Online Backup Client User Manual Linux
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1. C Calculate restore size 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 an Alternative Location Note If a file already exists on the restore location a prompt appears that allows you to skip rename or overwrite the file 4 4 3 Restoring older versions of data 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 Online Backup Client will then create multiple versions of the file depending on the retention value you set Restore 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 4 4 4 Restore process 20 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 4928 File progress 0 o Ef Total progress xL o ooo Ef Froc spee2. Plugin options Ada Edit Delete Apply Undo 4 7 Report details 25 Click on Reports and Logs in the Navigation panel for a chronological overview of important events 4 7 1 Reports The Reports view shows a history of reports You can view the status of past backups and restores LA Navigation T Reports and Logs T Home Repons Logs E gt Backup E Restore CKUP 50k files w Reports and Logs Options e support About Account Information BA BATestuser 20 0 GB Status Online i Usage 174 MB 0 oT Double clicking on a report will show report details Report Date 28 09 2009 13 19 Type BACKUP Account Account BATestuser Computer ba pc2003 linux Version 3 21 2 1 Operating System Linux bamaf Backup task Backup Report at 28 09 2009 13 25 This report will also be sent to you by email Status 28 09 2009 13 19 completed successt 28 09 2009 09 12 completed successt Delete selection 26 It is possible to clean the reports or logs list In the list of reports or logs click on the Delete selection button 4 7 2 Logs The Logs view shows a history of log files a Navigation T Repons and Logs Home E Backup Restore I 100k files w Reports and Logs 4 Options Support About Account Information B BATestuser 20 0 GB T
3. backup task Schedule Pre Post scripts File System MySQL Change task e Select the task in the tree view and click on Edit Task e The Task Properties will open and you can configure General change name of backup task Schedule Pre Post scripts File System MySQL 4 2 2 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 backup and an Offline backup 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 Next start date 29 09 2009 04 00 ee Scheduled resources MySQL Resource Pre Post scripts fhome ton TestData 100k Folder Backup type Online backup Offline backup local backup Task Name You can give the backup task a name Online Backup An online backup will be created to backup data to the backup service 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 backup server and extracted there for the initial backup Note The offline backup is currently not available when setting the language to English This is due to a patent issue As a workaround the client can be set temporarily to a different language in order to be able to create an offline backup 4 2 3 Sched
4. different kinds of settings by clicking Options in the Navigation panel B Navigation D Home General Backup and Restore Advanced Plugins Backup General Restore i nglis Diae aie Language settings lt Options Send e mail with backup status reports Support Send e mail with restore status reports About Always install an update when it is available Account Information Username BATestuser Change password Account Information B BATestuser 20 0 GB Status Online SW Usage 174 MB 0 4 5 1 General In the General tab you can set general options of the Online Backup Client e You can change the language of the application e You can enable or disable the sending of backup and restore reports by email e You can enable or disable to always install an update when it is available e You can change the password for your backup account Note It might not be possible to change your password in the Online Backup Client since your Online Backup Provider can disable this option Note It is not possible to change the username or encryption key 4 5 2 Backup and Restore In the Backup and Restore tab you can set options that are specific for backing up and restoring with the Online Backup Client a Options Backup and Restore Data Retention Default Automatically remove backup data 7 older than 204 day s Restoring Ple
5. task Continue if Pre Script fails When checked the backup will be performed even if the pre script did not run properly Post Script 12 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 ies e ee Continue processing if pre script fails User File System Post Script ee User o ces 200_ 4 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 left All items are displayed with their type 13 General Y Data f amp Filter C L a o m Pre Post scripts File System se 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 to adopt that item in the backup set 4 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 che
6. Online Backup Client User Manual Linux 1 Product Information Product Online Backup Client for Linux Version 4 1 7 1 1 System Requirements Linux RedHat SUSE Debian and Debian based systems such as Ubuntu Operating System Solaris 10 Solaris 11 PC with 1 gigahertz GHz or higher processor clock speed recommended Hardware 1 5 GB memory Resources 25 MB of disk space Internet connection e g ADSL SDSL Java 1 6 platform or higher is required Note A separate manual is available for the Online 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 2 Features The Online Backup Client has several features It Supports different kinds of data It can backup normal data but also specific data e You can make one or more scheduled tasks to backup data automatically e g daily weekly e The Online Backup Client fully supports all Linux file formats and user rights The Online Backup Service also includes a Management Console which can be accessed through an Internet browser It has several functions e Change user settings e g password e Overview of your backups through logs and reports 3 Setup 3 1 Software installation Currently there is no package available for Linux Setup of the Online Backup Client is performed using the following ins
7. Status Online ty Usage 174 MB 0 C O Three types of events can occur e Information Information on the progress of the backup or restore procedure 28 09 2009 13 41 Action cancelled by Delete selection e Warning Non fatal errors occurred during backup or restore process e Error A fatal error has occurred in the Online Backup Client Details of the log message can be viewed by clicking on View This shows a dialog with detailed information of the message 27 Event Date 28 09 2009 13 41 Type INFORMATION Message Action cancelled by user Action Backup Description 4 8 Support Clicking on Support in the Navigation panel will give contact details of your Online Backup Provider B Navigation KA Support D Home Links to Online Backup Client online help Backup Please visit http www youronlinebackup com 8 Restore vw Reports and Logs lt Options e Support About Account Information B BATestuser 20 0 GB B Status Online WJ Usage 174 MB 0 4 9 About Clicking on About in the Navigation panel will give details about the version of the software and the license of the software 28 B AE ELLE Home Backup 8 Restore Reports and Logs lt Options e Support About Account Information B tuser2n 40 0 GB Status Online t Usage 5 3 GB 13 OO A Version 4 0 1 3416 Pr
8. ase choose the folder which BackupAgent will use to save the restored files Click Browse to select the folder fhome ston Restore C Calculate restore size 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 23 Restoring In this view the default restore folder can be specified This is the folder where data is restored by default when you don t choose a specified folder Restoring You can enable or disable to always calculate the restore size 4 5 3 Advanced In the Advanced tab you can set advanced options of the Online Backup Client e 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 e Timeout for the service request setting 80 is the timeout for the socket layer Further retries will be performed with the following delays 5 10 20 40 sec e 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 B Navigation Da Options Home General Backup and Restore Advanced Plugins Backu p Advanced Restore i 1128 bits Reports and Logs Advanced Encryption Stan
9. 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 backup server when this is an initial offline backup 17 All the next steps are the same as for an Online backup 4 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 Task Name New task 1 Schedule Created date 28 09 2009 13 14 Number of files Last start date Size Next start date PLA Scheduled resources MySQL Resource Pre Post scripts Backup type Online backup Offline backup local backup fhome ton Create zip archive seo 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 backup server when this is an initial offline backup All the next steps are the same as for an Onlin
10. cking the checkbox 14 No file filtering 2 Except specific files Filter Expression Exclude all but specific files 7 i The various filter options are e No file filtering default e Filter out files on file name extension Except specific files e Filter out all files except with certain file name extension Exclude all but specific files e Filter out folders by path pattern e g Temp Cookies etc 4 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 15 Select which files and folders should be included for this task Selected resources 0 Bin O file s rast eer F Mysql backup plugin localhost k information_schema CHARACTER_SETS COLLATIONS MySQL COLLATION_CHARACTER_SET_APPLICABILITY COLUMNS COLUMN_PRIVILEGES KEY_COLUMN_USAGE PROFILING ROUTINES SCHEMATA H 5SCHEMA_FRIVILEGES STATISTICS TABLES TABLE_CONSTRAINTS TABLE_PRIVILEGES TRIGGERS USER_PRIVILEGES VIEWS o e mysql o k phpmyadmin Pre Post scripts File System 4 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 gt D
11. d Uplspeedi 44 77 KB s 9 Compression 100 Remaining time 00 00 00 Size downloaded 1 4 MB Elapsed time 00 00 33 Total size 1 4 ME Cancel The details regarding the restore of data Progress information e Status The status of the restore e Current file The file that is being restored at the time e File progress The progress of the restore of the indicated file e Total progress The progress of files that have been restored e Compression The average compression rate of the backed up data e Size downloaded The size of the downloaded data 4 4 5 Deleting data from Backup Server To delete data 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 21 Delete x Wersions All versions gt Delete all versions before Specific version _ Keep latest version Note You can choose to delete all data except the latest versions This can be useful to clean up your backup account 4 4 6 Reset Retention Within the Restore view it is also possible to reset the retention per file per folder or per computer on the storage Note that resetting retention will count for all subfolders files and versions within those folders 4 5 Options You can set
12. dard AES type lt Options Connection gt Support Timeout for service requests default 80 so About Logging Log files location var log Online Backup Client Detailed logging t Account Information B BATestuser 20 0 GB Status Online WJ Usage 174 MB 0 24 4 5 4 Plugins In the Plugins tab you can set the options for all available plugins 4 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 B Navigation D Home Backup 8 Restore vw Reports and Logs lt Options e Support About gt Account Information B BATestuser 20 0 GB Status Online SW Usage 174 MB 0 Ty 5 Navigation Home Backup S Restore Reports and Logs lt Options e Support About gt Account Information B BATestuser 20 0 GB Status Online S Usage 174 MB 0 See x Options General Backup and Restore Advanced Plugins Plugin Name Active Status Mysql backup plugin Plugin options General Backup and Restore Advanced Plugins Plugin Name Active Status Mysql backup plugin wl
13. e backup 18 4 4 Restore Your backed up data can be accessed by clicking Restore in the Navigation panel 4 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 Online 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 My Computers o Ba pPc2003 Retention g e home Kl Ei ton E BackupAgent o k E Client gt r CommandLine k E Server DS_Store o2 B Permanent DS_Store 6 0 kB Permanent install txt 2 4 kE Permanent license rtt 22 2 KB Permanent relNotes rtf 559 B Permanent 4 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 restored automatically This is the most common option 19 Version Latest version G Versions before date O Specific version Restore location Default home ton Restore Original Location gt Alternative Alternative
14. ed after the set number of days 11 e Ifthe 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 e Ifthe 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 to permanent 0 days in which case all backups of the data will be kept If you want to change the retention value of the current files on the storage and the current value is higher than what you want to set it to you need to change the retention via the reset retention option in the restore view see chapter 4 4 6 Remember that a retention value of zero days permanent counts as the highest value 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 4 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
15. etails Status Task 50k files Backup in progress Current file fhome ton TestData 5O0kK bestando0 s886 File progress i S O Total progress 7 O Full Patch Noheed Skipped Done Total oL One Files 286 g 0 g 286 4003 T Bytes ME 1 g 0 g 12 174 Fi Sent MB 1 g 1 a Proc speed Uplspeed 371 69 K Compression 100 Remaining time 00 07 33 Size uploaded 12 5 MB Elapsed time 00 00 49 Total size 174 ME The details regarding the backup of data are Progress information e File progress The progress of the backup of the indicated file e Total progress The progress of the total backup task 16 In the table the amount of files the amount of selected MBs and the amount of sent MBs e Full Fully backed up files which have not been backed up before e Patch Patched backed up files incremental backups e NoNeed Unchanged files unchanged compared to the last backup e Skipped Skipped files details in the logs explained later e Done The total amount of processed data e Total The total amount of selected data e Done The percentage of processed data Other information e Avg upl speed The average upload speed e Remaining time The estimated remaining time e Elapsed time The elapsed time e Compression The average compression rate of the backed up data e Size uploaded The size of the uploaded data e Total size The total size of the selected data 4 3 Offline backup You
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17. ote 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 The wizard is now finished 4 Online Backup Client main interface This is the main interface of the Online Backup Client Several components are displayed in the figure below e Navigation panel e Account Information e Main panel e g Home Navigation Home What do you want to do Backup Registration Wizard Restore Automatic Backup Reports and Logs Automatic Backup On lt Options Status support Last backup About Name Offiline Backup Date 28 09 2009 09 10 Status COMPLETED SUCCESSFULLY Cd Next backup Name RandomData5 GB Date 29 09 2009 02 00 Account Information BB BATestuser 20 0 GB Status Online Y Usage 0 B 0 PERE an pemda A Navigation panel The Navigation panel is the main navigation through the Online Backup Client The options are e Home Start View e Backup Select local data for a backup e Restore Select remote data for a restore e Reports and Logs View information on executed backups e Options Configure backup tasks e Support View contact information for support e About Additional information abou
18. s not possible There can be several reasons for this to occur e The username and or password does not exist or is incorrect e Thetime onthe client machine differs too much from the real time more than 24 hours e The Online 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 Encryption key To secure your files you must specify Fill in your Encryption Key an encryption key This is an extra password esssosos to encrypt and decrypt your data The Encryption key should be more than Confirm your Encryption Key ree races Ca Encryption key reminder Encryptionkey ll Please remember this key carefully since no data can be restored when the key is missing 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 N
19. t the Online Backup Client Account Information Shows account details account name storage space status and usage of storage space Main Panel The main panel is the working space of the Online Backup Client Depending on what you want to do this panel will show the necessary views 4 1 Home When you start the Online Backup Client it will show the Online 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 E Automatic Backup On Status E Last backup Name Offiline Backup Date 28 09 2009 09 10 Status COMPLETED SUCCESSFULLY rer Next backup Name RandomDatas GB Date 29 09 2009 02 00 4 2 Online backup You can create an online backup task by clicking on Backup in the Navigation panel a Navigation Home Active Next start Last Start 100k files 29 09 2009 28 09 2009 50k files 29 09 2009 28 09 2009 Restore Offiline Backup 28 09 2009 w Reports and Logs RandomDatas GB 1G 29 09 2009 28 09 2009 TestMyS0L_Backup 25 09 2009 E gt Backup Options e Support About Account Information BA BATestuser 20 0 GB Ty Status Online 4 2 1 Create or change backup task To create or change a backup task Create task e Click on New Task to create a new backup task e The Task Properties will open and you can configure General change name of
20. tructions e Copy the Online Backup Client archive OnlineBackupClient 4 0 X x tar gz to your system and place it in your HOME directory e create a new directory mkdir HOME OnlineBackupClient e change to this directory and extract the archive cd HOME OnlineBackupClient tar xzf HOME OnlineBackupClient 4 0 X x x tar gZ e This will create the two following folders Server This folder contains the Online Backup Service component This folder contains the user interface application for the Online Client Backup Client CommandLine This folder contains the CommandLine client part of the Backup Client e Start the Online Backup Service cd HOME OnlineBackupClient Server server with logging sh This will start the Online Backup Client Service and place it in the background Here you will be asked to enter your sudo password so the Online Backup Client can access all the files e Start the Online Backup Client User Interface cd HOME OnlineBackupClient Client client with logging sh This will start the Online 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 Online Backup Client 3 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 encr
21. ule You can set a schedule for the backup task in the Schedule tab in the Task properties 10 Select when you want to schedule this task Schedule This task occurs Never Active Pre Post scripts File System Set Retention older than 304 day s Default Automatically remove selected backup data The following schedule options are possible e Never Performs a backup only if you manually start the task e Once Performs a backup once at the time that is inserted e Daily Performs a backup daily at the time that is inserted e Weekly Use this option to select which time and day s the backup must be performed e 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 4 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 e 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 automatically remov
22. yption 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 You need to fill in the address of the Backup Server to connect to your Online 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 Serwer You need to fill in the username and password that you created or obtained from your Online 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 Account information Online Backup Client provides an account Username With a username and password i p j BATestuser If you do not have an username and password contact Online Backup Client Forgot your password Password Computer ba pc2 003 linux Note If you do not remember your password you can click on the link below the Username text field A reminder will then be sent to your registered email address Note If there is a problem with the username and password the Online Backup Client will show a prompt that signing in i
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