port 443 SSL is blocked by an anti virus program or firewall on the network The next wizard page will ask you to set an encryption key Encryption key BackupAgent This key encrypts all backup data and decrypts data when l and remito cod sag ne must specify an encryption key This is an extra password to encrypt re sto ri n g a The Encryption key length should be between 6 and 20 characters Fill in your Encryption Key You can set the encryption key only once After setting this Confirm your Encryption Key key it cannot be changed If you forget the encryption key it is impossible to access your backup data Please keep a MIT you lose or forget your encryption key your data will be IRRETRIEVABLY LOST 1 copy of the encryption key in a safe place m Figure 7 Encryption Key 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 Itis possible t
10. following post script in the Figure 24 General view backup task Shutdown s t 600 Backup Type By default the Online Backup Client makes backups online to an external Backup Server over the Internet It is also possible to make a local backup e g to a removable hard disk This results in a self extractable ZIP file which can be shipped to your Online Backup Provider The Online Backup Provider can include the data in your backup account By selecting the Offline backup local backup radio button a default local backup directory is displayed in the Location textbox It is possible to change this location by browsing to an additional directory When you enable Compression the result will be put in a zip archive This can take a while to complete If you leave this option disabled compression on the individual files will still be applied An offline backup will always be a full backup 8 3 2 Data tab The Data tab allows you to select data to backup within the task You can easily navigate through your system with be oe ec Local Disk C LJ eo ROM Drive E CD Drive 1 1 0001 12 00 00 AN A Dj as SE te uR PP Network Ori e 24 41 PA the Windows Explorer like tree at the left Data can be HETE iii e O Orine Badas selected by checking the boxes in front of the files and Cap DE wo e folders ao Ee E EG When a folder is selected for backup underlying files and Network Drives Ok amp Start Cancel Apo
11. or incremental backups However since incremental backups require a continuous series of log files it is not possible to use third party software when the Online Backup Client is used to schedule backups of Exchange This also holds vice versa Third party software can cause data loss since some programs remove logs 15 3 Restore on mail store level Backups of mail stores are listed in the MS Exchange Server folder in the Restore view This folder holds sub folders for every Exchange Server that has been backed up The restore can be performed in the same way as a normal data restore Read chapter Restore for more details on restoring from the Restore view The complete restore procedure has been defined in a separate Whitepaper because this is a delegate task You can download it from our support site http support backupagent com index php m downloads a viewdownload amp downloaditemid 9 2 amp nav 0 34 15 4 Backup on folder level The folder level backup option is meant to backup separate mailboxes and its subfolders This option offers an alternative to a full backup of MS Exchange 2003 and enables you to perform small restores of parts of the mail stores Note Due to significant architectural difference between Exchange 2003 and Exchange 2007 there s no direct support for the Exchange 2007 folder level backup implemented in the Client in this release However it is now possible to perform
12. times a day Pick frequency and starting time of default scheduler task o Daily o Weekly o Monthly Figure 11 Set a schedule and retention There is also an option to turn retention on or off More information about retention can be found in paragraph 8 3 4 BackupAgent 2012 Page 10 of 42 Now the backup task is fully configured When clicking on To setup any areas you skipped click Back otherwise click Tech the Finish button the task will appear in the Online Backup Client You can also click the Advanced button to specify more options Figure 12 End of Backup Wizard 5 1 1 Advanced options The advanced options consist of two extra steps in the wizard to configure filters and backup location Filter The first view allows you to filter the data in the task YOU come Hidden tes and folders have to add a filter and determine if the filter ignores the files except files or allows only the files in the filter and ignores all other files only files Figure 13 Select a filter Local Backup The next view of Advanced will allow you to determine if the backup has to be performed online or locally offline Ee Backup type backup If you choose to backup locally you need to ee Offline backup local backup specify the destination location for the backup a local EE folder on the pc or an external medium When you enable compres
13. Next to that Additional metadata concerning mailbox properties and settings are also uploaded Note Please make sure that the temp folder of the Online Backup Client is set to a path with enough available temporary disk space since folder level backup can require a comprehensive amount 15 4 1Backup Requirements Additional requirements o MS Exchange 2003 Service pack 2 must be installed o Windows 2003 must be installed o Hot fix KB908072 for Exchange 2003 must be installed O http support backupagent com index php m downloads a viewdownload amp downloa ditemid 36 amp nav 0 26 Security settings o The SystemMailbox user must not be hidden from the Exchange address list o The local and or domain administrator must have receive as and send as permission to the mail store s How to Un hide SystemMailbox user 1 Start the Active Directory management application Me D d S g inil 2 On the parent node for all users right click and Fe teen Yew Widow Hep rc choose Fl nd users eS Active Directory Users and Computers ba MENA ls ele H O Saved Queries 3 In the Find Users dialog type SystemMailbox in SE Sc E Delegate Control the Name field and click Find ce Ey MAA DJs c Connect to Domain e e D Fo Connect to Domain Controller reignSecur 4 Select the user and open its properties SN room M Operations Masters Figure 48 F
14. ON Sivad 27 ILL CGeneraktaD O O PO e E 27 TL2 BACKUP and Restore tan a ao dic 27 LES AVIANCA A cds 28 12 SUDDO EE 30 13 ABOUT o 30 14 Windows System State ii ias 31 141 Backup ofthe yt MS een 31 14 2 Restorer a Ste Mt aL Eo iat 32 15 Microsoft Exchange 2003 2007 000 ia la ii 33 15 1 Introduction enee 33 15 2 Backup on mail store level ESE olug mml 33 15 2 L Backup requirements urna tao ee 34 15 3 REStore ON Mail store WE 34 154 BackUp On Older levels dades 35 1541 Backup Requirements idad ee 36 1525 RESTORE OM EE naa iaa 38 15 6 Backup 0f Exchange USING VS 39 16 Microsoft SQL Server 2005 2008 cccssceccsccsccccsccscceccccsccecccceccsccccecceccececcecceccccecceccccecceces 40 ee Eet A O 40 16 2 BAKU in edd ed ee A 40 16 21 Backup requirements 40 16 2 2 Furthermotes on backup Procedures ads 40 163 e 41 16 3 1 REStOre requiera 41 Online Backup Client User Manual 2 Product Information Product Online Backup Client Version 4 2 4 2 1 System Requirements Operating System gt Windows XP gt Windows Vista gt Windows 7 gt Windows Server 2003 2008 2008 R2 Hardware Resources gt PC with 1 Gigahertz GHz or higher processor clock speed recommended gt 1GBmemory gt 25 MB of disk space gt Internet connection e g ADSL SDSL Required software gt Microsoft Net framework 2 0 Note A separate manual is available for the Online Backup Client for Linux
15. Step 8 Select the WindowslmageBackup folder on the volume on which the system state backups are stored Step 9 Configure the task and save it The task will now upload the system state backups according to the task schedule Beware that the initial backup can be up to 4 GB s large while differentials will be between 80 and 400 MBs 14 2 Restore of a SystemState Step 1 Restore all data in the WindowslmageBackup folder using the Online Backup Client Step 2 Open the most recently timestamped subfolder of the WindowsImageBackup COMPUTERNAME SystemStateBackup folder Step 3 Open the CatalogCopy file situated in notepad Step 4 Find the GUID separated by spaces located next to the Volume text Step 5 Copy the GUID and remove all spaces Step 6 Rename the merge file to GUID vhd Step 7 Move the file to its original location being the most recently timestamped subfolder of the WindowsImageBackup COMPUTERNAME SystemStateBackup folder Step 8 Run wbadmin get versions to obtain the version number of system state backup to recover Step 9 Run wbadmin start systemstaterecovery version yourversion to start the full recovery This will execute a full recovery of your machine please consult Microsoft online resources for additional options during restore 15 Microsoft Exchange 2003 2007 15 1 Introduction To support backup and restore of MS Exchange Server 2003 MS Exchange Server 2007 or MS E
16. ackup Client If the Net framework 3 5 is not yet installed on your Installing Please wait while Setup installs Online Backup Client on your computer computer you can retrieve this freely from the Microsoft Extracting files d OW n O a d S ite C Program Files Online Backup ClientiProfiles xml E i OA When the completion screen shows the Online Backup Client is successfully installed on your computer Version 4 0 1 0 BackupAgent 2012 Page 7 of 42 4 2 Registration Wizard When the Online 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 First you need to fill in the username and password that you have created or obtained from your Online Backup Provider Thank you for using Online Backup Client Get started right now with the Registration Wizard This wizard will help you e Setup your account information Setup your encryption key Please click on Next to continue or Cancel to close the registration wizard Figure 5 Registration wizard Account information nline Backup Client provides an account with a user name and ssword Figure 6 User account Note This screen also displays the computer name which will be registered at the Backup Server to store all
17. ate task for Exchange folder level backup Do not mix this data with files to prevent confusion Online Backup Client User Manual 15 6 Backup of Exchange using VSS Finally Online Backup Client supports VSS and this can Li Gees SE Dats sms T Fae 33 dd age 2 a backup which will be patched as a file by Online Backup dit gt force Exchange to write a consistent backup copy of the tein o o o os Si D Be amen tege edb file and the stm file to the shadow volume Therefore Bose DE ems Soo BO cr BS E T asi i E Sr an 4 104 KB STM Fie selecting these files is a reliable way of making a daily full n Et es e ye gt 00 tin El resi do 5 12 dee Text Document Bor Dawes e ZS OO Mak B Re Ro Client to upload only the changes E amp 3 ia D Zens a Ed P e 4 OK Cancel Appi Figure 54 Backup Exchange using VSS A Ranbir nant 90179 BackupAgent 2012 16 Microsoft SQL Server 2005 2008 16 1 Introduction The Online Backup Client supports backup and restore of SQL Server 2005 and SQL Server 2008 This option can be activated by selecting Activate SQL Server Backup in the SQL Server tab in the Options view If there is more than one instance of SQL Server installed onto the computer running the Online Backup Client you can choose to back up the data from all of them It is required to enter the user credentials
18. d dbcreator Server roles and db_owner DB role assigned to it More information http msdn microsoft com en us library ms187048 aspx A restore of the master database can only be performed when the Server is in single user mode SQL Server can be started in single user mode from the command line using the m command line option Program Files Microsoft SQL Server MSSQL Binn sqlservr mm Note The Online Backup Client connects to the local MS SQL Server so only restores into the local computer can be performed
19. en the restoration of your files will begin Figure 18 Data filter BackupAgent 2012 Page 12 of 42 6 The client interface The main interface of the Online Backup Client shown in the figure on the right consists of 3 components S Stata OK Online Backup Client is working without problems Wizards 1 Navigation Panel p 2 Account Information 3 Main Panel e g Home Figure 19 Client interface Navigation panel The Navigation Panel is the main navigation through the Online Backup Client The options o Home Monitor the status and use Wizards o Backup Create and manage backup tasks o Restore Restore your remote backup data o Reports and Logs View status information of executed backups o Options Configure program settings o Support View contact information for support o About Additional information about the Online Backup Client Account Information Shows account details such as O Account Name o Amount of Remote Storage o Program Status O Usage of your Remote Storage Main Panel The Main Panel is the working space of the Online Backup Client This panel will change its view while navigating through the Online Backup Client 7 Home view Overall status When starting the Online Backup Client the program will show the Home view This view can also be accessed through the Navigation Panel On top of the Home view you can see the overall status of the backup service
20. er You can browse for mailbox items in the Restore view To restore simply select one or more items and then click on Restore Now the Restore Options screen pops up When you select Original Location in the Restore to MS Exchange Server options you will overwrite the current data in the folder in Exchange When choosing Create copy of item an additional folder with a Copy of prefix i e Copy of Inbox will be created in the user s mailbox Folders Name e Versions My Computers 4 Calendar E 4 BACKUPAG SBB8XO ms Exchange folder kal 3 Deleted Items E a Mailbox Store BACK gt Drafts Bugs Bunny E gt Elmer Fudd a Ba vecoozo U Junk E mail Figure 52 Version overview Version 1 Modified 8 17 2008 10 09 08 AM Restore to MS Exchange server Ce No only restore the files Original location owerwirte item Create copy of item Location i Ge Default F Restore 0821 2008 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Figure 53 Select Restore location Caution Overwriting the items may cause data loss It is strongly recommended to use this option only in case the original mailbox is empty or contains old data Caution If you restore in Copy of item mode be aware that this copy might be part of next backup if the complete mailbox is selected for backup Note For ease of use and overview it is recommended to create a separ
21. get a more detailed view of the log file by clicking on Details gt gt Figure 38 Log Event Details A Da elen tts nant 90179 BackupAgent 2012 Online Backup Client User Manual 10 3 Cleaning Reports and Logs In a few steps it is possible to clean the reports or logs list In the list of reports or logs you can make a selection using ctrl and shift To clear the list click on Delete Doro ama Cavett e 11 11 2010 amp 20PM Selection You can also choose to send a notification report of this Gore 1 4010 10 26 AM Zb rengen 11 1 2010 IAM E Warming 11 1 2010 y log to the provider An e mail will be send to the provider ba Usage 7 35 MS 0 containing this log file Figure 39 Deleting Reports and logs BackupAgent 2012 Page 26 of 42 11 Options You can change program and process settings in the Options view which can be accessed through the Options button in the Navigation Panel The Options view contains the following tabs o General o Backup and Restore o Advanced o Exchange Server o SQL Server 11 1 General tab In the General tab you can set general options of the Online Backup Client Self explaining checkboxes can be used to configure the program settings Next to that you can set the language of the Online Backup Client You can also change your password of your backup account Note It might not be possible to change your password in the
22. ic version of a stored file can be selected To do so select the Specific version radio button The available versions of the file will be displayed in the dropdown box Simply select the favored version This option only works for individual files and not for folders Figure 33 All file versions 9 3 2 Location The location is where the files will be restored N N O gt ds N BackupAgent 2012 Page 22 Default location The Default location is predefined The default location can be changed in the Options view see paragraph 11 7 Original location When Original location is selected the files will be restored to their original location on your computer Selected location If you want to browse a location choose this option Duplicate Files When duplicate files are detected on the chosen location it will by default prompt to ask if you want to overwrite rename or skip the file s You can also change the setting so it will automatically perform one of these options 9 3 3 Calculate restore size You can choose to calculate the restore size Enabling this option allows the Online Backup Client to give an estimation of the restore time remaining Skipping this calculation saves time 9 3 4 Apply Scripts When clicking Apply scripts a popup will show that allows you to use Pre and Post scripts For more information on these scripts read the paragraphs Pre scrip
23. ically 16 3 Restore Databases that are available for restore can be found in the MS SQL Server folder in the Restore view This folder contains the SQL Server folder which contains the backed up databases These databases can be selected for restore Figure 57 Select SQL database for restore When the restore procedure is started you are asked for a destination folder of the database files Please note that this location will be the location where MS SQL Server will mount the restored database The default location that is used by MS SQL Server to store database files is C Program Files Microsoft SQL Server MSSQL Data The Online Backup Client will try and download the Restore to SOL server SERYEROS database that is to be restored and insert it into the local No only restore the files instance of MS SQL Server If a database with the same Use original database name Backupagent_ copy name already exists on the computer it will be overwritten meee e a c acato Figure 58 Select restore location You can choose to create a copy or to overwrite the original database Caution NEVER overwrite a database that is in production 16 3 1Restore requirements The Online Backup Client must be provided with correct permissions to perform the restore operation According to Microsoft the user that connects to the Server must have the sysadmin an
24. ind SystemMailbox On the properties click on the Advanced tab Exchange Make sure the Hide from Exchange address list checkbox is unchecked Click OK and close the application Re start the Online Backup Client How to Change permissions of the administrator de 2 3 4 5 10 11 Note Start the MS Exchange System Manager Browse to the mail store node in the tree Right click on the node and choose properties In the Properties dialog click on the Security tab On the Security tab click on the Advanced button In the permission entries list select the local and or domain administrator and click Edit In the Permission Entry dialog browse through the list of permissions Check the receive as checkbox permission in the allow column Check the send as checkbox permission in the allow column Click Ok and close the application Re start the Online Backup Client SystemMailbox 490E9569 F231 4789 AD4A 524787219B86 AE Member OF Dial in Environment Sessions Remote control Terminal Services Profile COM Exchange General General Address Account Profile Telephones Organization E mail Addresses Exchange Features Exchange Advanced Simple display name Hide from Exchange address lists l Downgrade high priority mail bound for 400 a katte SU cee taste i Figure 49 Exchange Advanced tab e Exchange System Manager e
25. is overrules access rights for administrators for backup purposes Add Backup Restore reports to windows logs Used to track errors in the backup or restore processes Enable the diagnostics Figure 41 The advanced tab Diagnostics is a logging system for error tracking Advanced Encryption type Encryption of the data can be encrypted with AES 128 bits or 256 bits encryption Where the AES 128 Bits encryption is faster AES 256 bits encryption is more secure Temporary folder You can select the folder where temporary files are stored before they are transferred to the Backup Server Note Make sure there is enough disk space available to store the largest file to upload Note Make sure that this is an empty folder because this folder is cleared after the backup Connection Bandwidth usage This allows you to adjust the upload speed in percentage of the available bandwidth between the Online Backup Client and the Backup Server Online Backup Client User Manual 12 Support Clicking on Support in the Navigation panel will give contact details of your Online Backup Provider bas paardekooper 1068 2 Onine My Usage 7 35 M8 0 Figure 42 Support contact information 13 About Clicking on About in the Navigation panel will give details on the version of the software and the license of the software bas pserdekoope 10 GB D Online ys Usage 7 35 MB 0
26. ived files in Megabytes The average download speed The estimated time remaining The elapsed time The average compression rate of the backed up data The size of the downloaded data The total size of the selected data Vn I nr DAR j AA Oli AAt conv NA SAILIA Online Backup C lient User Manual i 10 Reports and Logs 10 1 Reports The Reports view shows a history of reports You can view the status of past backups and restores Details of a report can be viewed by selecting the report and clicking on View or by double clicking the report This report will also be sent to you by e mail after a task is completed Figure 36 Report view 10 2 Logs The Logs view shows a history of log files Three types of events can occur o Information w Reports pe ro ro D This is information on the progress of the backup or restore procedure o Warning Non fatal errors occurred during the backup or Ty QE Oe QE Wer Qs Ws Ge Qt Qin Qe On Gr Ye On aw Qe o Qro ero restore process Figure 37 Log view O Error A fatal error has occurred in the Online Backup Client i Event Details iii Details of a log message can be viewed by selecting the specific log message and clicking on View or by double EE ype Information clicking on the log This shows a dialog with detailed WM information of the message In some cases it is possible to
27. mount of selected data Done The percentage of processed data Other information Avg upl speed Remaining time Elapsed time Compression Size uploaded Total size The average upload speed The estimated remaining time The elapsed time The average compression rate of the backed up data The size of the uploaded data The total size of the selected data 9 Restore 9 1 View stored data Your remotely stored data can be accessed by clicking Restore in the Navigation Panel The Restore view allows you to restore this remote data to your computer The Windows Explorer like view shows one or more computers because the data is related to the source computer When you open a computer node you will notice that all data kept the same structure as it was on your computer 9 2 Restore data Figure 30 Restore Data can be restored per file folder or drive Select files folders or drives you want to restore in the Restore view By clicking on the Restore button the Restore Options screen will pop up and allows you to select a version and a restore location Read paragraph 9 3 for more information 9 2 1 Restore local backup Within the Restore view it is possible to import your local backups This allows you to restore data from e g a local hard disk to your computer This data can be created by yourself local backup or delivered by your Online Backup Provider for fast restoring pu
28. ne or more scheduled backup tasks You can schedule the tasks multiple times a day weekly or monthly After the tasks are created they will run through their schedule automatically After completion of a backup a report is sent by e mail You are always up to date on the status of your backups 3 3 Management Console The Online Backup Service also includes a Management Console which can be accessed through an internet browser e g Internet Explorer or Firefox It has several functions o Access your data to restore or remove a file o Change user settings e g password o Overview of your backups through logs and reports Online Backup Client User Manual 4 Setup 4 1 Setup Wizard After executing the setup you can choose your preferred language for the Setup Wizard Currently English United a a States English United Kingdom Dutch French Spanish German Italian Polish Danish Hungarian Portuguese Ca ok Romanian and Russian are supported Figure 2 Choose language The next steps are Welcome to the Online Backup Client Setup Wizard o Accepting the license agreement This will install Online Backup Client on your computer o Choosi ng a n j n sta latio n d j re cto ry a that you close all other applications before Click Next to continue or Cancel to exit Setup o Choosing a Start Menu folder name o Selecting preferred shortcuts Ter ge Version 4 0 1 0 Figure 3 Setup Online B
29. o store a reminder which can be sent to your personal e mail address In this wizard the field to enter the reminder will change into a link Forgot your encryption key Registration Wizard The wizard is now finished If the Online Backup Client is installed for the first time the Registration Wizard will You have finished the Registration Wizard present the option to start the Backup Wizard after To change any steps click Back otherwise click Finish finishing Figure 8 End of Registration Wizard Online Backup Client User Manual 5 Wizards 5 1 Backup Wizard The Backup Wizard provides a clear and friendly way to detect important data for backup and makes configuring a A ements Ths wirard wil help you Select your deta to backup first backup task very easy ae ee Figure 9 Start of Backup Wizard The first view in the wizard allows you to name the task It Select your data to backup also provides a dropdown box with profiles of important data Selecting an item in the drop down box will also show a description of what the profile contains Figure 10 Set the task The next view will allow you to schedule the backup task Select a schedule of when to backup your data Schedule backup task You can set time and frequency The frequency can be set gt 5 as O Once Set Reterbon Defeut Aytomabcaly remove selected bedap date older then o Multiple
30. operties the task will not be saved Read more about how to configure a task with Task Properties in paragraph 8 3 8 3 Task Properties Task Properties appears when creating a new task or editing an existing task It allows you to configure the settings of the task Task Properties contains 5 tabs o General Task Name Description and Backup Type o Data Select data resources for backup o Schedule Time and Frequency Retention o Filter Exclude files and folders from backup o Advanced Volume Shadow Copy Pre and Post Scripts 8 3 1 General tab The General tab allows you to set the general options of the backup task Name and Description It is advised to give the backup task a descriptive name to increase the recognition of the task when monitoring Optionally you can enter a task description Checkboxes Active When checked the task is activated and will be performed by schedule Shutdown Computer when completed When checked your system will shut down automatically reien 7 Fiter 47 advances after completion of the backup task This option has been Name e disabled on servers Also the client has to be running for Y Active this option to be effective If the client is closed the idad computer will not shutdown to prevent unexpected is O Online backup Offline backup local backup shutdowns In case a shutdown is desired even if the client is not running you can add the
31. per instance 16 2 Backup When a connection to the SQL Server is established the MS SQL Server icon will be visible in the Folder pane of the Data tab in the Task Properties The databases are child nodes Select databases to add them to the backup task so they will be backed without any further user intervention 16 2 1Backup requirements Figure 55 SQL Server tab o ls i og 202 sj medb Bn y d hale 1 EZE s gt gt R I o H EZE a Bes d g E e Ma II d 3 E 00 00000000 3 Figure 56 Select SQL database o A connection to the SQL Server is created using Integrated Security or by a user provided username password combination In any case the Online Backup Client must be provided with sufficient rights to perform the SQL backup procedures o In order to create a backup of a database the user that connects to the SQL Server must be assigned the sysadmin Server Role and the db_backupoperator and dbo_owner DB roles 16 2 2Further notes on backup procedures o The Online Backup Client connects to the local MS SQL Server so only backups of local databases can be performed o The tempdb database cannot be backed up or restored Do not select this database for backup o The Online Backup Client can perform full and differential backups on MSSQL Server The backup method that will be used is chosen automat
32. rposes Select Import local backup in the Restore view and choose for archive if the data was compressed into a ZIP file or choose folder if the data was uncompressed besides the standard compression that takes place Keep in mind that you need to select the root folder of the folder structure you want to restore Once the local backup is loaded in the tree of the Restore view you can restore the data in the same way as your remote data Figure 31 Select local backup file for restore Online Backup Client User Manual 9 2 2 Alter Retention Within the Restore view it is also possible to alter the retention per file per folder or per computer Note that altering retention will count for all subfolders files and versions within those folders 9 3 Restore Options 9 3 1 Version The client can store multiple versions of files This gives you the opportunity to choose which of these versions you want to restore Latest version To restore the latest version keep the version setting unchanged This means that the Latest version radio button is selected Restore at date It is possible to restore a file or folder at a selected date in history Select the Older versions radio button Now you can select a date in history The latest backed up versions of the selected files or folder before that date will be restored if that backup version exists Restore specific version A specif
33. sion the result will be put ina Figure 14 Select Offline Backup local zip archive This can take a while to complete If you leave backup this option disabled compression on the individual files will still be applied but they will not be placed in a zip archive Tip A removable hard disk can be selected as a local backup location Online Backup Client User Manual 5 2 Restore Wizard The Restore Wizard provides a clear and friendly way See to restore your data Click on Restore Wizard in the Se A e er mt oc wee This wizard will belp you Select your data to restore Home view of the Online Backup Client Sn a Figure 15 Start of Restore Wizard In the next view you can see the data on the Backup Server Here you can select the data that needs to be restored Figure 16 Select your file or folder Next you can specify the location where the restored data SATE must be placed and what to do with duplicate files Next to that you can choose to calculate the restore size Enabling this option allows the Online Backup Client to give an estimation of the restore time remaining Skipping this calculation saves time Figure 17 Restore rules In the next view you can choose to filter out specific files Poo Filter Does not apply to SQL Exchange MAPI and system state resources or folders during the restore Soe Except specific files and folders By clicking Start in the last scre
34. t and Post script in paragraph 8 3 5 9 4 Deleting stored data First select the data that needs to be deleted you can Version select multiple files or folders Click on Delete in the Al versions Delete all versions before lower main panel to delete the file s or folder s You can Open C Keep latest version also choose for a specific version of a file to be deleted Ca Furthermore you can choose to keep the latest version of i Figure 34 Confirm delete action the selected data Note When deleting a folder containing many files the details windows will show the progress of the deletion It can take some time to delete all files 9 5 Monitor restore process The restore process can be monitored by clicking on Details on the bottom of the application during the process of a restore Progress information o File progress o Total progress o Files Restored o Files Skipped o Bytes Restored MB o Bytes Skipped MB o Bytes Received MB o Download speed o Remaining time o Elapsed time o Compression o Size downloaded o Total size of restore Figure 35 Restoring Data The progress of the restore of the indicated file The total progress of the restore The number of files that have been restored The number of files that have been skipped The amount of restored files in Megabytes The amount of skipped files in Megabytes The amount of rece
35. the Exchange 2007 folder level backup from a remote computer if Exchange 2007 is installed onto a Windows 2003 Server 64 bit system For more information please follow this link To enable a folder level backup the option Activate Backup and Restore Mailstore level Exchange server backup on folder level must be checked kel Activate Exchange Backup Use Exchange restore Auto Completion This checkbox can be found on the Exchange Server tab Folder level in the Options view Y Activate Exchange Server backup on folder level Figure 46 Activate Exchange Server on Folder Level When folder level backup is activated a new MS Exchange P3 uxa e E My Documen ts folder level node is added to the selection tree of the L e 8 om System State Data tab in Task Properties This node can be expanded ur mr BACKUPAG SBBSXO E Mailbox Store BACKUPAG SBBBXO and allows you to browse through and select all mail stores mailboxes and subfolders Selected items will be added to the backup task Figure 47 Overview of mailboxes in data selection dialog Note For ease of use and overview it is recommended to create a separate task for Exchange folder level backup Do not mix this data with files to prevent confusion You are now ready to backup Exchange mailboxes A backup of mailboxes works similar to the backup of files and folders
36. tomatically removed after the set number of days o 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 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 Note When the task is set as an offline backup type local backup the option to set retention will be grayed out Note The retention value is changed for all files in the task no matter whether they still exist on the user s computer or not 8 3 5 Filter The Filter tab offers the possibility to exclude files and folders from the backup set You can also choose to include hidden files by checking the checkbox Figure 27 Filter view Filter options o No file filtering default o Filter out files on file name extension Except specific files and folders o Filter out all files except with certain file name extension Exclude all but specific files o Filter out folders by path pattern e g Temp Cookies etc Note To specify a filter regular search expressions can be inserted o Filter document doc files doc o Filter files starting with hello hello o Filter a specific file ntuser dat 8 3 6 Advanced tab Enable Volume Shadow Copy When checked the task will backup files that are in use
37. torage Gr Om System State backups of regular files and does not involve any further ra MS Exchange folder level user actions e Figure 45 Exchange server in Data tab Note Circular logging on the Storage group must be disabled Note A mail store that is requested to be backed up must be mounted in order to be accessed Dismounted Stores may appear in the folder pane but cannot be backed up For Exchange Store level backups you can set advanced options in the Advanced tab of the backup task The following options can be set Exchange Advanced Options o Truncate the transaction logs after a full backup This means that the log files will be truncated in the Exchange database when a full backup of the Exchange Store is enforced Enforce Full Exchange store SQL Backup o Let BackupAgent decide This means that if more than 66 of the dataset changed compared with the already backed up data the client will enforce a full back up again o Always This means the Online Backup Client will always enforces a full backup o Never This means that there will never be a full back up again other than the first backup 15 2 1Backup requirements o MS Exchange Server must be installed and running on the local machine in order to perform backups o The user that performs a backup must be assigned backup and restore privileges o Circular logging must be disabled Note The Online Backup Client performs full
38. xchange Server 2010 the Online Backup Client has to be installed on the same machine as the server The Online Backup Client supports Exchange backup in three ways o Through an ESE plug in for Exchange mail store backup o Through the folder level backup option enables backup of separate mailboxes o Through VSS by performing a backup of edb and stm files on the file system Note ESE is the API of Exchange allowing backup applications to make a consistent and reliable backup Note Folder Level backup is not available for Exchange 2010 15 2 Backup on mail store level ESE plug in To enable backup of mail stores this option must be EE E waan Ga Save Mailstore level activated first This can be done by checking Activate SEENEN Use Exchange restore Auto Completion Exchange backup in the Exchange Server tab in the Options view Figure 44 Activate ESE plug in Now the plug in is activated complete Servers Storage Number of files Folders Groups and single Stores can be selected for backup in the 8 Desktop First Storage Group H UL 3 My Documents O Recovery Storage Group 3 My Computer k My Network Places H O HoverSnap_vos Data tab in Task Properties Ose Favorites 1 1 H E Mi f h r Apart from the requirements listed below performing a Lg EE A Kl First Storage Group backup of an Exchange item is not different from doing Oi Recovery S
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