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Installing the offsite backup manager in Windows environtments

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Summary:
Installing the offsite backup manager in Windows environments.

Applies to:
OS: Windows XP, Vista, Server 2000, 2003, 2008
Backup Manager version: 5.X.X.X

Instructions:

Installation Guide for Windows

1. Download the windows installer file from the download page http://offsitecomputerbackup.com/download.html

2. Follow the instructions on the installation wizard to complete installation

3. If you are using a proxy server to access the internet, please fill in the [Proxy setting] section and press the [Next] button.

4. If you don't have already have a backup account, register as a trial user by the following steps

1. Enter the [Login Name], [Password] and [Confirm Password] of your choice
2. Enter your [Email] in the text field provided
3. Press the [Submit] button
4. You should now be logged onto the backup server already (if the [Login Name] of your choice is already taken by another user, try
a different login name)

5. If you have a backup account already, select [already a user?] and logon to the server with your existing username and password.

6. If this is your first time logging into the server, you will be guided to create a backup set:

1. Setup the backup schedule by pressing the [Add] button (please note that you can add multiple backup schedules to a backup set
and please select the "Run scheduled backup on this computer")
2. Setup the encryption setting for your backup set (if you don't know much about encryption, just
accept the default values here)

3. Press the [OK] button to complete the configuration of backup set Scheduled backup will run automatically if you leave your computer
on.

7. To run a backup immediately, click [Backup] button on the left panel, select the backup set and press [OK] button.

8. Setup completed.

 

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Article ID: 5
Category: Installation Related
Date added: 2009-03-22 20:28:54
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