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How to create a file backup set in the server application

• Synopsis

  How to create a file backup set in the SkyNox server application.

• Applicable to

  All SkyNox server accounts

• Prerequisite

  • A server license with SkyNox.
  • Administrative rights on the machines you wish to backup.
  • You must have better than basic understanding of networks to properly use the server application. If you are not the network administrator of your organization, asking your network admin to handle server application tasks is recommended.
     

• How to

   1. Log into the SkyNox server application.

   

  2. Click on Create A Backup Set.

   

  

   

  3. Enter a name for your backup set in the field to that effect. Select the backup type: File Backup, MS SQL Backup or MS Exchange Backup. Check the Create a shortcut to run this backup on my Desktop box if you wish to have a shortcut on your desktop. Click on Next.

   

  

   

  File Backup:

   

  1. Make sure the Backup all radio button is selected in the Backup type for selected item section. Click on Next.

   

  

   

  2. Select a backup type and then click on Next.

   

  

   

  Backup to remote server (no local storage): sends the data directly to the SkyNox server.
  Perform a large initial backup which will be imported on the server: saves the backup data locally and then sends the data to the server.
  Backup to local storage and backup to remote server: saves the backup data locally and to the SkyNox servers.
  Backup only to local storage: does not send the data to SkyNox. Keeps the data locally only.

   

  3. Check the Backup ACLs for files box if you wish to back up the permissions associated with your files. Select the backup compression level, then click on Next:

   

  

   

  Default compression: balanced speed and compression.
  Best speed: optimized for speed.
  Best compression: optimized for size of the data to be transferred.
  No compression: integral copy of your data.

   

  4. Log file and xml notifications can be configured to send an email alert when one of the following variables are met:

   

  

   

  Default compression: balanced speed and compression.
  Best speed: optimized for speed.
  Best compression: optimized for size of the data to be transferred.
  No compression: integral copy of your data.

   

  5. Log file and xml notifications can be configured to send an email alert when one of the following variables are met:

   

  

   

  On general status
  On files that weren’t backed up
  On successfully backed up files

   

  On general status
  On files that weren’t backed up
  On successfully backed up files

   

  Select the notifications you need, then click on Next.

   

  6. Click on Add.

   

  

   

  7. Select the frequency of the backup job from the Perform this backup dropdown menu.
  Select the time at which the backup will start from the Start time menu.
  Select the date at which the backup should start from the Backup schedule effective as of menu.
  Enter another number than 1 in the Run backup once every menu if you wish the backup to skip certain days.
  Decide how many copies of a file to keep in the Keep only field. Enter the number of hours to wait before quitting a stalled backup job in the If backup is not completed in field.
  Click on Ok.

   

  

   

  8. Click on Finish.

   

  

   

  9. If you wish to run the backup now, click on Yes.

   

  

   

  10. The progress screen will keep you abreast of the progress of the backup. When it is complete, click on View report to view a report of the various files and folders that were backed up or click on Exit to close the backup window.

   

  

   

  If you need further assistance, please do not hesitate to contact us.

• Keywords

  SkyNox, server, create, Backup