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1. Backup4all Professional TRIAL will expire in 22 days Enter product key Our Projects Backup4all backup software www backup4all com novaPDF PDF creator www novapdf com Software112 software library www software112 com Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland Help 251 Try or buy Purchase a license and activate it or try the program Thank you for choosing Backup4all Click Buy Now to order a license or Enter Key if you already own one You can try it for free by clicking Free Trial already have an activation file 2 Press Enter key button Copy paste or type the key then press Activate online If the internet connection cannot be established a popup message will appear asking you to retry or continue offline Press the Continue offline button Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland 252 Backup4all 5 Activation Activate your copy online or manually Enter your licensing details and click on Activate to finalize the process To keep your current licensing status click on Cancel Activation Product key 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 Registration name John Comments optional WS 18 Activate What is activation Cannot connect to the Internet Check your Internet or Firewall settings and try again the online activation If your computer is not connect
2. Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland 156 Backup4all 5 Create subfolder s in destination Use this option to create a subfolder in the destination The name of the folder can be customized by pressing the Insert tags button Following tags are predefined e Backup Name lt BACKUP NAME gt e Backup Number lt BACKUP NUMBER gt e Backup Type lt BACKUP TYPE gt e Backup Date lt DATE gt e Backup Time lt TIME gt e Backup Hour e Backup Minute e Backup Second e Backup Year lt YEAR gt e Backup Month lt MONTH_MMMb gt e Backup Month numeric lt MONTH_MM gt e Backup Day lt DAY gt e Backup Week lt WEEK gt e Backup Day of Week lt DAY OF WEEK gt e Backup Day of Week locale e Backup Day of Week numeric You can also add your text in tag field Use the Preview button to see how the name of the subfolder will look like Note that the Fast mirror option will be ignored if you choose to create subfolders in the destination with a different name each time Options Fast mirror copy only new or modified files Use this option to make mirror backups even faster When this option is set Backup4all uses the information stored in bkc files to copy only new or modified files to the destination If this option is not set the system will copy all files each time the backup is executed By default this option is checked Create full paths including drive let
3. other settings Check for Updates Pressing the check for updates button will open the updates window showing the available updates Register online In File gt Help under Registration information section you have the Register online link to be used for registering on our website Changing the product key will also open the Activate application wizard where you can use another key Note Some of the features mentioned on this page might not be available in your edition The Professional edition includes all the features For a comparison between editions please check feature matrix topic Activation Activation allows verifying that your copy of Backup4all is genuine and that it hasn t been used on more computers than the number of licenses purchased It prevents this way software counterfeiting intentional or unintentional Buy Now If you don t own a product key for Backup4all and want to purchase one click on the Buy Now button This will open the browser and allow you to buy a license To test the application before purchasing it click on the Free trial button instead to try it 30 days for free Enter key After purchasing a Backup4all license you will receive an email that contains your Product key To start using the application you ll have to validate the registration details by clicking on Enter key and follow the activation steps where you will be able to activate online or manually Free Trial Before purc
4. Add folder Add files Remove Help What do you want to backup Previous 3 Select how do you want to backup By default the Smart type is selected You can also use encryption for the backup types that creates zip files Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland Getting Started 23 How do you want to backup v J Use the entire available destination space Help How do you want to backup Advanced mode Previous Save gt Cancel Backup4all provides extended information about the backup which can be consulted before the backup execution You can switch between views by selecting one of the available views from the Job view menu e Explore shows the source files and folders for the backup job e Backup shows the list of backup executions with the sources status before each execution e Statistics shows statistics about the latest backup and the next backup job The wizard creates an ini file in the IniFiles folder usually in C lt user gt AppData Roaming Softland Backup4all 5 with the same name as the backup job In addition a backup catalog file bkc is created both in the destination and locally in the BkcFiles folder same directory where the IniFiles folder is created Manually modifying bkc or ini files may result in corrupted backup jobs and the impossibility of restoring the data you backed up A backup job is automatically created when doub
5. Backup4all y Take full control of your backup Backup4all User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland Backup4all User Manual for Backup4all version 5 by Softland This user manual presents all the features in the Professional edition If you own Lite Standard or Portable some of the features presented in this user manual might not be available in your edition The Professional edition includes all the features For a comparison between editions please check the feature matrix topic The information in this document is subject to change without notice Although every precaution has been taken in the preparation of this book Softland assumes no responsibility for errors and omissions Nor is any liability assumed for damages resulting from the information contained herein This documentation contains proprietary information of Softland All rights reserved Contents 3 Table of Contents Part A ODN Part Il NO oo Ff WD 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Part Ill NO oO Ff WD Part IV Introduction 8 Product Descrip ON e a tect beets aaa aaa aa a aaa raa De Ea aea aaea Aaaah 8 System Re uirementS n ipene nre ana a aenea aa aai aasan aaaea eaaa aaae aaua aKa apaa Eaa aAa 9 Features Summary ai iaae aaa a a aada Reet aate a a Re 9 Feature Matrix cine neeaae aaae an aiae eaa de a eaaa aaa r aia a ia ana eaa aaaea aaa 13 Getting Started 21 How to Configure a New BaCkup ccccseecssss
6. File Filtering 191 filtering NTFS attributes if this is selected a set of NTFS New Technology File System attributes will be used for filtering Note that these attributes are available only on Windows XP and above File attributes available for file filters Read Only if checked files with read only attribute will be selected Archived if checked files with archived attribute will be selected Hidden if checked files with hidden attribute will be selected System if checked files with system attribute will be selected Compressed only NTFS if checked files with compressed attribute will be selected Temporary only NTFS if checked files with temporary attribute will be selected Encrypted only NTFS if checked files with encrypted attribute will be selected Not indexed only NTFS if checked files with not indexed attribute will be selected Offline only NTFS if checked files with offline attribute will be selected Reparse point only NTFS if checked files with reparse point attribute will be selected Sparse file only NTFS if checked files with sparse file attribute will be selected For example if you want to include files with read only and archived attributes set you have to check both attributes checkboxes in a single restriction If you want to include files with read only or archived attributes set you have to make two separate restrictions one for read only and another for archived
7. Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland Options 229 e Verify host key If checked the host key will be verified each time e Maximum file size specify the maximum file size you want to have Please note that many SFTP servers does not allow you to upload files larger than 2 GB e Timeout you can set the time interval in seconds that is allowed for no data transfer before the transfer operation is interrupted and must be resumed Default is 15 seconds Authentication You can select which authentication methods will be used when backing up Available options publickey password and keyboard interactive The priority of these options can also be changed Encryption e Ciphers clear or select the check boxes to specify which ciphers you want to allow for encrypting SFTP sessions A Cipher is the algorithm s used for symmetric session encryption To give a cipher a lower priority rating select it with the mouse and then click the Down button e MACs clear or select the check boxes to specify which MACs you want to allow for encrypting SFTP sessions A MAC Message Authentication Code is the algorithm s used for data integrity verification To give a MAC a lower priority rating select it with the mouse and then click the Down button Compression SFTP supports the use of data compression to reduce the amount of data that is transmitted Both the client and server agree on a compression algori
8. These options either delete older stored backups or perform an internal merge to keep the number of stored backups or file versions under the selected limit The Yes limit number of file versions Yes limit number of backups and Merge backups options cannot be used when the backup destination is on a removable media floppy disk CD DVD Blu ray disc etc Customize zip name prefix Typically the name of the zip file is something like 1_C zip 1_D zip etc one zip for each drive The names of these zip files do not make much sense for the user but they can be customized by pressing the Insert tag button Following tags are predefined e Backup Name lt BACKUP NAME gt e Backup Number lt BACKUP NUMBER gt e Backup Type lt BACKUP TYPE gt e Backup Date lt DATE gt e Backup Time lt TIME gt e Backup Hour lt HOUR gt e Backup Minute lt MINUTE gt e Backup Second lt SECOND gt e Backup Year lt YEAR gt e Backup Month lt MONTH_MMMb gt e Backup Month numeric lt MONTH_MM gt e Backup Week lt WEEK gt e Backup Day of Week lt DAY OF WEEK gt e Backup Day lt DAY gt You can also add your text in the edit tag field Use the Preview button to see how the names of the zip files will look like Windows does not allow the following characters in the filename lt gt Therefore Backup4all will prompt you to change these characters if present in the Customize prefix of backup fil
9. e x cleans the backup Supports additional parameters e IE mm dd yyyy clean the backups older than the specified date e IS mm dd yyyy clean the backups newer then the specified date e OT n OTU D W M Y n is the number of days D weeks W months M or years Y e KD keep Differential backups e KF keep Full backups Tags Syntax bTagCleanup G tag_name Priority 1 2 3 4 Additional parameters can be used e IE mm dd yyyy clean the backups older than the specified date e IS mm dd yyyy clean the backups newer then the specified date e OT n OTU D W M Y n is the number of days D weeks W months M or years Y e KD keep Differential backups e KF keep Full backups The mirror backup jobs will be ignored when running a cleanup for a tag including mirror backup jobs Examples To clean all backup versions older than two weeks and keep the full and differential backups of the My Pictures backup job use bCleanup x My Pictures OT 2 OTU W KF KD Priority 2 To execute a cleanup for Samples tag bTagCleanup G Samples OT 2 OTU W Priority 2 Backup4all returns exit codes after each task execution backup independent test repair restore or cleanup As a general case if the action was successful the exit code is 0 otherwise is different Here are the possible exit codes e 0 action was successful action has not started parameter errors syntax error
10. If you have questions or you experience problems related to the registration process you can use the Support Request button from Help menu under Support section to contact us We will be happy to assist you with the registration Backup4all is available as Shareware another way of saying Try before you buy It is fully functional for a period of 30 days After 30 days the program will start only if you enter a valid registration key OEM version users might be asked to enter their registration keys sooner You can buy Backup4all online if you fill out the online purchase form Note Some of the features mentioned on this page might not be available in your edition The Professional edition includes all the features For a comparison between editions please check feature matrix topic Check for updates Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland Help 257 12 4 You have the latest version installed No update necessary News September 17 2012 Backup4all is fully compatible with Windows 8 July 13 2012 New build available Backup4all 4 8 278 June 22 2012 Backup4all 4 8 was released with important speed improvements Last check on July 04 2013 1 22 37 AM You can manually check for updates from File gt Help gt Check for Updates In the Updates window you can see if there are any updates available and what is new in the update Legal notices This program includes software developed
11. Note Some of the features mentioned on this page might not be available in your edition The Professional edition includes all the features For a comparison between editions please check feature matrix topic General The General page defines the appearance of the backup job in the backup list New Backup Backup Properties rrr i abe Destinatia T Description of the backup job Local hard drive External hard drive CD DVD or Blu ray Name New Backup Removable Group My Backup Jobs Network Description FTP server SFTP server Sources Filters Customize Type Icon Full A Change icon Differential Incremental Mirror Compression Advanced Email Save and run Save J Cancel General Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland 114 Backup4all 5 Name Enter the name of the backup job This name will appear in the backup list near the chosen picture This field is mandatory The name of the backup job is closely related to the name of the subdirectory in destination that contains zipped and mirrored files and to the name of the catalog That is why when you rename the backup job the name of the catalog and the name of the subdirectory from destination are also changed if possible If the destination is on HDD local LAN network FTP SFTP Azure or Amazon S3 remote the name of the subdirectory and the name of the catalog can be
12. File dates This section allows the user to build restrictions based on file dates and times To enable options in this section check the Filter by date option Filters in this section can be applied by selecting one of the available date filters date accessed date and time accessed date modified date and time modified date created date and time created You can compare these dates and times with a fixed date or a relative date today yesterday one week ago or one month ago Comparison operators available lt gt date and time not equal to fixed or relative date lt date and time less than or equal to fixed or relative date gt date and time greater than or equal to fixed or relative date lt date and time less than fixed or relative date gt date and time greater than fixed or relative date in interval date and time in a particular time interval between the Start date and End date Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland 192 Backup4all 5 File size This section provides the possibility to build restrictions based on the file size To enable the options in this section check the Filter by size option You can enter a file size in the Size field and select a measurement Unit The filter will compare the file size on disk with the size you enter using the comparison filters you selected e lt gt file size on disk not equal to the value in the Size field e lt fi
13. General I FTP E eee Ai Manage FTP servers j Startup Application folders Ee seNe y Backup Retry times 3 Filters Wait seconds 5 Logs and history jaa Backup on demand Name a CD DVD or Blu ray re Ee SFTP Email Updates Add J Edit Delete J Copy Tet ASCII File types ajx cpp grp html ink am cdf CSS ch htpasswd java asa cf CSV hpp htt Js ssc cfg ctl hgx htx jsp asp cfm dhtml hta in dog aspx cgi diz htaccess inc logfile awk cnf file htc info m3u bat conf forward htm ini m4 m r Type to filter Edit Delete When Azure server not ready The first number Retry option indicates how many times the application tries to access the destination server if it is not available By default this option is set to 3 attempts The second number wait option indicates how many seconds to wait between two consecutive attempts to access the destination location By default this option is set to 5 seconds This option is useful when the destination Azure server has restrictions i e only 2 users logged in the same time no of accesses etc and insures that if the Azure server cannot accept your connection it will not be hammered by sending log in requests frequently Configurations Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland 232 Backup4all 5 The File gt Options gt Azure window allows you to define Azure configura
14. In this section you can set the size limits for the folder where the logs are stored The path to the logs is set on the File Locations page of the Options window Unlimited size If checked the log folder size is not limited and its size will increase as needed After a long period the program will generate a large number of log files so you might want to clean up the log folder manually By default this option is not checked Restricted to If checked the log folder size is limited to the value set in the Size field below If the log file of the running backup job is larger than the limit it will still be stored in the log folder When the same operation will run again the previous log file will be deleted By default this option is checked The log folder size will be less or equal then the selected value By default this option is set to 50 MB You can set the desired unit from the drop down list Possible choices are Bytes KB kilobytes MB megabytes or GB gigabytes By default this option is set to MB Log Viewer Program User can choose which program to be used when opening the log files with Backup4all The available options are lt Default text editor gt lt Notepad gt or lt Wordpad gt User can also browse the computer to choose another program Log file extension User can change the extension of log files The available options are log and txt Note Some of the features mentioned on this page might not be ava
15. Note Some of the features mentioned on this page might not be available in your edition The Professional edition includes all the features For a comparison between editions please check feature matrix topic Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland Restore Wizard 178 Backup4all 5 8 Restore Wizard 8 1 Where and how to restore Using the Restore Wizard you can restore from a backup job In the first step you can choose the destination the priority of the execution and customize the restore operation if you wish Where do you want to restore Use original location Choose another location Do not create drive letter folder How do you want to restore Restore the latest version of all files Restore all files as of Choose files and restore the latest version Choose filter files and restore the latest version Choose filter files and restore any version C Restore excluded and deleted files C Preview files at the end of wizard Normal priority lt Previous Where do you want to restore Use original location Copies the files from the zip backup into the original location If a file with the same name already exists a dialog will be shown prompting for an action before the restore can continue Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland Restore Wizard 179 4 File overwrite New Backup Overwrite in 01 44 min Fo
16. 12 Backup4all 5 Block backup This option is useful when you have large files changed frequently as PST or databases Using the block backup option allows you to back up only the changes inside the file not the whole large file Standard Zip Compression and zip64 support If the zip file size is less than 2 Gbytes Backup4all creates standard zip files This format is compatible with any zip utility available on the market Unlike other backup softwares for zip files greater than 2 Gbytes Backup4all uses zip64 technology which allows unlimited zip file size Backup Plugins In Backup4all you can load plugins to backup restore the settings of specific programs A plugin is actually an XML file that once imported in Backup4all adds a predefined backup For instance a backup plugin for Mozilla FireFox when loaded will automatically add in the Predefined Backup list an entry for Firefox so when defining a new backup job if that s selected the FireFox profiles will be added as source for the new backup Customized Zip Names You can customize name prefixes for the zip archives which store your backup versions Backup4all also supports file folder paths longer than 260 characters turn off file parsing Password Protection You can protect your ZIP files by setting a password for each backup job Besides normal password protection Backup4all also supports 128 bit 192 bit and 256 bit AES encryption These numbers reflect
17. Advantages e The fastest backup type especially in conjunction with the Fast mirror option e t creates a snapshot of the selected files and folders in the destination which you can browse and access later without needing to run Backup4all e If used with Zip the files option a selective restore is faster than in any other backup type with zip Disadvantages e If not zipped it needs more storage space than any other backup type e Cannot track different versions of files Note Some of the features mentioned on this page might not be available in your edition The Professional edition includes all the features For a comparison between editions please check feature matrix topic Backup Types in Backup4all How are the Backup Types Implemented in Backup4all Backup4all creates two main types of backups e Backup types with zip compression e Mirror backup type User can change the backup type from the Type page in Backup Properties or from a specific type page by checking the box to select that type as default backup type Backup Types with Zip Compression Full differential and incremental backup use zip compression to reduce the size of the stored backup versions To keep the number of stored zip files at a reasonable number the application provides three options Yes limit number of file versions Yes limit number of backups and Merge backups Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland Backup Types 51
18. Backup4all test each CD DVD or Blu ray disc before writing the next one Backup4all makes the backup to CD DVD or Blu ray disc process to be easy to perform just set the backup destination to the CD DVD or Blu ray burner drive and run the backup By default Backup4all uses its own built in burning engine to backup to CD DVD or Blu ray media you do not need third party drivers or burning software to be installed If you prefer packet writing using third party software you can select it in the Write method section If the backup does not fit onto one CD DVD or Blu ray disc Backup4all will automatically span the backup over multiple media Each disc is assigned a different label for future identification We recommend marking the CD DVD or Blu ray disc with this label A few recommendations before backing up to CD DVD and Blu ray discs e Before backup execution be sure to insert the CD DVD or Blu ray disc containing the latest bkc file if you have the option Use local catalogs unchecked in Backup Properties gt Advanced gt Backup options section default is checked On backups to hard disk you can limit the number of stored zip backups by using the Yes limit number of file versions Yes limit number of backups and Merge backups options These options do not apply to CD DVD or Blu ray media you cannot limit the number of stored backups on removable media A mirror backup copies every file matching the sources and the file
19. Configure One Touch Backup 39 Copy 61 Create anew backup 21 Create like 61 Customize filter 141 D Default destination 208 Default paths 208 Delete 61 Delete group 61 Delete sources 169 Description 8 Detailed logging 40 Device name 57 Differential 43 148 Differential backup 47 109 152 Disc 55 Drive letter folder 178 DVD 55 118 Fe Eject 56 58 86 Email notifications Authentication 38 Email address 38 Send test email 38 SMTP server 38 Email options Authentication 236 Dial up connection 236 Email addresses 236 Email notifications 236 Hangup 236 IP 236 Port 236 SMTP server 236 SSL 236 Empty directories 169 Enable detailed logging 40 Enclosures 37 39 Encryption 130 134 137 AES encryption 28 Zip encryption 28 Erase CD DVD 86 Erase disc 56 Exact copy 49 Exclude 188 Execute backup 24 Exit 61 93 Expand 61 Explicit SSL 126 Explore 61 Explore View 70 External device 37 ey a Fast mirror 49 155 Feature matrix Lite 13 Professional 13 Standard 13 Features summary 9 File filtering 188 File locations BkcFiles 208 Catalog 208 Destination 208 IniFiles 208 Initialization 208 Log 208 Temporary 208 File tree 70 File version list 70 File versions 44 46 47 48 Backup number 181 Backup time 181 Label 181 Total size 181 Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland Index 261 File versions 44 46 47 48 Type 181 Files inbackup 75 Filter By attribute 189 By date
20. General Preferences Startup Application folders Backup V Enable email notifications Filters SMTP Server Logs and history Server name or IP smtp gmail com Send test email Backup on demand Port 25 a ee OR Connection encryption None FTP SFTP Azure From support backup4all com Email addresses Amazon 3 Reply to D eon Updates C Server requires authentication Notifications Passwords Dial up connection Automatically start up Hang up when finished Cancel Email notifications Enable email notifications If checked the email notifications are available in the backup jobs on the Advanced Emails page in the backup job Properties or New Backup Wizard accessible from the File menu By default this option is not checked Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland Options 237 SMTP server Server Name or IP Enter the DNS name or IP address of the SMTP server to be used to send emails example mail yourdomain com This field is mandatory Port Enter the port number to be used by the SMTP server to send the emails The default value is 25 Connection enctyption e None if selected no connection encryption will be used e SSL if selected the Secure Socket Layer SSL will be used for control channel and data channel connections to the SMTP server e TLS if selected the Transport Layer Security TLS will be used for control channel and data channel connections
21. No encr ption Filters Strong encryption AES 128 bit strong Customize Standard encryption Zip2 compatible Type etp j Full Email messages Differential Incremental sa ial i Miror eDefault email gt E Compression lt Defaultiemell gt E Advanced Default email gt S er a_a l Save and run Cancel Emails Send emails If checked then notification emails will be sent at the end of the backup test or cleanup operation to the specified email addresses email addresses must be separated by comma to be recognized This option can be checked unchecked only if the File gt Options gt Email window has the Enable email notification option checked Send emails to Specify the email address where the notification emails will be sent You can enter multiple email addresses separated by comma Log Attach log file to email If this option is checked the backup log file will be attached to the email Compress the log file Option is active only if Attach log file to email option is checked If this option is enabled Backup4all Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland 164 Backup4all 5 will zip the log file before sending it Additionally you can encrypt the log file Log Attach log file to email Compress the log file O No encryption Strong encryption AES 128 bit strong v Standard encryption Zip2 compatible Password Set password No p
22. Save and run Save Cancel Full If the Full type is not your default backup type you can check the Select Full as the default backup type option Note Some of the features mentioned on this page might not be available in your edition The Professional edition includes all the features For a comparison between editions please check feature matrix topic Differential A differential backup contains all files that have changed since the last full backup The advantage of a differential backup is that it shortens restore time compared to a full backup or an incremental Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland Backup Properties 153 backup However if you perform the differential backup too many times the size of the differential backup might grow to be larger than the baseline full backup At the first backup execution the catalog was not created yet so the application will perform a full backup The rest of the backups contain only the files that differ from the latest full backup New Backup Backup Properties T i bala Es General P Destination Make differential backup Local hard drive External hard drive CD DVD or Blu ray Removable Customize prefix of backup files Network _Inserttag Preview FTP server 1_C zip SFTP server Automatically make full backup Sources z If the differential exceeds 50 gt of full backup size Filters If the different
23. a pop up message is displayed with the test results e Testing lt backup name gt found no errors means that there are no corrupted missing files in the backup e Testing lt backup name gt found error s Do you want to see the log file means that some files are corrupted or missing from the backup you should press Yes to see the test log file also available from the Jobs tab History section View Log gt Last Test Log Backup4all has also the option to test the files automatically after backup This option is checked by default and it is recommended to leave it this way However if you want to modify it you can find the Test after backup option in the Backup Properties gt Advanced window for the selected backup job Note Some of the features mentioned on this page might not be available in your edition The Professional edition includes all the features For a comparison between editions please check feature matrix topic Clean backup The Clean backup window can be opened from the Jobs tab by pressing the Clean button It gives options to delete backup numbers based on certain criteria Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland 84 Backup4all 5 4 Remove older versions from backup e Filter backups by date C Newer than 7 2 2013 C Older than 7 2 2013 C Older than 1 Months Y Filter backups by type C Do not delete Full backups Do not delete Differential backups
24. feature matrix topic 11 10 FTP The FTP page of the Options window accessible from the File Options menu item contains FTP settings Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland Options 219 General Preferences 5 Manage PTE sanea Startup Application folders Backup Retry times Filters Wait seconds When FTP server not ready Logs and history Backup on demand CD DVD or Blu ray COR SFTP Azure Amazon S3 Email Updates Notifications Passwords Configurations Type to filter Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland 220 Backup4all 5 a z al Options re a General T FTP E eee Ai Manage FTP servers j Startup Application folders Ee seNe y Backup Retry times 3 Filters Wait seconds 5 Logs and history jaa Backup on demand Name CD DVD or Blu ray re Ee SFTP Email Updates Add Delete _ Copy Test ASCII File types ajx lt cpp grp html ink am cdf CSS ch htpasswd java asa cf CSV hpp htt Js ssc cfg ctl hgx htx jsp asp cfm dhtml hta in dog aspx cgi diz htaccess inc logfile awk cnf file htc info m3u bat conf forward htm sini m4 m Type to filter Delete When FTP server not ready The first number Retry option indicates how many times th
25. no of accesses etc and insures that if the FTP server cannot accept your connection it will not be hammered by sending log in requests frequently Configurations The File gt Options gt SFTP window allows you to define SFTP configurations that can be used on the Destination page in the New Backup Wizard or Backup Properties windows You can add edit copy or delete an SFTP connection using this window In order to add a new SFTP connection press the Add button The Define SFTP configuration window will appear in the list and you can enter the other settings for this connection Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland Options 227 General Configuration name SFTP server Server name or IP Port Destination folder User name Password Private key None O Key file C Personal certificate store Bandwidth limitation __ Upload speed Download speed General Reset to configuration New SFTP configuration 22 s Set password No password et p E rt li Ke reate ke al 2673d1b4abae704a Cert e manage Export public ke An 200 Iw vU If you want to add a new SFTP location the lt New gt option should be selected To edit an existing SFTP location select it from the drop down list All fields will be filled with the values of the selected SFTP SFTP server e Server name or IP In this field you have to enter the name or IP address fo
26. press the Set password button type the old password and press OK Language In the Language section you can select the language of the program interface by choosing another one from the drop down list Only the languages that were installed with the program are displayed The language of the interface changes only after the Options window is closed by pressing the OK Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland Options 205 11 2 button The selected language is kept as long as you don t change it or it becomes invalid due to software updates The text box below the Language field shows details about the selected language like translator name and contact information Note Some of the features mentioned on this page might not be available in your edition The Professional edition includes all the features For a comparison between editions please check feature matrix topic Preferences The Preferences page of the Options window accessible from the File Options menu item contains settings related to the display of the Toolbar menu Options gt B General Toolbar s Startup J Show toolbar button hints Show toolbar button captions Application folders f Align caption to the right Backup Toolbar icon size Large i Logs and history Backup on demand Views CD DVD or Blu ray Default view Explore X FTP Show explorer icons E V Hide empty folders on expand all SFTP V Show cont
27. you have to make two separate restrictions one for read only and another for archived File dates This section allows the user to build restrictions based on file dates and times To enable options in this section check the Filter by date option Filters in this section can be applied by selecting one of the available date filters date accessed date and time accessed date modified date and time modified date created date and time created You can compare these dates and times with a fixed date or a relative date today yesterday one week ago or one month ago Comparison operators available lt gt date and time not equal to fixed or relative date lt date and time less than or equal to fixed or relative date gt date and time greater than or equal to fixed or relative date lt date and time less than fixed or relative date gt date and time greater than fixed or relative date in interval date and time in a particular time interval between the Start date and End date File size This section provides the possibility to build restrictions based on the file size To enable the options Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland Backup Properties 147 in this section check the Filter by size option You can enter a file size in the Size field and select a measurement Unit The filter will compare the file size on disk with the size you enter using the comparison filters you
28. 189 By name 189 By size 189 Directories 189 Files 189 Folders 189 Filter backup Customize filter 140 Exclude files 140 Include files 140 Main filter 140 Filter restore Customize filter 183 Exclude files 183 Include files 183 Main filter 183 Finalizing CD DVD 56 Firewall 126 FireWire 37 117 215 flash 120 floppy 120 Floppy drive 115 Folder filtering 188 FTP 97 101 115 124 Hammering 29 Port number 29 Proxy server 29 Remote location 29 Retry times 29 SSL 29 XCRC 29 FTP options Host name 218 230 233 Password 218 230 233 Port 218 230 233 Retry 218 230 233 Username 218 230 233 Wait 218 230 233 Full 43 148 Full backup 44 46 109 152 Full erase 86 G General options Align caption 204 Appearance 204 Background color 204 Blank passwords 204 Captions 204 Context menu 204 Daylight saving 204 Explorer icons 204 Hidden files 204 Hide empty folders 204 Hint 204 Icon size 204 Insecure passwords 204 Measurement 204 Sort backups 204 Toolbar 204 Getting Started Backup 65 New 65 Open 65 Restore 65 Group 113 H Hard disk drive 115 Hide empty folders 70 High priority 81 Highest priority 81 Hint 205 Hints 93 History 90 Icon size 205 Implicit SSL 126 Import 61 Include 188 Incremental 43 148 Incremental backup 48 109 154 Independent zip files 57 Introduction 8 Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland 262 Backup4all 5 K Keyboa
29. 2015 Softland New Backup Wizard 103 6 2 4 There are FTP servers that allow anonymous access public FTP servers You can connect to these types of FTP servers using as user name Anonymous and your email address as password It is not recommended to backup important files to public FTP servers By pressing the Test button you can check to see if the settings you have entered are correct If the test was successful The ftp connection was tested successfully message will be displayed Note Some of the features mentioned on this page might not be available in your edition The Professional edition includes all the features For a comparison between editions please check feature matrix topic SFTP Backup4all supports backing up to a remote computer or device using SFTP SSH File Transfer Protocol connection This is a practical backup destination because the backed up data can be easily accessed from any other computer with an Internet connection Select the SFTP option from the Where do you want to save your backup section to be able to configure the backup to SFTP Name your backup Backup name New Backup2 Where do you want to saye your backup O Local O Network FTP O Azure Use configuration novaPDF SFTP y C Lock Folder backup User username Password lt password is set gt Advanced mode Previous Save Cancel Use configuration You can select an already defined SFTP configurati
30. 5 5 4 backup jobs containing that tag are backed up in the order they are displayed in the tag list When right clicking a backup job a menu is displayed giving the following options e View as e Card will display all jobs as cards e List will display all jobs as list e Make Backup starts the backup process for the selected backup job Make Full Backup performs a full backup regardless of the backup type Make Differential Backup performs a differential backup regardless of the backup type e Make Incremental Backup performs an incremental backup regardless of the backup type Restore opens the Restore Wizard window for the currently selected backup job Restore Latest Version starts the latest version restore process for the selected backup job Restore Latest Version To opens a window to select the folder were you want the backup to be restored e Test starts the test process for the currently selected backup job e Repair use this option to repair the backup job in destination and re copy all missing or corrupted files based on the existing information in the backup catalog e Repair catalog only use this option to remove from the backup catalog the missing or corrupted files in destination e Clean opens the Clean Backup window for the selected backup job e Cancel aborts current backup process e Pause pause the current backup test cleanup restore process e Stop stops the current backup test cleanup
31. 7 3 3 External hard drive If the current backup destination is not an external hard drive you can change it by checking the Change destination to local hard drive option Destination From the External hard drive list you can select either an USB or a Firewire external hard drive You can type a folder name in the Folder field or you can click the Browse button to choose another folder where the backup will be stored In destination folder field you can use Environment Variables as Computername SystemDrive UserName etc Lock the destination to this external hard drive When disconnecting and reconnecting an external drive your computer may not assign it the same drive letter If the drive letter was changed the backup might fail because Backup4all is trying to backup to the same old drive letter which probably does not exist Use this option if you want Backup4all to detect the external drive after its own serial number and automatically change the backup destination according with the new drive letter You should not check this option if you use a rotation backup scheme with two or more external hard drives By default this option is not checked Enable disk spanning The option is effective when there is not enough space to copy all files in the external drive destination If checked the application will copy files to the destination until a file will not fit Then it will ask you for another drive to continue with the
32. 77 Last full backup duration not displayed for mirror backup type Shows the duration of the last full backup execution Last full backup size not displayed for mirror backup type Shows the size of the last full backup compressed size of all files present in backup uncompressed compression percentage For example 10 MB 30 MB 33 means that the size of the last full backup was 10 MB the uncompressed size of the files backed up was 30 MB and the compression ratio was 33 Total size of backup not displayed for mirror backup type Total size of the backup takes into consideration all backup increments bkc file and any folders that might have been created It shows the total size after compression without compression compression percentage For mirror backup the compressed values are not shown because there is no compression Number of backups Number of times the backup job was executed Last backup status Displays the following information e Last backup was successful when everything went OK e Last backup failed when the backup was aborted due to an error e Last backup had lt X gt warnings when the backup was done but lt X gt files could not be backed up e Last backup was canceled when the user canceled the backup execution Files folders in backup Shows the number of files in the backup The number between the brackets is for the files added at the last backup For full backup the number of files added
33. Backup Properties 149 When backing up large files which are modified in small parts as database files it is useful to back up only the modified part block of the file without backing up the entire file every time This way you will get smaller and faster backups The size of the block can be determined automatically or manually by settings a smaller larger size for the block size The slider steps are 5 MB smallest size 25 MB smaller size 50 MB default 62 5 MB larger size and 75 MB largest size For files smaller than the size of a block this feature won t be applied Block backup feature can be used in Backup4all only if it was enabled before the first execution of the backup job That is because the blocks must be identified during the backup and used later when the source files are modified If no previous blocks exists there are no blocks to compare for later executions After the first execution of the backup job without the block backups option selected the Use block backup option is disabled and cannot be enabled for that job Save storage space To keep the number of stored zip files at a reasonable number the application provides three options Limit number of file versions Limit number of backups and Merge backups These options either delete older stored backups or perform an internal merge to keep the number of stored backups or file versions under the selected limit The Limit number of file versio
34. Erase disc before backup Use local catalogs Play sound on success warning error Assign volume labels for removable media Assign label for each backup version Set backup thread priority BKK GK KKKKLLKRKL LL LKR L LK KKB LILII KK BKK BKK KK KKK KKK KKK REG GG GGT GT GT GF FF F FF F F KF KF F KKK KG KEK LLL KKK KKB KK GFK KKK FBG KK GLK KK One Touch Backup feature Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland 16 Backup4all 5 Independent spanned backups Back up empty folders Delete Sources after successful backup Create backup log Create backup catalog file Run backup at log on OR log off Free Backup Plugins Possibility to set memory usage for backing up Plug n Backup Browsable file and folder selection Backup types NEW Smart backup Mirror backup without compression Mirror backup with individual file compression zip Full backup Store multiple versions for full backup type Differential backup Store multiple versions for differential backup type True incremental backup Store multiple versions for incremental backup type Limit number of backup versions Backup format KKK ERK ERK K KKKXKKXK 44X ILXAILLILLILILIRLS amp q amp KXKRKXKIIKII KBR CR LL LLL KG KEK amp SS SSF GLK amp SSS S amp GREK Compress backup files zip format Obfuscate file folder name in zip archive Support for zip64 technology Choose zip compression level Password prot
35. However the amount of time it takes to run full backups often prevents us from using this backup type Full backups are often restricted to a weekly or monthly schedule although the increasing speed and capacity of backup media is making overnight full backups a more realistic proposition Full backups if you have the time to perform them offer the best solution in data protection In effect a single backup can provide the ability to completely restore all backed up files However you should be aware of a significant security issue Each full backup contains an entire copy of the data If the backup media were to be illegally accessed or stolen the hacker or thief would then have access to an entire copy of your data The algorithm takes in consideration the type switch configurations and the destination size The type switch configurations will perform e Full backup if the sizes of last differential and all incremental backups since last full differential exceeds 80 of the full backup size e Differential backup if there isn t a last differential and the size of all incremental backups since last full exceeds 30 of the full size a differential backup will be executed e Differential backup if there is a last differential and the size of all incremental backups since last differential exceeds 50 of the last differential size a new differential will be executed The destination allowed size can be expressed in absolute value or as
36. Manual selection Select the backup numbers you want to delete from the following list Del Type Backup d Backup No File Folder Total si Label O Full 7 1 2013 6 23 3 62 KB O Full 7 1 2013 5 23 3 62 KB O Full 7 1 2013 4 23 3 62 KB 3 f Full 7 1 2013 23 3 62 KB lt Reset to filters Options C Clean the destination folder Clean process priority Normal priority When you open the window all the backup numbers are displayed You can either manually check multiple backup numbers you want deleted or use the filter options to have them automatically selected if they match a certain criteria Once you select a type of backup if there are other backup numbers depending on it they will be selected too For instance selecting a Full Backup marked with red in the list will also batch select the other incremental or differential backup numbers that depend on the selected full backup to keep some of the backup numbers that depends on the full backup you will have to start unselecting them in the order they were created Please note that when you delete a certain backup number using the Clean Backup tool all the Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland Main Window 85 files in the destination that were created for that backup number will be removed There are several columns in the Clean Backup window that provide information for
37. Note Some of the features mentioned on this page might not be available in your edition The Professional edition includes all the features For a comparison between editions please check feature matrix topic 11 13 Amazon S3 The Amazon S3 page of the Options window accessible from the File Options menu item contains Amazon settings General T Frp pPrefer ndei Ai Manage FTP servers Startup Application folders A Backup Retry times Filters Wait seconds Logs and history Toni Backup on demand Name a CD DVD or Blu ray novaPDF FTP Ss SFTP Azure Amazon 53 Email Updates Notifications Passwords grp html ch htpasswd hpp htt hgx htx hta in htaccess inc awk F htc info bat htm ini lt Type to filter Add Edit Dele y OK Cancel Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland 234 Backup4all 5 G F enim Options re ame i General I FTP I Preferences B aye EAE vee Startup Application folders Ee seNe y Backup Retry times 3 Filters Wait seconds 5 Logs and history jaa Backup on demand Name a CD DVD or Blu ray re SFTP Email Updates Add Delete Copy J Test ASCII File types ajx lt cpp grp html sink am cdf CSS ch htpasswd java asa cf CSV hpp htt Js ssc cfg ctl hgx htx jsp asp cfm dhtml hta in dog aspx cgi di
38. Packet Writing If you do not wish to use the built in burner or your CD DVD or Blu ray device is not compatible you can use third party packet writing software Packet Writing Software Packet writing software can write only to CD RW DVD RW or DVD RW if the disks are formatted using the Universal Data Format UDF file system The advantage of packet writing is that your rewritable media can be used like a floppy or zip disk drag and drop from Windows Explorer is also possible The disadvantage of using packet writing is that CD DVD or Blu ray discs written with this method are recognized on other computers only if the same third party packet writing software is installed there too Here are the most important free packet writing applications 1 amp DELL DLA distributed by DELL free for Windows XP 2 1 IBM DLA distributed by IBM free for Windows XP Set Up Packet Writing There are three simple steps to set up the packet writing to work with Backup4all 1 Open New Backup Wizard or Backup Properties and go to the Destination page 2 Select the drive letter for the CD DVD or Blu ray burner device you want to use 3 You must select Use UDF file system Here you can also set the Erase disk before writing option Press the OK button 4 If packet writing is set you will see the following message on the Destination page Device name Writing method is UDF Use Packet Writing Backup4all detects if the CD RW DVD RW D
39. Request Backup4all Version 5 0 Build 221 agg Let us know if you need help 2013 Softland All rights reserved www backup4all com Buy Now Registration information Buy Backup4all online Backup4all Professional Tools for working with Backup4all Te el pre ni22 days Options Customize language display and other program settings rq Check for Updates couric Get the latest updates available for Backup4all Backup4all backup software www backup4all com novaPDF PDF creator www novapdf com Software112 software library www software112 com 2 In the activation window enter the product key and the registration name then press Activate online Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland Help 249 Activation Activate your copy online or manually Enter your licensing details and click on Activate to finalize the process To keep your current licensing status click on Cancel Activation Product key 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 Registration name John Comments optional WS 18 What is activation Cancel Activation 3 A message appears that the application was activated successfully Backup4all 5 Application was sucessfully activated Application will be restarted 12 1 3 Manual Activation Online Activation requires a working internet connection to activate the program However if your computer is not connected
40. Softland 26 Backup4all 5 Explore Tags Layout Explore View vO e kh l New Properties ES Refresh Backup Restore E Backup Statistics 5 Messages backup ih ha 7 bd 5 Manage Execute Views History Sort by Executi der D ding Jobs ort by Execution order escending PER All Jobs kO New Backup A IE site on Microsoft Smart HDD C Users Admin Documents My Backup A Microsoft At Hom F Microsoft At Work A Microsoft Store url MSN Websites MSN Autos url O A MSN Entertainmen F MSN Money url A MSN Sports url OA MSN url A MSNBC News url gt Type to search aS Backup Date 1 7 12012 1 21 17 DA Restore Version amp Restore To Open View with Notepad Compare with Source X Type to search backup jobs Compare Versions Select columns Beside files folder information is also added to backup so a restore process can recreate the original folder structure Note Some of the features mentioned on this page might not be available in your edition The Professional edition includes all the features For a comparison between editions please check feature matrix topic 2 5 Howto Test a Backup With Backup4all you can e test one or more versions of a backup you can select any version for testing e automatically test latest version of a backup at each backup job execution To tes
41. Wizard you can configure the backup name and the backup destination Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland 98 Backup4all 5 Name your backup Backup name New Backup2 Where do you want to saye your backup Local O Network OFP O SFTP Azure O Amazon Drive Local Disk C v Folder Users Info Documents My Backupdall Help Saving your backup locally Advanced mode Save Cancel Name your backup Backup Name Enter the name of the backup job This name will appear in the backup list right under the chosen picture This field is mandatory The name of the backup job is closely related to the name of the subdirectory in destination that contains zipped and mirrored files and to the name of the catalog That is why when you rename the backup job the name of the catalog and the name of the subdirectory from destination are also changed if possible If the destination is on HDD local LAN network FTP SFTP Azure or Amazon remote the name of the subdirectory and the name of the catalog can be changed except for the case when you do not have enough permissions to rename it or some files are locked If the destination is on a removable disk CD DVD or Blu ray disc floppy disc and you have run the backup job the catalog and the subdirectory in destination are already created and they will not be changed If the backup job has not been run yet then the catalog and the su
42. a warning message is shown containing the list of missing drives The user can choose Abort to stop the backup process Retry to check the drive again Ignore to mark the source folder as deleted and continue with the next sources If you have filters defined in Tools gt Options gt Filters they will be listed in the Filters list You can use this filters to customize the backup sources selection All filters listed are include filters Do not select any filter if you want to backup all files Filters list In the right side of the New Backup Wizard window there is the Filters list You can use these filters to customize the file selection The filters are defined in File gt Options gt Filters Only the filters that have Show filter in New Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland New Backup Wizard 109 6 4 Backup Wizard option set are shown Filters can be of type include backup files that match the filter or exclude do not backup files that match the filter By default the list contains filters to exclude temporary and system files folders such as hiberfil sys pagefile sys System Volume Information Temp etc If you don t want to use a filter from that list simply clear un check it Clear all filters if you want to backup all files Tips e try to keep the number of checked files and folders greater than the number of unchecked files and folders backup process will run faster this way e
43. account e Password In this field enter the password for the SFTP server Private key e None no private key is used e Key file allows user to specify a key file that will be used e Personal certificate store allows user to import and use different certificate formats Bandwidth limitation In this section you can set different limitations for upload download speed e Limit upload speed if checked you can set a maximum upload speed for the SFTP transfer e Limit download speed if checked you can set a maximum upload speed for the SFTP transfer Advanced _ Verify host key Limit file size to Timeout seconds Authentication Authentications Encryption Ciphers MACs Compression Compressions Advanced 2027 2 MB 15 v Larger files will be split v publickey vi password Vv keyboard interactive v aes128 ctr v aes192 ctr v aes256 ctr vJ arcfour256 sf arrfmnsr170 vi hmac sha1 vi hmac md5 v umac 64 openssh com vi hmac ripemd160 nann vV none zlib Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland 132 Backup4all 5 7 3 8 e Verify host key If checked the host key will be verified each time e Limit file size to specify the maximum file size you want to have Please note that many SFTP servers does not allow you to upload files larger than 2 GB e Timeout you can set the time interval in sec
44. always changed except for the case when you do not have enough permission to rename or some files are locked If the destination is on a removable disk CD DVD or Blu ray disc floppy disc and you have run the backup job the catalog and the subdirectory in destination are already created and they will not be changed If the backup job has not been run yet then the catalog and the subdirectory will be created with a name similar to the backup job at first backup run Tag Select the tag where you want the backup job to appear If no tag is available or you want to define a new tag just press Add new tag and type the name of the tag to create it The new tag will be automatically assigned to the current backup job Description You can write in here a text describing the backup job defined Icon Press the Change Icon button to manage the backup job icons This icon will be shown in the Backup List You can add a new icon by clicking on the Add button Only Windows icons files with ico extension or bitmaps files with bmp extension can be added to the list To remove an icon from the list you have to select it and then click on the Delete button By default each new backup job icon will be the first icon from the Change Icon list Note Some of the features mentioned on this page might not be available in your edition The Professional edition includes all the features For a comparison between editions please check feature matrix
45. and selected file types okc or ini Press Scan to display a list of Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland Main Window 81 5 10 only bkc ini files from all folders and subfolders in that location Here you can see how to configure the SFTP server Open backup from Azure storage Use this page if the catalog is located on Azure server Configure Azure or choose an existing configuration Press Show to display the folders and selected file types okc or ini Press Scan to display a list of only bkc ini files from all folders and subfolders in that location Here you can see how to configure Azure Open backup from Amazon S3 storage Use this page if the catalog is located on Amazon S3 Configure the Amazon S3 storage or choose an existing configuration Press Show to display the folders and selected file types okc or ini Press Scan to display a list of only bkc ini files from all folders and subfolders in that location Here you can see how to configure the Amazon S3 storage Note Some of the features mentioned on this page might not be available in your edition The Professional edition includes all the features For a comparison between editions please check feature matrix topic Related Topics FTP Edit Configuration SFTP Edit Configuration Azure Edit Configuration Amazon Edit Configuration Test The backup test is meant to ensure the validity and the integrity of the bac
46. another backup type Destination You can type a folder name in the Folder field or you can click the Browse button to choose another folder where the backup will be stored In destination folder field you can use Environment Variables as Computername SystemDrive UserName etc Erase before writing When this option is checked the rewritable CD DVD or Blu ray disc is erased before burning the backup files By default this option is not checked Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland 120 Backup4all 5 Write method Burn using built in driver Backup4all has built in burning capabilities Depending on the option selected in CD DVD or Blu ray from Tools gt Options gt Backup one of the internal burners will be used to write the CD DVD or Blu ray disc This option is checked by default Speed Use this option to specify a different speed for burning the CD DVD or Blu ray disc By default this option is set to Maximum speed Use third party packet writing software UDF is a platform independent file system the same media can be written and read by any operating system or vendor Each CD DVD or Blu ray disc must be UDF formatted before burning otherwise the backup will fail The limitation of this type is that you must have an UDF reader installed on each computer you wish to use the CD DVD or Blu ray disc Volume label Use custom prefix You can type your own volume label prefix to cus
47. backup differential full or incremental New files folders The number of new files folders that will be added to backup For mirror backup with the Fast mirror option unchecked the new files folders counter equals the total number of files folders Unchanged files folders Shows the number of unchanged files folders to be added to backup For differential incremental and mirror backup with Fast mirror option unchecked this number will always be 0 Modified files folders Shows the number of modified files folders to be added to backup For mirror backup with the Fast mirror option unchecked this number will always be O Excluded files folders Shows the number of excluded files folders which will be removed from the backup Changes since last backup Counts the changes since the last backup regardless of the backup settings New files folders Shows the number of new files folders since last backup Unchanged files folders Shows the number of unchanged files folders since last backup Modified files folders Shows the number of modified files folders since last backup Excluded files folders Shows the number of excluded files folders A file folder gets excluded because of the changes in file folder filter or because it was deleted or moved from the backup sources Total files folders to backup Shows the total number of files and folders that will be added to backup next time This should be the sum of the new modified an
48. backup software because it does not read or change the archive flag it uses the catalog file to decide which files have to be backed up and which not Backup4all implements the fundamental backup types smart backup full backup differential backup incremental backup and mirror backup Below you can find an overview of these types Smart Backup Smart backup is the default backup type It will start with a full backup type and then it decides what backup type should be performed full differential or incremental merge the backups delete older versions according with the options you configured in order to efficiently use the destination free Space Full Backup Full backup is the starting point for all other backups and contains all the data in the folders and files that are selected to be backed up Because full backup stores all files and folders frequent full backups result in faster and simpler restore operations Remember that when you choose other backup types restore jobs may take longer Differential Backup A differential backup contains all files that have changed since the last full backup The advantage of a differential backup is that it shortens restore time compared to an incremental backup However if you perform the differential backup too many times the size of the differential backup might grow to be larger than the baseline full backup Incremental Backup An incremental backup stores all files that have changed
49. compression on them wouldn t result in a smaller sized backup You can use the already defined file types or you can add others using the Default compression filter list in File gt Options gt Backup The result will be that the backup will take less time when using compression Always use temporary folder to create zip files If checked the zip files are created in the temporary folder and then moved to the destination folder This means that there should be enough free disk space on the drive where the temporary folder is located When backing up to removable media CD DVD or Blu ray disc floppy zip disk etc this option is ignored the zip files are always created in the temporary folder and then copied to the destination When backing up to internal hard drives or LAN you should uncheck this option to speed up the backup execution By default this option is not checked Use alternate zipping mode If not checked default zipping mode each file is compressed in blocks that are immediately added to the final zip file If checked alternate zipping mode each file is compressed in blocks in a temporary file When the whole file is compressed in the temporary file it is added to the final zip file This option has effect only when backing up to internal hard drives and LAN In all other cases this option is ignored When backing up to LAN drives it is recommended to check this option and uncheck Always use temporary folder to create zip
50. configure the backup to FTP Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland 102 Backup4all 5 Name your backup Backup name New Backup Where do you want to saye your backup O Local Network SFTP Azure Amazon Use configuration novaPDF FTP vj C Lock Test Host Port ftp novapdf com 210 4 Folder User Password lt password is set gt Cancel Use configuration You can select an already defined FTP configuration given that you added one in the File gt Options gt FTP window All the fields will be filled with the information from the configuration file If no configuration was previously defined you will have to enter the other details Host Port In this field you have to enter the name or IP address for the FTP server and a port if different than the default FTP port 21 The format is host port e g ftp Backup4all com 1002 will backup to ftp Backup4all com connecting through port 1002 Folder Enter a folder name where the backup files will be stored on the remote computer via FTP If the folder does not exist a new one is created with that name If that field is left blank Backup4all will automatically create a folder using the name of the backup job and place the backup files in there User In this field you can enter the user name for the FTP server Password Type the password used for FTP server access Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright
51. edition includes all the features For a comparison between editions please check feature matrix topic Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland Backup to CD DVD or Blu ray Backup to CD DVD or Blu ray 55 4 1 Backup to CD DVD or Blu ray Backup to CD DVD or Blu ray Backing up to CD DVD or Blu ray media has become increasingly common due to mature technology and cheap CD DVD or Blu ray burners If you plan to do a backup to a CD DVD or Blu ray disc please consider our recommendations e Do not use the same CD DVD or Blu ray disc to store consecutive backup versions It s better to use different CD DVD or Blu ray media for each backup version change the CD DVD or Blu ray disc at each backup run Use a set of CD DVD or Blu ray media and rotate them periodically e g take 7 CD media one for each week day start with the first CD again every 7 days The reason for this is that in case the burn process fails or the CD DVD or Blu ray data becomes corrupted you still have the previous backup version on a different disc Rewritable CD DVD or Blu ray media can be burned only a limited number of times When strange errors happen you should consider that the CD DVD or Blu ray disc might be over burned worn out e Always test the backed up data after burning Backup4all has a special option to automate the test after backup and also in case you are spanning multiple CD DVD or Blu ray discs
52. files option When backing up to internal hard drives it is recommended to uncheck both options By default this option is not checked Encrypt the zip files No encryption The zip files created are not protected by password for unauthorized access Strong encryption AES This is the Advanced Encryption Standard the best choice in zip protection but recognized only by the latest version of third party zip applications Backup4all supports AES encryption in three different strengths e 128 bit strong size of the encryption key is 128 bits This provides significantly better security than standard zip 2 0 encryption e 192 bit stronger size of the encryption key is 192 bits Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland 160 Backup4all 5 e 256 bit strongest size of the encryption key is 256 bits This is the strongest encryption method for zip files and it provides the best security Standard encryption Zip2 compatible This is the standard Zip 2 0 encryption an older encryption technique that provides relatively weak security compared to AES encryption Zip 2 0 encryption format cannot provide protection from individuals with access to specialized password recovery tools Its advantage over AES encryption is the compatibility with all third party zip applications Set password After you press this button a windows with the following fields will appear e New password Manually enter the password y
53. files option to zip each file individually preserving the folder structure This allows you to use the zip compression and encryption features Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland New Backup Wizard 111 Encrypt Use this option if you want to add zip protection to your backups Type the password you want to use for this backup The default encryption used is Advanced Encryption Standard AES the best choice in zip protection but recognized only by the latest version of third party zip applications The default size of the encryption key is 128 bits If you want to configure more encryption settings or choose a stronger encryption key press the Advanced mode button Note Some of the features mentioned on this page might not be available in your edition The Professional edition includes all the features For a comparison between editions please check feature matrix topic Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland Backup Properties Backup Properties 113 7 1 7 2 Backup Properties Overview The Backup Properties window can be used to create new backup jobs in the advanced mode or to edit an existing backup job By default the New Backup Wizard will be used to create new backup jobs To use the Backup Properties when creating new jobs uncheck the Use New Backup Wizard to create backup jobs option from the Other section in File gt Options gt Preferences
54. filter to CD DVD or Blu ray disc On a mirror backup to hard disk files that are deleted and excluded from sources can be deleted from destination too if you want so This is not possible on the CD DVD or Blu ray disc so deleted and excluded files are just left there as they were burned before but the catalog bkc file is updated and the restore operation will not copy these files back e When backing up to CD DVD or Blu ray discs Backup4all requires additional free space on the Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland 56 Backup4all 5 4 2 drive where the Temporary Folder is located at least 700Mb when backing up to CDs or 4 7Gb when backing up to DVDs Note Some of the features mentioned on this page might not be available in your edition The Professional edition includes all the features For a comparison between editions please check feature matrix topic Use Built in Driver Backup4all does not need third party drivers or other CD DVD or Blu ray burning software to be installed like ActiveX ASPI etc to be able to burn a CD DVD or Blu ray Backup4all has a built in CD DVD or Blu ray burner to backup to CD DVD or Blu ray disc directly Set Up Internal CD DVD or Blu ray Burner There are three simple steps to set up the internal CD DVD or Blu ray burner 1 Open the Backup Properties window and go to the Destination page 2 Select the drive letter for the CD DVD or Blu ray burne
55. first part of the split file to music1 wav The files you have renamed music1 wav and music2 wav need to be combined so that you have the entire original file music wav 2 Open the Windows command prompt Start gt Run type cmd and press Enter Using the command copy write copy and press Enter to see the help for this function write copy musicl wav b music2 wav b music wav first two files are the sources last file is the destination and press Enter Note that you have to be in the folder where the source files are in order for it to work Note Some of the features mentioned on this page might not be available in your edition The Professional edition includes all the features For a comparison between editions please check feature matrix topic Email Use this section to set email notifications to be sent when the backup is finished There are three types of email notifications depending on the backup status success warning and error email notifications Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland Backup Properties 163 General D N gt Send emails after backup test or deanup estination ag Local hard drive Email notifications are disabled because no SMTP server is set in the Options window External hard drive CD DVD or Blu ray Emails send emails Removable Network FTP server Log m SFTP server Attach log file to email Compress the log file i Sources pii it
56. for dozens of other applications Email notifications You can configure Backup4all to send custom emails after a backup finished with success error and warning notifications Environmental variables can be used in the email title and body Additional options allow you to attach the backup log file and send the email to several addresses Pause Resume or Stop operation The backup operation supports pausing and resuming so running a backup job can be interrupted and continued at a later time There is also a Stop operation now that when pressed will not Cancel the backup but instead will save everything until that point when it was pressed Automatic updates Backup4all can now check for updates either manually or automatically at a scheduled date This allows you to better stay in touch with the latest development of Backup4all Backup catalog file Backup4all stores a summary snapshot of the file and folder information into a backup catalog file bkc each time a backup is executed This catalog is stored in a different file than the backup itself and it allows Backup4all to keep track of the backed up files The advantage of using a catalog is faster backup execution Another advantage is that you can run Backup4all together with other backup applications because they will not interfere with each other Backup directly to CD DVD Blu ray This backup software comes with its own built in CD DVD Blu ray burning support Just set the dest
57. full backup on 7 1 2013 1 44 05 PM nr Last full backup duration 00 00 15 New Back Last full backup size comp uncomp 35 58 MB 35 58 MB 100 Outlook Total size of backup comp uncomp Number of backups Last backup status Files folders in backup Net scheduled backup 36 16 MB 35 58 MB 101 1 Last backup was successful 23 23 added on last backup Not scheduled Next scheduled tag backup Ea Files folders to backup Smart Changes since last backup Files Folders New N Unchanged U Modified M Excluded Total files folders to backup N U M 14 Total size to backup N U M 35 58 MB Free disk space on destination 169 06 GB This view provides statistical information about the last backup performed and calculates statistics about the next backup based on the current backup job configuration Information list Last backup on Date and time of the last backup Last backup duration Shows the duration of the last backup execution Last backup size Shows the size of the last backup compressed size of all files present in backup uncompressed compression percentage Last full backup on not displayed for mirror backup type The date and time when the last full backup was executed Note that the first backup is always a full backup even if the backup type is set to incremental or differential Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland Main Window
58. gt FTP you should use 60 seconds or more 3 If you backup important data to a remote location using FTP encrypt the zip files for increased security In this case even if another person manages to gain unauthorized access to the FTP your files will still be protected 4 Use XCRC when testing the FTP backups faster Note Some of the features mentioned on this page might not be available in your edition The Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland Getting Started 31 2 7 1 2 7 2 Professional edition includes all the features For a comparison between editions please check feature matrix topic Connecting in Passive Mode Some FTP servers require the connection to be established in a passive mode i e your computer establishes the connection so the flow of data is set up and initiated by you Most Web browsers which act as FTP clients use passive FTP by default because companies prefer it as a safety measure So switching to passive mode may be necessary with some FTP servers that are behind firewalls that do not allow connections from outside To set Backup4all to connect using Passive mode 1 On the Backup Properties gt FTP server window or File gt Options gt FTP click Edit configuration 2 Check the Use passive mode for transfers like WWW browsers option 3 Press OK After that use the Test FTP connection button to see if the FTP connection works Note Some of the features ment
59. header provides a handy way to show hide unnecessary columns except the Version column which is grayed out Backup4all provides an easy way to restore any file version Just right click on the file version you want to restore and Note choose Restore version if you want to restore the version in the original location choose Restore to if you want to restore the version in another location choose Open if you want to open view that version of the file with the associated Windows application choose View with Notepad if you want to open view that version of the file with Notepad choose Compare with source if you want to compare the selected version with the existing source choose Compare versions if you want to compare the selected versions choose Select columns to enable disable the columns displayed Some of the features mentioned on this page might not be available in your edition The Professional edition includes all the features For a comparison between editions please check feature matrix topic 5 6 Backup View You can activate Backup view by pressing the Backup button from the Jobs tab pressing CTRL F2 keyboard shortcut Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland 74 Backup4all 5 File View Actions Tools Ba 5 Help t 42 Lo lt All groups gt Z Ss Documents a kg My Backup Jobs as Type Backup Date Beck No File
60. i Finish Cancel The system selects only files that match the include filter and do not match the exclude filter This means the exclude filter is more powerful if a file satisfies both include and exclude filters it will not be processed by the system Include and exclude filters are composed from filter restrictions e two or more filter restrictions in the include filter means that a file must satisfy at least one restriction to be restored e two or more filter restrictions in the exclude filter means that a file must satisfy any restriction to be excluded In the Type column you can see if the filter is for include or exclude To change the filter type press the Change to Include or Change to Exclude button You can manage filter restrictions using the buttons e Add include this will open a new window from where you can add a new restriction to the list of include filters Add exclude this will open a new window from where you can add a new restriction to the list of exclude filters Edit will open the same window as Add with the selected filter s properties You will be able to modify the selected restriction e Copy will create a copy of the selected filter Delete will delete the selected filter from the list Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland Restore Wizard 185 8 5 Note Some of the features mentioned on this page might not be available in your edition The Professio
61. in Explore View Search as you type for backup jobs tags in backup list History window with backup restore test cleanup logs Show available space in destination on Statistics View Create desktop shortcut to backup jobs and backup tags Predefined backups Microsoft Outlook backup plugin NEW Quick access toolbar Visualization modes for application startup Automatic updates LILII K LRK RRIK LLL RRL LLG CLL KG RECS PE amp GG GLK K GRC GL KK KKK GLK KF Re FSG GG GF GKKK GR KG KK KKK GLK KG Re FSG BG G amp G GLK K GR KKK GLB GLK KG Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland Introduction 15 Multi language support amp X amp amp 46 6 MSI setup for automatic deployment Backup NEW Block backup true incremental Backup open files locked or in use New Backup Wizard NEW Stop cancel all backup jobs NEW Password store management Select individual files and folders to be backed up Inclusion and exclusion filters for files and folders Create and use general predefined filters Possibility to Pause Resume or Stop the backup Override filters NEW Suspend application NEW Run missed schedules AES encryption 128 bit 192 bit and 256 bit Email notifications on success errors warnings Run program action before and or after backup Run program action only once Run at system shutdown Clean backup action with parameters Clear backup before executing a scheduled job
62. is a practical backup destination because the backed up data can be easily accessed from any other computer with an Internet connection Defining Amazon configuration Before using Amazon as a destination for backing up you should define a new Amazon configuration using the File gt Options gt Amazon S3 window Once defined you will be able to apply this Amazon S3 configuration to individual backup jobs Press the Add button once in File gt Options gt Amazon S3 to add a new Amazon connection The New SFTP configuration name will appear in the list and you can enter the other settings for this connection e Configuration name Enter here an arbitrary name for the connection e Access Key ID In this field you have to enter the key for your Amazon account e Secret Access Key In this field you have to enter the secret key for your account e Bucket Here you have to enter the name of the bucket e Folder If you want to use a specific folder type here its name In the When Amazon S3 server is not ready section you can enter the number of attempts and time between those attempts to connect to the Amazon S3 server By default if the Amazon S3 server is not reachable Backup4all will try 3 times at a 5 seconds delay before aborting the backup You can increase or decrease these values using the Retry and wait fields Once you have finished defining the connection press the Test button to check if the Amazon S3 details you have entere
63. latest version of a file folder as well as restoring versions of files backed up at a specific date Compatibility You can restore data using any standard zip software Backup4all gives you this way more flexibility if you need to restore data on a different computer if the backup was created using independent splits see this section on how to restore correctly using 3rd party zip software One touch backup Some USB enclosures have a button to start the execution of an associated program If you have such a device you can configure Backup4all to execute a backup job or a backup tag when this button is pressed works only with certain USB enclosures Summary Text description of the full setup for each backup job that allows you to easily review the information regarding the backup Program security Backup4all offers an option to lock its interface so that when it starts you will need to provide a password in order to unlock it and be able to make changes to its settings Test backup The application tests the backups using CRC32 This ensures that the files have been backed up properly and the backup is safe You can also test the backup integrity at a later time from Backup4all s main menu When backing up to removable media after each media item written the backup test is performed for spanned backups When backing up to FTP the XCRC command can be used if supported by server This speeds up the testing as Backup4all will verify
64. less than 8 characters Show hidden files in open dialogs If checked files marked as hidden will be displayed in Open dialogs This is very useful if you want to add hidden files to your backup sources By default this option is checked Use New Backup Wizard to create backup jobs If checked when pressing the File gt New Backup button the New Backup Wizard will be open If unchecked the Backup Properties will be used to create the new job Note Some of the features mentioned on this page might not be available in your edition The Professional edition includes all the features For a comparison between editions please check feature matrix topic Startup The Startup page of the Options window accessible from the File Options menu item contains startup related settings of the program Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland 208 11 4 Backup4all 5 j e Options eels General Preferences Change startup options Startup and tray Application folders Show Getting Started Backu p v Show tray icon v Logs and history Minimize to tray Backup on demand Close to tray CD DVD or Blu ray V Show errors in tray Updates Visualization mode Manual run Last window state z OK Cancel Startup and tray Show Getting Started If checked the Getting Started window is displayed when you start Backup4all Show tray icon If checked the program i
65. log files Since all the log files are stored in the same folder the system has an option to limit the size of the log folder Just select Restricted to and choose a Size and Unit for the log folder default is 10MB If the log file of the Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland Main Window 91 running backup job is larger than the limit it will still be stored in the log folder When the same operation will run again the previous log file will be deleted If you want to keep all log files no matter the size select the Unlimited size option Backup Logging File Edit Format View Help 7 2 2013 3 29 09 PM Backup4all 5 151 7 2 2013 3 29 09 PM Operating system Windows 8 7 2 2013 3 29 10 PM Starting backup for New Bac 7 2 2013 3 29 10 PM Name Internet Explorer Favo 7 2 2013 3 29 10 PM Backup Summary e Checking sources destination e Creating file list e Archiving files e Merging files e Burning CD DVD or Blu ray e Saving catalog Other information added to the logs the total number of files added to backup the total size of files added to backup and the number of files excluded Restore Logging File Edit Format View Help 7 2 2013 3 30 48 PM Backup4all 5 151 7 2 2013 3 30 48 PM Operating system Windows 8 7 2 2013 3 30 48 PM Restoring files from backup 7 2 2013 3 30 48 PM Name Internet Explorer Favo 7 2 2013 3 30 48 PM Processing zip file C Users Logge
66. number of file versions option restoring the files as of a specified date could not restore all your files if some of them were deleted by the file version limitation Choose files and restore the latest version Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland 180 Backup4all 5 8 2 Backup4all will restore the latest version for all the files in the backup You will be able to filter the files using the Preview page Choose filter files and restore the latest version Backup4all will restore the latest version of the files Files that are excluded from backup are not restored Check the status of the files in the Explore view of the main screen Choose filter files and restore any version Lets you specify which version of the files will be restored For example you might restore all files in their original state from the first backup number Restore excluded and deleted files If this option is checked the latest version of all files will be restored even if these files were excluded from the backup Preview files at the end of wizard If checked a preview page with the files to be restored will be shown at the end of wizard Using the slider from the bottom of the Restore Wizard window you can set the restore execution priority compared to the rest of the running processes on your system For example setting the priority to Highest priority will determine the system to allocate most of its resources for the
67. of media 5540 KB s I HL DT ST BD RE GGW H20L YLO5 Maximum read speed of device 7056 KB s Maximum write speed of device 7056 KB s readCD R CD RW DVD DVD R DVD RW DVD R DVD RW DVD R DL When the window is shown devices capable of writing to CD DVD or Blu ray disc are listed in it The first device from the list is selected by default A summary of properties is shown for each device calculated by Backup4all s internal burner Maximum read speed of device shows the maximum reading speed of the device kb s Maximum write speed of device shows the maximum writing speed of the device kb s Reading capabilities displays a list of media the device can read from Writing capabilities displays a list of media the device can write to Disk type shows the type of media inserted Sessions on disk number of sessions on the disk Disk free space free space on disk Disk size total size of disk Maximum read speed of media maximum reading speed of media Maximum write speed of media maximum writing speed of media When an erase is performed the progress bar shows the percentage of the operation completed Options Load Closes the CD DVD Blu ray tray The button is enabled only when a device is selected Eject Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland 88 Backup4all 5 5 13 Opens the CD DVD Blu ray tray The button is enabled only when a device is selected Refresh li
68. one side and to conventional hard drives on the other side A hard drive is installed into the enclosure and then the enclosure is plugged into the computer thus creating a normal USB backup device Given the size of nowadays hard drives this can be considered a mass storage device for backup purposes There are external hard drives that beside the USB technology use also Firewire as a connection port On one side Firewire hard drives tend to have increased speed over USB but on the other side USB ports are more common on computers Steps in backing up to USB drive with Backup4all 1 Start your USB device Before starting the backup process make sure that the USB drive is started and working Usually the enclosure should have a start button and display the status of the drive using led displays When it is started a green led should be lighted Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland 38 Backup4all 5 2 Make sure your drive is formatted If you have just purchased the drive and didn t use it yet you might have to format it only if you didn t use it before since formatting will erase everything from it Formatting the USB drive in Windows Vista e Go to Start gt Settings gt Control panel gt System and Maintenance gt Administrative Tools gt Computer Management If you are prompted for an administrator password or confirmation type the password or provide confirmation e Under Storage click Disk Manag
69. protect a backup 28 Portability 37 Predefined backup 88 107 113 Preview 185 Priority slider 81 Private key 130 134 137 Product description 8 Progress View 79 Properties 61 Proxy Port 31 Transparent 31 Proxy type 126 Q Quick erase 86 R Refresh 61 Refresh list 86 Reload 56 removable 120 Remove password 28 Rename group 61 Reset node 185 Resettree 185 Restore 61 Advanced 178 Basic 178 Full 178 Restore latest version 25 Restore to 25 Restore wizard 25 Standard 178 Restore from a backup 25 Restore versions 181 Restrictions 140 183 Run a backup job 24 Run backup 24 Running 61 as Save storage space 43 Schedule Add 167 Delete 167 Edit 167 Schedule 167 Scheduler 61 Send email notifications 38 SFTP 103 129 Hammering 33 Portnumber 33 Remote location 33 Retry times 33 SSH 33 SFTP options Hostname 225 Password 225 Port 225 Retry 225 Username 225 Wait 225 Show context menu 70 Show deleted 61 Show disk label message 58 Show excluded 61 Show modified 61 Show new 61 Show unchanged 61 Size 70 Smart backup 150 Snapshot 49 Sources Abort 107 139 Add files 107 139 Add folder 107 139 Ignore 107 139 Remove 107 139 Retry 107 139 Spanning 55 Speed 118 SPTD 58 SPTI 58 SSH 225 SSL 218 230 233 Encryption 32 Explicit SSL 32 Implicit SSL 32 Layer 32 Secure 32 Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland 264 Backup4all 5 SSL 218 230 233 Soc
70. restore execution Note Some of the features mentioned on this page might not be available in your edition The Professional edition includes all the features For a comparison between editions please check feature matrix topic What do you want to restore This is the second step of the Restore Wizard It appears only for Choose files and restore from the latest version Choose filter files and restore the latest version and Choose filter files and restore from any version options Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland Restore Wizard 181 What do you want to restore File Folder E vio C Users Info Desktop Sources amp DB aaa w bbb H MO cee H MO ddd E 01 b 02 doc Checkall Uncheckall U Normal priority lt Previous Next gt You can uncheck the files you don t want to restore By default all files are checked Note Some of the features mentioned on this page might not be available in your edition The Professional edition includes all the features For a comparison between editions please check feature matrix topic 8 3 To what date do you want to restore This is the third step of the Restore Wizard if the Choose filter files and restore any version option was chosen Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland 182 Backup4all 5 To what date do you want to restore Restore as of 7 5203 Bv
71. restore job New bay Sc Pp a a General Destination Make incremental backup amp Local hard drive External hard drive CD DVD or Blu ray Removable Customize prefix of backup files Network Incremental Insert tag J Preview FTP server 1_C zip SFTP server Automatically make full backup Sources _ If all increments exceed Filters F F all increments exceed Customize Type Full Differential Mirror Compression Advanced Email m Save and run Save Cancel Incremental If the Incremental type is not your default backup type you can check the Select Incremental as the default backup type option Automatically make full backup Make full backup when all increments exceed of full backup size In time the size of the incremental can outgrow the full version For maximum efficiency the size of the incremental should be kept as small as possible This option will trigger the creation of a full Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland Backup Properties 155 7 6 5 backup when a certain percentage of the full backup will be exceeded default is 50 Make full backup when all increments exceed If this is checked Backup4all will trigger the creation of a full backup when that custom size is reached default is 100 MB Note Some of the features mentioned on this page might not be available in your edition The Professional edition i
72. restriction enable File attributes and the System checkbox then click OK 4 Add a new restriction enable File attributes and the Hidden checkbox then click OK 5 For the last two restrictions check the Use as exclude filter boxes Note Some of the features mentioned on this page might not be available in your edition The Professional edition includes all the features For a comparison between editions please check feature matrix topic Logs and history On the Logs and history page of the Options window accessible from the File Options menu item you can change log and history options Options General fi Preferences p Configure log and history options Startup Content Application folders oO Log detafed information Backup Indude summary in log Backup on demand CD DVD or Blu ray Log folder O Unimited sze ena Restricted to 20 M8 v SFTP Log viewer Email Program lt Default text editor gt v my Log file extension Content Log detailed information If checked the program will log detailed information about all files handled by the backup restore or test process By default this option is not checked Include summary in log If checked the logs will contain all the text available in the main window s Summary view By default this option is not checked Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland Options 215 11 8 Log folder
73. set the limit in percents or in MB GB If you want to use the entire destination drive only for backups set the limit to 100 By default the limit is set to 80 of the destination size Note Some of the features mentioned on this page might not be available in your edition The Professional edition includes all the features For a comparison between editions please check feature matrix topic Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland 152 Backup4all 5 7 6 2 7 6 3 Full Full backup is the starting point for all other backups and contains all the data in the folders and files that are selected to be backed up Because the full backup stores all files and folders frequent full backups result in faster and simpler restore operations This backup type is slow on large volumes of data so it is recommended to be done periodically each Week Month and in between to use other backup types like Incremental or Differential The advantage is that you only need the result of one backup execution to make a full restore New Backup Backup Properties Z E Sox General P gt Destination Make full backup Local hard drive External hard drive CD DVD or Blu ray Removable Customize prefix of backup files Network Inserttag Preview FTP server 1_C zip SFTP server Sources Filters Customize Type rh Differential Incremental Mirror Compression Advanced Email
74. since the last full differential or incremental backup The advantage of an incremental backup is that it takes the least time to complete However during a restore operation each incremental backup must be processed which could result in a lengthy restore job Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland 44 Backup4all 5 3 2 Mirror Backup A mirror backup is identical to a full backup with the exception that the files are not compressed in zip files and they cannot be protected with a password A mirror backup is most frequently used to create an exact copy of the backup data It has the benefit that the backup files can also be readily accessed using tools like Windows Explorer Using the mirror backup type you can also choose to zip each file individually preserving the folder structure This allows you to use the zip compression and encryption features Block backup You can use block backup option to copy only the modified parts of the source files This is useful for large files as PST or database files as only the modified part of the file will be backed up instead of backing up the whole large file You can use automatic block size or you can manually set the block size Note The block backup option must be enabled from the first backup execution otherwise you won t be able to use it on that backup job If you already have a backup job and want to use block backup you ll have to create a new b
75. t receive it you must revise the settings you configured 5 Press OK to save your settings Sending email notifications You have to enable separately for each backup job the option to send emails To do so follow these steps 1 Select a backup job and open the Backup Properties window right click and select Properties or Ctrl P 2 Go to the Email page and check the Enable email notifications option 3 Optionally you can edit the default emails sent and also to attach the backup log to the email 4 Press OK to save your changes Note Some of the features mentioned on this page might not be available in your edition The Professional edition includes all the features For a comparison between editions please check feature matrix topic How to Configure One Touch Backup Some USB enclosures have a button to start the execution of an associated program If you have such a device you can configure Backup4all to execute a backup job or a backup tag when this button is pressed If your One Touch Backup device is not detected by Backup4all Backup4all is not natively compatible with the device you could use the command line parameters to create a command that can be associated to the One Touch button of your device If the One Touch Backup option is enabled when the application starts and there is no backup job or backup tag set to be executed when the One Touch button of the USB enclosure is pressed the user will be asked to choose one fr
76. the backup based on the CRC information received from server If Azure or Amazon is used as the backup destination the test will be made based on the CRC information and the files won t be downloaded again after backup Note Some of the features mentioned on this page might not be available in your edition The Professional edition includes all the features For a comparison between editions please check feature matrix topic Feature Matrix Backup4all comes in three editions Lite Standard and Professional Professional is the full edition with all features enabled while Standard and Lite are the limited functionality editions Below you can find a comparison of the features available in each edition Backup4all Portable Edition is a custom version of Backup4all that works only on portable devices Interface Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland 14 Backup4all 5 NEW Customizable ribbon interface NEW Show job details in card list mode NEW Navigation pane NEW Notification messages NEW Windows Explorer contextual right click menu Start application at Windows startup Minimize application to system tray Add sources with drag drop Explore View Backup View Progress View View backup statistics NEW Group backup configurations using tags NEW Access application according to system privileges Lock program interface with a password Show Getting Started window Show versions
77. the differential backup type and offers a solution for the slow backup issue In time the differential can grow to a size that is equal or larger than the full version Therefore the following options can be used to trigger the creation of a new full backup e Automatically make full backup if the differential exceeds of full backup size default is 50 e Automatically make full backup if the differential exceeds default is 100 MB The system calculates the backup size for the differential backup and if the selected condition is met it performs a full backup Note Some of the features mentioned on this page might not be available in your edition The Professional edition includes all the features For a comparison between editions please check feature matrix topic Incremental Backup What is Incremental Backup An incremental backup stores all files that have changed since the last full differential or incremental backup The advantage of an incremental backup is that it takes the least time to complete However during a restore operation each incremental backup must be processed which could result in a lengthy restore job Description of the Incremental Backup Type Incremental backup provides a faster method of backing up data than repeatedly running full backups During an incremental backup only the files that have changed since the most recent backup are included That is where it gets its name each backup is an increm
78. the encryption key size used to encrypt the data a higher key strenght provides stronger encryption Snapshots Mirror backup type makes an exact copy of selected files and folders copying NTFS permissions and alternate streams including empty folders too for an exact copy of the source Optionally for mirror backups you can choose to zip the backed up files individually Disk Spanning Automated support for splitting your backup between many removable disks or even on the same media You can specify the maximum size of the zip archives When performing a mirror backup and using disk spanning you can choose not to split the files This is an useful option because you can copy your music movies to CD DVD or Blu ray disc and not have them split up when the CD DVD or Blu ray disc is full Logs The operations performed by Backup4all are logged This allows you to see the status of performed operations backup test cleanup restore Command Line A command line version of this backup application is available too that lets you run different operations using parameters Restore Wizard Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland Introduction 13 1 4 Restore backed up data step by step Allows you to choose the version of files which will be restored and filter them to restore only the needed versions file versioning applies to full differential and incremental backups only You can quickly restore the
79. the end of the backup By default this option is not checked On success It indicates the sound that will be played when the backup is finished with success The default sound is lt Default beep sound gt but you can change it using the Open button If you press the Play button you can hear the selected sound file To disable this sound you can select from the drop down box lt No success sound gt On warning It indicates the sound that will be played when the backup is finished with warnings The default sound is lt Exclamation sound gt but you can change this using the Open button If you press the Play button gt you can hear the selected sound file To disable this sound you can select from the drop down box lt No warning sound gt On error It indicates the sound that will be played when the backup has failed because of an error The default sound is lt Asterisk sound gt but you can change this using the Open button If you press the Play button _ you can hear the selected sound file To disable this sound you can select from the drop down box lt No error sound gt Open sounds This button will open the standard Sounds and Multimedia Properties gt Sounds window of the Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland 176 Backup4all 5 operating system that can also be opened from the Control Panel You can use this to configure or troubleshoot your sounds settings
80. the files This option will zip each file individually preserving the folder structure In this case you can use the zip compression and encryption When changing the backup type between Smart Full Incremental or Differential the older backups are not deleted only the type of the next backup is changed If the Yes limit number of file versions Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland Backup Types 53 Yes limit number of backups and Merge backups options are used the application will delete or merge older backups so that the number of versions is less or equal to the specified limit However when changing between Mirror and Smart Full Incremental or Differential the older versions are deleted By default the Yes limit number of file versions and the Yes limit number of backups options are not enabled This means that the system will keep all the stored backup versions If you choose to enable the Merge backups option when the limit is reached the system will perform an internal merge between the older versions keeping the number of stored backups equal to the specified limit the merge between zip files is necessary to keep at the latest file version from each zip file to be merged However when changing between Mirror and Smart Full Incremental or Differential the older versions are deleted Note Some of the features mentioned on this page might not be available in your edition The Professional
81. the names of the columns that you want to remove There are seven buttons on top of the file tree that help you show hide files depending on their status tif pressed files that will be added to the backup are shown in the tree All files with this status will have picture in front of them If pressed files that have not been changed since last backup are shown in the tree All files with this status will have picture in front of them Bit pressed files that have been changed since last backup are shown in the tree All files with this status will have D picture in front of them If pressed files that are already present in backup and are now excluded by new changes in file filter are shown in the tree All files with this status will have amp picture in front of them X if pressed files that have been deleted from hard disk are shown in the tree All files with this status will have Si picture in front of them Ti if pressed all directories in the tree will be expanded For a large number of files and directories this operation can take a longer time Press the ESC key to stop the process If pressed all directories in the tree will be collapsed If you do not want to see empty folders when clicking on Expand all check Hide empty folders on expand all in the File gt Options gt Preferences window and check Hide empty folders on expand all The tree will show only folders containing at least one file There is an easy w
82. the test was successful The SFTP connection was tested successfully message will be displayed Once you press the OK button Backup4all will try to connect to the SFTP server to see if a backup catalog already exists on the destination If the SFTP destination is not available a Cannot connect to the SFTP server message is displayed in the status bar bottom of the main window Note Some of the features mentioned on this page might not be available in your edition The Professional edition includes all the features For a comparison between editions please check feature matrix topic Edit configuration This window is shown when selecting Edit configuration from the Destination gt SFTP server window General Existing configuration If you want to add a new SFTP location the lt New gt option should be selected To edit an existing SFTP location select it from the drop down list All fields will be filled with the values of the selected SFTP SFTP server e Server name or IP In this field you have to enter the name or IP address for the SFTP server e Port In this field you have to enter the port number if different than the default SFTP ports 22 e Destination folder Here you can enter the destination path if different than root e User name If this is a private SFTP server no anonymous access allowed enter the user Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland Backup Properties 131 name for your
83. to DVDs or 25GB when backing up to Blu ray discs Note Some of the features mentioned on this page might not be available in your edition The Professional edition includes all the features For a comparison between editions please check feature matrix topic Other CD DVD Blu ray Settings The File gt Options gt CD DVD or Blu ray window contains various settings related to the burn process CD DVD or Blu ray Use SCSI Pass Through Direct Layer SPTD Selected by default Backup4all uses this internal burning engine to write CD DVD HD DVD or Blu ray discs SPTD is a new method of access to storage devices and has the ability to provide direct control of devices without risk of compromising it by some malicious 3rd party filter drivers or other rootkit applications Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland Backup to CD DVD or Blu ray 59 SPTD is currently supported only on Microsoft OS Windows XP and above SPTD similar to other access layers is not removed from your system after Backup4all uninstall in order not to disrupt other applications that may use it Use native Win32 Interface SPTI If you have problems backing up using the SPTD method we recommend you to use this option Load CD DVD or Blu ray before backup Check this option if you want the CD DVD or Blu ray to be loaded before backup execution Eject CD DVD or Blu ray disc After Backup You can leave the CD DVD or Blu ray dis
84. to backup 9 The journal will not be used when the source is changed by including other subfolders files that were previously excluded 10 Because parsing the NTFS journal can be slower in some cases than parsing the files the option will not be used if there are less than 20 000 files amp folders in the backup The 20 000 count is calculated as sum of all files and all folders already present in backup catalog before the current backup execution Backup priority Using the slider you can set the backup execution priority compared to the rest of the running processes on your system Setting it to Highest priority for instance will determine the system to allocate most of its resources for this backup execution Run action before backup Run program or action Check this option and select one of the predefined actions or choose a different executable file You can either enter directly the path to the program has to be between quotes or click the button to browse for the file Backup4all waits until the action is finished before proceeding with the actual backup process The lt Clear backup gt predefined action deletes the bkc file and all zip files associated with the current backup job If this action is set then the backup performed is a full backup even if the backup type is set to incremental or differential You can customize it with the following parameters numbers can be changed as necessary e lt Clear backup d 7
85. to the SMTP server Send Test Email Press Send Test Email if you want to test the configuration you just entered In the box that pops up enter the email address where you want to receive notifications and press OK If all the settings are correct a test email should arrive in your specified email account Email addresses From Enter the sender s email address If you enter a wrong email address the email notification will not be sent This field is mandatory Reply To Optionally you can specify a different reply email address If no value is entered the From email will be used Authentication Server requires authentication If checked the SMTP server uses authentication and you will need to supply a user name and a password By default this option is not checked User name Enter the user name to be used when authenticating on the SMTP server Password Enter the password to be used when authenticating on the SMTP server Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland 238 Backup4all 5 11 15 Dial up connection In this group you can set how the program should handle dial up connections The available options are Do not start Automatically start up Manually start up Do not start If selected email notifications are sent only if your computer is already connected to the Internet If you have aconnection but you are not connected the program will not dial for you Automatically start up If s
86. to the last backup will be always the same with the total number of files The same for mirror backup without the Fast mirror option activated Statistics for next backup The Calculate Statistics for Next Backup Ctrl F5 button will start counting the new modified unchanged and excluded files since the last backup execution The counters will be shown in the labels below divided into two sections Files to backup containing the counters for the files that will be added to the next backup and Changes since last backup containing the counters for the files changed since the last backup For a large number of files counting can be time consuming If you want to stop the counting process press the Cancel button from the toolbar Calculate Statistics for Next Backup Ctrl F5 uses the catalog file bkc If this catalog is on a CD DVD or Blu ray disc and you enter a previous backup version the counters will be different Files to backup counters are calculated depending on the backup job settings backup type lt Clear backup gt action etc Changes since last backup counters are always the same no matter the backup job settings Files Folders to backup Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland 78 Backup4all 5 For full and differential backup types these counters are calculated based on the changes since the last full backup For the incremental backup type the counts are based on the changes since the last
87. warnings or you have a large catalog file we recommend you to uncheck that option If unchecked the catalog file will be stored in a temporary file on your hard drive Smart file scanning mode Backup4all can use the USN journal to get a faster detection of the modified source files The USN Journal Update Sequence Number Journal or Change Journal is a feature of NTFS which maintains a record of changes made to the volume Since version 5 4 of Backup4all this option is activated by default for all new jobs It can be activated manually for jobs created with an older version of Backup4all The Smart file scanning mode option is used in all cases with the following exceptions 1 User is not an administrator and the sources are on local drives For standard users this option works only for external drives 2 The source drive is not NTFS formatted 3 Sources are not on local drives ex network drives This option also works for local removable NTFS drives stick external hard drive removable drives 4 Backup job has relative file date filters are ex older than x days 5 If the file folder filter has changes since the previous backup Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland 172 Backup4all 5 6 The journal will not be used at first backup all sources are newly added 7 The journal will not be used for full backup executions 8 The journal will not be used when a source is newly added
88. were errors warnings and give an option to open the log file for more details Abort backup when source drives are not available If this option is checked the backup will be aborted when using sources from unavailable drives Ask for user input when backup cannot continue If this is checked the scheduled task will be paused when errors warning occur and the user will be Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland Backup Properties 169 prompted to take an action skip retry continue Backup4all uses by default the Windows Task Scheduler in order to run the scheduled tasks so you need to make sure that the Task Scheduler service is enabled on your computer Use the Windows Help in order to find out more information about scheduling a task using the Task Scheduler Note Some of the features mentioned on this page might not be available in your edition The Professional edition includes all the features For a comparison between editions please check feature matrix topic 7 9 1 Advanced Options on this page affect the way a particular backup job is executed Options that are marked with might not be available in your edition check Feature Matrix for detailed information on differences between editions Backup options v Use local catalogs C Compress catalog in destination IW Test after backup Y Remove from catalog all files with errors _ Delete sources after succes
89. when testing if available if the server supports the XCRC extension Backup4all can verify that files transferred to the server have been transmitted correctly using the CRC information received from the FTP server This results in faster testing as the files will not be downloaded to perform the CRC testing Resume upload downloads if available it resume the backup upload if the server supports resume command Limit file size to specify the maximum file size you want to have Larger files will be split Please note that many FTP servers does not allow you to upload files larger than 2 GB Timeout you can set the time interval in seconds that is allowed for no data transfer before the transfer operation is interrupted and must be resumed Default is 15 seconds Firewall Proxy type select one of the options below supported by your firewall if you use a proxy to connect to the FTP e None Sends the User name and optional Password for the FTP server as entered in the FTP window e Send command USER Sends the User name and optional Password defined in the proxy settings followed immediately by the User name and optional Password for the FTP server e Send command SITE Sends the User name and optional Password defined in the proxy settings the SITE command with the Host value and the User name and optional Password for the FTP site e Send command OPEN Sends the User name and optional Password defined in the proxy set
90. will open the main interface If there are backup jobs in progress there is be a message indicating how many jobs are active e Suspend sustem will suspend all the application activity e Cancel all running will stop all running actions e Stop all running will cancel all running actions e Show messages will display the Notifications window If the system is suspend a message will appear on the Backup4all interface Backup system is paused No actions will be executed while the system is paused Tray Icon Hint When backups are executed restored or tested the tray icon is animated and the name of the backup jobs are shown in the hint along with the current operation Backup4all One job is active Note Some of the features mentioned on this page might not be available in your edition The Professional edition includes all the features For a comparison between editions please check feature matrix topic Keyboard Shortcuts Keyboard shortcuts configured in Backup4all New backup wizard CTRL N TA Open backup CTRL O E Backup job properties CTRL P e Explore F2 e Backup view CTRL F2 e Statistics F3 Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland Main Window 95 Refresh F5 CAI Execute backup F6 Cte Restore F7 Pause CTRL F8 Oe Stop CTRL S e Cancel F8 k Test F9 P Show New Files CTRL 1 Show Unchanged Files CTR
91. with the Host value and the User name and optional Password for the FTP site USER user firewalluser hostname PASS pass firewallpass Sends the command USER user proxyuser host then the command PASS pwd proxypwd or optionally PASS pwd e Transparent Sends the User name and optional Password defined in the proxy settings followed immediately by the FTP server User name and optional Password Host name or IP In this field you have to enter the host name or IP address for the proxy server firewall Host port Enter the host port number in this field By default the port number is set to 80 User name This field is used to enter the proxy user name Password In this field you can enter the password for the specified user name ASCII file types Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland Options 225 It includes the list of all file extensions that will be transfered as ASCII when using Auto transfer mode for FTP uploads You can filter add edit or delete the file extensions listed here Please note if you add non ASCII file types in this list when you back up such files in ASCII mode they will get corrupted and you won t be able to use them Note Some of the features mentioned on this page might not be available in your edition The Professional edition includes all the features For a comparison between editions please check feature matrix topic 11 11 SFTP The SFTP page of the Optio
92. you can add files folders to the Sources window by dragging and dropping them from Windows Explorer Note Some of the features mentioned on this page might not be available in your edition The Professional edition includes all the features For a comparison between editions please check feature matrix topic How do you want to backup In the third step of the New Backup Wizard you can choose the backup type How do you want to backup v _ Use the entire available destination space Help How do you want to backup Advanced mode Previous Save gt Cancel Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland 110 Backup4all 5 How do you want to backup From the drop down list you can choose one of the available options e Smart e Make full e Make differential e Make incremental e Make mirror Smart The smart backup type will combine full differential and incremental types with cleanup actions in order to efficiently manage the stored backups according with the free disk space in destination or the maximum allowed space set by the user This backup type will automatically decide which is the best action to perform when a new backup will be executed By default 80 of the destination size is used by the smart backup If you want to use the full size of the destination drive for backup storage you can select the Use the entire available destination space option Make full Full ba
93. 4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland 138 Backup4all 5 Advanced _ Verify host key v Limit file size to 2027 gt MB v Larger files will be split Timeout seconds 15 z Authentication Authentications v publickey vi password Vi keyboard interactive Encryption Ciphers v aes128 ctr A vi aes192 ctr V aes256 ctr vi arcfour256 L ner Fn 70 MACs vi hmac shal A V hmac md5 v umac 64 openssh com vV hmac ripemd160 2 Compression Compressions Vi none zlib General Existing configuration If you want to add a new Amazon S3 location the lt New gt option should be selected To edit an existing Amazon S3 location select it from the drop down list All fields will be filled with the values of the selected Amazon S3 configuration Settings e Access Key ID In this field you have to enter the access key ID for your Amazon S3 account e Secret Access Key In this field you have to enter the Secret Access Key for your Amazon S3 account e Bucket In this field you have to enter the bucket you want to use as destination You can also create a new bucket if you type its name and press Create button e Folder In this field you have to enter the folder where you want to store the backups If the folder does not exist it will be created Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland Backup Properties 139 7 4 Note Some of the features
94. 7 6 1 e Backup Number lt BACKUP NUMBER gt e Backup Type lt BACKUP TYPE gt e Backup Date lt DATE gt e Backup Time lt TIME gt e Backup Hour e Backup Minute e Backup Second e Backup Year lt YEAR gt e Backup Month lt MONTH_MMMb gt e Backup Month numeric lt MONTH_MM gt e Backup Day lt DAY gt e Backup Week lt WEEK gt e Backup Day of Week lt DAY OF WEEK gt e Backup Day of Week locale e Backup Day of Week numeric You can also add your text in the edit tag field Use the Preview button to see how the names of the zip files will look like Windows does not allow the following characters in the filename lt gt Therefore Backup4all will prompt you to change these characters if present in the Customize zip name prefix field Other If the Clear archive bit option is checked the application will remove the Archive flag of the files that were added to the backup By default Backup4all uses the current comparison criteria and the information from catalog file to detect if a file was modified or not since the last backup which is more accurate than using only the Archive bit as other backup programs do However if you want to backup files based only on the Archive bit attribute you can change the comparison criteria from the Backup Properties gt Advanced window Note Some of the features mentioned on this page might not be available in your edition The Professional edition incl
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96. Amazon 53 configuration Settings Access Key ID Secret Access Key Bucket Folder General Configuration name Enter here an arbitrary name for the connection By default the New Amazon S3 configuration name is assigned Settings e Access Key ID In this field you have to enter the access key ID for your Amazon S3 account e Secret Access Key In this field you have to enter the Secret Access Key for your Amazon S3 account e Bucket In this field you have to enter the bucket you want to use as destination You can also create a new bucket if you type its name and press Create button e Folder In this field you have to enter the folder where you want to store the backups If the folder does not exist it will be created Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland 236 Backup4all 5 11 14 Note If you configured a new Amazon S3 location or you edit an existing one you should use the Test button to see if the Amazon S3 settings are correct If the test was successful The Amazon S3 connection was tested successfully message will be displayed Note Some of the features mentioned on this page might not be available in your edition The Professional edition includes all the features For a comparison between editions please check feature matrix topic Email On the Email page of the Options window accessible from the File Options menu item you can set configurations necessary to send emails
97. Apply Type Backup date Backup No Comp Size Uncomp size 7 5 2013 1 54 0 31 12 KB 127 49 KB 7 5 2013 12 58 2 127 49 KB 7 5 2013 12 54 31 12KB 127 49 KB Normal priority lt Previous Next gt Restore as of This option allows you to restore your files and folders to a specified date Just select the data press Apply and then press Finish The purpose of this step is to let you select versions to restore Use left mouse clicks together with SHIFT and or CTRL keys to select several backup numbers to restore The most recent version of a file in the selected backup number will be restored If you select all backup numbers then a full restore is performed just as the Choose filter files and restore the latest version restore option Note If you used the Limit number of file versions option restoring the files as of a specified date could not restore all your files if some of them were deleted by the file version limitation If you use the Mirror backup type the Restore as of feature is not available The Mirror backup type does not keep track of file versions Only the last version is available for restore Information provided for each version e Type Type of the Backup Each of the backup types is represented by a descriptive icon p Full a Incremental e Differential Mirror e Backup Date Date and time when the version was added to the backup e Backup No Number of the backup increment Backup4all 5
98. Copyright 2015 Softland Main Window 75 5 7 version and e choose Restore Latest Version if you want to restore the version in the original location choose Restore Latest Version To if you want to restore the version in another location choose Test if you want to test that backup version choose View Backup Log if you want to open view that log with the selected log viewer Initially the default text editor is used File Tree The file tree content depends on the files from the selected backup version You can right click on the folders and files in the tree to open a menu that allows you to choose the following options e Restore if you want to restore the version in the original location Restore to if you want to restore the version in another location Open if you want to open view that version of the file with the associated Windows application View with Notepad if you want to open view that version of the file with Notepad Full expand to expand all the tree The file tree shows the file folder name bck no size last modified date attributes and status for each file in additional columns You can sort the files by simply clicking on the appropriate column header The files are sorted within their folders Except File Folder each column can be hidden if you right click on the column header and uncheck the names of the columns that you want to remove There are seven buttons on top of the file tree that help you sh
99. E 02 tt v E 01 tt v E 02 doc When a folder is selected the Add include and Add exclude buttons from the bottom are activated these are activated only for folders not for individual files That means you can replace the main filter with a different one The customized filter is valid only for the selected folder and_its descendants Click the Add include or Add exclude button to define the customized filter This will open a Filter Properties window You can define include or exclude filters in this window just as you do in the Filter page All files and folders for which a customized filter is applied are shown in red color You can Edit Copy or Delete a customized filter by selecting the folder and clicking one of the buttons bellow Note Some of the features mentioned on this page might not be available in your edition The Professional edition includes all the features For a comparison between editions please check feature matrix topic 7 5 2 Filter Properties When you add or edit a filter the following options will appear Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland 144 Backup4all 5 General Filter name New filter configuration File name v Enable Add Edit Delete Folder name v Enable Add Edit Delete What do you want to do If the Add include or Add exclude button was pressed the following options will be show User can Create new filter Create new sta
100. Jobs tab History section View Log for details about the files that were not backed up The Warning icon will disappear when the backup is executed again and all files were backed up Note Some of the features mentioned on this page might not be available in your edition The Professional edition includes all the features For a comparison between editions please check feature matrix topic How to Manage Backup Jobs Copy an Existing Backup Configuration You can use the Duplicate Backup Ctrl L option from the Jobs tab to create a duplicate of the selected backup job and after that you can easily modify its configuration This option can also be selected from the right click menu of the backup job Modify a Backup Job Configuration First you must select the backup job you wish to modify Then press the Properties button from the application s toolbar This will open the Backup Properties window You can also change its Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland Getting Started 25 2 4 configuration by choosing Properties from the right click menu of the backup job After the Properties window is opened go to the page with the settings you want to modify Delete a Backup Job Select the backup job you want to delete and select Delete Backup option from the Jobs tab Another possibility is to choose Delete CTRL Del from the right click menu of the backup job Files and folders from the source an
101. L 2 show Modified Files CTRL 3 Show Excluded Files CTRL 4 X Show Deleted Files CTRL 5 Expand All CTRL 6 Collapse All CTRL 7 Focus menu F10 Note Some of the features mentioned on this page might not be available in your edition The Professional edition includes all the features For a comparison between editions please check feature matrix topic Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland New Backup Wizard New Backup Wizard 97 6 2 New Backup Wizard Overview Using the New Backup Wizard you can easily create a new backup job The steps in wizard must be followed in the given order If you want to create a new backup job using advanced options you can do that by pressing the Advanced mode button that will open the Backup Properties window All settings from the New Backup Wizard are included in the Backup Properties The New Backup Wizard will be used to create new backup jobs if the Use New Backup Wizard to create backup jobs option from the Other section in File gt Options gt Preferences is checked If that option is not checked the Backup Properties will be used to create new backup jobs Note Some of the features mentioned on this page might not be available in your edition The Professional edition includes all the features For a comparison between editions please check feature matrix topic Name and destination In the first step of the New Backup
102. No Comp Size gt Other amp 9 18 2008 11 19 2 5 28 KB Ay Backup4all confi S 9 18 2008 11 18 2 5 18 KB W 9 18 2008 11 13 5 68 37 KB 4 m b File Folder Bck No Size M S lt My Documents gt E 2 4bytes 9 18 20 4 tesi Restore 2 2550KB 9 18 20 Restore To Open View with Notepad 4 m Full Expand 7 Type to search f The Backup View consists of a Backup Version List on top and a File Tree at the bottom Backup Version List If a backup version is selected at the bottom of the view you can see the list of the files in that backup and their status before that backup Information provided for each version e Type Type of the Backup Each of the backup types is represented by a descriptive icon v Full s Incremental re Differential Mirror Backup Date Date and time when the backup was created e Bck No Number of the backup e File No Number of files in that backup e Folder No Number of folders in that backup e Comp Size Compressed size of the file version e Uncomp Size Uncompressed size of the file version Label Label of the backup increment The backup version list can be sorted by clicking on the column headers The right click menu on the column header provides a handy way to show hide unnecessary columns except the Type column which is grayed out Backup4all provides an easy way to restore or test a backup version Just right click on the backup Backup4all 5 User Manual
103. Options or the Edit button if filters are already defined General Filter name New filter configuration File name V Enable Add Edit Delete Folder name v Enable Add Edit Delete What do you want to do User can Create new filter Create new starting from existing filter or Use existing filter The existing filters are listed in the drop down list and they can be added edit or deleted from File gt Options gt Filters General In the Filter name field you can type the name of the created filter By default the New filter configuration name is assigned If you use an existing filter the name of that filter is used File name Enabling this will allow defining filters based on file name pattern Press Add and select an existing file extension from the Filter combo doc pdf zip etc If the extension does not exist in the combo just type it in and press OK You can use the Edit or Delete Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland 190 Backup4all 5 buttons to modify remove the file name filters defined File name patterns can include e it matches one or more letters For example a doc matches all files that start with a and have doc extension e it matches only one letter For example a do matches all files that start with a and have any extension composed of three letters the first two being do Folder name Enabling this will allow defining filters base
104. Priority 2 Backup4all returns exit codes after each task execution backup independent test repair restore or cleanup As a general case if the action was successful the exit code is 0 otherwise is different Here are the possible exit codes e 0 action was successful action has not started parameter errors syntax errors other errors action finished with errors action was finished with warnings independent test was finished with errors independent test was finished with warnings ON AUNE Note Some of the features mentioned on this page might not be available in your edition The Professional edition includes all the features For a comparison between editions please check feature matrix topic Cleanup Backup4all uses for each action a small application that runs independently from the main application They can be used to create batch files The command line parameters for cleanup action are described bellow Backup jobs Syntax bCleanup X job_name Priority 1 2 314 Formatting legend Italic Information that must be supplied by the user Bold Elements that the user must type exactly as shown Switches are preceded by slash Elements between square brackets are optional Vertical line separates possible choices Items between braces are a set of choices from which the user must choose only one Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland Command Line 201
105. RORSS will insert the number of errors lt LAST_LOG_ NAME gt will insert the name of the last log file lt EXCLUDED_SOURCES gt will insert the list of sources excluded lt TESTED_VERSIONSS gt will insert the list of tested backup numbers lt TEST_SUMMARYS3 will insert the detailed list of test backup numbers lt REMOVED_VERSIONS gt will insert the list of backups removed after cleanup lt CLEANUP_SUMMARY gt will insert the detailed list of backup numbers removed lt CLEANUP_START_TIMES gt will insert the start time of cleanup lt CLEANUP_END_TIME gt will insert the end time of cleanup lt PROCESSED_SIZE gt will insert the total size of the files removed For an example of tag usage open one of the 5 default emails The emails are stored in text format in application s directory i e C Program Files Softland Backup4all 5 with the following filenames SuccessFullEmail txt WarningFullEmail txt ErrorFullEmail txt for backup emails TestSuccessFullEmail txt and TestErrorFullEmail txt for test emails The subject line of the email sent can be customized too by adding the following line at the beginning of the customized file that will be used by Backup4all as an email lt Subject of the email gt Here is an example of a customized email that can be sent when a cleanup operation is successful note that the first line of this will be used as the subject line of the email lt Cleanup for lt BACKUP_NAME
106. The default email is lt Default email gt but you can change this using the Open button If you press the Edit button B you can modify the selected email file except the default email Also there is the option to choose lt No email gt if you don t want Backup4all to send an email if a backup was completed and there were warnings during execution On backup with errors send It indicates the email that will be sent when the backup has failed because of an error The default email is lt Default email gt but you can change this using the Open button G if you press the Edit button Ei you can edit the selected email file except the default email Also there is the option to choose lt No email gt if you don t want Backup4all to send an email if there were errors during the execution of the backup On successful test send It indicates the email that will be sent when the test operation is finished with success The default email is lt Default email gt but you can change it using the Open button If you press the Edit Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland 166 Backup4all 5 button Ei you can modify the selected email file except the default email Also there is the option to select lt No email gt if you don t want Backup4all to send an email if a test operation was successful On test with errors send It indicates the email that will be sent when the test operation failed because of
107. Type Full Use as exclude filter Differential Incremental Mirror Compression Advanced Email Delete Change to Include Save and run The customized filter can be defined only for folders That is why add button is not enabled for files Any customized filter completely replaces the main filter Once defined the customized filter applies on the current folder and recursively on all its subfolders until another customized filter is met The behavior is the same for include and exclude filters File Folder amp O C Users Info Desktop Sources aaa M bbb M E 01 tet 02 txt 6 MO cee 01 doc i 02 txt amp ddd ME obt 02 txt M E 01 tet 02 doc Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland Backup Properties 143 Suppose we have the folder structure in the picture above Backup source is D Backup sources A main filter is defined to include all txt and doc files Suppose we do not want to backup txt files from ccc folder For this we define a customized filter on ccc that includes only doc files The result is that all txt and doc files will be included except the txt files inside ccc folder as in the picture bellow File Folder 3 M CAUsers Info Desktop Sources aaa 3 M bbb v E 01 bt v E 02 EQ cce v 01 doc 3 M ddd v E 01 bt v
108. U ray cccceteesesseeeeenesseesnenseseeeseesessneseesseesaessueneesaesenenaesaessaeseasoneseessnssaesnenaesaesanenaesaesseeseessnsenesenenaaees 118 Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland Contents 5 Part VIII a Ff OQ N a Part IX Part X a A O N Part XI Removable Suarna a E aa aaa a A Aa a E A a 120 INGEWORK AIRE A A a E N 122 FTP Seo 9 O a eas att a a 2 a A LE 124 Edit configuirationin se eead aaae a a e dae e A a aA E a 126 SETP s rve zamonani A LE de cee a a a a a iii 129 Edit configuration issscticrc ects e e aaa elie aea A ee ee eee eee 130 AZUPO 8 eRe ah a 2a aie Ca ate begin chee akon 132 Editconfig ratioN sanoitaan e e a anand bibta eaten 134 AMAZON S3 4 aa eadi ed E E E d Hass eaa nce abe cetenee accu ctedisuddi douuaceteciautvsduducducdbuusuu duccsiccse 135 Edit configurationissestrscwiite acacia eae A 2a eee on ada 137 SOUPGCOS AAEE AME E EEA RES AE ETENEE DESEE ne DEES EAEE E EE ESEE FENE EEOAE EEAS EEEE 139 C E EE EAA PEE AS AEE E E A PA T AT EEA A ee 140 GUSTOMIZE O cavsdsdcccucceveccsasaciceds saSccscceccdavtaqcosactcacecuveccuacccaccecvundcatoeiuscodscueetedssvasvacadaskvtneguseecnescubscaaisetcboctvonsaceceunera 141 Filter Properties on aeaa arasan reae scnsscevevestsadsssasdadedevacedcivasoateatusecestnvossecesacasadaddsdccdcessbvativsdecesevesuseaesbecsudeddeass 143 TJ lt Ramee T T E T E T E A E T 148 Smat a a a r aa E aae a
109. User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland Restore Wizard 183 e File No Number of files in the backup e Folder No Number of folders in the backup e Comp Size Size of the file version compressed e Uncomp Size Size of the file version uncompressed e Label Label of the backup number This column is hidden by default Note Some of the features mentioned on this page might not be available in your edition The Professional edition includes all the features For a comparison between editions please check feature matrix topic 8 4 Do you want to filter the files This is the third step of the Restore Wizard for Choose filter files and restore the latest version restore type For Choose filter files and restore any version restore type this is the fourth step You can filter the files to be restored Its behavior is the same as the Filters page of the New Backup Wizard or the Backup Properties window except that the process is restore and not backup The Filters page defines files filters to be applied to files that are going to be restored Only files and folders that match the filters will be restored You can add include or exclude filters By default all files are included in the list to be restored Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland 184 Backup4all 5 Do you want to filter the files Active Name Delete Change to Include Normal priority lt Previous i
110. VD RW or Blu ray RW disc is UDF formatted If the disc is not UDF formatted it will show the following message Disk in drive drive letter is not UDF formatted Please insert a UDF formatted disc Note Some of the features mentioned on this page might not be available in your edition The Professional edition includes all the features For a comparison between editions please check feature matrix topic Writing to CD DVD or Blu ray disc By default the backup catalog bkc is stored both on the destination CD DVD or Blu ray disc and locally To see if the catalog will be stored locally too select Backup Properties for a backup job go to Advanced and see if the Use local catalogs bkc option is checked If it is unchecked the backup catalog is stored only on the destination The recommended option is to Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland 58 Backup4all 5 4 5 leave it checked When the backup process starts Backup4all searches for the bkc file locally by default assuming that you didn t uncheck the option Use local catalogs then e If the catalog file is found Backup4all will make a new version for the backup job If you wish to write the new backup version on a separate CD DVD or Blu ray disc this is recommended then you should set the Ask for a new disk before backup option e f the backup catalog is not found locally was deleted by mistake or if the Use local catalogs optio
111. a This section contains special settings for advanced file comparison You can set what properties of a file will be used when deciding if a file was modified or not There is a list of quick sets to choose for predefined comparison criteria e None if this is selected a warning window is shown asking you to confirm if you want the Date modified criteria disabled or not If this criterion is disabled Backup4all will only backup files that have the size changed Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland 174 Backup4all 5 Date modified property of a file is an important criteria to decide if a file changed If you disable this comparison criteria some file changes may not be detected Do you want to disable Date modified criteria Custom this is the default option and has several important file properties and attributes selected as comparison criteria Size Date modified Date created Archived Hidden System Read Only Archive attribute only if this is selected a warning window is shown asking you to confirm if you want the Date modified criteria disabled or not If this criteria is disabled Backup4all will only backup files that have the archive attribute changed FAT attributes if this is selected a set of File Allocation Table attributes will be used for comparison NTFS attributes if this is selected a set of NTFS New Technology File System attributes will be used for compariso
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113. a can be easily accessed from any other computer with an Internet connection Defining FTP configuration Before using FTP as a destination for backing up you should define a new FTP configuration using the File gt Options gt FTP window Once defined you will be able to apply this FTP configuration to individual backup jobs Press the Add button once in File gt Options gt FTP to add a new FTP connection The New FTP configuration name will appear in the list and you can enter the other settings for this connection e Configuration name Enter here an arbitrary name for the connection e Server name or IP In this field you have to enter the name or IP address for the FTP server e Port In this field you have to enter the port number if different than the default FTP ports 21 e Destination folder Here you can enter the destination path if different than root e User name If this is a private FTP server no anonymous access allowed enter the user name for your account e Password In this field enter the password for the FTP server There are FTP servers that allow anonymous access public FTP servers You can connect to these types of FTP servers using as user name Anonymous and your email address as password It is not recommended to backup important files to public FTP servers In the When destination server is not ready section you can enter the number of attempts and time between those attempts to connect to the FTP server By
114. a fF O NO Oo 16 Part VI 1 2 Part VII Backup to CD DVD or BIU ray 2 ccccscccsseeeeeseeeeeeeeeeeeeeneeeeseaneeeeessaaeseneeeeseseneeeeaseeeeeeeseeseneeeees 55 Use Built in Driver ccsscicttecsatctunstticcceaceseeticcseaduunttevdvassdensttevdseaceoselacuusctneadeevdursusssaucedevenceosuteives 56 Use Packet WrHitUng isiiu osiin aaeeeo aara a aaea aa ia aaaeeeaa aaea aiaei aa aiana 57 Writing to CD DVD or Blu ray diSC nsssssnnunnenunnnennunnnunnnnnnnnnnunnnunnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn nanamn nanna 57 Other CD DVD Blu ray SettinGS ccsecceesceeseeeeeeeneeeee setae seneeeeeeaneeeeeseaeseeeeeesseaseeeeseseeeeeeeas 58 Main Window 61 GOMMAN GS vice ssicswniatcceaicdecieivvcece E ATA R O OE AEOS 61 Getting Started oriire niae aaan ra yake eaaa daa Saa aaraa ga eNA aeaa aaia a araa E 65 Ba ck p List aa a ee aane a aaa E aaea a a e eaaa a E ana aea aaa aa 67 Manage Backup Tag se ciiectccccsicdieviccteeis auiren aaaea iana aai a ahia aea naea a oa aE aiaa 68 Explore Vi w E T 70 rA OA A aE a EA A AA E E E E E E custouued Ne suet eeteh cesucee 73 Statistics VIEW Sosna EE A A E A S E rR ER 75 Pro resss Vie Wia e aeaa aa aaa a raa aaa aa aae ea aa aaa aa aa a ara aae reann aea aE NE 79 Open DaCkKUp es rem aa aare a eanan e ea aan Trea aaae eaa aaaea iaae ia ciheneretecyyeenuvecrieieawesscetey susie 80 TOSt E E E E A T E E A EN E E E A E ETAR 81 Cl aN er C01 0 essen ete neat eS Rr eo a Ee re 83 Erase CD DV D BlU tayeicscsc
115. a percent of the destination size Advantages e t automatically decides the best backup type to be executed e The free disk space in destination is properly managed so you won t get out of space errors Disadvantages e You cannot select how many backup file versions to be saved e Backup4all will use all the given space in destination Smart Backup Type in Backup4all Backup4all supports the smart backup type and offers a solution for the storage space requirement issue The output of a smart backup is a container file which is created with zip compression You can select the zip compression ratio from the Compression page in Backup Properties Backup4all also offers an option to encrypt your backup This gives you the option to protect your important backed up data in case a backup got lost or stolen The following options can be used to limit the maximum space in destination occupied by the backup e Limit backup size to of destination size default is 830 e Limit backup size to KB MB GB default is 50 GB Note Some of the features mentioned on this page might not be available in your edition The Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland 46 Backup4all 5 3 3 Professional edition includes all the features For a comparison between editions please check feature matrix topic Full Backup What is Full Backup Full backup is the starting point for all other backups and contains all t
116. account Access key ID Secret Access Key i lt key is set gt Bucket backup bucket Folder backup Advanced mode v Cancel Use configuration You can select an already defined Amazon configuration given that you added one in the File gt Options gt Amazon window All the fields will be filled with the information from the configuration file If no configuration was previously defined you will have to enter the other details Access key ID Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland New Backup Wizard 107 In this field you have to enter the access key ID for your Amazon account Secret Access key Type here the secret access key for your account Bucket Type the bucket name you want to use as backup destination Folder Enter a folder name where the backup files will be stored on Amazon If the folder does not exist a new one is created with that name If that field is left blank Backup4all will automatically create a folder using the name of the backup job and place the backup files in there By pressing the Test button you can check to see if the settings you have entered are correct If the test was successful The Amazon connection was tested successfully message will be displayed Note Some of the features mentioned on this page might not be available in your edition The Professional edition includes all the features For a comparison between editions please check f
117. ach disc KKXK KKK KK LIILIA RCCL LL LSGK KELP GRC KK Create test log Restore Restore wizard NEW Schedule a restore operation NEW Restore using command line Restore specific backup increments Filter files to restore Restore all files as of specific date Restore to different folder Restore selected file Restore selected version of a file Restore selected folder Restore preview Set restore thread priority CCL GL RCL RK KL KG RELL GLK KK GK KGE VELL GK GLK LK GK KGE RCL LK GLK KK GF RBRG Create restore log Languages Multi language support wf SY ZF Ff Legend New means the feature is new and is available only from Backup4all 5 Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland Introduction 19 Note Some of the features mentioned on this page might not be available in your edition The Professional edition includes all the features For a comparison between editions please check feature matrix topic Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland Getting Started Getting Started 21 2 Getting Started 2 1 How to Configure a New Backup To create a new backup job click on the New Backup Wizard toolbar button For each backup job you must specify at least its name a valid storage destination and the source files first two steps of this wizard the rest of the options not being mandatory In New Backup Wizard you can switch anytime to Ad
118. ackup Backup Properties ad General Destination a Save backup to a shared network drive another computer or NAS Local hard drive External hard drive pawak CD DVD or Blu ray Change destination to network l Removable Destination a Network Network path UNC Browse FTP server SFTP server Ee Sources User name Filters Password n Set password No password Customize V Try Windows user and password first Type _ Reconnect if already connected Full Test network connection Differential amp Incremental Mirror Compression Advanced Email 4 m r Save and run j l Save Cancel j Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland Backup Properties 123 Network You can use a network destination for your backup by selecting the Network option from the Destination window or by checking the Change destination to network option from the network page Destination Click the Browse button to open My Network Places and select a destination where the backup will be stored You can also enter network paths in the Network path UNC field Only a full path is allowed For example suppose Backup_Server PC1 is mapped on your workstation as drive X then the following paths are both valid and indicate the same folder Backup_Server PC1 Backup or X Backup Authentication Make sure you can write in the destination and in the selected folder you have the proper rights and the media is
119. ackup catalog during the test after backup If there are files backed up with problems and the test on those files fails they will be removed from the backup catalog Next time you run the backup Backup4all will try to back up those files again Delete sources after successful backup If this option is checked the backup sources will be deleted after performing the backup This option is disabled if the Test after backup option is not enabled Ask for backup label before execution If this option is set a window will be shown and will prompt the user to enter the label description of the backup increment If you do not want to give a label to the current backup leave the edit control empty Check the Don t label next backups if you do not want to see this window when the current backup job is executed in the future This feature is particularly useful for incremental backup types when the label can be seen as a milestone for all files backed up These labels are visible on the Versions page of the Restore Wizard and in the list of file versions in the Explore view Backup open files If checked the application will back up open files Please note backing up open files is possible only on Windows XP or higher if the file is stored on a local NTFS hard drive and the VSS service is running and properly configured Store temporary catalog data in memory If checked the catalog file will be stored in RAM memory If you receive an Out of memory
120. ackup in destination All files and folders added in the last backup execution will be tested Those not found in destination will be backed up again in order to reflect the backup catalog If only the catalog needs to be repaired use only the RP switch For the priority level you can select a value between 1 4 as 1 is the lowest priority and 4 is the highest priority Tags Syntax bTagTest G tag_name RP RPWB Priority 1 2 3 4 e G execute the jobs containing that tag with their defined types the switch is mandatory if you want to execute a backup tag e t execute the test for the the named backup jobs to find the problems in backup e RP execute the repair for the backup catalogs only All files and folders added in the last backup execution will be tested Those not found in destination will be also removed from the backup catalog so they will be backed up on the next backup execution e RPWB execute the repair for the backups in destination All files and folders added in the last backup execution will be tested Those not found in destination will be backed up again in order to reflect the backup catalog For the priority level you can select a value between 1 4 as 1 is the lowest priority and 4 is the highest priority Examples To execute a repair for My Pictures backup job bTest t My Pictures RP RPWB Priority 2 To execute only a catalog repair for My Pictures backup job bTest t My Pictures RP Pr
121. ackup job Save storage space In Backup4all you have two options for saving the storage space You can use the Yes limit number of file versions and Yes limit maximum number of stored backups to options to reduce the backup size When you limit the number of backups you can also use the Merge backups option to perform an internal merge operation between backups to maintain the maximum limit These options can be used only for Full Differential and Incremental backup type Note Some of the features mentioned on this page might not be available in your edition The Professional edition includes all the features For a comparison between editions please check feature matrix topic Smart Backup What is Smart Backup Smart backup is a backup type that combines the full differential and incremental backup types with cleanup operations in order to efficiently manage the backups according with the backup settings and the free disk space in destination The Smart backup type starts with a full backup The advantage is that you don t need to worry about the number of backups to store in order to fit on the destination drive which backup version to clean or merge as Backup4all will take care of that Description of the Smart Backup Type It would be ideal to make full backups all the time because they are the most comprehensive and Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland Backup Types 45 are self contained
122. ad the activation response file Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland 254 Backup4all 5 Activate application E aas Manual Activation Step 2 of 3 select the manual activation method 1 If you have email access from this computer click the button below to send the activation request file Email activation request 2 If you don t have email access click on the button below to save the activation request file Save activation request Select a portable device i e USB drive as destination and move the file to a computer where you have Internet access and upload the activation request file to activate backup4all com 5 In both cases you will get a activation response file that you need to load on the 3rd page of that activation wizard then press Activate Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland Help 255 Activate application eS Manual Activation Step 3 of 3 load the activation response file and finish the activation Use Browse to select the activation response file received by email or downloaded and click on the Activate button to finish the process C Users Admin Desktop Activate qx If you didn t receive the activation response file click on the Activate later button to start using the application and finish the activation after you have the response file 6 A message appears that the application w
123. ady Windows Live Mail Windows Live Mail xml Ready TT Google Chrome Disable Uninstall File Google chrome xml File date Plugin ID 82FEF02D 6125 464B 9240 43139B272619 Website More information Add new plugin Download plugin list Pressing this button will download and show the list of all available plugins available on our website Install This button appears when you select a plugin which is not installed on your computer Pressing the Install button will download and enable the selected plugin Uninstall This button appears when you select a plugin which is installed on your computer Pressing the Uninstall button will delete the selected plugin from your computer If you try to uninstall a backup plugin which is in use by any of the backup jobs from Backup4all you will get a warning message that the plugin cannot be deleted as it is used in backup jobs Disable This button appears when you select a plugin which is installed and enabled on your computer Pressing the Disable button will disable the plugin it will not appear in the backup wizard anymore but the plugin remains on your computer Enable Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland 90 Backup4all 5 5 14 This button appears when you select a plugin which is installed but not enabled on your computer Pressing the Enable button will activate the select
124. ady exists on the destination If the SFTP destination is not available a Cannot connect to the SFTP server message is displayed in the status bar bottom of the main window In the File gt Options gt Backup window you can set the number of retries and the time between the retries when the SFTP server is unavailable the When destination not ready section Recommendations for backing up to SFTP 1 After each change to the SFTP configuration be sure to use the Test function 2 Most SFTP sites have policies against hammering trying repeatedly to connect to an unavailable SFTP server with little or no time between connection attempts Thus they require SFTP clients to set retry times at specific intervals commonly at least 120 seconds between each attempt to connect Most SFTP sites can also monitor for devices that hammer and once detected the server will ban access to the offending IP address either permanently or for a limited amount of time Thus when you set the retry times intervals in File gt Options gt SFTP you should use 60 seconds or more 3 If you backup important data to a remote location using SFTP encrypt the zip files for increased security In this case even if another person manages to gain unauthorized access to the SFTP your files will still be protected Note Some of the features mentioned on this page might not be available in your edition The Professional edition includes all the features For a comparison betwe
125. ags which can be used later as parameters for the command line application You can create a shortcut to a backup job or to a backup tag so you won t have to use complicated paths To create a shortcut use the Create Shortcut menu item from the File menu Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland 196 Backup4all 5 10 2 Note Some of the features mentioned on this page might not be available in your edition The Professional edition includes all the features For a comparison between editions please check feature matrix topic Test Backup4all uses for each action a small application that runs independently from the main application They can be used to create batch files The command line parameters for test action are described bellow Backup jobs Syntax bTest t job_name Priority 1 2 3 4 Formatting legend Italic Information that must be supplied by the user Bold Elements that the user must type exactly as shown Switches are preceded by slash Elements between square brackets are optional Vertical line separates possible choices Items between braces are a set of choices from which the user must choose only one e t tests the named backup job Supports also an additional parameter TN 1 2 5 20 if no TN is set then it will test all backup jobs same as using if is used it will test only the last backup job can be used in the same time with other numbers to
126. all the information available from the Summary view 5 Additionally you can limit the size of the log folder too Just select in the Restricted to section the maximum values you want to allow the log folder to grow to 6 From the Log Viewer section you can change the program to open the log files From the drop down list you can select Notepad or Wordpad You can also browse the computer to select another text editor 7 From the log file extension list you can select the extension of the generated log file log or Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland Getting Started 41 txt 8 Click OK to close the window and save the changes Note Some of the features mentioned on this page might not be available in your edition The Professional edition includes all the features For a comparison between editions please check feature matrix topic Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland Backup Types Backup Types 43 Backup Types Backup Types Backup4all stores a summary snapshot of the file information into a backup catalog file bkc each time a backup is executed For every file backed up the snapshot contains the file name size and attributes as well as the date and time of creation latest modification and latest access Legacy backup applications inspect each file s archive flag to identify which files have been changed Backup4all will not interfere with any other
127. ame New Backup2 Where do you want to saye your backup Network FTP O SFTP Azure Amazon Folder Backup Server PC1 L User username Test Help Saving your backup to a network destination Advanced mode Previous Save Cancel Click the Browse button and go through the My Network Places to select a destination where the Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland New Backup Wizard 101 6 2 3 backup will be stored You can also enter network paths in the Folder field Only a full path is allowed For example suppose Backup_Server PC1 is mapped on your workstation as drive X then the following paths are both valid and indicate the same folder Backup_Server PC1 Backup or X Backup Make sure you can write in the destination and in the selected folder you have the proper rights and the media is not write protected before finishing the backup configuration You can enter an User name and Password to access the network destination if it requires authentication If you are logged in as an user that has rights to write to the specified network destination you can check the First use Windows auth option What this option does is that it checks on the network destination if the logged in user has rights to access it After entering the path and eventually the username and password use the Test button to see if the destination is reachable and that you have sufficient rights to access i
128. an error The default email is lt Default email gt but you can change this using the Open button If you press the Edit button Ei you can modify the selected email file except the default email Also there is the option to select lt No email gt if you don t want Backup4all to send an email if there were errors during the test operation On successful cleanup send It indicates the email that will be sent when the cleanup operation is finished with success The default email is lt Default email gt but you can change it using the Open button if you press the Edit button B you can modify the selected email file except the default email Also there is the option to select lt No email gt if you don t want Backup4all to send an email if the cleanup operation was successful On cleanup with error send It indicates the email that will be sent when the cleanup operation failed because of an error The default email is lt Default email gt but you can change this using the Open button If you press the Edit button Ei you can modify the selected email file except the default email Also there is the option to select lt No email gt if you don t want Backup4all to send an email if there were errors during the cleanup operation Customizing emails If you want to create a customized email to be sent on success warning error the email template will have to include special tags that Backup4all will recognize and replace ac
129. as activated successfully After finishing the activation wizard Backup4all will be restarted to apply the changes Backup4all 5 4 Application was sucessfully activated Application will be restarted L Backup4all will automatically be re activated every 30 days As long as you are connected to internet that will run silently in background If you are not connected to internet for more than 30 days you will be asked to re activate the application within 15 days Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland 256 Backup4all 5 12 2 12 3 Deactivation Deactivate this product key option from the same page can be used when moving the license to another computer r Q Manually deactivate acna Online deactivation failed Please select one of the manual deactivation options Send deactivation request by email The request will be sent using the default email client Save deactivation request file If you want to later upload the deactivation request file to deactivate backup4all com or send it by email to activate backup4all com Do not deactivate the application If you lost your registration key please send us an email to Sales Support You should specify your purchase information purchase number and approximate date the name or company name and email address you used to buy your copy of Backup4all We will send to you the registration key again
130. assword No encryption The zipped log file created is not protected by password for unauthorized access Zip 2 compatible encryption This is the standard Zip 2 0 encryption an older encryption technique that provides relatively weak security compared to AES encryption Zip 2 0 encryption format cannot provide protection from individuals with access to specialized password recovery tools Its advantage over AES encryption is the compatibility with all third party zip applications AES encryption This is the Advanced Encryption Standard the best choice in zip protection but recognized only by the latest version of third party zip applications Backup4all supports AES encryption in three different strengths e 128 bit strong size of the encryption key is 128 bits This provides significantly better security than standard zip 2 0 encryption e 192 bit stronger size of the encryption key is 192 bits e 256 bit strongest size of the encryption key is 256 bits This is the strongest encryption method for zipped log file and it provides the best security Set password After you press this button a windows with the following fields will appear e New password Manually enter the password you want to use for your zipped log file in this field If you enter a password with less than 8 characters a warning window will be displayed when you click OK notifying that the password is not secure enough Your password is less than 8 chara
131. ate restrictions one for read only and another for archived File dates This section allows the user to build restrictions based on file dates and times To enable options in this section check the Filter by date option Filters in this section can be applied by selecting one of the available date filters e date accessed Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland Options 213 date and time accessed date modified date and time modified date created date and time created You can compare these dates and times with a fixed date or a relative date today yesterday one week ago or one month ago Comparison operators available lt gt date and time not equal to fixed or relative date lt date and time less than or equal to fixed or relative date gt date and time greater than or equal to fixed or relative date lt date and time less than fixed or relative date gt date and time greater than fixed or relative date in interval date and time in a particular time interval between the Start date and End date File size This section provides the possibility to build restrictions based on the file size To enable the options in this section check the Filter by size option You can enter a file size in the Size field and select a measurement Unit The filter will compare the file size on disk with the size you enter using the comparison filters you selected e lt gt file size on d
132. ation folder Deletes any files and folders inside the destination folder even if they are not related to the backup job Clean process priority Using the Priority slider you can set the test execution speed compared to the rest of the running processes on your computer Default is Normal priority but there are other 4 priority levels Lowest priority Low priority High priority and Highest priority On Lowest priority the test process will consume the minimum amount of computer resources but will take the longer to complete while Highest priority will consume the highest amount of computer resources but will take the least to complete Note Some of the features mentioned on this page might not be available in your edition The Professional edition includes all the features For a comparison between editions please check feature matrix topic Erase CD DVD Blu ray The Erase CD DVD Blu ray window can be opened from the File gt Tools gt Erase disc menu item Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland Main Window 87 43 G HL DT ST DVDRAM GE20LU11 CLG Maximum read speed of device 18005 KB s Maximum write speed of device 5540 KB s readCD R CD RW DVD DVD R DVD RW DVD R DVD RW DVD R DL Writing capabilities CD R CD RW DVD R DVD RW DVD R DVD RW Disk type DVD RW Sessions on disk 1 Disk free space 1 08 GB Disk size 1 31 GB Maximum read speed of media 18005 KB s Maximum write speed
133. ay to search for a file in the files and folder tree simply start typing the file s name and the matching file name will be selected Only files that are visible in the tree are found so if you want to search in all files you have to do an Expand all first If you want to see only the backed up files press these buttons 80 xX For the files that will be added to the next backup press s File Version List If a file is selected in the tree at the bottom of the view you can see the list of the file s versions from the backup Information provided for each version e Type Type of the Backup Each of the backup types is represented by a descriptive icon w Full Incremental e Differential Mirror e Ver File version number e Bck No Number of the backup e Backup Date Date and time when the version was added to the backup e Status Status of operation performed on that file version added excluded e Size Size of the file version Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland Main Window 73 Modified Date and time when the file version was last modified at backup execution Attributes Attributes of the file version at backup execution read only hidden archive This column is hidden by default Bkc Label Label of the backup increment This column is hidden by default The file versions in the list can be sorted by clicking on the column headers The right click menu on the column
134. backup is safe and correctly executed uses CRC32 You can also enable email notifications to receive an email in case of success error warning Backup4all works with any drive letter including mapped network drives and UNC paths It comes with its own built in CD DVD Blu ray burning support Backup4all runs on XP 2003 Vista Windows 7 Windows 2008 Windows 8 8 1 Windows 2012 both 32 bit 64 bit and offers multi language support Note Some of the features mentioned on this page might not be available in your edition The Professional edition includes all the features For a comparison between editions please check feature matrix topic System Requirements To install Backup4all you need Windows XP Server 2003 Vista Windows 7 Windows 2008 or Windows 8 and at least 100 MB of free disk space Because the application uses zip compression additional disk space is needed for the temporary directory The amount of free space depends on the size of files to backup Note Backup4all can backup open files only if installed on Windows XP Windows 2003 Server Windows Vista Windows 7 Windows 2008 or Windows 8 and if the files are stored on NTFS partitions Features Summary Intuitive interface The Getting Started window allows you to easily define run backup jobs or restore backed up data Switching to the Explore View you can see all the files folders that are in the backup job and the new files that will be stored at the next backup execution Y
135. bdirectory will be created with a name similar to the backup job at first backup run Where do you want to save your backup User can select one of the available destinations e Local hard disk drive floppy drive zip drive CD DVD Blu ray drive USB drive mapped Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland New Backup Wizard 99 network drive e Network UNC network drive e FTP remote FTP locations e SFTP remote SFTP locations e Azure remote Azure location e Amazon remote Amazon location Note Some of the features mentioned on this page might not be available in your edition The Professional edition includes all the features For a comparison between editions please check feature matrix topic 6 2 1 Local You can use a valid local destination for your backup hard disk drives floppy disk drives zip drives CD DVD or Blu ray drives USB drives or other removable media The Local option is selected by default when you define a new backup From the Drive list you can select either one of your hard disk partitions mapped network drives the floppy disk CD DVD Blu ray drive or other removable drive By default the first partition is selected usually C Name your backup Backup name New Backup2 Where do you want to saye your backup Local Network O FTP O SFTP Azure Amazon jae Local Disk C v Folder Users Info Doc uments My Backupdall Browse Help Savin
136. by the OpenSSL Project for use in the OpenSSL Toolkit OpenSSL License Copyright c 1998 2011 The OpenSSL Project All rights reserved Redistribution and use in source and binary forms with or without modification are permitted provided that the following conditions are met 1 Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice this list of conditions and the following disclaimer 2 Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation and or other materials provided with the distribution 3 All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software must display the following acknowledgment This product includes software developed by the OpenSSL Project for use in the OpenSSL Toolkit http www openssl org Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland 258 Backup4all 5 4 The names OpenSSL Toolkit and OpenSSL Project must not be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software without prior written permission For written permission please contact openssl core openssl org 5 Products derived from this software may not be called OpenSSL nor may OpenSSL appear in their names without prior written permission of the OpenSSL Project 6 Redistributions of any form whatsoever must retain the following acknowledgment This product includes software developed by
137. c ejected after the backup is finished and tested To do so go to File gt Options gt Backup and check the Eject CD DVD or Blu ray after backup option Note e The Use SCSI Pass Through Direct Layer SPTD and Use native Win32 interface SPTI burning methods use the UDF disc format Note Some of the features mentioned on this page might not be available in your edition The Professional edition includes all the features For a comparison between editions please check feature matrix topic Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland Main Window Main Window 61 5 Main Window 5 1 Commands File New Backup creates a new backup job e Open Backup creates a new backup job from the opened bkc or ini file e Open Backup From creates a new backup job from the opened bkc or ini file and user can select to open the catalog from multiple locations as local hard drive network FTP SFTP Azure or Amazon S3 server e Tools Plugins opens the Manage Plugins window Erase disc opens the Erase CD DVD or Blu ray window Getting Started opens the Getting Started window Import from version 5 imports ini files from version 5 of Backup4all Import from version 4 imports ini files from version 4 of Backup4all Import from version 3 imports ini files from version 3 of Backup4all Import from version 2 imports ini files from version 2 of Backup4all Backup4all Help o
138. cations Send Email notifications is a very useful feature that enables Backup4all to send an email with information about the status of the performed backup job upon its completion Enabling email notifications 1 Open File gt Options gt Email 2 Check the Enable email notifications box 3 Enter the following details e SMTP Server specify the name or IP address of the SMTP server used for sending the mail example smtp novapdf com in the Server name or IP field and a Port number for it usually is 25 you can also use Secure Socket Layer when connecting to the SMTP server e Email addresses you must specify the email address used to send the email From field and optionally a Reply To email address e Authentication if the SMTP server requires authentication check the Server requires Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland Getting Started 39 2 13 authentication box and enter an user name and a password e Dial up connection if you are using a dial up connection select from the drop down box a method that Backup4all should use to be able to send emails automatically connect it will connect without user assistance or manually connect it will require user assistance to enable the connection 4 Click on the Send test email button from the SMTP Server section and enter the email address where you want to receive the notification Once you press OK you should receive a test email If you didn
139. ckup SFTP Default compression filter Email Updates Do not compress files of type zip rar mp3 avi 7z gif png jpeg jpg mpg gz gzip mo When destination not ready Retry times 3 Wait seconds 5 Memory usage Recommended memory for backup OK Cancel Confirmations Warn before canceling the backup If checked a confirmation message will be displayed when a backup is canceled before being completely executed By default this option is checked NTFS daylight saving correction The Windows NT File System NTFS reports wrong file times after the clock changes according to daylight saving time rules As a consequence the program sees these files as changed and backs them up When you check this option these files will not be reported as modified By default this option is checked Default compression filter This default filter is applied to new backup jobs by default to increase the compression performance It defines what types of files to be stored uncompressed in the zip file These are files that are already compressed e g zip rar mp3 or avi and using the zip compression on them wouldn t result in a smaller sized backup This can also be modified individually from each backup job s Properties gt Types gt Advanced window in the Filters box Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland Options 211 11 6 When destination not ready The first numbe
140. ckup is the starting point for all other backups and contains all the data in the folders and files that are selected to be backed up Because full backup stores all files and folders frequent full backups result in faster and simpler restore operations Remember that when you choose other backup types restore jobs may take longer Make differential A differential backup contains all files that have changed since the last full backup The advantage of a differential backup is that it shortens restore time compared to an incremental backup However if you perform the differential backup too many times the size of the differential backup might grow to be larger than the baseline full backup Make incremental An incremental backup stores all files that have changed since the last full differential or incremental backup The advantage of an incremental backup is that it takes the least time to complete However during a restore operation each incremental backup must be processed which could result in a lengthy restore job Make mirror A mirror backup is identical to a full backup with the exception that the files are not compressed in zip files and they cannot be protected with a password A mirror backup is most frequently used to create an exact copy of the backup data It has the benefit that the backup files can also be readily accessed using tools like Windows Explorer If you choose the Make mirror option you can also check the Zip the
141. ckup type Mirror Go to Summary Last backup on 9 18 2008 12 46 12 PM Last backup status Last backup was successful Next scheduled backup Not scheduled Go to Statistics When program starts go directly to Backup4all can backup open locked files if the files are located on local partitions on Windows XP 2003 Vista Windows 7 Windows 8 and it can perform smart full differential incremental and mirror backups Once a backup is performed you can see what files have been changed since the last backup or you can read the statistics about the next backup execution You can use the context menu from the tree to run standard actions associated with the file type There is also the option to run predefined backups using the backup plugins such as My Documents My Pictures Internet Explorer Favorites Mozilla FireFox Profiles Mozilla Thunderbird or Outlook emails and settings Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland Introduction 9 1 2 1 3 Backup4all has ZIP64 support can create backups over 2 GB and creates standard zip files meaning that you can access it with any zip compatible utility Backup4all also allows you to encrypt your backup using AES encryption 128 192 256 bit Backup4all keeps track of file versions You can easily restore any version of files or a whole folder You can filter files to be restored Backup4all tests the backup files automatically to ensure the
142. con is displayed in the Taskbar Notification Area Visualization mode Manual Run You can select the way Backup4all s main window will be displayed after a normal startup The options are Last window state Normal and Maximized Note Some of the features mentioned on this page might not be available in your edition The Professional edition includes all the features For a comparison between editions please check feature matrix topic Application folders The Application folders page of the Options window accessible from the File Options menu item contains general settings of the program Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland Options 209 Options General Preferenaas 6 Configure the application folders Startup is Backup J Override default destination folder D teste ie Logs and history Override temporary folder Backup on demand CD DVD or Blu ray Updates Override SFTP host key folder This is the folder where the SFTP host keys are kept You can use the Browse button to select an existing folder By default this option is set to the AppData Softland Backup4all 5 folder of your Window login account profile Override default destination folder This is the folder used as destination for the newly created backup jobs The existing backup job destinations will not be affected if you change this option you have to manually change the destinatio
143. cording to the description note that the format of the tag must be lt tag_ name gt e lt BACKUP_NAMEs will insert the name of the executed backup job e lt TAG_NAME gt will insert the name of the backup tag e lt SOURCES gt will insert the sources of the executed backup e lt DEST_DRIVE gt will insert the destination drive letter lt DEST_DRIVE_TYPE gt will insert the destination drive type lt DEST_FOLDER gt will insert the name of the destination folder lt DEST_CATALOG _FILE gt will insert the name of the catalog file created lt BACKUP_TYPE gt will insert the backup type that was performed lt BACKUP_START_TIMES gt will insert the start time of the backup executed lt BACKUP_END_TIME gt will insert the end time of the backup executed lt TEST_START_TIMES gt will insert the start time of test lt TEST_END_TIME gt will insert end time of test lt LAST_BACKUP_SIZE_COMPR3 gt will insert the resulted size of the last backup lt TOTAL_BACKUP_SIZE gt will insert the total backup size Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland Backup Properties 167 7 9 lt REMAINING_DISC_SPACE gt will insert the remaining space on the destination drive lt NBR_FILES_ADDED gt will insert the number of files added to the backup lt SIZE_FILE_ADDED gt will insert the size of the added files lt NBR_FILE_WARNINGS gt will insert the number of warnings lt NBR_ER
144. count If the key is Shared Access Signature you need to also select that option Container In this field you can type the Azure container name where the backup files will be uploaded Folder Enter a folder name where the backup files will be stored on the Azure server If the folder does not exist a new one is created with that name If that field is left blank Backup4all will automatically create a folder using the name of the backup job and place the backup files in there Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland 106 Backup4all 5 6 2 6 By pressing the Test button you can check to see if the settings you have entered are correct If the test was successful The Azure connection was tested successfully message will be displayed Note Some of the features mentioned on this page might not be available in your edition The Professional edition includes all the features For a comparison between editions please check feature matrix topic Amazon Backup4all supports backing up to Amazon S3 This is a practical backup destination because the backed up data can be easily accessed from any other computer with an Internet connection Select the Amazon option from the Where do you want to save your backup section to be able to configure the backup to Amazon Name your backup Backup name New Backup2 Where do you want to saye your backup O Local O Network OFP O SFTP Use configuration My Amazon s3
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146. cters long This is not secure enough Do you want to continue Do not show this message again Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland Backup Properties 165 e Confirm new password Re enter the password in this field to avoid typing errors e Old password This field is enabled only when the log file encryption already has a password You can change the password only if you enter the old one in this field This way only the owner will be allowed to change the password Tips e when choosing a password it is recommended that you use a combination of letters and numbers and at least 8 characters e make sure that you remember the password used or you will not be able to extract the log file Email Messages Use HTML format for emails If this option is selected the email template used will be sent as html This way the notification emails can be customized in many ways On successful backup send It indicates the email that will be sent when the backup is finished with success The default email is lt Default email gt but you can change it using the Open button i If you press the Edit button B you can modify the selected email file except the default email Also there is the option to choose lt No email gt if you don t want Backup4all to send an email if a backup was successful On backup with warnings send It indicates the email that will be sent when the backup is finished with warnings
147. d If you use separate filters for files and folders all jpg files and whole Temp folder will be filtered You can manage filter restrictions using the buttons e Add include this will open a new Filter Properties window from where you can add a new include restriction to the filters list e Add exclude this will open a new Filter Properties window from where you can add a new exclude restriction to the filters list e Edit will open the selected filter s properties window You will be able to modify the selected restriction e Copy this will create a copy of the selected filter e Delete will remove the selected filter from the list of include or exclude filters Note Some of the features mentioned on this page might not be available in your edition The Professional edition includes all the features For a comparison between editions please check feature matrix topic Customize On the Customize page you can override the main backup filter It will show a tree with all selected sources for the backup job Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland 142 Backup4all 5 General Destination Do you want to refine the file filters Local hard drive External hard drive CD DVD or Blu ray File Folder Size Modified Attributes O DaAteste Removable E C Users test Desktop SkypeSet 2163MB 2 21 2008 11 36 53 Network Sources FTP server SFTP server Sources Filters
148. d are correct If the test was successful The Amazon S3 connection was tested successfully message will be displayed Setting the destination to Amazon S3 When defining a new backup job using the New Backup Wizard select the Amazon option in the d estination section 1st page of the wizard If you already have a backup job defined and want to change the destination to Amazon S3 select that backup job open the Properties window Ctrl P go to the Destination page and select Amazon S3 After that go to Amazon S3 page and specify an existing Amazon S3 configuration or create a new one From the Use existing configuration select an already defined Amazon S3 configuration given that you added one in the File gt Options gt Amazon S3 window The description of the selected Amazon Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland Getting Started 37 2 11 S3 configuration will be listed bellow You can change the defined settings by selecting the Custom configuration option and pressing the Edit configuration button Here you can modify the data in the fields and press OK to save However if you do changes it is recommended to use the Test Amazon S3 connection button to see if the Amazon S3 settings are correct Once you press the OK button Backup4all will try to connect to the Amazon S3 server to see if a backup catalog already exists on the destination If the Amazon S3 destination is not available a Cannot conn
149. d destination will not be deleted by any of these operations Note Some of the features mentioned on this page might not be available in your edition The Professional edition includes all the features For a comparison between editions please check feature matrix topic How to Restore from a Backup With Backup4all you can do the following restore operations e restore the latest version of all files e restore all files as they were on a specified date e filtered restore e restore all files from a folder e restore the latest version of a particular file e restore the latest version of multiple selected files e restore any version of a particular file g Restore To make a full or a filtered restore start the Restore Wizard by pressing the Restore button from the application s toolbar You can restore to the original location or to a different location of your choice You can restore the latest version of a file several selected files or all files from a folder by selecting the files or folder in the Explore View right click and select Restore Latest Version or Restore Latest Version To K m i Sly Explore a Restore F7 J Latest Version Latest Version To If you want to restore a particular file version switch to the Explore View select the targeted file in the tree right click on a file version from the bottom list and choose Restore or Restore to Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015
150. d drive External hard drive CD DVD or Blu ray Change destination to SFTP Removable Network FTP server M SFTP server Sources Filters Customize Type Full Differential amp Incremental Mirror Compression Advanced Email Save and run J Save SFTP server Select the SFTP server option from the Destination window to be able to configure the backup to SFTP If the current backup destination is not an SFTP server you can change it by checking the Change destination to SFTP option Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland 130 Backup4all 5 7 3 7 1 Destination Use existing configuration Use this option if you want to use an already defined SFTP location in File gt Options gt SFTP From the drop down list select the SFTP location you want to use The advantage is that if you use the same SFTP destination for multiple backup jobs and a modification is needed for destination you can change only the SFTP configuration from File gt Options gt SFTP and all backup jobs destinations will be updated Custom configuration Use this option to add a new SFTP location or to edit an existing one by pressing the Edit configuration button Description Here you can see a listing of the SFTP settings If you configured a new SFTP location or you edit an existing one you should use the Test SFTP connection button to see if the SFTP settings are correct If
151. d on folder name pattern Enter the directory name that you want to filter in the following format directory_name leading and ending are required Backup4all will apply the filter to all the directories that are called directory_name If you want to apply the filter to directories containing a specific word you must enter it in the following format keyword Now Backup4all will apply the filter to all the directories that have the word keyword in their names You can use the Edit or Delete buttons to modify remove the folder name filters defined You can also use environment variables when creating filters temp SystemRoot etc File attributes Enable Custom Read Only FAT NTFS A Archived FAT NTFS Hidden FAT NTFS System FAT NTFS Compressed only NTFS v File dates Enable date modified today 7 5 2013 0 00 00 7 5 2013 0 00 00 File size Enable lt 50 gt MB File attributes Enabling this section allows the user to specify file filters depending on the file attributes There is a list of quick sets to choose for predefined filter criteria e Custom this is the default option and allows you to check whatever attributes you want e None if this is selected all the file attributes check boxes are unchecked e FAT attributes if this is selected a set of File Allocation Table attributes will be used for file Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland
152. d operations Logged operation except mirror backup Processing zip file The total number of restore files is logged and the start end time of restoring Test Logging Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland 92 Backup4all 5 File Edit Format View Help 7 2 2013 3 32 25 PM Backup4all 5 151 7 2 2013 3 32 25 PM Operating system Windows 8 7 2 2013 3 32 26 PM Starting test on New Backup 7 2 2013 3 32 26 PM 1 Full 7 1 2013 1 31 7 2 2013 3 32 26 PM Name Internet Explorer Favo Logged operations Testing zip file or Testing files for mirror backup without zip The result of the operation is also logged Cleanup Logging E Edit Format View Help 7 2 2013 3 34 17 PM Backup4all 5 0 151 7 2 2013 3 34 17 PM Operating system Windows 8 7 2 2013 3 34 17 PM Starting cleanup on New Bac 7 2 2013 3 34 17 PM Name Internet Explorer Favo 7 2 2013 3 34 17 PM Deleting backup number 3 Logged operations Cleanup Shows the backup numbers that are deleted and logs the result of the operation Calculate statistics logging Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland Main Window 93 File Edit Format View Help 7 2 2013 3 35 35 PM Backup4all 5 0 151 7 2 2013 3 35 35 PM Operating system Windows 8 7 2 2013 3 35 36 PM Calculate backup type to execute 7 2 2013 3 35 36 PM Backup type to run is Incremental Changes since last backup File
153. d unchanged file and folder counters Total size uncompressed to backup Shows the sum of all file sizes to be included in the backup next time it is executed Free disk space on destination Shows the available free disk space on the destination drive Note Some of the features mentioned on this page might not be available in your edition The Professional edition includes all the features For a comparison between editions please check Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland Main Window 79 feature matrix topic 5 8 Progresss View You can activate the Progress view by e pressing the Progress button from the Jobs tab e pressing the CTRL F3 keyboard shortcut Please note Progress view is active only when the backup is running When the backup is not running that option is grayed out When the backup is started Backup4all will switch automatically to Progress view and after the backup is done it will switch back to your previous view _ Jobs __ Tags Pause Cancel Stop Job lt Sort by Executi Descending E Action Backup Backup backup 2 Operation Prepare files list Adding Current file surse 04 05 A New Backup Processed Total backup size Percent Smart HDD C Users Admin Doc A File progress 30 60 MB 35 58 MB 86 A Outlook _ File count 0 13 0 A Total progress 27 22 MB 35 58 MB 76 Smart HDD G Users Admin Doc Elapsed time 0 00 08 Estimated ti
154. dates with the selected frequency Frequency User can set the frequency for Backup4all to remind or to automatically check for new updates Check at application startup If checked the program will check for new updates at application startup Note Some of the features mentioned on this page might not be available in your edition The Professional edition includes all the features For a comparison between editions please check feature matrix topic Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland 240 Backup4all 5 11 16 Notifications On the Notifications page of the Options window accessible from the File Options menu item you can configure the expiration time for each notification message type la I Backup on demand CD DVD or Blu ray FTP Options ara a General AS Program updates Preferences oss Startup Application folders Check for updates Backup Check mode Manual Logs and history Frequency Check at application startup OK Cancel Profiles Active profile Here you can select which profile to be used Silent no notifications will be displayed Normal notifications will be shown for all basic actions Verbose notifications will be shown for all actions Custom user defined for which actions to display notifications Here is the list of all message types Action started Action finished with success Action finished with war
155. default if the FTP server is not reachable Backup4all will try 3 times at a 5 seconds delay before aborting the backup You can increase or decrease these values using the Retry and wait fields Additional settings like bandwidth SSL connection and firewall can also be configured from this Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland 30 Backup4all 5 page Once you have finished defining the connection press the Test button to check if the FTP details you have entered are correct If the test was successful The FTP connection was tested successfully message will be displayed Setting the destination to FTP When defining a new backup job using the New Backup Wizard select the FTP option in the d estination section 1st page of the wizard If you already have a backup job defined and want to change the destination to FTP select that backup job open the Properties window Ctrl P go to the Destination page and select FTP server After that go to FTP server page and specify an existing FTP configuration or create a new one From the Use existing configuration select an already defined FTP configuration given that you added one in the File gt Options gt FTP window The description of the selected FTP configuration will be listed bellow You can change the defined settings by selecting the Custom configuration option and pressing the Edit configuration button Here you can modify the data in the fields and p
156. documents via the Internet SSL uses a cryptographic system that uses two keys to encrypt data a public key known to everyone and a private or secret key known only to the recipient of the message Backing up to FTP using SSL encryption 1 In Backup Properties gt FTP server gt Custom configuration or the File gt Options gt FTP window 2 From the SSL encryption level box select an option that applies to your situation e No SSL the server does not require Secure Socket Layer transport e Implicit SSL implies that Secure Socket Layer is in use e Only explicit SSL allows the connection to the FTP server only if SSL is available e Explicit SSL if available When SSL is available uses explicit security by default The server allows regular FTP sessions without encryption as well as encrypted FTP sessions using SSL 3 Press OK and test your connection Note Some of the features mentioned on this page might not be available in your edition The Professional edition includes all the features For a comparison between editions please check feature matrix topic Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland Getting Started 33 2 8 How to Backup to SFTP Backup4all supports backing up to a remote computer or device using SFTP SSH File Transfer Protocol connection This is also practical backup destination because the backed up data can be easily accessed from any other computer with an Internet conn
157. dow If a new backup job is created and the backup type is set to incremental or differential then when the backup job is first run the application will perform a full backup This also happens when the catalog bkc file is not found in the destination folder or the Clear backup action was executed before backup see the Advanced page of the Backup Properties window Mirror Backup Type The mirror backup implementation provides some useful options to improve the backup quality Since the mirror backup keeps only one version of each file you can use the Create subfolder s in destination with following name option to copy the files to customized subfolders therefore keeping more versions of the files Backup4all can only use the latest version for the Restore or Test operations You can restore older versions manually If the Copy files in a subfolder option is checked the files will be copied in a subfolder of the destination folder typically you will see a bkc file and a folder with the same name If the option is not set the files and folder structure will be copied directly into the destination folder When the Fast Mirror copy only new or modified files option is used Backup4all uses the information stored in bkc files to copy only new or modified files to the destination If this option is not set the system will copy all files each time the backup is executed Using the mirror backup type you can also choose to Zip
158. e f force the execution of a full backup e d force the execution of a differential backup e i force the execution of an incremental backup e r execute the backup with its defined type this is the default behavior when the backup name is specified without switches e e erase the disc Floppy CD DVD Blu ray before backup e c deletes the bkc file and all zip files associated with the named backup job If the backup job to be executed has the backup type set to Mirror then a mirror backup will be performed and the f d i switches will be ignored even if they are set For the priority level you can select a value between 1 4 as 1 is the lowest priority and 4 is the highest priority Tags Syntax bTagBackup G tag_name Priority 1 2 3 4 Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland Command Line 195 You can also have as parameter an existing tag This tag must be defined in Backup4all otherwise the backup will not run Switch to apply to this parameter case insensitive preceded by or e G execute the jobs containing that tag with their defined types the switch is mandatory if you want to execute a backup tag For the priority level you can select a value between 1 4 as 1 is the lowest priority and 4 is the highest priority Examples To force a full backup on the backup job associated with the IE Favorites bkc located in the E Backup Destination folder use bBacku
159. e Amazon S3 destination for multiple backup jobs and a modification is needed for destination you can change only the Amazon S3 configuration from File gt Options gt Amazon S3 and all backup jobs destinations will be updated Custom configuration Use this option to add a new Amazon S3 location or to edit an existing one by pressing the Edit configuration button Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland Backup Properties 137 7 3 9 1 Description Here you can see a listing of the Amazon S3 settings If you configured a new Amazon S3 location or you edit an existing one you should use the Test Amazon connection button to see if the Amazon S3 settings are correct If the test was successful The Amazon S3 connection was tested successfully message will be displayed Once you press the OK button Backup4all will try to connect to the Amazon S3 server to see if a backup catalog already exists on the destination If the Amazon S3 destination is not available a Cannot connect to the Amazon S3 server message is displayed in the status bar bottom of the main window Note Some of the features mentioned on this page might not be available in your edition The Professional edition includes all the features For a comparison between editions please check feature matrix topic Edit configuration This window is shown when selecting Edit configuration from the Destination gt Amazon S3 server window Backup
160. e all notifications You can also Dismiss all notifications or you can simply press Close to hide the notifications window Note Some of the features mentioned on this page might not be available in your edition The Professional edition includes all the features For a comparison between editions please check feature matrix topic Passwords On the Passwords page of the Options window accessible from the File Options menu item you can configure how the passwords used in Backup4all will be stored Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland 242 Backup4all 5 Options General Preferences Jia Program updates Startup Application folders Check for updates Backup Check mode Manual X Logs and history Frequency I Backup on demand Check at application startup CD DVD or Blu ray FTP SFTP Email OK Cancel Password storage Store the password in the local Windows account The passwords will be stored in local configuration files and retrieved automatically when executing an action The passwords could be retrieved if your Windows account gets compromised No passwords are stored in the destination folders Protect the stored password using a master password The passwords will be stored in local configuration files encrypted using a master password and retrieved automatically when executing an action You will have to enter the master password only when yo
161. e application tries to access the destination server if it is not available By default this option is set to 3 attempts The second number wait option indicates how many seconds to wait between two consecutive attempts to access the destination location By default this option is set to 5 seconds This option is useful when the destination FTP server has restrictions i e only 2 users logged in the same time no of accesses etc and insures that if the FTP server cannot accept your connection it will not be hammered by sending log in requests frequently Configurations Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland Options 221 The File gt Options gt FTP window allows you to define FTP configurations that can be used on the Destination page in the New Backup Wizard or Backup Properties windows You can add edit copy or delete an FTP connection using this window In order to add a new FTP connection press the Add button The Define FTP configuration window will appear in the list and you can enter the other settings for this connection General Configuration name New FTP configuration FTP server Server name or IP Transfer mode Binary v Applies only to mirror Port 21 gt Destination folder User name Password Set password No password Bandwidth limitation hm _ Upload speed Download speed 200 General Configuration name Enter here an arbitrary name for
162. e backup will be aborted Run action after backup Run program or action Check this option and select one of the predefined actions or choose a different executable file You can either enter directly the path to the program has to be between quotes or click the button to browse for the file Backup4all does not wait for the action to be finished before proceeding Available predefined actions e lt Stand by gt The computer will enter in the Stand by state after the backup is executed e lt Hibernate gt Computer enters in Hibernate if available after the backup execution e lt Log off gt Closes all applications and logs off current user When force parameters is set example lt Log off f gt the system will force applications to be closed Force parameter might cause some applications to loose unsaved data e lt Shut down gt Shuts down the computer When force parameters is set example lt Shut down f gt the system will force applications to be closed Force parameter might cause some applications to loose unsaved data Run only once If this option is set the action will run only once at the next backup execution and the Run program action option will be reset and disabled Run program or action on You can set conditions to run the action after the backup on Success on Warnings or on Errors You can check multiple options or a single one but at least one option must be checked Comparison Criteri
163. e would need application build number operating system and registration details Please include in your support request the following details e Exactly what did you do e Can you reproduce the problem again e If possible send us a screenshot of the error message We might ask you for additional information if we cannot reproduce the problem If you want to report bugs feature requests or want to ask general software usage questions you can contact our support department Pressing the General Support button starts a new email message that will be sent to the support team Buy Now Backup4all has a trial period of 30 days Select the trial for the edition you want to use Professional edition fully featured application Standard or Lite edition not all features are available During these 30 days you have access to all application features After this period you ll have to decide if you want to purchase the application The Feature Matrix section presents in detail the differences between Lite Standard and Professional edition Pressing the Buy Now button will open the Backup4all website on the buy now page There you can select the quantity of licenses you need and finish the purchase Tools for working with Backup4all Options Pressing this button will opens the Options window where you can customize language display and Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland Help 245 12 1 12 1 1
164. each backup number e Delete Shows if a backup number is selected for deletion You can manually check uncheck the backup numbers you want deleted Once selecting a backup number all the other backup numbers that depend on it will also be selected e Type Type of the backup Each of the backup types is represented by a descriptive icon and text v Full iv Incremental s Differential Mirror Additionally full backups are marked with red e Backup No Number of the backup e Backup date Date and time when the backup was executed e File No Number of files included in that backup Folder No Number of folders included in that backup Total size Size of the backup Label Label of the backup increment The backup numbers in the list can be sorted by clicking on the column headers The right click menu on the column header provides a handy way to show hide unnecessary columns You can select a backup number by right clicking it and choosing Check Selected or uncheck it using Uncheck Selected The right click menu also allows selecting all backup numbers Check all or unselecting them Uncheck all Using the Priority slider you can set the execution speed compared to the rest of the running processes on your computer Default is Normal priority but there are other 4 priority levels Lowest priority Low priority High priority and Highest priority On Lowest priority the process will consume the minimum amount of computer resourc
165. eated Note Some of the features mentioned on this page might not be available in your edition The Professional edition includes all the features For a comparison between editions please check feature matrix topic 7 3 9 AmazonS3 Backup4all supports backing up to Amazon S3 storage This is a practical backup destination because the backed up data can be easily accessed from any other computer with an Internet connection Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland 136 Backup4all 5 pnra T E baja General z SFTP i g Destination 4 ta Save backup to an SFTP server Local hard drive External hard drive Sear CD DVD or Blu ray Change destination to SFTP Removable Network FTP server SFTP server Sources Filters Customize Type Full Differential amp Incremental Mirror Compression Advanced Email Save and run Save Cancel SS o Ke Amazon 3 Select the Amazon S3 option from the Destination window to be able to configure the backup to Amazon S3 If the current backup destination is not an Amazon S3 server you can change it by checking the Change destination to Amazon S3 option Destination Use existing configuration Use this option if you want to use an already defined Amazon S3 location in File gt Options gt Amazon 3 From the drop down list select the Amazon S3 location you want to use The advantage is that if you use the sam
166. eature matrix topic 6 3 What do you want to backup In the second step of the New Backup Wizard you must select the files and folders to be used by Backup4all for the backup Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland 108 Backup4all 5 What do you want to backup Backup4all Configurations plugin v iani clear all to backup all iles File Folder Size Hiberfil on System Dri G lt Backup4all Configuration gt A M Pagefile on System Dri fet lt Job Settings Folder gt Temporary Files use O lt Tag Settings Folder gt v Temporary Folders u et Catalog Folder gt O lt Log Folder gt ef Plugins Folder gt O lt Scheduled jobs Folder gt E lt Host keys Folder gt E lt Ini File gt fe Hitan Files 9 9 9 9 6 6 4 6 8 lt Add folder Add files Remove Type Exclude Help What do you want to backup Advanced mode Previous Cancel You can e add a whole folder by pressing the Add folder button e add one or several files by pressing the Add files button e remove any file or folder by selecting it and pressing the Remove button e exclude subdirectories and files from backup by un checking the thickbox You must add at least one file or directory in order to continue with the next step of the wizard During backup if the source drive is missing when the network is disconnected for instance or CD DVD Blu ray is missing
167. ect to the Amazon S3 server message is displayed in the status bar bottom of the main window In the File gt Options gt Backup window you can set the number of retries and the time between the retries when the Amazon S3 server is unavailable the When destination not ready section Recommendations for backing up to Amazon S3 1 After each change to the Amazon S3 configuration be sure to use the Test function 2 If you backup important data to a remote location using Amazon S3 encrypt the zip files for increased security In this case even if another person manages to gain unauthorized access to your Amazon S3 account your files will still be protected Note Some of the features mentioned on this page might not be available in your edition The Professional edition includes all the features For a comparison between editions please check feature matrix topic How to Backup to USB or Firewire drives You can backup your data to an USB or Firewire drive and from an USB or Firewire drive using Backup4all This is a practical backup destination as it allows you to store important files to external devices offering increased portability It can be considered as an additional protection against data loss as the result of hardware failure or other disasters There are external USB hard drives with performance comparable to conventional hard drives These portable drives called enclosures are composed of devices that connect through USB on
168. ected zip files LIIS LIIS LISIS LISIS Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland Introduction 17 Customize zip name prefix Split zip files One to one copy Copy files with NTFS security permissions and alternate streams NEW Use NTFS change journal XI KL KRR 6 SSK qe 6 SISS amp amp KKK Custom application data file locations Backup media Backup from to local hard drives Backup from network drives Backup to network drives Backup from to external hard drives Backup to FTP SSL support active passive transfer modes firewall support Backup to SFTP NEW Backup to Azure NEW Backup to Amazon S3 Backup from to ZIP drives Backup from to removable media Backup from to CD DVD or Blu ray disc using UDF drivers K KK KKRKK RIIK amp LL RKRK RIIS amp SSS SSG GLK KG lt CLRRKK KKK Backup from to CD DVD or Blu ray disc using built in burner Backup execution Show backup progress NEW Compress catalog on destination Execute all backup configurations in a tag Perform unattended backups using built Windows scheduler amp SISS X KK KK Command line amp XIIS amp SSS Test Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland 18 Backup4all 5 Test backups NEW Test backup tags NEW Test amp repair backups Test FTP backups Test after backup option Set test thread priority Backup test performed after writing e
169. ection Defining SFTP configuration Before using SFTP as a destination for backing up you should define a new SFTP configuration using the File gt Options gt SFTP window Once defined you will be able to apply this SFTP configuration to individual backup jobs Press the Add button once in File gt Options gt SFTP to add a new SFTP connection The New SFTP configuration name will appear in the list and you can enter the other settings for this connection e Configuration name Enter here an arbitrary name for the connection e Server name or IP In this field you have to enter the name or IP address for the SFTP server e Port In this field you have to enter the port number if different than the default SFTP ports 22 e Destination folder Here you can enter the destination path if different than root e User name If this is a private SFTP server no anonymous access allowed enter the user name for your account e Password In this field enter the password for the SFTP server In the When SFTP server is not ready section you can enter the number of attempts and time between those attempts to connect to the SFTP server By default if the SFTP server is not reachable Backup4all will try 3 times at a 5 seconds delay before aborting the backup You can increase or decrease these values using the Retry and wait fields Additional settings like private key bandwidth limitation authentications encryption and compression can also be co
170. ed plugin on your computer so it will be visible in the backup wizard Add new plugin Press this button to install a new backup plugin You will be asked to select the plugin file location from your computer Multiple plugin files can be selected and open Close Press this button to close the Manage Plugins window Note Some of the features mentioned on this page might not be available in your edition The Professional edition includes all the features For a comparison between editions please check feature matrix topic Logging Backup4all provides a log engine that helps you track the backup restore test clean and calculate statistics operations It is composed of four subsystems backup logging restore logging test logging and cleanup logging Log files are accessible from the Jobs tab History section For each operation the system logs e start time and date e the operation e errors or warnings e end time and date The File gt Options gt Logs and history configuration window provides additional options that you can select to further customize the logging process Content Log detailed information If this option is enabled the logs will contain information about every file used in the backup restore or test process Include summary in log If this option is checked the logs will include all the text available in the Summary view Log folder After a long period the application will generate a large number of
171. ed to the Internet click Continue for offline activation Continue offline Cancel 3 In the email received after you purchased Backup4all there is also a license lic file attached Download that license file and load it in the bellow step Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland Help 253 Activate application Manual Activation Step 1 of 3 enter your details To finalize the activation manually you will need access to a computer that has Internet access License file received by email after purchase C ProgramData Softland Backup4all 5 License lic John Comments optional WS18 After you enter the details above click on Next to continue with the activation What is activation Nex 4 On the second step of the manual activation you have two options e Email activation request Using this option the default email client will open to send the activation request After sending the activation request email in a short moment you will get an email containing the activation file Please load that file on the next page in order to activate the application e Save activation request Using this option you will be asked to indicate the location where the activation request file will be saved Take that file and go to Computer B where you have internet access Load the file on activate backup4all com and press Activate You will then have the option to downlo
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173. elected and you are not connected to the Internet the program attempts to make the connection for you automatically Manually start up If selected and you are not connected to the Internet the program asks you if it should connect You can approve or deny the request Hang up when finished If checked the dial up connection will be closed after the notification email is sent Note Some of the features mentioned on this page might not be available in your edition The Professional edition includes all the features For a comparison between editions please check feature matrix topic Updates On the Updates page of the Options window accessible from the File Options menu item you can configure Backup4all when to check for updates Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland Options 239 p Options aaa lt u E General r ESA Program updates Preferences os Startup Application folders Check for updates Backup Check mode Manual ad Logs and history Frequency I Backup on demand Check at application startup CD DVD or Blu ray FTP SFTP Email 4 w Qk Cancel Check for updates Check mode User can choose one of these modes e Manual user will manually check for new updates This option is selected by default e Reminder the program will remind you with the selected frequency to check for new updates e Automatic the program will automatically check for new up
174. ement e To format the volume with the default settings in the Format dialog box click OK and then click OK again e Test to see if the drive is now recognized by going to Windows Explorer a new drive letter should appear 3 Configure Backup4all If the drive is formatted and recognized by Windows it will be recognized by Backup4all too Now to backup to the USB drive you should define a backup job in Backup4all that has the destination set to the USB drive To ensure this please select the backup job you want to run press CTRL P in order to open the Backup Properties window and select the USB and Firewire page under Destination Select a drive from the External hard drive drop down list You can also define a new backup job and in the Where do you want to save your backup section select the USB drive Some USB drives have a button to start the execution of an associated program If you have such a device you can configure Backup4all to execute a backup job or a backup tag when the button is pressed After the USB drive is ready go to the File gt Options menu of Backup4all select Backup on demand and press Detect to check if the USB drive is compatible with the One Touch Backup feature of Backup4all Note Some of the features mentioned on this page might not be available in your edition The Professional edition includes all the features For a comparison between editions please check feature matrix topic 2 12 Howto Send Email Notifi
175. en editions please check feature matrix topic How to Backup to Azure Backup4all supports backing up to Azure server This is a practical backup destination because the backed up data can be easily accessed from any other computer with an Internet connection Defining Azure configuration Before using Azure as a destination for backing up you should define a new Azure configuration using the File gt Options gt Azure window Once defined you will be able to apply this Azure configuration to individual backup jobs Press the Add button once in File gt Options gt Azure to add a new Azure connection The New Azure configuration name will appear in the list and you can enter the other settings for this connection e Configuration name Enter here an arbitrary name for the connection e Account name In this field you have to enter the name of the Azure account e Key In this field you have to enter the key for your Azure account If the key is a Shared Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland Getting Started 35 Access Signature SAS you must select the Key is Shared Access Signature option A shared access signature provides delegated access to resources in your storage account This means that you can grant a client limited permissions to your blobs queues or tables for a specified period of time and with a specified set of permissions without having to share your account access keys e Contai
176. endently restored Thus if one of the spanned backup disks is corrupted you can still restore the other files Example you have a backup that was spanned over 20 CDs and you didn t leave the Create independent splits option checked If you need to do a restore and one of the zip files is damaged you lose all the data from the 20 CDs Now if the Create independent splits would have been checked even if one zip file would have been damaged the data from the other 19 could have been recovered Each zip file created with Backup4all can be extracted with standard zip utilities However when using the Create Independent Splits option and backing up a file big enough to be split into more than one zip file you will need to perform an additional operation if you want to restore that file manually without using Backup4all Here are the steps for restoring a split file from independent zip archives 1 Unzip the archives that were created by Backup4all Assuming that the initial file was called Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland 162 Backup4all 5 7 8 music wav if the file was split in 2 parts the problem is that both will have the same name music wav Thus when un zipping the archive that contains the second part of the original music wav you ll get a message that a file with the same name already exist you need to press Rename and name it music2 wav Also to make things easier you need to rename the
177. ent issue You can use the Yes limit number of file versions and Yes limit number of backups options to reduce the backup size The output of a full backup is a container file which is created with zip compression You can select the zip compression ratio from the Compression page in Backup Properties Backup4all also offers an option to encrypt your backup This gives you the option to protect your important backed up data in case a backup got lost or stolen Note Some of the features mentioned on this page might not be available in your edition The Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland Backup Types 47 3 4 Professional edition includes all the features For a comparison between editions please check feature matrix topic Differential Backup What is Differential Backup A differential backup contains all files that have changed since the last full backup The advantage of a differential backup is that it shortens restore time compared to a full backup or an incremental backup However if you perform the differential backup too many times the size of the differential backup might grow to be larger than the baseline full backup Description of the Differential Backup Type There is a significant but sometimes confusing distinction between differential and incremental backup Incremental backup stores all the new and modified files since the last full differential or incremental backup Differ
178. ent since the most recent backup The time it takes to execute the backup may be a fraction of the time it takes to perform a full backup Backup4all uses the information recorded in its catalog file bkc to determine whether a file has changed since the most recent backup The advantage of reduced backup duration comes with a price increased restore duration When restoring from incremental backup you need the most recent full backup as well as every incremental backup you ve made since the last full backup For example if you did a full backup on Friday and incremental on Monday Tuesday and Wednesday and the PC crashes Thursday morning you would need all four backup container files Friday s full backup plus the incremental backup for Monday Tuesday and Wednesday By comparison if you had done differential backup on Monday Tuesday and Wednesday then to restore on Thursday morning you d have needed Friday s full backup plus Wednesday s differential backup Advantages Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland Backup Types 49 3 6 e Backing up is the fastest e It uses the least storage space Disadvantages e Restore is the slowest Incremental Backup Type in Backup4all Backup4all supports incremental backup type and offers a solution for the slow restore issue To keep the number of stored backups to a reasonable number and reduce the size of the backups Backup4all provides three options Ye
179. entepectadsccbduexsasesectoesaevsecuhadcecebestcbeeteecdeeiece 247 Manual Activation inisesin ada E eee E ada iadaaa dN iON diaa 249 2 DeaCtivVatlO mn nnar aeaa Eea EEEE EAEE N EEEE 256 3 Check for Updates visi a a a a aa E SI SS ee 8 a cae 256 4x Legal NOUCES ass miee ana dee o ana en de area aaa aaa aaa O aa en eraa aa cued scceerevedscvennterdvateceseis 257 Index 259 Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland Introduction 8 Backup4all 5 1 Introduction 1 1 Product Description Backup4all is an award winning backup software for Windows Backup4all protects your valuable data from partial or total loss by automating backup tasks password protecting and compressing it to save storage space Using Backup4all you can easily backup to any local network drive backup to FTP with support for SSL encryption proxy server passive mode SFTP Amazon Azure backup to CD DVD or Blu ray disc or other removable media such as USB or Firewire drives Menu items click for Toolbar shortcut buttons r a drop down list of Hover for hints or right click Ba available options UNREGISTE for display options lt All groups gt v 7 Documents a Backup ADA Restore Run backup job Restore from backup Backup jobs list from the selected backup group Right click job for more options Destination Local hard drive C Users test Documents My Backup4all Ba
180. ential backup offers a middle ground by backing up all the new and modified files since the last full backup That is where it gets its name it backs up everything that s different since the last full backup Restoring a differential backup is a faster process than restoring an incremental backup because only two backup container files are needed the latest full backup and the latest differential backup Backup4all uses the information it has recorded in its catalog file bkc to determine whether a file has changed since the last full backup or not Use differential backup if you have a reasonable amount of time to perform backups The upside is that only two backup container files are needed to perform a complete restore The downside is if you run multiple differential backups after your full backup you re probably including some files in each differential backup that were already included in earlier differential backups but haven t been recently modified Advantages e Restore is faster than restoring from incremental backup e Backing up is faster than a full backup e It uses less storage space than full backup Disadvantages e Restore is slower than restoring from full backup e Backing up is slower than incremental backup e It uses more storage space than incremental backup Differential Backup Type in Backup4all Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland 48 Backup4all 5 3 5 Backup4all supports
181. ers For example a doc matches all files that start with a and have doc extension e it matches only one letter For example a do matches all files that start with a and have any extension composed of three letters the first two being do Folder name Enabling this will allow defining filters based on folder name pattern Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland 212 Backup4all 5 Enter the directory name that you want to filter in the following format directory_name Backup4all will apply the filter to all the directories that are called directory_name If you want to apply the filter to directories containing a specific word you must enter it in the following format keyword Now Backup4all will apply the filter to all the directories that have the word keyword in their names You can use the Edit or Delete buttons to modify remove the folder name filters defined You can also use environment variables when creating filters temp SystemRoot etc File attributes This section allows the user to specify file filters depending on the file attributes To enable the filter options in this section you have to check the Filter by attributes option There is a list of quick sets to choose for predefined filter criteria e None if this is selected all the file attributes check boxes are unchecked e Custom this is the default option and allows you to check whatever attributes you want e FAT att
182. es Notifications Passwords Cancel Engine Use SCSI Pass Through Direct Layer SPTD Selected by default Backup4all uses this internal burning engine to write CD DVD HD DVD or Blu ray discs SPTD is a new method of access to storage devices and has the ability to provide direct control of devices without risk of compromising it by some malicious 3rd party filter drivers or other rootkit applications SPTD is currently supported only on Microsoft OS Windows XP and above SPTD similar to other access layers is not removed from your system after Backup4all uninstall in order not to disrupt other applications that may use it Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland 218 Backup4all 5 Use native Win32 Interface SPTI If you have problems backing up using the SPTD method we recommend you to use this option Other Load CD DVD or Blu ray before backup If checked the CD DVD or Blu ray media is loaded before the execution of a backup This option is useful when the CD DVD or Blu ray disc was previously ejected by another process Eject CD DVD or Blu ray after backup If checked the CD DVD or Blu ray media is ejected but not reloaded after burning process is finished By default this option is not checked Note Some of the features mentioned on this page might not be available in your edition The Professional edition includes all the features For a comparison between editions please check
183. es but will take the longer to complete while Highest priority will consume the highest amount of computer resources but will take the least to complete Filter backups by date Newer than If checked backup numbers that are newer than the selected date will be removed when the Clean operation is executed Older than If checked backup numbers that are older than the selected date will be removed when the Clean operation is executed Older than fixed date The backup numbers that are Older than a certain fixed date will be deleted when the Clean operation is executed Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland 86 Backup4all 5 5 12 Filter backups by type Do not delete Full backups If this is checked the full backups will be kept even if they fall into the range of files filtered for deletion Do not delete Differential backups If this is checked the differential backups will be kept even if they fall into the range of files filtered for deletion Note that this option is available only when Do not delete full backups is checked because differential backups depend on full backups Manual selection In this section you can manually select the backup versions you want to delete by clicking the checkbox in front of the backup version Reset to filters Pressing this will ignore any manual selection done and restore the default selection based on the filters applied Options Clean the destin
184. es field Smart backup type The smart backup type will perform full differential or incremental backups depending on the destination free disk space or the limit size you set in Backup Properties The smart backup type will automatically decide which is the best action to perform by combining the backup types Full Backup Type The full backup type will always backup all the files defined in the sources Incremental and differential backups will create a full backup first because they will back up the new files all files are new if the backup was never executed Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland 52 Backup4all 5 Differential Backup Type For a differential backup the system will always backup the differences from the last full backup regardless of the intermediate versions between the latest full and the current differential backup The first execution of a differential backup is a full backup because it backs up the new files and all the files are new if the backup was never executed Incremental Backup Type In case of incremental backups only the new and the modified files since last backup differential incremental or full backup are added to the backup Each file can have many versions stored in the backup files Backup4all can generate custom zip file names set a size limit for zip files and encrypt them For more details look at the Compression page from the Backup Properties win
185. esh refreshes the scheduled tasks list There are several columns in the Schedulers window that provide information for each scheduled task e Enabled if the checkbox is marked then the scheduled task will run if is unchecked it will not be executed Job Type shows the job type e Scheduler shows the scheduler type Windows or Shutdown e Run in shows if the scheduled task will run using the main interface or in background Action shows the type of action associated with the scheduled task default full differential incremental cleanup test Backup Type shows the backup type set in scheduler Task file shows the name of the task file e Status displays the status of the scheduled task Next Run Time calculates the next date and time when the scheduled task will run Last Run Time shows the last date and time when the scheduled task ran e Schedule shows the type of schedule selected for the task e User shows the user name for which the job is scheduled to run The scheduled tasks in the list can be sorted by clicking on the column headers The right click menu on the column header provides a handy way to show hide columns except the Enabled which are grayed out You can also drag a column header on the above grey zone if you want to group the scheduled tasks by that column Options Show warnings and errors If this is checked when errors warnings occur for the scheduled task a window will prompt the user that there
186. essage will be displayed Note Some of the features mentioned on this page might not be available in your edition The Professional edition includes all the features For a comparison between editions please check feature matrix topic Azure Backup4all supports backing up to Azure remote server This is a practical backup destination because the backed up data can be easily accessed from any other computer with an Internet connection Select the Azure option from the Where do you want to save your backup section to be able to configure the backup to Azure Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland New Backup Wizard 105 Name your backup Backup name New Backup2 Where do you want to saye your backup O Local O Network OFP O SFTP Azure O Amazon Use configuration My Azure account v C Lock pa Tet Account name Account_name Key lt key is set gt Key is Shared Access Signature Container container Folder folder Previous Save gt Cancel Use configuration You can select an already defined Azure configuration given that you added one in the File gt Options gt Azure window All the fields will be filled with the information from the configuration file If no configuration was previously defined you will have to enter the other details Account name In this field you have to enter the Azure account name Key Type the key for your Azure ac
187. ew Backup 2 The network path was not found Retry Abort backup Selecting Retry in 01 44 min Click to stop C Don t show this message type anymore C Don t popup the notification window for this message type Go to job Change notification settings Apply default for all and dose The user can choose Cancel to stop the backup process or Retry to check the network connection again Note Some of the features mentioned on this page might not be available in your edition The Professional edition includes all the features For a comparison between editions please check feature matrix topic 7 3 6 FTP server Backup4all supports backing up to a remote computer or device using FTP File Transfer Protocol connection This is a practical backup destination because the backed up data can be easily accessed from any other computer with an Internet connection Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland Backup Properties 125 New Bacup Backup Properties Sn E General T ere r Destination 15 Save backup to an FTP server Local hard drive External hard drive Pesem CD DVD or Blu ray Removable Destination Network t ai a FTP sever Custom configuration Edit configuration SFTP server Description Sources Filters Customize Type Full Differential amp Incremental Mirror Compression Advanced Email 4 m gt Save and run j Save Cance
188. ext menu Email Job list Updates Backgroud color C W View list as Tree X Sort backup jobs alphabetically in list Measurement unit Auto Custom Toolbar Minimize the Ribbon If checked the ribbon menu will be minimized By default it is not checked Show Quick Access Toolbar bellow the Ribbon If checked the Quick Access Toolbar will be shown bellow the ribbon menu By default it is not checked Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland 206 Backup4all 5 Customize ribbon This option allows you to customize the toolbars commands and options Views Default view The selected view will be assigned as default to the Views button from the application toolbar The possible views are Explore Backup and Statistics Show explorer icons If checked a small icon is shown for each file in the Explore view The icon is the standard icon associated with the type of the file You will see the same icons as in Windows Explorer If the Explore view contains a large number of files you can uncheck this option to show files faster By default this option is checked Hide empty folders on expand all If checked the folders that do not show any file in the Explore view will be automatically hidden when pressing the Expand All button By default this option is not checked Show context menu If checked it will display the context menu when right clicking on a file or folder in the main window
189. ferent key strengths 128 bit 192 bit and 256 bit These numbers reflect the size of the encryption keys used to protect the data the higher the number the stronger the encryption All three types provide higher security than the password protection method When choosing a password it is recommended that you use a combination of letters and numbers and at least a 6 character long password You should manually enter the password in the New password field and re enter it in the Confirm new password field to avoid typing errors The Old password field is enabled only when the backup job already has a password You can change the password only if you enter the old one in this field This way only the owner of the backup will be allowed to change the password The system makes it possible to set different passwords for the same backup job so the backup may contain zip files with different passwords Make sure that you remember all passwords that have been used for a backup job or you will not be able to restore your files By default Backup4all stores the passwords on the local Windows account in order not to ask you the password every time you want to run a new backup or to test it from the local computer You can also protect the stored passwords using a master password or you can chose not to store any passwords You can change these settings if you go to File gt Options gt Passwords How to Remove the Password In the Backup Properties
190. files will be split Timeout seconds 15 Firewall Proxy type None v Advanced SSL encryption Indicates the level of Transport Layer Security TLS required for control channel and data channel connections to the FTP server e No SSL the server does not require Secure Socket Layer transport e Implicit SSL implies that Secure Socket Layer is in use e Only explicit SSL allows the connection to the FTP server only if TLS is available e Explicit SSL if available when SSL is available uses explicit security by default The server allows regular FTP sessions without encryption as well as encrypted FTP sessions using SSL Use passive mode for transfers like WWW browsers Each file transfer upload or download needs an additional connection for the data stream Normally in active mode the server establishes this connection In passive mode however the client establishes the connection This may be necessary through some firewalls which do not allow connections from outside Use extended passive mode The FTP Server operates exactly the same as passive mode however it only transmits the port number not broken into high and low bytes and Backup4all is to assume that it connects to the same IP address that was originally connected to Use this option if the normal passive mode connection failed Use XCRC when testing if available If the server supports the XCRC extension Backup4all can verify that files transferred to the serve
191. folder where all log files are stored e Messages opens the application messages popup If there are no messages the button is disabled Tags The Tags toolbar contains all the Backup4all buttons which can be applied on backup tags Manage New creates a new tag in the left side list e Rename renames a tag from the left side list e Delete deletes a tag from the left side list Execute Backup e Backup performs the backup type defined in Backup Properties for all jobs containing that tag e Full performs a full backup for all jobs containing that tag regardless of the backup type defined in Backup Properties Differential performs a differential backup for all jobs containing that tag regardless of the backup type defined in Backup Properties Incremental performs an incremental backup for all jobs containing that tag regardless of the backup type defined in Backup Properties e Backup all jobs will back up all jobs with the backup type defined in Backup Properties e Restore e Restore restores the latest version to its original location without showing the Restore wizard for all jobs containing that tag Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland Main Window 65 e Restore to restores the latest version to a specified location without showing the Restore wizard for all jobs containing that tag e Repair e Repair starts the backup repair for all jobs containing that tag e Repair catalog o
192. g your backup locally Advanced mode Previous In the Folder where to perform the backup field by default it is the path to the My Backup4all 5 folder Users lt user name gt Documents MyBackup4all 5 You can click the Browse button and select a destination folder of your choice where the backup will be stored Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland 100 Backup4all 5 6 2 2 If the destination drive is missing when the network is disconnected for instance or floppy CD DVD or Blu ray is missing an error message is shown containing the list of missing drives The user can choose Cancel to stop the backup process or Retry to check the drive again If an external or removable hard drive is selected as backup destination in New Backup Wizard near the drive name will appear a new checkbox Rotate disks That option is used if you want to rotate the destination drives backing up alternatively on them Selecting that option will automatically disable the Use local catalogs option from Backup Properties gt Advanced Note Some of the features mentioned on this page might not be available in your edition The Professional edition includes all the features For a comparison between editions please check feature matrix topic Network You can use a network destination for your backup by selecting the Network option in the Where do you want to save your backup section Name your backup Backup n
193. gt Clear backup is executed only if 7 days have passed since the first backup increment the full backup lt Clear backup n 10 gt Clear backup is executed only if the number of file versions is 10 lt Clear backup d 7 n 10 gt Clear backup is executed if 7 days have passed since the first backup increment the full backup or if the number of file versions is 10 lt Clear backup dw 1 2 7 gt Clear backup is executed only in the first second and seventh day of the week Monday Tuesday and Sunday in the given example Valid values 1 7 if a parameter outside of these values is set it will be ignored lt Clear backup dm 23 30 gt Clear backup is executed only in the 23rd and 30th day of the month Valid values 1 31 if a parameter outside of these values is set it will be ignored same as using the value 31 for a month having only 30 days Run only once If this option is set the action will run only once at the next backup execution and the Run program action option will be reset and disabled afterwards Abort backup when action fails User can check this option to abort the backup if the action ran before the backup failed Backup4all uses the exit codes returned by the applications Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland Backup Properties 173 If the exit code is O zero it means the action was successful If the exit code is different than O zero the action was not successful and th
194. gt finished successfully at lt CLEANUP_END_TIME gt gt Cleanup for backup job lt 4BACKUP_NAME gt at lt CLEANUP_START_TIME gt finished successfully See log file lt LAST_LOG_NAME gt for more information Removed backups lt REMOVED_VERSIONS gt Removed version details lt CLEANUP_SUMMARY gt Total removed file size lt 4PROCESSED_SIZE gt Free space on destination lt REMAINING_DISC_SPACE gt Cleanup started at lt CLEANUP_START_TIME gt Cleanup finished at lt CLEANUP_END_TIME gt Note Some of the features mentioned on this page might not be available in your edition The Professional edition includes all the features For a comparison between editions please check feature matrix topic Scheduler Scheduler Scheduler lists all the available information about the scheduled tasks and allows you to Add Edit Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland 168 Backup4all 5 Delete and Schedule new tasks This only applies to the current backup job Right clicking an existing scheduled task or using the top buttons will display the following options e Add opens the Scheduler Properties window and allows you to add a new scheduled task e Edit e Properties opens the Scheduler Properties window where you can edit selected the scheduled task e User and password opens a window where you can set the username and the password e Delete removes the selected scheduled task e Refr
195. gt Compression page go to Encrypt the zip file section select the No Encryption option and enter the password that you used in the Old password field You cannot remove the password if you don t provide the old one If you have the Zip 2 compatible encryption or AES encryption option selected you can also remove the password by entering the Old password and leave the New password and Confirm new Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland Getting Started 29 2 7 password fields empty Using Passwords when Restoring During the restore process of backups with password protection if you do not use the option to store the passwords in the local Windows account the Enter Password dialog will appear Enter the password and press OK If you do not know the password for this backup number you can e press Skip backup to go to the next archive the restore may be incomplete in this case e press Stop restore to stop the whole process the restore will be incomplete because only a part of the files were restored Note Some of the features mentioned on this page might not be available in your edition The Professional edition includes all the features For a comparison between editions please check feature matrix topic How to Backup to FTP Backup4all supports backing up to a remote computer or device using FTP File Transfer Protocol connection This is a practical backup destination because the backed up dat
196. hasing a license and activating it online you have the option of running a trial version of Backup4all The trial version has the same features as the paid version Click on the Free Trial button to continue with the selection of editions Note Some of the features mentioned on this page might not be available in your edition The Professional edition includes all the features For a comparison between editions please check feature matrix topic Free Trial Use Backup4all as trial for 30 days Before purchasing a license and activating it online you have the option of testing it for free The trial version has the same features as the paid version and it will work for 30 days To continue using it after the trial expires you will have to purchase a license and activate it Once the program is activated you will be able to continue using Backup4all without having to reconfigure anything extra Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland 246 Backup4all 5 Follow the steps below to start your trial 1 Open Backup4all The activation window will appear Try or buy Purchase a license and activate it or try the program Thank you for choosing Backup4all Click Buy Now to order a license or Enter Key if you already own one You can try it for free by clicking Free Trial already have an activation file 2 Pressing the Free trial button opens a new page where you can select which edi
197. have to enter the port number if different than the default FTP ports 21 Destination folder Here you can specify a destination folder on the remote FTP server where the backup will be stored If the entered folder does not exist it will be created on the server If no destination folder is set Backup4all will automatically create a folder using the name of the backup job User name If this is a private FTP server no anonymous access allowed you have to enter the user name for your account Password In this field you can enter the password for the FTP server There are FTP servers that allow anonymous access public FTP servers You can connect to these types of FTP servers using as user name Anonymous and your email address as password It is not recommended to backup important files to public FTP servers Bandwidth limitation This section allows setting different limitations for upload download speed e Upload speed if checked you can set a maximum upload speed for the FTP transfer e Download speed if checked you can set a maximum upload speed for the FTP transfer Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland Options 223 Advanced SSL encryption No SSL v V Use passive mode for transfers like WWW browsers Use extended passive mode V Use XCRC when testing if available Y Resume uploads downloads if available V Limit file size to 2027 MB v Larger
198. he backup tag will be deleted the backup jobs will remain in the backup list To move backup jobs to a different backup tag you must edit the backup job s properties and select a different tag for them or drag and drop the job on the tag you want to be assigned To assign a tag to a backup job just drag and drop the tag from the left side list of tags to the backup job name in the main window or open Backup Properties gt General and check the tag name Note Some of the features mentioned on this page might not be available in your edition The Professional edition includes all the features For a comparison between editions please check feature matrix topic Explore View You can activate Explore view by e pressing the Explore button from the Jobs tab e pressing F2 keyboard shortcut Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland Main Window 71 Name a All Jobs New Backup ib C Failed Jobs F Users Running Jobs B Info B Bj Desktop New Backup2 lt a P S Sources v Bck a Backup Date Status Ue Restore Version 7 1 3 amp Restore To Open View with Notepad Compare with Source Compare Versions Select columns gt The Explore View consists of a File Tree on top and a File Version List at the bottom File Tree The file tree content depends on the backup sources and file filters defined for the selected backup job You can right click on the fo
199. he data in the folders and files that are selected to be backed up Because the full backup stores all files and folders frequent full backups result in faster and simpler restore operations Remember that when you choose other backup types restore jobs may take longer Description of the Full Backup Type It would be ideal to make full backups all the time because they are the most comprehensive and are self contained However the amount of time it takes to run full backups often prevents us from using this backup type Full backups are often restricted to a weekly or monthly schedule although the increasing speed and capacity of backup media is making overnight full backups a more realistic proposition Full backups if you have the time to perform them offer the best solution in data protection In effect a single backup can provide the ability to completely restore all backed up files However you should be aware of a significant security issue Each full backup contains an entire copy of the data If the backup media were to be illegally accessed or stolen the hacker or thief would then have access to an entire copy of your data Advantages e Restore is the fastest Disadvantages e Backing up is the slowest e The storage space requirements are the highest compared to incremental or differential backups Full Backup Type in Backup4all Backup4all supports the full backup type and offers a solution for the storage space requirem
200. hen click OK 4 Add a new restriction enable File attributes and the Hidden checkbox then click OK 5 For the last two restrictions check the Use as exclude filter boxes Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland 148 7 6 Backup4all 5 Type Backu fue g New Backup Backup Properties ax General Destination How do you want to backup Local hard drive External hard drive Backup type CD DVD or Blu ray Select the default backup type Removable Full Differential r Incremental FTP server Mirror TERE eRe Save storage space Sources A No iki Yes limit number of file versions Customize User can select one of these backup types Full Differential Incremental Mirror Compression Advanced Email Save and run Smart Full Differential Incremental Mirror Yes limit number of backups Merge backups Other E Clear archive bit m i aaa The backup type can be changed from the Type page in Backup Properties or from a specific type page by checking the box to select that type as default backup type The smart full differential and incremental backup types use zip compression to reduce the size of the stored backup versions The mirror backup type creates in destination an exact copy of the source file without zipping them Block backup Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland
201. ial exceeds Customize Type Full Incremental Mirror Compression Advanced Email 4 m p Save and run Save Cancel Differential If the Differential type is not your default backup type you can check the Select Differential as the default backup type option Automatically make full backup If the differential exceeds of full backup size In time the size of the differential can outgrow the full version For maximum efficiency the size of the differential should be kept as small as possible This option will trigger the creation of a full backup when a certain percentage of the full backup will be exceeded default is 50 Make full backup when the differential exceeds If this is checked Backup4all will trigger the creation of a full backup when that custom size is reached default is 100 MB Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland 154 Backup4all 5 7 6 4 Note Some of the features mentioned on this page might not be available in your edition The Professional edition includes all the features For a comparison between editions please check feature matrix topic Incremental An incremental backup stores all files that have changed since the last full differential or incremental backup The advantage of an incremental backup is that it takes the least time to complete However during a restore operation each incremental backup is processed which could result in a lengthy
202. ider them as being deleted or excluded The deleted or excluded files will be removed from the backup Others Zip the files Use this option to zip each file individually The folder structure will be preserved only the files will be zipped Copy NTFS security permissions Use this option to copy the files NTFS security permissions Copy NTFS alternate file streams Use this option to copy the NTFS alternate file streams Allow file splitting when spanning The option is effective only when there is not enough space in the destination to copy all files removable media is full USB drive is full etc If checked the application will copy files to the destination until a file will not fit Then it will split that file and continue with the rest of it on the next disk If the option is not set files are not split If you are backing up media files music videos you should uncheck this option so that you will not have any melody movie split By default this option is checked Sort mirror files for optimized spanning This option is useful when spanning the backup over multiple removable drives If this is checked Backup4all will sort the files by size descending before copying them on the removable drive This way it will start with the larger files and put the smaller ones towards the end of the backup optimizing the space used on the removable drive By default this option is not checked Be aware that you can restore only from the
203. iginal location without showing the Restore wizard e Latest version to restores the latest version of the selected file folder to a specified location without showing the Restore wizard e Exclude from Sources excludes from backup sources the selected file folder e Expand Folder expands the selected folder e Expand all expands all folders Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland Main Window 63 e Collapse all collapse all folders File versions e Restore Version e Restore Version restore the selected file version to the original location e Restore To restore the selected file version to a specified location e Open open the selected file version e View with Notepad open the selected file version with Notepad e Compare with Source compare the selected file version with the current source file e Compare Versions compare two file versions Layout e Versions Pane if pressed will display the version pane on the bottom of the Explore view Filter show hide the new files to be backed up show hide the unchanged files B show hide the modified files show hide the excluded files X show hide the deleted files Backup View Backups e Restore e Restore restore the selected version to the original location e Restore To restore the selected version to a specified location e Test test the selected backup version e View Backup Log open the backup log for that backup executio
204. ilable in your edition The Professional edition includes all the features For a comparison between editions please check feature matrix topic Backup on demand The Backup on demand page of the Options window accessible from the File Options menu item contains settings for the one touch button of some USB FireWire devices Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland 216 Backup4all 5 Options General Preferences Backup on demand configuration Startup Application folders Bociup on demand Backup V Enable Plug And Backup support i Logs and history What to execute Backup on demand Backup job lt No backup selected gt e CD DVD or Blu ray Backup group FTP Exit application when finished SFTP What to display on backup Email Show nothing Updates Show tray popup Show main window Some USB enclosures have a button to start the execution of an associated program If you have such a device you can configure Backup4all to execute a backup job or a backup tag when this button is pressed If your One Touch button device is not detected by Backup4all Backup4all is not natively compatible with the device you could use the command line parameters to create a command that can be associated to the One Touch button of your device Backup on demand Enable Plug and Backup support Use this option to enable the Plug and Backup functionality If the opti
205. ination on CD DVD Blu ray disc and execute the backup job However you can use UDF format using SPTD driver installed with Backup4all or other products such as DirectCD or InCD or the Joliet format Backup4all also has the possibility to erase CD RW DVD RW Blu ray media FTP Backup You can backup your files to remote locations using the FTP service with SSL support active passive transfer modes firewall support XCRC tests You just have to select FTP as destination enter the connection details and you are ready to backup to FTP SFTP Backup You can backup your files to remote locations using the SFTP service Select SFTP as destination enter the configurations and you are ready to backup to SFTP Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland Introduction 11 Amazon Backup You can also use Amazon as backup destination Select Amazon as backup destination and type the Access key ID the Secret Access Key and the Bucket in order to configure the Amazon destination Azure Backup You can backup your files to Azure destination Select Azure as backup destination and type the Account name the Key and the Container to configure the Azure destination Backup Destination You can store the backup in a local folder on another computer in the same LAN on media such as CD R CD RW DVD R DVD R DVD RW DVD RW Blu ray Blu ray RW on USB drives or other removable media on FTP SFTP Amazon or Azure Extra Actio
206. ing the Open Backup From command from Files menu This option is recommended to be used if the catalog is located on a network location or on an FTP SFTP Azure Amazon S3 server but can also be used for local hard drives Open backup from a local hard drive Use this page if the catalog is on a local hard drive Browse your computer and indicate the folder containing the catalog s or ini file s Press Show to display the folders and selected file types okc or ini Press Scan to display a list of only bkc ini files from all folders and subfolders in that location Open backup from a network drive Use this page if the catalog is on a network drive Select the network location and enter the username password if necessarily Press Show to display the folders and selected file types okc or ini Press Scan to display a list of only bkc ini files from all folders and subfolders in that location Open backup from an FTP server Use this page if the catalog is on an FTP server Configure the FTP server or choose an existing configuration Press Show to display the folders and selected file types okc or ini Press Scan to display a list of only bkc ini files from all folders and subfolders in that location Here you can see how to configure the FTP server Open backup from an SFTP server Use this page if the catalog is on an SFTP server Configure the SFTP server or choose an existing configuration Press Show to display the folders
207. ioned on this page might not be available in your edition The Professional edition includes all the features For a comparison between editions please check feature matrix topic Connecting Through Proxy If you are connecting to the Internet through a proxy server you will have to enter the connection details in the FTP Configuration window in order to be able to backup to FTP Setting Backup4all to backup to FTP using proxy 1 Go to Backup Properties gt FTP server gt Edit configuration or File gt Options gt FTP gt Edit 2 Select a Proxy Type from the available options e None Sends the User name and optional Password for the FTP server as entered in the FTP window Send command USER Sends the User name and optional Password defined in the proxy settings followed immediately by the User name and optional Password for the FTP server Send command SITE Sends the User name and optional Password defined in the proxy settings the SITE command with the Host value and the User name and optional Password for the FTP site Send command OPEN Sends the User name and optional Password defined in the proxy settings sends the OPEN command with the Host value and the User name and optional Password for the FTP site USER user firewalluser hostname PASS pass firewallpass Sends the command USER user proxyuser host then the command PASS pwd proxypwd or optionally PASS pwd e Transparent Sends the User name and optional Password defi
208. iority 2 To execute a repair for Samples tag bTagTest t Samples RP RPWB Priority 2 Backup4all returns exit codes after each task execution backup independent test repair restore or cleanup As a general case if the action was successful the exit code is 0 otherwise is different Here are the possible exit codes e 0 action was successful action has not started parameter errors syntax errors other errors action finished with errors action was finished with warnings independent test was finished with errors BWN PR Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland Command Line 199 10 4 e 5 independent test was finished with warnings Note Some of the features mentioned on this page might not be available in your edition The Professional edition includes all the features For a comparison between editions please check feature matrix topic Restore Backup4all uses for each action a small application that runs independently from the main application They can be used to create batch files The command line parameters for restore action are described bellow Backup jobs Syntax bRestore RE job_name DEST path NDL DATE RNC RDE Priority 1 2 3 4 Formatting legend Italic Information that must be supplied by the user Bold Elements that the user must type exactly as shown Switches are preceded by slash Elements between square brackets are
209. is needed for destination you can change only the Azure configuration from File gt Options gt Azure and all backup jobs destinations will be updated Custom configuration Use this option to add a new Azure location or to edit an existing one by pressing the Edit Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland 134 Backup4all 5 configuration button Description Here you can see a listing of the Azure settings If you configured a new Azure location or you edit an existing one you should use the Test Azure connection button to see if the Azure settings are correct If the test was successful The Azure connection was tested successfully message will be displayed Once you press the OK button Backup4all will try to connect to the Azure server to see if a backup catalog already exists on the destination If the Azure destination is not available a Cannot connect to the SFTP server message is displayed in the status bar bottom of the main window Note Some of the features mentioned on this page might not be available in your edition The Professional edition includes all the features For a comparison between editions please check feature matrix topic 7 3 8 1 Edit configuration This window is shown when selecting Edit configuration from the Destination gt Azure window Advanced Verify host key v Limit file size to 2027 MB v Larger files will be split Ti
210. isk not equal to the value in the Size field e lt file size on disk less than or equal to the value in the Size field e gt file size on disk greater than or equal to the value in the Size field lt file size on disk less than the value in the Size field gt file size on disk greater than the value in the Size field Settings Show filter in the New Backup Wizard If checked the current filter can be selected from the Filters list in New Backup Wizard Automatically add filter to new backup jobs If checked the current filter will be automatically added to backup jobs you create You can specify the default type as include filter or exclude filter Using this option you can automatically exclude specific file types from your backups Example Suppose you want to backup or restore all pdf files accessed in the last month and all doc files modified in the last week but you don t want to backup or restore system or hidden files Here are the steps to define this filter starting from the default filter 1 Add a new restriction in the include filter enable File name add pdf file pattern and set date accessed to be greater than or equal to fixed date one month ago click OK Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland 214 Backup4all 5 11 7 2 Add a new restriction add doc file pattern and set date and time modified to be greater than or equal to fixed date one week ago click OK 3 Add a new
211. ive a CD DVD or Blu ray Name New Backup 1 Tag New Tag Removable Network FTP server SFTP server Azure Amazon S3 Add new tag Sources Description Filters Customize 2 Right click on the left side list left panel of the main window and choose New Tag The Create a new tag window will appear and you can enter the name of the tag A new empty tag will be created which can be selected later from the Tags list of the New Backup Wizard or from the Backup Properties window BR New backup Ctri N QB Newtag Name for the new tag New Tag ox come Rename a backup tag Select the backup tag from the left side list Open the File menu or right click it on the backup list and choose Rename Tag A window similar with the one for Create a new tag will appear You can enter the new name and press OK The tag will be renamed and it will keep all the backup jobs it had Delete a backup tag Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland 70 Backup4all 5 5 5 D New backup Ctrl N Backup Tag Test Tag gt Clean Restore Tag Repair Tag Create Tag Short RX New Tag Rename Tag Delete Tag Type tl Select the backup tag from the left side list Go to File menu or right click in the backup list and choose Delete Tag A warning message will appear before the deletion If you choose Yes only t
212. kets 32 SSL encryption level 126 Standalone scheduler 167 Start backup 24 Startup options Windows startup 207 Statistics 61 Statistics View 75 Status 70 Summary 61 180 System requirements 9 System tray 93 aa ee Task 167 Temporary folder 55 Test 61 169 Testabackup 26 Test after backup 26 Test backup 26 81 Testlog 26 Timeout 126 Toolbar 61 205 Tray icon 93 Close 207 Minimize 207 Show errors 207 Type differential 152 Type full 152 Type incremental 154 Type mirror 155 Type Smart 150 U UDF 57 118 UNC network drive 115 Universal Data Format 57 usb 117 120 USB backup Detect device 37 Format device 37 One Touch Backup 37 Start device 37 USB drive 37 115 USB enclosure 215 Use built in driver 56 Use One Touch Backup 40 Use packet writing 57 View menu 70 Visualization Maximized 207 Window state 207 Volume Shadow Copy 169 W Warn before erasing 58 Windows 2000 9 Windows 2003 Server 9 Windows 98 SE 9 Windows Me 9 Windows NT SP6 9 Windows scheduler 167 Windows XP 9 Wizard 97 113 Writing to Blu ray 57 Writing to CD 57 Writing to DVD 57 XCRC 126 Zip backup 44 46 150 152 Zip compression 158 Zip drive 115 Zip encryption 158 Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland
213. kup files and the backup catalog During test all files and folders from destination will be tested to make sure they were safely copied The files in destination are not compared with the backup sources but with the information stored in backup catalog The Test window can be opened from the Jobs tab by pressing the Test button or by pressing the F9 keyboard shortcut It lists all the available information about the backup versions of the current backup job Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland 82 Backup4all 5 Test backup job i Backup numbers Select the backup numbers you want to test from the following list Type Backup date Backup No FileNo Folder Comp Si Uncomp size u 7 1 2013 2 37 4 7 1 2013 1 42 5 7 1 2013 1 42 4 7 1 2013 1 41 4 7 1 2013 1 40 5 7 1 2013 1 31 1 Test process priority Normal priority __ Cancel When you open the window all the backup versions that can be tested are selected You can select deselect multiple backup versions you want to be tested using batch selection on that list To define the selection keep the Shift key pressed and use the up and down arrow keys from your keyboard or the mouse If you want to select multiple individual items press and hold the Ctrl key and select using the mouse the items you want tested There are several columns in the Test window that provide information for each backu
214. l FTP server Select the FTP server option from the Destination window to be able to configure the backup to FTP If the current backup destination is not an FTP server you can change it by checking the Change destination to FTP option Destination Use existing configuration Use this option if you want to use an already defined FTP location in File gt Options gt FTP From the drop down list select the FTP location you want to use The advantage is that if you use the same FTP destination for multiple backup jobs and a modification is needed for destination you can change only the FTP configuration from File gt Options gt FTP and all backup jobs destinations will be updated Custom configuration Use this option to add a new FTP location or to edit an existing one by pressing the Edit configuration button Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland 126 Backup4all 5 7 3 6 1 Description Here you can see a listing of the FTP settings If you configured a new FTP location or you edit an existing one you should use the Test FTP connection button to see if the FTP settings are correct If the test was successful The FTP connection was tested successfully message will be displayed Once you press the OK button Backup4all will try to connect to the FTP server to see if a backup catalog already exists on the destination If the FTP destination is not available a Cannot connect to the FTP se
215. latest version of a mirror backup from the Backup4all interface You can restore however manually previous versions as they are accessible from any file manager like Windows Explorer Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland 158 Backup4all 5 Note Some of the features mentioned on this page might not be available in your edition The Professional edition includes all the features For a comparison between editions please check feature matrix topic 7 7 Compression General Destination Local hard drive External hard drive CD DVD or Blu ray Removable Network FTP server SFTP server Azure Amazon S3 Sources Filters Customize Type Smart Full Differential Incremental Mirror Compression Advanced Email Scheduler Save and run Zip compression Level On the Compression page you can configure the compression and encryption settings i Compression and encryption These settings apply only if you are using a backup type with zip compression e g Full backup Zip compression Level Normal compression Medium _ Do not compress files of type C Always use temporary folder to create zip files _ Use alternate zipping mode Encrypt the zip files No encryption Strong encryption AES 128 bit strong O Standard encryption Zip2 compatible Password Set password Obfuscate file names in zip Split does not apply to Mirror backup type Split by size type Automatic P
216. lder C Users Info Desktop Sources aaa already contains file 01 b4t Overwrite Overwrite All Skip Skip All Cancel Rename Selecting Overwrite in 01 44 min Click to stop C Don t show this message type anymore _ Don t popup the notification window for this message type Go to job Change notification settings Apply default for all and dose Choose another location Copies files from the zip backup to a different folder If selected you can choose a different folder to restore files from the backup Do not create drive letter folder If checked Backup4all will restore the files in the designated location using the original directory structure If you select this option and you have files from multiple drives some files might get overwritten For example if you backed up your Users folder from your C drive when you restore it to a different location having the Do not create drive letter folder unchecked Backup4all will first create a folder named C and in it place the Users folder If you would have checked the Do not create drive letter folder option the folder named C wouldn t have been created How do you want to restore Restore the latest version of all files Backup4all will restore the latest version for all the files in the backup Restore all files as of Choose the date to which you want to restore the files The restored files will be exactly as they were on the selected date Note If you used the Limit
217. lders and files in the tree to open the same context menu that is available from Windows Explorer if the option Show context menu from File gt Options gt Preferences is checked If that option is unchecked the right click operation will display only the Restore Latest Version and Restore Latest Version to You can select multiple files Be careful about handling files in the Explore view with the Show context menu option checked all actions are performed on the hard disk and any deletion will actually remove the file from your hard disk Beside the Windows Explorer context menu items there are also two custom menu items which enable the restore of the last version of a file Restore Last Version and Restore Last Version To If you want to exclude a file folder from the backup sources you can right click that file folder and choose Exclude from backup sources option This action will uncheck the file folder in Backup Properties gt Sources Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland 72 Backup4all 5 The file tree shows the last modified date size and attributes for each file in additional columns This information is the same as shown in Windows Explorer You can sort the files by name date size or attributes by simply clicking on the appropriate column header The files are sorted within their folders Size Modified and Attributes columns can be hidden if you right click on the column header and uncheck
218. le clicking on a bkc file You can also recreate the backup job by opening a bkc or ini file from the File gt Open Backup menu Once the backup job is created it will be displayed on the center column of the application s main Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland 24 Backup4all 5 2 2 2 3 window On the right you will see the content of the backup job files and folders depending on the chosen view explore backup or statistics and on the left side you will see the tags list Note Some of the features mentioned on this page might not be available in your edition The Professional edition includes all the features For a comparison between editions please check feature matrix topic How to Run a Backup Job 4 lt Backup To start a backup click the Backup button i from the application s toolbar or press F6 You can also right click the backup job and select the Backup action to start If an error occurred during backup and the backup was aborted the Error icon appears in front of the backup job Read the log files from Jobs tab History section View Log for details about the errors The icon will disappear when the backup is executed again and the execution is successful If one or more files could not be backed up not enough user rights etc then the Warning icon appears in front of the default backup job icon after the backup finished Read the log files from
219. le size on disk less than or equal to the value in the Size field e gt file size on disk greater than or equal to the value in the Size field e lt file size on disk less than the value in the Size field e gt file size on disk greater than the value in the Size field Note Filters on files and filters on folders must be created individually If you use a file and a folder filter condition in the same filter files will be filtered only if both filter conditions were met Examples e If you use a single filter for jpg files and Temp folder only the jpg files from Temp folder will be filtered If you use separate filters for files and folders all jpg files and whole Temp folder will be filtered e Suppose you want to backup or restore all pdf files accessed in the last month and all doc files modified in the last week but you don t want to backup or restore system or hidden files Here are the steps to define this filter starting from the default filter 1 Add a new restriction in the include filter enable File name add pdf file pattern and set date accessed to be greater than or equal to fixed date one month ago click OK 2 Add a new restriction add doc file pattern and set date and time modified to be greater than or equal to fixed date one week ago click OK 3 Add a new restriction enable File attributes and the System checkbox then click OK 4 Add a new restriction enable File attributes and the Hidden checkbox then c
220. lick OK 5 For the last two restrictions check the Use as exclude filter boxes Note Some of the features mentioned on this page might not be available in your edition The Professional edition includes all the features For a comparison between editions please check feature matrix topic Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland Command Line 194 Backup4all 5 10 10 1 Command Line Backup Backup4all uses for each action a small application that runs independently from the main application They can be used to create batch files The command line parameters for backup action are described bellow Backup jobs Syntax bBackup f d i r job_name e c Priority 1 2 3 4 Formatting legend Italic Information that must be supplied by the user Bold Elements that the user must type exactly as shown Switches are preceded by slash Elements between square brackets are optional Vertical line separates possible choices Items between braces are a set of choices from which the user must choose only one Command line backup can have as parameters an ini file with its full path a bkc file with its full path or the name of the backup job The ini or bkc file must exist in the specified path the backup job must be defined in Backup4all or otherwise the backup will not run Switches that apply to this parameter case insensitive preceded by or
221. me 0 00 05 Type to search lt Q Pause Q Cancel O Stop Shutdown computer when finished Type to search backup jobs Action Indicate the action in progress Backup Restore Test Clean Operation Indicate the operation in progress Creating file list Updating catalog Testing backup etc Current file Displays the current file processed On the Progress view page you can also see the file progress file count total progress elapsed time and estimate time The Pause Cancel and Stop buttons at the bottom of Progress view can be used for a better control Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland 80 Backup4all 5 5 9 of the backup jobs Shutdown computer when finished If checked at the end of the backup test repair restore execution the computer will shutdown It is useful for longer backups when the user does not want to wait til the end of the process Note Some of the features mentioned on this page might not be available in your edition The Professional edition includes all the features For a comparison between editions please check feature matrix topic Open backup There are two ways to open a backup job in Backup4all e You can open the backup catalog bkc or ini file using the Open Backup command from Files menu You just need to browse your computer and indicate the catalog or ini file location You can open the backup catalog bkc or ini file us
222. mentioned on this page might not be available in your edition The Professional edition includes all the features For a comparison between editions please check feature matrix topic Sources The Sources page defines what files and folders will be used by Backup4all for the backup New Backup Backup Properties a pS es General a Restiention a What do you want to backup amp Local hard drive External hard drive CD DVD or Blu ray Removable File Folder Size Modified 4 EO D teste Network EJ C Users test Desktop SkypeSetup exe 21 63 MB 2 21 2008 11 36 53 FTP server SFTP server Sources l Filters Customize Type Full Differential Incremental Mirror Compression Advanced Aded Sabdine Aded Eila Email in gt Save and run Save Cancel You can e add a whole folder by pressing the Add folder button e add one or several files by pressing the Add files button e remove any file or folder by selecting it and pressing the Remove button e exclude subdirectories and files from backup by un checking the thickbox e select all files and folders by pressing the Check all button e unselect all files and folders by pressing the Uncheck all button At least one source must be added to the backup job If the source drive is missing when the network is disconnected for instance or CD DVD Blu ray is missing a warning message is shown containing the list of missing d
223. meout seconds 15 Authentication Authentications v publickey vi password Vi keyboard interactive Encryption Ciphers vV aes128 ctr A vV aes192 ctr vV aes256 ctr vi arcfour256 S s arrfnmnr170 MACs vi hmac shal A vV hmac md5 v umac 64 openssh com Vi hmac ripemd160 a Compression Compressions vV none zlib Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland Backup Properties 135 General Existing configuration If you want to add a new Azure location the lt New gt option should be selected To edit an existing Azure location select it from the drop down list All fields will be filled with the values of the selected Azure configuration Settings e Account name In this field you have to enter the name of your Azure account e Key In this field you have to enter the key for your Azure account Key is shared Access Signature check this option if the key is shared access signature A shared access signature provides delegated access to resources in your storage account This means that you can grant a client limited permissions to your blobs queues or tables for a specified period of time and with a specified set of permissions without having to share your account access keys e Container In this field you have to enter the container you want to use as destination e Folder In this field you have to enter the folder where you want to store the backups If the folder does not exist it will be cr
224. n Files amp Folders e Restore e Restore restore the selected file to the original location e Restore To restore the selected file to a specified location e Open open the selected file e View with Notepad open the selected file with Notepad e Full Expand expands all folders from the selected backup e Expand all expands all folders e Collapse all collapse all folders Layout e Versions Pane if pressed will display the version pane on the bottom of the Explore view Filter show hide the new files to be backed up show hide the modified files show hide the excluded files Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland 64 Backup4all 5 v Filter files open the Filters window History e View Log e Last Backup Log shows the latest backup log for the selected backup job If there is no log file the menu is disabled Last Restore Log shows the latest restore log for the selected backup job If there is no log file the menu is disabled Last Test Log shows the latest test log for the selected backup job If there is no log file the menu is disabled Last Cleanup Log shows the latest cleanup log for the selected backup job If there is no log file the menu is disabled Last Statistics Log shows the latest statistics log for the selected backup job If there is no log file the menu is disabled e History opens the history page for that job e Open Log Folder opens the
225. n Note that these attributes are available only on Windows XP and above Available file properties are Size file size it is mandatory Date modified the latest date and time when the file was modified a warning message is displayed if you uncheck it Date created the date and time when the file was created CRC32 the most comprehensive criteria because it calculates a checksum based on file contents and compares it with the checksum from the backup this slows the process Available file attributes are Read Only file can be read but not modified or deleted Archived unavailable when the Clear archive bit option is checked from the Backup Properties gt Type window file attribute used for backup When a file is created the archive bit is turned on When a backup program copies the file it turns off the archive attribute Hidden files marked Hidden do not normally display unless the file manager option to display them is selected System files marked System do not normally display unless the file manager option to display them is selected Compressed only NTFS file that is made generally much smaller than the original size of file Decompression occurs automatically when the file is read The file is compressed again when it is closed or saved Temporary only NTFS the file is being used for temporary storage Encrypted only NTFS file is encrypted on a NTFS volume to protect it from unauthorized access N
226. n backup option and selecting an existing bkc or ini file The same action takes place if you double click on the bkc file If the backup destination is on a remote location you can use File gt Open from window to easily locate and retrieve the backup catalog ini file A new backup job configuration will be added to the backup list and the configuration of the new backup job is copied from the bkc file Note Some of the features mentioned on this page might not be available in your edition The Professional edition includes all the features For a comparison between editions please check feature matrix topic Local hard drive You can use a valid local hard disk destination for your backup The Local hard drive option is selected by default when you define a new backup New Backup Backup Properties T eee i Sn General a Destination Ky Save backup to a local hard drive External hard drive Local hard drive CD DVD or Blu ray Removable Destination Network Local hard drive amp Local Disk C b FTP server Folder Users test Documents My Backup4all Browse SFTP server Sources Filters Customize Type Full Differential amp Incremental Mirror Compression Advanced Email 4 m Save and run Save Cancel Local hard drive Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland Backup Properties 117 7 3 2 If the current backup destina
227. n for them You can use the Browse button to select an existing folder By default this option is set to the My Documents MyBackup4all 5 folder of your Window login account profile Override temporary folder This folder is used by the compression engine to handle compressed files zip Only a full path is allowed The recommendation is to set the temporary directory on the hard disk partition with the most free space available You can use the Browse button to select an existing folder By default the option is set to the operating system s temporary folder Note Some of the features mentioned on this page might not be available in your edition The Professional edition includes all the features For a comparison between editions please check feature matrix topic Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland 210 Backup4all 5 11 5 Backup The Backup page of the Options window accessible from the File Options menu item contains settings related to the backup operations Options Arn General Preferences Change the backup options Startup Confirmations Application folders Backup Warn before completely erasing a disk J Show warnings at the end of the backup Logs and history Show success messages Backup on demand Ask for a new disk before backup CD DVD or Blu ray V Show disk label message after writing a disk J Show file wamings FTP Warn before canceling the ba
228. n is unchecked Backup4all will ask for the last CD DVD or Blu ray disc used for the backup When it finds the backup catalog Backup4all will make a new version for the files in the backup job e If the catalog file is not found on the destination either Backup4all will start with a new full backup Backup4all will automatically span the backup over multiple media if the size of the backup job does not fit on a single CD DVD Blu ray disc For each disc Backup4all will assign a different label for future identification We recommend marking the CD DVD or Blu ray disc with this label When spanning multiple CD DVD or Blu ray discs Backup4all will create independent zip files meaning that if you have a backup that spans over 3 CDs and if one of the CDs becomes unreadable you will still be able to access and recover the data on the other 2 CDs It is recommended to always leave the Test after backup option Backup Properties gt Advanced checked especially if your backup is written on CD DVD or Blu ray disc In case of disk spanning Backup4all will test your backed up data after each individual written disc This way if one of the discs has errors you know before the backup job is finished and you can interrupt the backup process in time Note that when backing up to CD DVD or Blu ray disc Backup4all requires additional free space on the drive where the Temporary Folder is located at least 700Mb when backing up to CDs 4 7Gb when backing up
229. nal edition includes all the features For a comparison between editions please check feature matrix topic Preview the files to be restored This page is the final step of the Restore Wizard It appears only if the Preview files at the end of wizard option is checked The purpose of this step is to show a preview of the files that will be restored If any other customization is required user must go back and reselect the files to be restored Preview the files to be restored File Folder Size Modified Backup No camge B O Users Info Desktop O Sources aaa bbb 2 11 2 2012 11 B 11 2 2012 11 cee e 1 20 2010 2 11 2 2012 11 G ddd a 11 2 2012 11 11 2 2012 11 Normal priority lt Previous Next gt Cancel For the Choose filter files and restore any version restore type files and folders shown in the tree are calculated based on selected backup versions Files that have not been backed up in the selected backup versions or were filtered will not be shown in the tree Selecting all backup versions in the Choose filter files and restore any version restore type is the same as using the Choose filter files and restore the latest version type Note Some of the features mentioned on this page might not be available in your edition The Professional edition includes all the features For a comparison between editions please check Backup4all 5 U
230. ncludes all the features For a comparison between editions please check feature matrix topic Mirror A mirror backup is identical to_a full backup with the exception that the files and folders are not compressed in zip files and they cannot be protected with a password A mirror backup is most frequently used to create an exact copy of the backup source data The sources folder tree will be recreated in the destination This backup type is the fastest provided that Fast mirror option is checked New Backup Backup Properties p E General Destination e Make mirror backup Local hard drive External hard drive CD DVD or Blu ray mup ipe Removable Create subfolder s in destination Network Inserttags Preview FTP server Versions preview SFTP server Options a V Fast mirror copy only new or modified files Filters V Create full paths including drive letter Customize 7 Copy files in a subfolder F Remove excluded or deleted files from backup Type ft available Full Other Differential Incremental Zip the files V Copy NTFS security permissions es Mirror V Copy NTFS alternate file streams Compression Allow file splitting when spanning Advanced V Sort mirror files for optimized spanning Email P m Save and run Save J Cancel Mirror If the Mirror type is not your default backup type you can check the Select Mirror as the default backup type option
231. ned in the proxy settings Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland 32 Backup4all 5 2 7 3 followed immediately by the FTP server User name and optional Password 3 Enter the name or IP address for the proxy server firewall in the Host name or IP field 4 Enter the port number in the Host Port field 5 Enter the user name and password needed for this proxy connection in the User name and Password fields 6 Press OK and then test the connection Note Some of the features mentioned on this page might not be available in your edition The Professional edition includes all the features For a comparison between editions please check feature matrix topic Using SSL Encryption When you connect through FTP to a remote computer you send the username and password in clear unencrypted text Also when you backup your files to a remote computer the information is not sent directly to that computer Instead it is routed through several other computers to get there Anyone along the route can access what you are sending including your username and password if the data is not encrypted If an unauthorized person has access to this data your account and the remote system you have access to may no longer be secure Backup4all solves this by allowing SSL encryption support when using FTP and also AES encryption for the backed up zip files SSL Secure Sockets Layer is a protocol used for transmitting private
232. ner Here you have to enter the container s name e Folder If you want to use a specific folder type here its name In the When Azure server is not ready section you can enter the number of attempts and time between those attempts to connect to the SFTP server By default if the SFTP server is not reachable Backup4all will try 3 times at a 5 seconds delay before aborting the backup You can increase or decrease these values using the Retry and wait fields Once you have finished defining the connection press the Test button to check if the Azure details you have entered are correct If the test was successful The Azure connection was tested successfully message will be displayed Setting the destination to Azure When defining a new backup job using the New Backup Wizard select the Azure option in the d estination section 1st page of the wizard If you already have a backup job defined and want to change the destination to Azure select that backup job open the Properties window Ctrl P go to the Destination page and select Azure After that go to Azure page and specify an existing Azure configuration or create a new one From the Use existing configuration select an already defined Azure configuration given that you added one in the File gt Options gt Azure window The description of the selected Azure configuration will be listed bellow You can change the defined settings by selecting the Custom configuration option and pres
233. nfigured from this page Once you have finished defining the connection press the Test button to check if the SFTP details you have entered are correct If the test was successful The SFTP connection was tested successfully message will be displayed Setting the destination to SFTP When defining a new backup job using the New Backup Wizard select the SFTP option in the d estination section 1st page of the wizard If you already have a backup job defined and want to change the destination to SFTP select that backup job open the Properties window Ctrl P go to the Destination page and select SFTP server After that go to SFTP server page and specify an existing SFTP configuration or create a new one From the Use existing configuration select an already defined SFTP configuration given that you added one in the File gt Options gt SFTP window The description of the selected SFTP configuration will be listed bellow Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland 34 Backup4all 5 2 9 You can change the defined settings by selecting the Custom configuration option and pressing the Edit configuration button Here you can modify the data in the fields and press OK to save However if you do changes it is recommended to use the Test SFTP connection button to see if the SFTP settings are correct Once you press the OK button Backup4all will try to connect to the SFTP server to see if a backup catalog alre
234. nings Action paused Action resumed Action stopped Action canceled File or folder errors Ask for backup label Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland Options 241 11 17 e Split mirror file confirmation e SFTP host key confirmation e Overwrite confirmation at restore e File not found at restore e File not found in zip at restore e FTP destination warnings e SFTP destination warnings e Backup folder creation errors e Disk prompts and warnings e CD DVD or Bluray destination warnings e Delete confirmation for smart backup e Azure destination warnings e Amazon S3 destination warnings e Force independent split warning e Backup source not available warning Select a message type to modify it Here are the options available for each message type e Show notification check this option if you want to see a notification message for the selected action e Popup noficiation check this option if you want the message to be shown in a popup window Otherwise it will be shown in the Backup4all status bar e Expires in set the expiration time for the selected message type By default is 2 minutes Notifications window The notifications window shows different messages for user There could be informal messages or actions required At the bottom there are 3 buttons to show the notifications window from File gt Options gt Notifications to expand all notifications and the last button to collaps
235. nly starts the repair of the backup catalog for all jobs containing that tag e Test e Test latest version starts the test for the latest backup version of all jobs containing that tag e Test all versions starts the test for all backup versions of all jobs containing that tag e Clean opens the Clean tag window Layout This page contains the buttons for the Backup4all interface General e Navigation Pane indicate how the left side navigation pane is displayed e Expanded shows the navigator pane expanded e Collapsed shows the navigator pane collapsed e Off hides the navigator pane e Restore Default Layout restores the default layout of Backup4all Jobs e Position indicate how the job view pane is displayed e Right shows the job view pane on the right e Bottom shows the job view pane on the bottom e Off hides the job view pane e Mode indicate how backup jobs are displayed e Card shows the backup jobs as cards e List shows the backup jobs in a list Note Some of the features mentioned on this page might not be available in your edition The Professional edition includes all the features For a comparison between editions please check feature matrix topic 5 2 Getting Started This window is displayed when you first run Backup4all You can also access this window if you select Getting Started from the File gt Tools menu There are two large buttons for backup and restore and a list of articles about Back
236. not write protected before finishing the backup configuration You can enter an User name and Password to access the network destination if it requires authentication If you are logged in as an user that has rights to write to the specified network destination you can check the Try Windows user and password first option What this option does is that it checks on the network destination if the logged in user has rights to access it You can set Backup4all to disconnect and reconnect the network drive if already connected by checking the Reconnect if already connected option By default this option is not checked After entering the path and eventually the username password use the Test network connection button to see if the destination is reachable and that you have sufficient rights to access it The network connection was tested successfully pop up message means that the network destination was accessible In case of insufficient rights the following error message will appear Network connection error Access is denied In this case you have to either make sure that the entered username password values are correct or contact the network administrator to obtain the necessary rights If the destination is missing when the network is disconnected an error message is shown Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland 124 Backup4all 5 2 Folder error New Backup Retry in 01 44 min i Cannot create folder dest N
237. ns Limit number of backups and Merge backups options cannot be used when the backup destination is on a removable media CD DVD or Blu ray disc etc By default the Limit number of file versions and the Limit number of backups options are not enabled This means that the system will keep all the stored backup versions If you choose to enable the Merge backups option when the limit is reached the system will perform an internal merge between the older versions keeping the number of stored backups equal to the specified limit the merge between zip files is necessary to keep at the latest file version from each zip file to be merged However when changing between Mirror and Full Incremental or Differential the older versions are deleted The Limit number of file versions option will delete from the backups only the files that have more versions than the maximum allowed limit to keep the number of versions under the specified limit The Limit number of backups option will delete the backups to maintain the maximum limit Customize prefix of backup files Typically the name of the zip file is something like 1_C zip 1_D zip etc one zip for each drive The names of these zip files do not make much sense for the user but they can be customized by pressing the Insert tag button Following tags are predefined e Backup Name lt BACKUP NAME gt Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland 150 Backup4all 5
238. ns Perform extra actions before and or after backup execution Statistics You can actually see the number of files that will be processed at next backup very useful when you have a large number of files Other information refers to the size and date of the executed backups and the available free space on storage destination Play custom sounds Backup4all can play custom success warning error sounds at the end of the backup File warnings File warnings are displayed to the user during backup execution if the user chooses so These warnings are also written to the log file Scheduled backups do not show these warnings even when this option is set New Backup Wizard This backup software provides step by step instructions to create a new backup job by selecting Where What How and When to backup Easy File and Folder Selection You can browse a folder tree to select several files and folders as source of the backup or you can include or exclude them individually Multiple files folders can be added as Sources at once drag and drop supported Backup Types Different backup types to choose from smart backup full backup differential backup incremental backup and mirror backup Smart backup This backup type was designed to automatically decide the backup type to use and the number of versions to store giving a backup destination without asking you every time what to do Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland
239. ns window accessible from the File Options menu item contains SFTP settings General Preferences Startup Application folders Backup Filters Logs and history Backup on demand CD DVD or Blu ray FTP Azure Amazon S3 Email Updates Notifications Passwords Wsere 18 Manage SFTP servers When SFTP server not ready Retry times Wait seconds Configurations Name a novaPDF SFTP Ad Edt Delete Host keys Host keys folder Clear cache ok Cance Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland 226 Backup4all 5 Options ae General E Manage SFTP servers Preferences 4 ia 9 Startup When SFTP ot Application folders server not ready Backup Retry times 3 Logs and history Wait seconds 5 Backup on demand p Configurations CD DVD or Blu ray Name FTP Email Updates Add aaa Host keys Host keys folder Clear cache OK Cancel When SFTP server not ready The first number Retry option indicates how many times the application tries to access the destination server if it is not available By default this option is set to 3 attempts The second number wait option indicates how many seconds to wait between two consecutive attempts to access the destination location By default this option is set to 5 seconds This option is useful when the destination FTP server has restrictions i e only 2 users logged in the same time
240. o For the priority level you can select a value between 1 4 as 1 is the lowest priority and 4 is the highest priority Tags Syntax bTagTest G tag_name Priority 1 2 3 4 You can also have as parameter an existing tag This tag must be defined in Backup4all otherwise the backup will not run Switch to apply to this parameter case insensitive preceded by or e G execute the jobs containing that tag with their defined types the switch is mandatory if you want to execute a backup tag For the priority level you can select a value between 1 4 as 1 is the lowest priority and 4 is the highest priority Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland Command Line 197 10 3 Examples To execute a test for all backup numbers of the My Pictures backup job bTest t My Pictures tn Priority 2 To execute a test for first two and last backup number of the My Pictures backup job bTest t My Pictures tn 1 2 Priority 2 Backup4all returns exit codes after each task execution backup independent test repair restore or cleanup As a general case if the action was successful the exit code is 0 otherwise is different Here are the possible exit codes e 0 action was successful action has not started parameter errors syntax errors other errors action finished with errors action was finished with warnings independent test was finished with errors independent test
241. om the options displayed in the One Touch Backup dialog e Create a new backup job for One Touch Backup If you select this the New Backup Wizard will start and you can create a new backup job to be used with the One Touch Backup feature e Select an existing backup job or backup tag for One Touch Backup If you select this the Backup on demand page of the Options window will open and you can select the backup job or tag you want to use This option is disabled when there is no backup job to select e Disable this feature you can activate it back at any time from Options This will disable the One Touch Backup feature You can activate it again from the Backup on demand page of the Options window If you press Cancel Backup4all will open but when you will press the One Touch button of the USB Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland 40 Backup4all 5 2 14 2 15 device the same dialog will be displayed This dialog will appear again if the backup job executed when the One Touch button is pressed was deleted Note Some of the features mentioned on this page might not be available in your edition The Professional edition includes all the features For a comparison between editions please check feature matrix topic How to Use One Touch Backup You enable the One Touch Backup support from Options gt Backup on demand page At first run there is no backup job configured to execute when the One Touch butt
242. on given that you added one in the File gt Options Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland 104 Backup4all 5 6 2 5 gt SFTP window All the fields will be filled with the information from the configuration file If no configuration was previously defined you will have to enter the other details Host Port In this field you have to enter the name or IP address for the SFTP server and a port if different than the default SFTP port 22 The format is host port e g ftp Backup4all com 1002 will backup to ftp Backup4all com connecting through port 1002 Folder Enter a folder name where the backup files will be stored on the remote computer via SFTP If the folder does not exist a new one is created with that name If that field is left blank Backup4all will automatically create a folder using the name of the backup job and place the backup files in there User In this field you can enter the user name for the SFTP server Password Type the password used for SFTP server access There are SFTP servers that allow anonymous access public SFTP servers You can connect to these types of SFTP servers using as user name Anonymous and your email address as password It is not recommended to backup important files to public SFTP servers By pressing the Test button you can check to see if the settings you have entered are correct If the test was successful The SFTP connection was tested successfully m
243. on is pressed so you will have to configure it as explained in the How to Configure One Touch Backup tutorial Once everything is configured you will just have to push the One Touch button and the selected backup job or backup tag will be executed If Backup4all is not started it will start automatically If it is already started but minimized it will show a pop up window or the main window while backing up depending on the settings from the Options window When the backup finishes Backup4all is minimized if the Hide when finished option is checked If the main window of the application was already open when the One Touch button was pressed the Hide when finished option will be ignored Note Some of the features mentioned on this page might not be available in your edition The Professional edition includes all the features For a comparison between editions please check feature matrix topic How to Enable Detailed Logging Backup4all allows you to log detailed information about the operations executed backup restore or test Practically this means that beside the warnings and errors the log file will contain detailed information about all files handled by the backup restore or test process To enable detailed logging 1 Go to File menu and open the Options window 2 Switch to the Logs and history page 3 Check the Log detailed information option 4 Check the Include summary in log option this will include in the log file
244. on is set you can choose which Backup job or Backup tag will be executed when the portable drive is plugged in Sometimes when the backup job or the backup tag is deleted or renamed the target backup cannot be executed In this case a dialog will be shown asking you to either create a new backup select another backup or disable the Plug and Backup functionality What to execute Backup job Use this option to select a backup job Backup tag Use this option to select a backup tag Exit application when finished use this option to close the application when the above selected Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland Options 217 11 9 action is finished Note Some of the features mentioned on this page might not be available in your edition The Professional edition includes all the features For a comparison between editions please check feature matrix topic CD DVD or Blu ray The CD DVD or Blu ray page of the Options window accessible from the File Options menu item contains the settings of the CD DVD or Blu ray burners General Preferences bs Control the CD DVD Blu ray burner Startup Application folders Use SCSI Pass Through Direct layer SPTD Backup Use native Win32 interface SPTI Filters Logs and history Other Backup on demand _ Load CD DVD or Blu ray before backup Eject CD DVD or Blu ray after backup Azure Amazon S3 Email Updat
245. onds that is allowed for no data transfer before the transfer operation is interrupted and must be resumed Default is 15 seconds Authentication You can select which authentication methods will be used when backing up Available options publickey password and keyboard interactive The priority of these options can also be changed Encryption e Ciphers clear or select the check boxes to specify which ciphers you want to allow for encrypting SFTP sessions A Cipher is the algorithm s used for symmetric session encryption To give a cipher a lower priority rating select it with the mouse and then click the Down button e MACs clear or select the check boxes to specify which MACs you want to allow for encrypting SFTP sessions A MAC Message Authentication Code is the algorithm s used for data integrity verification To give a MAC a lower priority rating select it with the mouse and then click the Down button Compression SFTP supports the use of data compression to reduce the amount of data that is transmitted Both the client and server agree on a compression algorithm They then compress data before sending and decompress data when it is received Typically zlib compression is the compression algorithm most commonly supported in SFTP servers No compression is set as the default and zlib is specified as an option If the server forces use of zlib compression it will happen automatically Note Some of the features mentioned on
246. optional Vertical line separates possible choices Items between braces are a set of choices from which the user must choose only one e RE execute the restore for the named backup job e DEST execute the restore into the specified destination You also need to enter the path for restore e NDL execute the restore without creating the drive letter folder e DATE execute the restore of all files as of a specified date e RNC execute the restore of the specified backup numbers e RDE execute the restore including excluded and deleted files Tags Syntax bTagRestore G tag_name Priority 1 2 3 4 e G execute the jobs containing that tag with their defined types the switch is mandatory if you want to execute a backup tag e t tests the named backup jobs to find the problems in backup e RP repairs the backup catalogs e RPWB repairs the backups in destination For the priority level you can select a value between 1 4 as 1 is the lowest priority and 4 is the highest priority Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland 200 Backup4all 5 10 5 Examples To execute a restore for My Pictures backup job bRestore RE My Pictures Priority 2 To execute a restore for My Pictures backup job to another destination as of a specified date bRestore RE My Pictures DEST C Restore DATE 12 30 2011 Priority 2 To execute a restore for Samples tag bTagRestore G Samples
247. ot apply to Mirror backup type Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland Backup Properties 161 Split by size type e Automatic This is the default split option meaning that the size of the zip is limited to the maximum file size allowed by the file system e Predefined The predefined values are provided for floppy disks zip disks and different CD media types 4 70 GB DVD v 4 70 GB DVD 8 5 GB DVD DL 25 GB Blu ray 1 46 GB miniDVD 750 MB CD 700 MB CD 650 MB CD 250 MB Zip 100 MB Zip e Custom size Sometimes these predefined values are not enough Therefore you can select Custom size in the combo and specify the maximum archive size you want The minimum span size is 512 kilobytes The value in the Size field means that each span should not exceed this value However because of the zip algorithm limitation the system might create spans with size up to 32 64 kilobytes smaller than this value Split by file number type e None The split by file number option is disabled e Custom files and folders number Specify the maximum number of files and folders to be included in a zip file This option is useful if the application is using a lot of computer memory Create independent splits Using this option each backup split can be independently restored If you have a large backup that spans over several removable media CD DVD Blu ray floppy each spanned backup can be indep
248. ot indexed only NTFS file not indexed by the content indexing service Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland Backup Properties 175 e Offline only NTFS content of the file is not immediately available This attribute indicates that the file data has been physically moved to an offline storage e Reparse point only NTFS reparse points are used as building blocks by Microsoft and third parties to enhance NTFS file system behavior e Sparse file only NTFS in a sparse file large ranges of zeroes may not require disk allocation Space for nonzero data will be allocated as needed as the file is written If you select more than one attribute Backup4all will consider the file for backup if any of the attributes selected is changed Legacy use archive bit If this is selected Backup4all will determine which files will be backed up by verifying if the archive bit attribute is set If the archive bit attribute for a file is not set that file will be ignored even if its size was modified for instance Our recommendation is to use the Criteria option since it s more accurate than using the archive bit alone Play sounds after backup Use this section to set sound notifications to be played when the backup is finished There are three types of sound notifications depending on the backup status success warning and error Play sounds If checked then success warning and error sounds will be played at
249. ou can sort and search the file tree in Explore view You can start this backup application at windows startup or minimize it to the system tray Backup locked or open files XP 2003 Vista Windows 7 Windows 2008 Windows 8 Backup4all uses the Volume Shadow Copy service that allows you to back up local open files from NTFS partitions in Windows XP 2003 Vista 2008 Server Windows 8 Now you can backup your emails and settings without closing Microsoft Outlook Outlook Express or other email clients File and Folder Filters Powerful file and folder filtering engine with lots of options to filter by attribute size date name and type You can create filters using a combination of restrictions and you can define separate filters for inclusion and exclusion Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland 10 Backup4all 5 Predefined Filters Filters can now be added through the Options window and once you set some predefined filters you can use them in any backup job If you change the predefined filter at a later time it will be automatically modified on each backup job that uses it too Manage multiple backup jobs This backup software allows defining multiple backup jobs and saving them for future use On the main form you have an overview of all defined backups organized in tags Backup4all comes with several predefined backup jobs My Documents My Pictures Outlook Express and allows importing backup plugins
250. ou want to use for your zip files in this field Your password is less than 8 characters long This is not secure enough Do you want to continue Do not show this message again e Confirm new password Re enter the password in this field to avoid typing errors e Old password This field is enabled only when the backup job already has a password You can change the password only if you enter the old one in this field This way only the owner of the backup will be allowed to change the password The system makes it possible to set different passwords for the same backup job so the backup may contain zip files with different passwords Obfuscate file names in zip Using this option all file names will be obfuscated and they will have in zip new names as numbers This way you will get in destination a zip file with the source real names changed in order to get a higher protection Normally in zip file only the file content is protected but anyone can see the name of the files When the obfuscate option is used even if the real names of the files in zip are replaced with numbers you can still restore the files with the original names if the correct zip password is used Tips e when choosing a password it is recommended that you use a combination of letters and numbers and at least 8 characters make sure that you remember all passwords that have been used for a backup job or you will not be able to restore your files Split does n
251. ow hide files depending on their status tif pressed files that were added to the backup as new are shown in the tree All files with this status will have picture in front of them 8 if pressed files that were added to the backup as modified are shown in the tree All files with this status will have D picture in front of them If pressed files that had been in backup and were excluded by new changes in file filter are shown in the tree All files with this status will have picture in front of them Ti if pressed all directories in the tree will be expanded For a large number of files and directories this operation can take a longer time Press the ESC key to stop the process Z If pressed all directories in the tree will be collapsed X if pressed the Filter window will be shown Use this option to filter the files displayed in the tree Note Some of the features mentioned on this page might not be available in your edition The Professional edition includes all the features For a comparison between editions please check feature matrix topic Statistics View You can activate Statistics view by e pressing the Statistics button from the Jobs tab e pressing the F3 keyboard shortcut Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland 76 Backup4all 5 Last backup 7 1 2013 1 44 05 PM paar Last backup duration 00 00 15 backup Last backup size comp uncomp 35 58 MB 35 58 MB 100 le Last
252. owever the increased speed has its drawbacks it needs larger storage space and it cannot be password protected While the other backup types collect all the files and folders being backed up each time into a single compressed container file a mirror backup keeps all the individual files separately in the destination That is the destination becomes a mirror exact copy of the source You can even directly access files in the destination without needing to use Backup4all s restore feature because each file is just Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland 50 Backup4all 5 3 7 an exact copy of the original One handy feature of mirror backup is Backup4all s Fast mirror option When this option is selected any mirror operation after the first will only copy new and modified files making the operation very fast Another important feature is that users can choose to zip each file individually using the Zip the files option In this case the compression and encryption options can be used A mirror backup cannot keep track of different versions of files However Backup4all provides an option to customize destination folder names using user defined parameters giving you the ability to save each mirror backup in a different folder location Restore using Backup4all is possible only from the latest mirror backup but all previous mirror backups remain available in the destination and can be accessed manually
253. p f E Backup Destination IE Favorites bkc Priority 2 To force an incremental backup on the My Documents backup job use bBackup i My Documents Priority 2 To execute all backup jobs from the Samples tag use bBackup g Samples Priority 2 Backup4all returns exit codes after each task execution backup independent test or cleanup As a general case if the backup was successful the exit code is 0 otherwise is different Here are the possible exit codes e 0 action was successful e 1 action has not started parameter errors syntax errors other errors e 2 action finished with errors e 3 action was finished with warnings e 4 independent test was finished with errors e 5 independent test was finished with warnings Backup job definitions ini files are saved separately for each Windows user These files can be found in the AppData Softland Backup4all 5 IniFiles folder of your user profile if it s not changed in the File gt Options gt File locations window Backup catalogs bkc files are saved locally and in the backup destination together with the backup files When a backup job is executed for the first time a bkc file is created There is only one bkc file for each backup job The command line application uses the same engine same configuration files and the same log files as the main application It always performs an unattended backup You can use Backup4all s interface to define backup jobs and backup t
254. p version Type Type of the backup Each of the backup types is represented by a descriptive icon Full Ss Differential Incremental Mirror Backup date Date and time when the version was added to the backup Backup No Number of the backup File No Number of files included in that backup Folder No Number of folders included in that backup Comp Size The compressed size of the backup Uncomp Size The uncompressed size of the backup Label Label of the backup increment The backup versions in the list can be sorted by clicking on the column headers The right click menu on the column header provides a handy way to show hide unnecessary columns except the Type column which is grayed out Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland Main Window 83 5 11 Using the Priority slider you can set the test execution speed compared to the rest of the running processes on your computer Default is Normal priority but there are other 4 priority levels Lowest priority Low priority High priority and Highest priority On Lowest priority the test process will consume the minimum amount of computer resources but will take the longer to complete while Highest priority will consume the highest amount of computer resources but will take the least to complete To test the selected backup versions press the Test button or press Cancel or the Escape key to close the window After finishing the test
255. pens the Help file Support Request starts a new email message that will be sent to the support team How to Order provides information about where and how to buy the application Options opens the Options window Check for Updates displays a window with the available updates e Options opens the Options window e Exit exits the application same as the keyboard shortcut Alt F4 Jobs The Jobs toolbar contains the most important Backup4all buttons which can be applied on backup jobs Manage this group includes the buttons necessarily to manage the backup jobs e New backup starts the New Backup Wizard e Properties opens a dialog to edit the backup job configuration e Open backup creates a new backup job from the opened bkc or ini file Open backup from creates a new backup job from the opened bkc or ini file and user can select to open the catalog from multiple locations as local hard drive network FTP SFTP Azure or Amazon S3 server e Delete backup removes the current selected backup same as the toolbar button Delete or the keyboard shortcut Ctrl Del e Duplicate backup duplicates the selected backup job same as pressing the keyboard shortcut Ctrl L e Create Shortcut creates a shortcut to a backup job or tag for easy backup execution from Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland 62 Backup4all 5 outside the program on your desktop quick launch or other loca
256. r Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland 224 Backup4all 5 have been transmitted correctly using the CRC information received from the FTP server This results in faster testing as the files will not be downloaded to perform the CRC testing Resume upload downloads if available it resume the backup upload if the server supports resume command Limit file size to specify the maximum file size you want to have Larger files will be split Please note that many FTP servers does not allow you to upload files larger than 2 GB Timeout seconds You can set the time interval in seconds that is allowed for no data transfer before the transfer operation is interrupted and must be resumed Default is 15 seconds Firewall Proxy type Select one of the options below supported by your firewall if you use a proxy to connect to the FTP e None Sends the User name and optional Password for the FTP server as entered in the FTP window e Send command USER Sends the User name and optional Password defined in the proxy settings followed immediately by the User name and optional Password for the FTP server e Send command SITE Sends the User name and optional Password defined in the proxy settings the SITE command with the Host value and the User name and optional Password for the FTP site e Send command OPEN Sends the User name and optional Password defined in the proxy settings sends the OPEN command
257. r Retry option indicates how many times the application tries to access the destination location if it is not available By default this option is set to 3 attempts The second number Wait option indicates how many seconds to wait between two consecutive attempts to access the destination location By default this option is set to 5 seconds Memory usage This option allows you to change the memory usage level You can move the memory indicator to a lower or a higher level Note Some of the features mentioned on this page might not be available in your edition The Professional edition includes all the features For a comparison between editions please check feature matrix topic Filters On the Filters page of the Options window accessible from the File Options menu item you can add edit or delete filters The filters created here can be found as global filters all over the application in New backup wizard or in Backup Properties General Filter name Type a name for the filter to be recognized when you want to use it later File name Enabling this will allow defining filters based on file name pattern Press Add and select an existing file extension from the Filter combo doc pdf zip etc If the extension does not exist in the combo just type it in and press OK You can use the Edit or Delete buttons to modify remove the file name filters defined File name patterns can include e it matches one or more lett
258. r 210 File warnings 210 Retry 210 Show success 210 Show warning 210 Wait 210 Warn 210 Backup Properties destination 115 Backup Properties overview 113 Backup properties sources 139 Backup tags Delete tag 68 New tag 68 Rename tag 68 Backup to Amazon 36 Backup to Azure 34 Backup to Blu ray 55 Backup to CD 55 Backup to DVD 55 Backup to FTP 29 Backup to SFTP 33 Backup to USB drives 37 backup type 109 148 Backup types Differential backup 43 Full backup 43 Incremental backup 43 Mirror backup 43 Backup types in Backup4all 50 Backup versions 81 Backup wizard destination 97 99 100 101 103 104 106 Backup wizard general 113 Backup wizard name 97 Backup wizard overview 97 Backup wizard what to backup 107 Backup4all 8 Backup4all Configurations 113 Bandwidth limitation 126 130 134 137 Blu eay 55 Blu ray 118 Builtin 56 Built in driver 118 Burner 56 a oe Calculate statistics 75 Cancel 61 Captions 205 Catalog 55 57 CD 55 118 CDdrive 115 CD DVD Blu ray options Burning engine 217 Eject CD DVD Blue ray 217 Load CD DVD Blue ray 217 SPTD 217 SPTI 217 Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland 260 Backup4all 5 Change criteria 169 Change Icon 113 Changed files 70 Clean backup 83 Clear archive bit 148 Close to tray 93 Collapse 61 Column headers 81 Commands 61 Comparison criteria 169 Comparison table 13 Compression 130 134 137 Configure new backup 21
259. r device you want to use If the CD DVD or Blu ray device is compatible with the built in burner you will see the following message Device name Using internal burner 3 In the same page you can e configure the burn speed e set the Erase disk before writing option e switch the write method between build in driver and UDF file system e use a custom prefix You can use two burners for UDF disc format Use SCSI Pass Through Direct layer SPTD and Use native Win32 interface SPTI This format can be used to write on CD R CD RW DVD R DVD R DVD RW DVD RW DVD DL HD DVD Blue ray Blu ray DL Use internal CD DVD or Blu ray burner Typically a backup to CD DVD or Blu ray disc performs additional steps shown in the status bar at the bottom of the main window burning finalizing and loading disc During the last operation the CD DVD or Blu ray disc is ejected and reloaded After this step the backup is tested and the CD DVD or Blu ray disc ejected again if these options are set Backup4all can also perform an additional Erase CD DVD Blu ray action for appropriate media rewritable CD DVD or Blu ray discs Note Some of the features mentioned on this page might not be available in your edition The Professional edition includes all the features For a comparison between editions please check feature matrix topic Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland Backup to CD DVD or Blu ray 57 4 3 4 4 Use
260. r the SFTP server e Port In this field you have to enter the port number if different than the default SFTP ports 22 e Destination Here you can enter the destination path if different than root e User name If this is a private SFTP server no anonymous access allowed enter the user name for your account e Password In this field enter the password for the SFTP server Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland 228 Backup4all 5 Private key e None no private key is used e Key file allows user to specify a key file that will be used e Personal certificate store allows user to import and use different certificate formats Bandwidth limitation This section allows you to set different limitations for upload download speed e Upload speed if checked you can set a maximum upload speed for the SFTP transfer e Download speed if checked you can set a maximum upload speed for the SFTP transfer Advanced _ Verify host key V Limit file size to Timeout seconds Authentication Authentications Encryption Ciphers MACs Compression Compressions Advanced 2027 MB 15 v Larger files will be split V publickey Vv password V keyboard interactive v aes128 ctr v aes192 ctr vV aes256 ctr v arcfour256 s arrfnsr170 vV hmac sha1 vV hmac md5 vV umac 64 openssh com vi hmac ripemd160 saan vV none zlib
261. ransfer e Limit download speed if checked you can set a maximum upload speed for the FTP transfer Advanced SSL encryption level indicates the level of Transport Layer Security TLS required for control channel and data channel connections to the FTP server e No SSL the server does not require Secure Socket Layer transport e Implicit SSL implies that Secure Socket Layer is in use e Only explicit SSL allows the connection to the FTP server only if TLS is available e Explicit SSL if available when SSL is available uses explicit security by default The server allows regular FTP sessions without encryption as well as encrypted FTP sessions using SSL Use passive mode for transfers like WWW browsers each file transfer upload or download Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland 128 Backup4all 5 needs an additional connection for the data stream Normally in active mode the server establishes this connection In passive mode however the client establishes the connection This may be necessary through some firewalls which do not allow connections from outside Use extended passive mode the FTP Server operates exactly the same as passive mode however it only transmits the port number not broken into high and low bytes and Backup4all is to assume that it connects to the same IP address that was originally connected to Use this option if the normal passive mode connection failed Use XCRC
262. rd shortcuts 94 L Labeling 55 169 LAN 97 100 115 122 Last backup size 75 Last backup status 75 Last CD DVD Blu ray 57 Legacy 169 Limit 55 Load 86 Loading CD DVD 56 Local catalog 55 169 Local destination 116 Local drives 97 99 115 Logging 40 90 Logging options Detailedlog 214 Error logging 214 Restricted size 214 Summary log 214 Warning logging 214 Low priority 81 Lowest priority 81 Make 61 Make differential 61 Make full 61 Make incremental 61 Manage backup jobs Copy backup 24 Delete backup 24 Modify backup 24 Manage backup tags 68 Manage plugins 88 107 Mapped network drive 115 Merge 55 Minimize to tray 93 Mirror 43 148 Mirror backup 49 109 155 Mirror with zip 155 My Documents 113 My Pictures 113 N Name 113 New 61 New backup 21 New backup wizard Advanced 21 Destination 21 Explore 21 Filters 21 General 21 Scheduler 21 Sources 21 Statistics 21 Summary 21 Type 21 New features 13 New group 61 Next scheduled backup 75 No SSL 126 Normal priority 81 Not changed 70 Notifications 38 NTFS 169 Number of backups 75 0 One Touch Backup 39 One Touch Backup options Detect 215 Open Backup 61 80 Open Backup From 80 Open files 169 OTB 39 Outlook Express 113 Override catalog 115 Override filter 140 183 188 P Packet writing software 57 Passive mode 126 Firewalls 31 Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland Index 263 Password 28 Password
263. redefined 4 70 GB DVD Custom size 2 gt GB Split by file number type None Custom files and folders number 1000000 C Create independent splits Restoring split files with standard zip utilities requires extra steps Read the help file for further details Save Cancel You can set different compression levels for the backup e Zip without compression Fastest files are just copied inside the zip archive without any compression e Low compression Fast select this option if the size of the zip archive is not important but the speed of the backup is e Normal compression Medium this is usually the best choice because it provides the Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland Backup Properties 159 optimum rate between zip archive size and the backup speed e Best compression Slow use this compression level to reduce the zip archive size as much as possible the backup speed is reduced Use No compression or Low compression if you backup large files to speed up the backup process Use High compression when you want to create the smallest archive possible This option takes more time if the files included in archive are large Do not compress files of type The filter can be applied to increase the compression performance It defines what types of files to be stored uncompressed in the zip file These are files that are already compressed e g zip rar mp3 or avi and using the zip
264. ress OK to save However if you do changes it is recommended to use the Test FTP connection button to see if the FTP settings are correct Once you press the OK button Backup4all will try to connect to the FTP server to see if a backup catalog already exists on the destination If the FTP destination is not available a Cannot connect to the FTP server message is displayed in the status bar bottom of the main window In the File gt Options gt Backup window you can set the number of retries and the time between the retries when the FTP server is unavailable the When destination not ready section By default the FTP transfer mode used by Backup4all for Mirror backups is Binary You can change it and use ASCII or Auto mode The list of ASCII file types can be found in File gt Options gt FTP Recommendations for backing up to FTP 1 After each change to the FTP configuration be sure to use the Test function 2 Most FTP sites have policies against hammering trying repeatedly to connect to an unavailable FTP server with little or no time between connection attempts Thus they require FTP clients to set retry times at specific intervals commonly at least 120 seconds between each attempt to connect Most FTP sites can also monitor for devices that hammer and once detected the server will ban access to the offending IP address either permanently or for a limited amount of time Thus when you set the retry times intervals in File gt Options
265. rest of the files If the option is not set Backup4all will stop when the destination drive is full By default this option is not checked Note Some of the features mentioned on this page might not be available in your edition The Professional edition includes all the features For a comparison between editions please check feature matrix topic CD DVD or Blu ray You can select a CD DVD or Blu ray drive as destination for backup Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland Backup Properties 119 r lt New Backup Backup Properties i Sox General Daia 5 Save backup to a CD DVD or Blu ray disk Local hard drive External hard drive oe Removable Destination Network CD DVD or Blu ray drive D RW Drive E cd_vistal 1 v FTP server Folder Browse SFTP server _ Erase before writing Sources Write method Filters Burn using built in driver Customize Speed Type Use third party packet writing software Full Volume label Differential J incremental 4 Use custom prefix Mirror Compression Advanced Email 4 m b Save and run Save l Cancel CD DVD or Blu ray If the current backup destination is not a CD DVD or Blu ray drive you can change it by checking the Change destination to CD DVD or Blu ray option If the Smart backup type is selected you cannot use CD DVD or Blu ray as backup destination In this case you have to select
266. restore process Job Logs lets you open and view the Last Backup Log Last Restore Log Last Test Log Last Cleanup Log and Last Statistics Log Duplicate Backup duplicates a backup job Delete Backup deletes a backup job Properties opens the Backup Properties window Backup4all can process multiple backup jobs at the same time You can filter the backup list to see which backup jobs are executed at a certain time From the left side column of the main application you can filter the backup jobs in list You can choose to see all jobs only the running jobs failed jobs or only the jobs containing a specific tag If there are many backups listed you can search for a backup job by typing its name in the Type to search box on the bottom of the Backup List Note Some of the features mentioned on this page might not be available in your edition The Professional edition includes all the features For a comparison between editions please check feature matrix topic Manage Backup Tags Create a new backup tag 1 When creating or editing a backup job using the New Backup Wizard in Advanced mode or Backup Properties press Add new tag and type a new name that does not exist for the backup Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland Main Window 69 Oh Backup4all 5 0 a Jobs Tags Layout Destination f Description of the backup job amp Local hard drive External hard dr
267. ributes if this is selected a set of File Allocation Table attributes will be used for file filtering e NTFS attributes if this is selected a set of NTFS New Technology File System attributes will be used for filtering Note that these attributes are available only on Windows XP and above File attributes available for file filters e Read Only if checked files with read only attribute will be selected e Archived if checked files with archived attribute will be selected e Hidden if checked files with hidden attribute will be selected e System if checked files with system attribute will be selected Compressed only NTFS if checked files with compressed attribute will be selected Temporary only NTFS if checked files with temporary attribute will be selected Encrypted only NTFS if checked files with encrypted attribute will be selected Not indexed only NTFS if checked files with not indexed attribute will be selected Offline only NTFS if checked files with offline attribute will be selected Reparse point only NTFS if checked files with reparse point attribute will be selected e Sparse file only NTFS if checked files with sparse file attribute will be selected For example if you want to include files with read only and archived attributes set you have to check both attributes checkboxes in a single restriction If you want to include files with read only or archived attributes set you have to make two separ
268. rives The user can choose Abort to stop the backup process Retry to check the drive again Ignore to mark the source folder as deleted and continue with the next sources Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland 140 Backup4all 5 7 5 Tips e try to keep the number of checked files and folders greater than the number of unchecked files and folders backup process will run faster this way e you can add files foders to the Sources window by dragging and dropping them from Windows Explorer Note Some of the features mentioned on this page might not be available in your edition The Professional edition includes all the features For a comparison between editions please check feature matrix topic Filters The Filters page defines files and folders filters to be applied to backup sources Only files and folders that match the filters will be added to backup You can use the Add include and Add exclude buttons to add filter rules for the current backup job ff New Backup Backup Properties General a Destination Do you want to filter the files Local hard drive External hard drive Filters CD DVD or Blu ray Active Name Typ Removable Hiberfil on System Drive use as exclude Exclude v Pagefile on System Drive use as exclude Exclude v Temporary Files use as exclude Exclude v Temporary Folders use as exclude Exclude Network FTP
269. rting from existing filter or Use existing filter The existing filters are listed in the drop down list and they can be added edit or deleted from File gt Options gt Filters If the edit button was pressed the Edit filter properties window will show the following options Customize filter allows you to edit the current filter Reset to filter allows you to reset the current filter to a predefined filter from the dropdown list Lock to filter allows you to lock the current filter to a predefined filter from the dropdown list General In the Filter name field you can type the name of the created filter By default the New filter configuration name is assigned If you use an existing filter the name of that filter is used File name Enabling this will allow defining filters based on file name pattern Press Add and select an existing file extension from the Filter combo doc pdf zip etc If the extension does not exist in the combo just type it in and press OK You can use the Edit or Delete buttons to modify remove the file name filters defined File name patterns can include Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland Backup Properties 145 e it matches one or more letters For example a doc matches all files that start with a and have doc extension e it matches only one letter For example a do matches all files that start with a and have any extension composed of three letter
270. rver message is displayed in the status bar bottom of the main window Note Some of the features mentioned on this page might not be available in your edition The Professional edition includes all the features For a comparison between editions please check feature matrix topic Edit configuration This window is shown when selecting Edit configuration from the Destination gt FTP server window Advanced SSL encryption No SSL v v Use passive mode for transfers like WWW browsers Use extended passive mode Y Use XCRC when testing if available V Resume uploads downloads if available v Limit file size to 2027 MB v Larger files will be split Timeout seconds 15 Firewall Proxy type None v General Existing configuration If you want to add a new FTP location the lt New gt option should be selected To edit an existing FTP location select it from the drop down list All fields will be filled with the values of the selected FTP Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland Backup Properties 127 FTP server e Server name or IP In this field you have to enter the name or IP address for the FTP server e Transfer mode Here you can select the transfer mode Binary ASCII or Auto e Binary it refers to transferring files as a binary stream of data The binary mode transmits the raw bytes of the file being transferred In this way the file is tran
271. s Explore view or the Sources page of the Backup Properties and New Backup Wizard windows By default this option is checked Measurement unit Auto If checked the file sizes are shown like in Windows Explorer By default this option is checked Custom If checked you can see all file sizes in the same unit You can set the desired unit from the drop down list Possible choices are Bytes KB kilobytes MB megabytes or GB gigabytes Be advised that if you select GB as a unit for files under 10MB the size will be shown as OGB By default this option is not checked External program Difference viewer Choose an application to compare the selected file version with the source file in Explore View You can also use parameters for difference viewer application Other Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland Options 207 Other V NTFS daylight saving correction V Show Task Scheduler error message Allow blank passwords when scheduling V Warn when insecure passwords are used V Show hidden files in open dialogs V Use New Backup Wizard to create backup jobs e her NTFS daylight saving correction Warn when insecure passwords are used Show hidden files in open dialogs S S S S Use New Backup Wizard to create backup jobs Warn when insecure passwords are used If checked Backup4all will display a warning window when you enter passwords for zip encryption that contain
272. s New Unchanged 23 Modified Excluded Folders New Unchanged 5 Modified Excluded Logged operations Calculate statistics Shows the number of files folders modified since the last backup and also the number of files folders to be backed up according with the selected backup type Note Some of the features mentioned on this page might not be available in your edition The Professional edition includes all the features For a comparison between editions please check feature matrix topic 5 15 System Tray When is Backup4all shown in the system tray Backup4all icon is also shown in tray if the Show tray icon option from File gt Options gt Startup is checked If this option is selected the tray icon will remain in taskbar after you close the main interface This way you can easily open the main interface Show Backup4all Suspend system Stop all running Cancel all running Show messages Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland 94 Backup4all 5 5 16 The right click menu of the tray icon allows to e Show Backup4all shows Backup4all s main window e Suspend system will pause all the Backup4all activity e Stop all running will stop all running actions e Cancel all running will cancel all running actions e Show messages will display all active notification messages The left click menu of the tray icon displays the following options e Backup4all
273. s limit number of file versions Yes limit number of backups and Merge backups These options will perform an internal merge to keep the number of stored backups under the selected limit The following options can be used to trigger the creation of a new full backup e Automatically make full backup if all increments exceed of full backup size default is 50 not checked e Automatically make full backup if all increments exceed default is 100 MB not checked The system calculates the file sizes for the incremental and if the selected condition is met it performs a full backup Note Some of the features mentioned on this page might not be available in your edition The Professional edition includes all the features For a comparison between editions please check feature matrix topic Mirror Backup What is Mirror Backup A mirror backup is identical to a full backup with the exception that the files and folders are not compressed in zip files and they cannot be protected with a password A mirror backup is most frequently used to create an exact copy of the backup source data It has the benefit that the backup files can also be readily accessed using tools like Windows Explorer Description of the Mirror Backup Type A mirror backup is an exact copy of the selected folders and files at a given time Mirror backup is the fastest backup method because it copies files and folders to the destination without any compression H
274. s other errors action finished with errors action was finished with warnings independent test was finished with errors independent test was finished with warnings e ON AUNE Note Some of the features mentioned on this page might not be available in your edition The Professional edition includes all the features For a comparison between editions please check Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland 202 Backup4all 5 feature matrix topic Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland Options 204 Backup4all 5 11 11 1 Options General The General page of the Options window accessible from the File Options menu item contains general settings of the program Options oo 2 pad General options Preferences Startup Application folders ee Backup Lock program interface with a password i Logs and history Backup on demand Language CD DVD or Blu ray Select language English FIP Language English SFTP Translated by N A Email Updates OK Cancel Security Backup4all allows you to lock the program interface using a password Press the Set password button to add or change the password Near this button the security status is displayed No password or Password protected When opening the program s interface if the interface is locked you will be asked for the password To remove the password
275. s the first two being do Folder name Enabling this will allow defining filters based on folder name pattern Enter the directory name that you want to filter in the following format directory_name leading and ending are required Backup4all will apply the filter to all the directories that are called directory_name If you want to apply the filter to directories containing a specific word you must enter it in the following format keyword Now Backup4all will apply the filter to all the directories that have the word keyword in their names You can use the Edit or Delete buttons to modify remove the folder name filters defined You can also use environment variables when creating filters temp SystemRoot etc File attributes Enable Custom Read Only FAT NTFS A Archived FAT NTFS Hidden FAT NTFS System FAT NTFS Compressed only NTFS v File dates Enable date modified today 7 5 2013 0 00 00 S 7 5 2013 0 00 00 File size Enable lt 50 MB File attributes Enabling this section allows the user to specify file filters depending on the file attributes There is a list of quick sets to choose for predefined filter criteria e Custom this is the default option and allows you to check whatever attributes you want e None if this is selected all the file attributes check boxes are unchecked e FAT attributes if this is selected a set of File Allocation Table a
276. selected e lt gt file size on disk not equal to the value in the Size field e lt file size on disk less than or equal to the value in the Size field e gt file size on disk greater than or equal to the value in the Size field e lt file size on disk less than the value in the Size field e gt file size on disk greater than the value in the Size field Note Filters on files and filters on folders must be created individually If you use a file and a folder filter condition in the same filter files will be filtered only if both filter conditions were met Examples e If you use a single filter for jpg files and Temp folder only the jpg files from Temp folder will be filtered If you use separate filters for files and folders all jpg files and whole Temp folder will be filtered e Suppose you want to backup or restore all pdf files accessed in the last month and all doc files modified in the last week but you don t want to backup or restore system or hidden files Here are the steps to define this filter starting from the default filter 1 Add a new restriction in the include filter enable File name add pdf file pattern and set date accessed to be greater than or equal to fixed date one month ago click OK 2 Add a new restriction add doc file pattern and set date and time modified to be greater than or equal to fixed date one week ago click OK 3 Add a new restriction enable File attributes and the System checkbox t
277. ser Manual Copyright 2015 Softland 186 Backup4all 5 feature matrix topic Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland File Filtering 188 Backup4all 5 File Filtering Overview File filtering in Backup4all provides an intuitive way to define what files and folders to back up or restore Select Folders and Files for filtering The files can be filtered when added to backup On the What do you want to backup page from the Backup Wizard or Backup Properties gt Sources page each file and folder is shown in the tree with a checkbox in front of it If you uncheck it the file or folder will be excluded from the backup or restore process After applying filters each file and folder is shown in the tree with a checkbox in front of it If you uncheck it the file or folder will be excluded from the backup or restore process Filter The role of the filter is to restrict the files from the sources or destination that will participate in the backup or restore process The filter actually consists of two filters the include filter and the exclude filter Include filter shows which files will be included in the backup or restore process If the filter type is Include it means the files which match the filter will be included in backup Exclude filter shows the files that will be excluded from the backup or restore If the filter type is Exclude it means the files which match the fil
278. server SFTP server m Sources Customize Type Full Differential Add w __ Edit Copy Delete Changeto Include Incremental Description Mirror Compression File name hiberfil sys AND Folder name SystemDrive Advanced Email E 4 T Save and run Save Cancel J The system selects only files that match the include filter and do not match the exclude filter This means the exclude filter is more powerful if a file satisfies both include and exclude filters it will be excluded Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland Backup Properties 141 7 5 1 Include and exclude filters are composed from filter restrictions Two or more filter restrictions in the include filter means that a file must satisfy at least one restriction to be included in the backup Two or more filter restrictions in the exclude filter means that a file must satisfy any restriction to be excluded All filters with the Active box checked will be used by the current backup job To disable a filter just uncheck the Active box Note Filters on files and filters on folders must be created individually If you use a file and a folder filter condition in the same filter files will be filtered only if both filter conditions were met Example If you use a single filter for jpg files and Temp folder only the jpg files from Temp folder will be filtere
279. sferred in its exact original form ASCII it stands for American Standard Code for Information Interchange and is a type of character encoding based on the English language used on devices that handle information stored in text It includes 33 non printed control characters and 94 printed characters such as letters and punctuation e Auto according to the list of ASCII files defined in File gt Options gt FTP the files will be uploaded in ascii or binary mode depending on their extension By default binary mode is selected and it applies only to Mirror backup type That is useful if you have a Linux FTP server as backup destination and want to download the backed up files with another application which uses the Auto transfer mode Uploading the files to a Linux server in binary mode and downloading them in Auto mode causes the files to be modified by adding a new empty line at the end of each file e Port In this field you have to enter the port number if different than the default FTP ports 21 e Destination folder Here you can enter the destination path if different than root e User name If this is a private FTP server no anonymous access allowed enter the user name for your account e Password In this field enter the password for the FTP server Bandwidth limitation In this section you can set different limitations for upload download speed e Limit upload speed if checked you can set a maximum upload speed for the FTP t
280. sful backup Ask for backup label before execution Backup open files Store temporary catalog data in memory AKK Smart file scanning mode Backup priority Normal priority Run action before backup C Run program or action Clear backup gt 5 Run only once Abort backup when action fails Run action after backup Run program or action om Run only once v Success Warnings Errors Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland 170 Backup4all 5 Comparison Criteria Custom v vi Size FAT NTFS CRC32 FAT NTFS vi Hidden FAT NTFS vi Date modified FAT NTFS Vi Read Only FAT NTFS vi System FAT NTFS v Date created FAT NTFS vV Archived FAT NTFS Compressed only NTFS lt gt Legacy use archive bit Play sounds after backup Play sounds Sy Open sounds Backup options Use local catalogs bkc If this option is checked Backup4all will keep a local copy of the backup catalog for the current backup job Keeping a local copy of the catalog is recommended in most cases except when using a backup rotation scheme to back up to CD DVD or Blu ray disc USB or external drives Example the option Use locals catalogs is unchecked and you are performing an incremental backup to DVD but on each working day you re changing the DVD so that if one DVD fails you ll still be able to recover most of your files So on Monday
281. sing the Edit configuration button Here you can modify the data in the fields and press OK to save However if you do changes it is recommended to use the Test Azure connection button to see if the Azure settings are correct Once you press the OK button Backup4all will try to connect to the Azure server to see if a backup catalog already exists on the destination If the Azure destination is not available a Cannot connect to the Azure server message is displayed in the status bar bottom of the main window In the File gt Options gt Backup window you can set the number of retries and the time between the retries when the Azure server is unavailable the When destination not ready section Recommendations for backing up to Azure 1 After each change to the Azure configuration be sure to use the Test function 2 If you backup important data to a remote location using Azure encrypt the zip files for increased security In this case even if another person manages to gain unauthorized access to Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland 36 Backup4all 5 2 10 your Azure account your files will still be protected Note Some of the features mentioned on this page might not be available in your edition The Professional edition includes all the features For a comparison between editions please check feature matrix topic How to Backup to Amazon S3 Backup4all supports backing up to Amazon S3 This
282. st Will reload all information about the CD DVD Blu ray burners Quick erase Erases the CD DVD Blu ray disc Additional options are available in the combo e Quick erase disk appears to be empty but the data is not physically erased selected by default e Full erase will physically erase all data on disk Takes longer to perform Close Closes the Erase CD DVD Blu ray window Note Some of the features mentioned on this page might not be available in your edition The Professional edition includes all the features For a comparison between editions please check feature matrix topic Plugins Backup4all includes a plugin manager that can be found in File gt Tools gt Plugins The Manage Plugins window allows you to download add remove enable or disable the Backup4all plugins After installing a plugin you can use it on the What do you want to backup page when creating a new backup job using the New Backup Wizard or on the Sources page using Advanced mode Backup Properties Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland Main Window 89 View and manage plugins Download plugin list Plugin Name type to search File Name State Local plugins Google Chrome Google chrome xml Ready Internet Explorer Favorites IE_Favorites xml Ready Microsoft Outlook MicrosoftOutlookSourc Ready Mozilla FireFox Profiles Mozilla FireFox Profiles Ready My Documents MyDocuments xml Ready My Pictures MyPictures xml Re
283. stination folder field you can use Environment Variables as Computername SystemDrive UserName etc Lock the destination to this removable drive When disconnecting and reconnecting a removable drive your computer may not assign it the same drive letter If the drive letter was changed the backup might fail because Backup4all is trying to backup to the same old drive letter which probably does not exist Use this option if you want Backup4all to detect the removable drive after its own serial number and automatically change the backup destination according with the new drive letter Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland 122 Backup4all 5 You should not check this option if you use a rotation backup scheme with two or more removable hard drives By default this option is not checked Erase disk before writing When this option is checked the removable disk is erased before burning the backup files By default this option is not checked Volume label Use custom prefix You can type your own volume label prefix to customize the backups Note Some of the features mentioned on this page might not be available in your edition The Professional edition includes all the features For a comparison between editions please check feature matrix topic 7 3 5 Network You can choose to save your backup to a shared network drive another computer or NAS New B
284. t The network connection was tested successfully pop up message means that the network destination was accessible In case of insufficient rights the following error message will appear Network connection error Access is denied In this case you have to either make sure that the entered username and password values are correct or contact the network administrator to obtain the necessary rights If the destination is missing when the network is disconnected an error message is shown Backup4all 4 Error running backup job New Backup from Group 01 group Cannot create destination directory Backup Server PC1 New Backup The filename directory name or volume label syntax is incorrect Retry to create directory or cancel backup Retry Cancel The user can choose Cancel to stop the backup process or Retry to check the network connection again Note Some of the features mentioned on this page might not be available in your edition The Professional edition includes all the features For a comparison between editions please check feature matrix topic FTP Backup4all supports backing up to a remote computer or device using FTP File Transfer Protocol connection This is a practical backup destination because the backed up data can be easily accessed from any other computer with an Internet connection Select the FTP option from the Where do you want to save your backup section to be able to
285. t a selection or all the versions for the selected backup job open the Test Backup window by v pressing the Test button from the application s toolbar or using the keyboard shortcut F9 Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland Getting Started 27 oY Test backup job y Backup numbers Select the backup numbers you want to test from the following list Type Backup date Backup No FileNo Folder Comp Si Uncomp size 7 1 2013 2 37 4 23 6 39KB 3 62 KB 7 1 2013 1 42 5 23 6 39KB 3 62 KB 7 1 2013 1 42 4 23 6 39KB 3 62 KB 7 1 2013 1 41 4 23 6 39KB 3 62 KB 7 1 2013 1 40 5 23 6 39KB 3 62 KB 7 1 2013 1 31 1 23 6 39KB 3 62 KB Test process priority Normal priority In the test window select the backup versions you wish to test and press the Test button You can also modify the priority of the test process by moving the slider to a lower or higher priority default is Normal A High priority process finishes faster but consumes more resources than a Normal priority process You can also test a backup execution if you switch to Backup View right click on a version and select Test To be sure the test automatically runs after each backup you should open the Backup Properties window by pressing the Properties button E from the application s toolbar and in the Advanced tab make sure the Test after backup option is checked If the test was executed automatically af
286. ter Sometimes there can be sources with the same names The system will detect this conflict situation and will show a warning message To avoid files to be overwritten check the Save full folder info option This will create the full path of the source in the destination For example suppose we have the backup source C My Documents My Pictures Without this option only the My Pictures folder will be created and its subfolders With this option set the destination will contain the C folder My Documents inside C folder My Pictures inside My Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland Backup Properties 157 Documents folder and so on By default this option is unchecked Copy files in a subfolder If checked the files will be copied in a subfolder of the destination folder typically you will see a bkc file and a folder with the same name If the option is not set the files and folder structure will be copied directly into the destination folder By default this option is checked Remove excluded or deleted files from backup Use this option to remove from the backup the files that were deleted or excluded from the backup sources This option is not selected by default Only if the source drive is available Use this option to avoid removing your files from backup if the sources are not available all the time If you don t use this option when the source files are not reachable Backup4all will cons
287. ter backup and it failed the Error icon appears in front of the backup job icon Read the log file for details about the errors from Jobs tab History section View Log The icon will disappear when the backup job will be successful O Note Some of the features mentioned on this page might not be available in your edition The Professional edition includes all the features For a comparison between editions please check feature matrix topic Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland 28 Backup4all 5 2 6 How to Password Protect a Backup Passwords are used to protect your backup files from unauthorized access Setting the Password The Encryption Settings section is shown on the Compression page of the Backup Properties window or in the New Backup Wizard on backup type page The button is available only for Smart backup full incremental differential and mirror with zip backup types not available for mirror without zip By default the No encryption option is selected If you want to protect your backup you can choose the type of the encryption to be used The Zip 2 compatible encryption offers moderate security but is compatible with all third party zip applications The best choice is the AES encryption which is the new standard in ZIP protection but is recognized only by the latest version of third party zip applications like Winzip or PKWare Backup4all supports AES encryption in 3 dif
288. ter will be excluded from backup You can change the filter type from Include to Exclude or from Exclude to Include if you press the Change to Include Change to Exclude button If no filters are defined then all the files and folders from sources will be backed up or restored Users can define their own filters in File gt Options gt Filters to be used any time they need The defined filters can also be used in the New Backup Wizard Customize There are special situations when the main filter is not enough to define the files to be backed up or restored In this case you can refine the filters adding individual filters for folders The refined filter applies to all the files and subfolders of that folder All files and folders for which a refined filter is applied are marked with red To remove a refined filter select the folder select the filter and press the Delete button Note Some of the features mentioned on this page might not be available in your edition The Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland File Filtering 189 9 2 Professional edition includes all the features For a comparison between editions please check feature matrix topic File Filter The Edit file filter item window is shown every time a file filter restriction is added or modified It can be opened by pressing the Add button from the Filters page New Backup Wizard Backup Properties Restore Wizard window or Files gt
289. the OpenSSL Project for use in the OpenSSL Toolkit http www openssl org THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE OpenSSL PROJECT AS IS AND ANY EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED IN NO EVENT SHALL THE OpenSSL PROJECT OR ITS CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT INDIRECT INCIDENTAL SPECIAL EXEMPLARY OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES LOSS OF USE DATA OR PROFITS OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY WHETHER IN CONTRACT STRICT LIABILITY OR TORT INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE This product includes cryptographic software written by Eric Young eay cryptsoft com This product includes software written by Tim Hudson tjh cryptsoft com Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland Index 259 Index bkc 55 57 A Abort backup 167 Advanced mode 113 Amazon 106 Access Key ID 36 Bucket 36 Folder 36 Secret Access Key 36 Amazon S3 135 Application log 90 Archive bit 169 ASPI 56 Attributes 70 Automatically span 57 Azure 104 132 Account name 34 Container 34 Folder 34 Key 34 Shared Access Signature 34 B Backup 61 Backup date 70 Backup list 67 Backup options Compression filte
290. the connection By default the New FTP configuration name is assigned FTP Server Server name or IP In this field you have to enter the name or IP address for the FTP server Transfer mode Here you can select the transfer mode Binary ASCII or Auto e Binary it refers to transferring files as a binary stream of data The binary mode transmits the raw bytes of the file being transferred In this way the file is transferred in its exact original form e ASCII it stands for American Standard Code for Information Interchange and is a type of character encoding based on the English language used on devices that handle information stored in text It includes 33 non printed control characters and 94 printed characters such as letters and punctuation Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland 222 Backup4all 5 e Auto according to the list of ASCII files defined in File gt Options gt FTP the files will be uploaded in ascii or binary mode depending on their extension By default binary mode is selected and it applies only to Mirror backup type That is useful if you have a Linux FTP server as backup destination and want to download the backed up files with another application which uses the Auto transfer mode Uploading the files to a Linux server in binary mode and downloading them in Auto mode causes the files to be modified by adding a new empty line at the end of each file Port In this field you
291. this page might not be available in your edition The Professional edition includes all the features For a comparison between editions please check feature matrix topic Azure Backup4all supports backing up to Azure storage This is a practical backup destination because the backed up data can be easily accessed from any other computer with an Internet connection Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland Backup Properties 133 O New Backup Backup Properties T E General 4 m SFTP i Destination 4 a Save backup to an SFTP server Local hard drive External hard drive eR z CD DVD or Blu ray Change destination to SFTP Removable Network FTP server oe en R SFTP server Sources i Filters Customize Type Full Differential amp Incremental Mirror Compression X Advanced Email Save and run j Save Cancel SS aaS e Azure Select Azure option from the Destination window to be able to configure the backup to Azure If the current backup destination is not an Azure server you can change it by checking the Change destination to Azure option Destination Use existing configuration Use this option if you want to use an already defined Azure location in File gt Options gt Azure From the drop down list select the Azure location you want to use The advantage is that if you use the same Azure destination for multiple backup jobs and a modification
292. thm They then compress data before sending and decompress data when it is received Typically zlib compression is the compression algorithm most commonly supported in SFTP servers No compression is set as the default and zlib is specified as an option If the server forces use of zlib compression it will happen automatically Hot keys Host keys folder Clear cache press this button if you want to delete the host keys stored in the keys folder Note Some of the features mentioned on this page might not be available in your edition The Professional edition includes all the features For a comparison between editions please check feature matrix topic Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland 230 Backup4all 5 11 12 Azure The Azure page of the Options window accessible from the File Options menu item contains Azure settings General Preferences Caz Manage Azure configurations Startup Application folders da Backup Retry times Filters Wait seconds Logs and history f Backup on demand Name a CD DVD or Blu ray My Azure account Amazon S3 Email Updates Notifications Passwords Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland Options 231 r i SSS SS a Bonen Bataa _ i
293. tings sends the OPEN command with the Host value and the User name and optional Password for the FTP site USER user firewalluser hostname PASS pass firewallpass Sends the command USER user proxyuser host then the command PASS pwd proxypwd or optionally PASS pwd e Transparent Sends the User name and optional Password defined in the proxy settings followed immediately by the FTP server User name and optional Password Host name or IP In this field you have to enter the name or IP address for the proxy server firewall Host port Type the port number if different than the default port 80 User name This field is used to enter the proxy user name Password In this field you can enter the password for the specified user name Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland Backup Properties 129 7 3 7 Note Some of the features mentioned on this page might not be available in your edition The Professional edition includes all the features For a comparison between editions please check feature matrix topic SFTP server Backup4all supports backing up to a remote computer or device using SFTP SSH File Transfer Protocol connection This is a practical backup destination because the backed up data can be easily accessed from any other computer with an Internet connection New Backup Backup Propertics ns l General o SFTP l Destination a Save backup to an SFTP server Local har
294. tion e Destination Folder opens the backup destination folder e Scheduler opens the scheduler page showing all scheduled tasks for the selected job e Refresh reloads the selected backup job e Refresh all jobs reloads all backup jobs Execute this group includes the buttons for all actions that can be executed on a backup job e Backup e Backup performs the backup type defined in Backup Properties e Full performs a full backup regardless of the backup type defined in Backup Properties e Differential performs an incremental backup regardless of the backup type defined in Backup Properties e Incremental performs a differential backup regardless of the backup type defined in Backup Properties e Restore e Restore starts the Restore wizard e Latest version restores the latest version to its original location without showing the Restore wizard e Latest version to restores the latest version to a specified location without showing the Restore wizard e Repair e Repair starts the backup repair e Repair catalog only starts the repair of the backup catalog e Test opens the Test backup window e Clean opens the Clean backup window Views e Explore switches to Explore View e Backup switches to Backup View e Statistics switches to Statistics View e Progress switches to Progress View Explore View Files amp Folders e Restore e Latest version restores the latest version of the selected file folder to its or
295. tion is not a local hard drive you can change it by checking the Change destination to local hard drive option Destination In the Folder field by default it is the path to the My Backup4all 5 folder Users lt user name gt My Documents My Backup4all 5 You can click on the Browse button and select a location of your choice where the backup will be stored In destination folder field you can use Environment Variables as Computername SystemDrive UserName etc Note Some of the features mentioned on this page might not be available in your edition The Professional edition includes all the features For a comparison between editions please check feature matrix topic External hard drive You can select an external hard drive as destination for backup New Backup Backup Properties i Sox General Destination D Save backup to an external hard drive USB or Firewire Local hard drive eo CD DVD or Blu ray hange destination to external hard drive Removable Destination Network External hard drive v FTP server Folder Browse SFTP server E Lock the destination to this external hard drive Sources Enable disk spanning Filters Customize Type Full Differential amp Incremental Mirror Compression Advanced Email Save and run Save Cancel J Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland 118 Backup4all 5
296. tion you want to use Professional Standard or Lite Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland Help 247 Try or buy Select which edition you want to try Professional is the full edition with all features enabled Standard and Lite have fewer features you can see a detailed comparison here Feature Matrix Features Professional Standard Lite Mirror backup Y Y Smart backup v Block backup Y wv x x x Amazon 3 Azure AES Encryption Try Standard 5 Try Lite See more features Application will be restarted 12 1 2 Online Activation After you purchase a license you will receive an email with your licensing information Using the license key received via email you can easily activate Backup4all automatically if your computer is connected to the Internet During the activation process your license key is verified online and after it is detected as valid you can start using Backup4all Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland 248 Backup4all 5 1 Open the activation window from File gt Help by pressing the Enter product key under Registration information 2 z Backup4all 5 0 TRIAL will expire in 22 days Scheduler Layout i New backup Support B Open Backup R k By Open Backup From Backup4all Help a C U O a 7 Get help using Backup4all Take full control of your backup Tools About Backup4all Support
297. tions that can be used on the Destination page in the New Backup Wizard or Backup Properties windows You can add edit copy or delete an Azure connection using this window In order to add a new Azure connection press the Add button The Define Azure configuration window will appear in the list and you can enter the other settings for this connection Caz Define Azure configuration General Configuration name Settings Account name Key _ Key is Shared Access Signature Container Folder General Configuration name Enter here an arbitrary name for the connection By default the New Azure configuration name is assigned Settings e Account name In this field you have to enter the name of your Azure account e Key In this field you have to enter the key for your Azure account Key is shared Access Signature check this option if the key is shared access signature e Container In this field you have to enter the container you want to use as destination Folder In this field you have to enter the folder where you want to store the backups If the folder does not exist it will be created Note If you configured a new Azure location or you edit an existing one you should use the Test Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland Options 233 button to see if the Azure settings are correct If the test was successful The Azure connection was tested successfully message will be displayed
298. to Amazon S3 ccecscceeseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeneeeeeeanneeeesaaeseneeeesasaeeeeeaneeeeeseneeseeeenees 36 How to Backup to USB or Firewire drives ccccsccccecsecesseeeeesseeeeeeseesseseeeeeesneeeeeeseeeeeeenees 37 How to Send Email Notifications ccccccssseeceeeseeeeeeeeeeeseeeeeeseeeseeseeeseseeeeeeaseeeeeeeseeeeneeeees 38 How to Configure One Touch Backup cssecccesseeeeeeeeeeseneeeesseaeeeeseeeseseeeeeesneneeeeeseeseneenees 39 How to Use One Touch Backup ccccseeccssseeeeeseeeeeneeeeeeaneeeeeseaeseeseeeseseeeeeeaseneeeeesneseneeeees 40 How to Enable Detailed LOGGING s eccssseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeesneeeeseaeeenseeeseseneeeesneaeeeeeeeeeeneenees 40 Backup Types 43 Backup Ty Pe ra ated sabe itt aa a aa Ca aaea a ee anaa ae aaa aaaea aE 43 Smart BackUp iien eaaa liste cee aaa aa aa aaa eaa aade aa inaa ao Aana eaea eteeeed 44 ATT o E E E E T 46 Differential Bac k p neea aaa aa ae eae anaa aaea Ea ea ae aaaea ea eS E a e SEa aaan 47 Incremental Backups asennan daa dienaa aa aaao aa aaaea daa abar u aaea iaaa na aiea daa daana 48 Mirror B c KUD iiaeaae eaaa aaaea aa maaa aaa aaan aAa aa aaaea Aaaa 49 Backup Types in Backup 4all cccccseccssseeeesseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeneeesneeeeessaaesenseeesesneeeeesneeeeeeeseeseeeenees 50 Backup to CD DVD or Blu ray 55 Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland Backup4all 5 L aorewrnrda U ret O AN OA BW ND ee ee ee
299. to the internet you can still activate Backup4all manually You can use manual activation in the rare case when the automatic activation fails due to firewall issues or internet connection The manual activation process involves two computers computer A where Backup4all is installed Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland 250 Backup4all 5 and computer B the one that has internet access Follow the steps below to copy the activation file from computer A to computer B from where you can obtain the activation response 1 Open Backup4all on computer A The Activate application window will appear If you previously used the trial you need to open the activation window from File gt Help by pressing the Enter product key button Scheduler Layout E New backup Support B Open Backup B Open Backup From Backup4all Help 7 Get help using Backup4all Tools M Support Request a Let us know if you need hel m F y P amp Options Exit Buy Now Buy Backup4all online Tools for working with Backup4all Options Y Customize language display and other program settings Check for Updates Get the latest updates available for Backup4all Backup4all 5 0 TRIAL will expire in 22 days Take full control of your backup About Backup4all Backup4all Version 5 0 Build 221 2013 Softland All rights reserved www backup4all com Registration information
300. tomize the backups Note Some of the features mentioned on this page might not be available in your edition The Professional edition includes all the features For a comparison between editions please check feature matrix topic 7 3 4 Removable You can save your backup to a removable drive USB flash drive floppy etc as destination for backup Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland Backup Properties 121 o blm New Backup Backup Properties General Destination g Save backup to a removable media USB flash drive floppy Local hard drive mov External hard drive ha CD DVD or Blu ray CED ocean Network Removable drive cid Floppy Disk Drive A x FTP server Folder Browse SFTP server __ Lock the destination to this removable drive Sources _ Erase before writing Filters Volume label Cust en V Use custom prefix Type Full Differential amp Incremental Mirror Compression Advanced Email Save and run Save Cancel Removable If the current backup destination is not a removable drive you can change it by checking the Change destination to removable media option Destination Select from the drop down list the removable drive you want to use as backup destination You can type a folder name in the Folder field or you can click the Browse button to choose another folder where the backup will be stored In de
301. topic Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland Backup Properties 115 7 3 Destination The Destination page defines where the backup archive will be stored al ei f hs 6 New Backup Backup Properties General gt Destination g Where do you want to save your backup Local hard drive External hard drive CD DVD or Blu ray Select the destination you want to use Removable Local hard drive Extemal hard drive Network CD DVD or Blu ray FTP server Removable media USB flash drive floppy SFTP server Network z FTP server SFTP server Filters Customize Type Full Differential Incremental Mirror Compression Advanced Email 4 m f l Save and run Destination Valid destination types Network FTP server SFTP server Local hard drive External hard drive CD DVD or Blu ray Removable media USB flash drive floppy Azure storage Amazon S3 storage Selecting a backup destination type on the Destination page will corresponding type page enable the options on the Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland 116 Backup4all 5 7 3 1 You can also change the backup destination from any destination type page by checking the Change destination to option If you lost your backup job from the backup list and you want to recreate it you can do so by using the File gt Ope
302. ttributes will be used for file filtering e NTFS attributes if this is selected a set of NTFS New Technology File System attributes will be used for filtering Note that these attributes are available only on Windows XP and above Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland 146 Backup4all 5 File attributes available for file filters Read Only if checked files with read only attribute will be selected Archived if checked files with archived attribute will be selected Hidden if checked files with hidden attribute will be selected System if checked files with system attribute will be selected Compressed only NTFS if checked files with compressed attribute will be selected Temporary only NTFS if checked files with temporary attribute will be selected Encrypted only NTFS if checked files with encrypted attribute will be selected Not indexed only NTFS if checked files with not indexed attribute will be selected Offline only NTFS if checked files with offline attribute will be selected Reparse point only NTFS if checked files with reparse point attribute will be selected Sparse file only NTFS if checked files with sparse file attribute will be selected For example if you want to include files with read only and archived attributes set you have to check both attributes checkboxes in a single restriction If you want to include files with read only or archived attributes set
303. u start the application or when the first backup job starts No passwords are stored in the destination folder Do not store passwords The passwords will not be stored anywhere You will have to enter the passwords everytime a job action starts This is the most secure option Note Some of the features mentioned on this page might not be available in your edition The Professional edition includes all the features For a comparison between editions please check feature matrix topic Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland Help 244 Backup4all 5 12 Help The Help page from File menu of Backup4all contains information about the version and edition you have installed as well as the information about the registration status If Backup4all is registered you can see the Registration Name and Registration Key otherwise it will show as UNREGISTERED and mention the number of days left until the trial version expires Support Backup4all Help Before asking for support please make sure you have installed the latest version of Backup4all Also visit our online Knowledgebase as it contains valuable information and your questions might already be answered there Support request If you can t find an answer to your questions in our Knowledgebase please go to Backup4all s File gt Help menu and click on Support Request This will open an email and it will include at the bottom some basic information w
304. udes all the features For a comparison between editions please check feature matrix topic Smart Smart backup is a backup type which combines the full differential and incremental backup types with cleanup operations in order to efficiently manage the backups according with the backup settings and the free disk space in destination The Smart backup type starts with a full backup The advantage is that you don t need to worry about the number of backups to store in order to fit on the destination drive which backup version to clean or merge as Backup4all will take care of that Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland Backup Properties 151 a New Backup Backup Properties General Dectination Make full backup Local hard drive External hard drive CD DVD or Blu ray A Removable Customize prefix of backup files Network Inserttag Preview FTP server 1_C zip SFTP server Sources Filters Customize Type Differential Incremental Mirror Compression Advanced Email Save and run Bem Smart If the Smart type is not your default backup type you can check the Select Smart as the default backup type option Maximum space to take in the destination In time the disk space occupied by the backups will grow You can select the maximum size of the destination drive to be used for backups You can
305. up4all Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland 66 Backup4all 5 i Getting Started Select a task below to get started with Backup4all Backup Create new backup job from scratch or execute a existing backup job Restore Restore all files from a backup job or load a job in interface Links How to articles video tutorials or shortcuts to various tasks _ Show this dialog at next start Backup Press this button to create or run backup jobs Backup Run selected backup job Select an existing backup job from the list and press Backup to run the selected job If you want to run this job when the backup device is plugged in check the Use the selected job for plug and backup Create Create new Backup job Press the New button to start creating a new backup job using the New Backup Wizard If you want to run this job when the backup device is plugged in check the Use the new job for plug and backup Restore Restore Restore from selected backup Select an existing backup job from the list and press Restore to open the Restore Wizard Open Load backup jobs Use the Open button to recreate a backup job from the backup catalog bkc or from the Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland Main Window 67 initialization file ini The recreated backup job will be added to the backup list If you don t want to show the Backup4all Startup window next time
306. vanced mode for more configuration options These are the steps you must perform in the New Backup Wizard 1 Enter the name of the backup in the Backup name field and select a location where you want to save the backup You can choose as destination e your local hard drive Local e a network computer LAN e an FTP location FTP e an SFTP location SFTP e an Azure account Azure e an Amazon account Amazon Click Next to go to the following step r New Backup Wizard E a Name your backup Backup name Documents Where do you want to saye your backup Local Drive Local Disk D z Folder teste Destination Help Saving your backup locally Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland 22 Backup4all 5 2 Select the files and folders you want to backup sources of the backup or choose a predefined backup from the drop down list and click Next What do you want to backup Backup4all Configurations plugin ey clear all to backup all a THUS File Folder i Hiberfil on System Drix M O lt Backup4all Configuration gt Pagefile on System Dri peee lt Job Settings Folder gt Temporary Files use E lt Tag Settings Folder gt Temporary Folders u lt Catalog Folder gt M O lt Log Folder gt La Plugins Folder gt O lt Scheduled jobs Folder gt i lt Host keys Folder gt lt Ini File gt Al eh Wictan Files
307. was finished with warnings ON BWN PR Note Some of the features mentioned on this page might not be available in your edition The Professional edition includes all the features For a comparison between editions please check feature matrix topic Repair Backup4all uses for each action a small application that runs independently from the main application They can be used to create batch files The command line parameters for repair action are described bellow The repair action is composed by a test action followed or not it depends if you want to repair only the catalog by a backup action Backup jobs Syntax bTest T job_name RP RPWB Priority 1 2 3 4 Formatting legend Italic Information that must be supplied by the user Bold Elements that the user must type exactly as shown Switches are preceded by slash Elements between square brackets are optional Vertical line separates possible choices Items between braces are a set of choices from which the user must choose only one e t tests the named backup job to find the problems in backup e RP repairs the backup catalog only All files and folders added in the last backup execution will be tested Those not found in destination will be also removed from the backup catalog so Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland 198 Backup4all 5 they will be backed up on the next backup execution e RPWB repairs the b
308. you insert DVD 1 Backup4all runs and performs a full backup On Tuesday you insert DVD 2 which is empty and Backup4all performs a full backup that includes all the data that s on DVD 1 plus the data that was added in between Now if the Use local catalogs option would have been checked Backup4all would have executed on DVD 2 an incremental backup because of the full backup already executed on DVD 1 Compress catalog in destination If this option is checked the bkc catalog file in destination will be compressed This is required if you use the obfuscate option from the Compression page and it s also useful for large catalogs to save the storage space Test after backup If this option is set Backup4all will test the resulting backup for data integrity after every backup process Only the latest backup number will be tested after the backup execution If you wish to test other backup numbers you can do so from the Test Backup window If this option is selected the backup catalog will be also repaired after the current backup version is tested if there were files not correctly backed up or missing from the backup destination Those files will be removed from the backup catalog and they will be backed up again next time the backup is Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland Backup Properties 171 executed Remove from catalog all files with errors This option selected by default is used to also repair the b
309. you open Backup4all uncheck the Show this dialog at next start option By default this option is checked Links Shows a list of the most popular articles from our knowledge base Note Some of the features mentioned on this page might not be available in your edition The Professional edition includes all the features For a comparison between editions please check feature matrix topic 5 3 Backup List Backup list visible in the middle column of the main window contains all the backup jobs defined The backup jobs can be are grouped into tags for easy handling or Hel os 4 Make Backup X W Make Full Backup 7 Make Differential Backup t Doct Make Incremental Backup Restore Restore Latest Version Restore Latest Version To F9 Menu opens by right clicking a backup job from the backup list window Backup List window shows backup groups and or backup jobs Job Logs Job History View as search for backup Create Shortcut jobsgroups f Create Like Ctrl L Delete Backup Ctrl Del Properties Ctrl P Type to search To configure a backup job s appearance icon and label in the backup list you have to open the Backup Properties window switch to the General tab change the name of the backup job assign it to an existing tag or create a new tag and select a backup job icon When you backup a tag the Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland 68 Backup4all
310. z htaccess inc logfile awk cnf file htc info m3u bat conf forward htm sini m4 m Type to filter Delete When Amazon S3 server not ready The first number Retry option indicates how many times the application tries to access the destination server if it is not available By default this option is set to 3 attempts The second number wait option indicates how many seconds to wait between two consecutive attempts to access the destination location By default this option is set to 5 seconds This option is useful when the destination Amazon S3 server has restrictions i e only 2 users logged in the same time no of accesses etc and insures that if the Amazon S3 server cannot accept your connection it will not be hammered by sending log in requests frequently Configurations Backup4all 5 User Manual Copyright 2015 Softland Options 235 The File gt Options gt Amazon 3 window allows you to define Azure configurations that can be used on the Destination page in the New Backup Wizard or Backup Properties windows You can add edit copy or delete an Amazon S3 connection using this window In order to add a new Amazon S3 connection press the Add button The Define Amazon S3 configuration window will appear in the list and you can enter the other settings for this connection Define Amazon S3 configuration General Configuration name New

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