Redemption Backup USER GUIDE

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1 Redemption TM User Guide OnSpec Electronic, Inc. Redemption Backup USER GUIDE OnSpec Redemption User Guide Copyright CompuApps, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Portions Copyright (c) OnSpec Electronic, Inc. 1

2 Redemption TM Table of Contents OnSpec Electronic, Inc. Table of Contents INTRODUCTION... 3 REDEMPTION APPLICATION... 4 REDEMPTION FEATURES... 4 REDEMPTION BASICS...5 WHAT IS A BACKUP STORE AND WHAT DOES IT DO?... 6 WHAT IS A CATALOG FILE?... 6 WHAT IS A SNAPSHOT?... 6 DUPLICATING A VOLUME... 6 ARCHIVING A BACKUP STORE... 7 RESTORING FILES... 7 SCHEDULING A BACKUP STORE... 7 CANCEL AN OPERATION... 7 GETTING STARTED...8 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS... 9 HELPFUL HINTS BEFORE STARTING REDEMPTION... 9 INSTALLING REDEMPTION... 9 UNINSTALLING REDEMPTION... 9 LAUNCHING REDEMPTION... 9 WORKING WITH BACKUP MODULE...10 BACKUP MODULE HOW REDEMPTION BACKUP WORKS STEPS TO START THE BACKUP PROCESS DUPLICATE MODULE STEPS TO START THE DUPLICATE PROCESS SYNCHRONIZE MODULE ARCHIVE FILES MODULE DISASTER RECOVERY WORKING WITH RESTORE MODULE...35 RESTORE MODULE FULL RESTORE FILE RESTORE FIND FILES...44 WORKING WITH SCHEDULER MODULE...48 SCHEDULE THE PROCESS MANAGE SCHEDULE VALIDATE SCRIPT WORKING WITH LOG MODULE...52 SCHEDULED WINDOW PENDING WINDOW HISTORY WINDOW EXECUTING WINDOW WORKING WITH TOOLS MODULE...57 REPAIR CATALOG MANAGE STORES SELECTORS MODULE PUSHBUTTON MANAGER PREFERENCE TECHNICAL SUPPORT...69 BEFORE CONTACTING TECHNICAL SUPPORT TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR TECHNICAL SUPPORT HOW TO CONTACT US

3 Redemption TM Chapter 1: Introduction OnSpec Electronic, Inc. Chapter 1: Introduction Introduction Redemption application Redemption features 3

4 Redemption Application Redemption is an ideal Backup solution designed for small to mid-sized businesses and home users with simplified user interface and advanced technology such as Security, Encryption and Compression. Redemption delivers top-notch performance for peanuts! Users can select files and data with a quick and easy to use Wizard. Once you set up the types of files you want to backup, Redemption does the rest. You never have to worry about lost files again! With Redemption, take advantage of a wide range of data storage devices such as an internal or external disk (USB, FireWire, PCMCIA, Parallel, SATA, SCSI etc ), Zip drives, Thumb drives etc. Redemption Features Incremental backup Creating compressed Backup Creating encrypted Backup Password protection for the Backup Duplicate volumes Synchronize data between two computers Accurate Restore of specific files/ folders from the Backup Protects business-critical Applications, Desktops, and Notebooks Easy to set up and manage Fast and reliable Secure Backup Simplifies media management Best-in-class Disaster Recovery Support for USB, SATA, FireWire (1394), and PCMCIA and Parallel external drive Preferences PushButton Backup 4

5 Chapter 2: Redemption Basics OnSpec Electronic, Inc. Redemption Basics What is a Backup store? What is a Catalog file? What is a Snapshot? Duplicate a volume Archiving the Backup Restoring file(s) Schedule Backup Cancel an operation 5

6 What is a Backup Store and what does it do? The basic building blocks of Redemption are the Backup store, which is a set of one or more disks, or files. You can back up as many source volumes as you like to a single Backup Store. For example, you could have a single Backup Store as the backup destination for your computer s internal hard disk, your external hard disk. Redemption performs Incremental Backup to optimize space and time. Incremental backup smartly copies only files those are new or have changed since the previous backup to a Backup Store. User does not have to specify whether you want a Full or Incremental backup. Redemption by default, copies all the files it hasn t already backed up. What is a catalog file? Redemption uses a catalog file, an index of the files and folders contained in a Backup Store, to keep track of files and folders, so you never have to think about which files are on which disks Redemption uses a separate catalog file (usually stored on your hard disk) to keep track of the all the files in a Backup Store. The catalog files let you quickly search for files (including older versions of backed up files) without having to actually search the backup drive. The catalog file is an index or table of contents of the files on the backup media of a Backup Store. The Catalog file lets you to view the contents of a Backup Store without any of its medium on hand. If a catalog file is lost or damaged, Redemption can rebuild a catalog file from the drive?... Note: Catalog files cannot be viewed or opened without Redemption. What is a Snapshot? Since Redemption does incremental backups, it may have several versions of a file scattered among several Backup Stores. For example, you may update your Monthly Status Report document every month, and because each update modifies the file, Redemption backs up each one to your Backup Store. A flat list of all versions of all the files in the Backup Store would be very confusing. For this reason among others, every time you back up, Redemption places a snapshot of the source volume in the Backup Store. A Snapshot is a list-you can think of it as a picture-of all files and folders on a volume when it is backed up. For each volume, one snapshot is stored in the Catalog file and a copy of the same Snapshot stored on the backup medium. Following each successful backup or Archive operations, the old catalog files snapshot is replaced but old Snapshot remains untouched and Redemption adds new Snapshots to the medium. When you want to restore from a backup, you can tell Redemption to use a Snapshot to restore the entire contents of a disk. Or, you can use a Snapshot as a guide to see the volumes as it was at a given point in time when it was backed up, picking and choosing individual files to restore. Snapshots allow you to perfectly restore each volume to its exact state at the time of any completed backup. Snapshots help Redemption keep track of the volumes to which a file belongs. When Redemption first backs up a volume to a new Backup Store, it copies the selected files and saves a Snapshot. When it subsequently backs up other volumes, it does not copy identical files already in the Backup Store. You can retrieve snapshots from the drive if you want to restore a volume, folder, or file as it was at any given backup. Because a Snapshot represents a volume at a specific point in time, you cannot use a Snapshot to find multiple versions of a file throughout different backup sessions on different dates. However, Redemption does provide an easy way of doing this. Duplicating a Volume Duplicate copies selected files in their native file format from one drive or folder to another. After a duplicate operation, the destination drive contains an exact copy of every file and folder that was in the source. NOTE: Redemption allows you to duplicate files from one drive to another, or on the same drive from one folder to another. Redemption optimizes the duplication process by copying only those files that do not already exist on the destination. 6

7 Archiving a Backup Store Archiving lets you copy/move files from a volume to a Backup Store for the storage. This option provides you to verify and delete the files. NOTE: Archive option allows you to delete the files in the source after the Archival operation is finished; By default the source files will not be deleted after the archival process. In case of Backup source files are never deleted. Restoring files Redemption allows you to restore an entire Volume or restore selected files and folders from the most recent backup or any previous backup. Redemption can restore selected files and folders, entire volumes, or just the system state and registry. You can restore either by selecting a snapshot from the Backup Store, or by searching through one or more Backup Stores for files that meet specified criteria. Scheduling a Backup Store The Backup Store creations can be scheduled on daily, weekly, monthly basis. The user just needs to set the date and time to start the process. The Redemption application launches the corresponding process for the date and time specified. The user can then schedule the Backup, Restore and Duplicate process by just setting the date and time. Cancel an Operation Canceling any one operation in the Redemption product may not contain complete set of backup data. CompuApps recommends to user to decide upon the process to select and complete the process. 7

8 Redemption TM Chapter 3: Getting Started OnSpec Electronic, Inc. Getting Started System Requirements Helpful hints before starting Redemption Installing Redemption Uninstalling Redemption Launching Redemption 8

9 System Requirements Redemption should be installed on a computer that meets the following minimum requirements: Intel Pentium class or greater processor (800Mhz or greater recommended) 128 MB RAM with Redemption application. CompuApps recommends the following memory configurations: 2 execution units, 512 MB RAM 4 execution units, 1 GB RAM 8 execution units, 2 GB RAM Helpful hints before starting Redemption In order to backup any disk, Redemption must be run under a user account that has access to those disks. CompuApps recommends that you create an account that has administrator access to all resources before installing Redemption. Installing Redemption Save all unsaved documents in other running Applications. Under Windows 2000/XP, log in to the user account that has Administrator privileges. CompuApps Redemption requires Administrator privileges to run. Run Setup.exe and follow the instructions in the Setup Wizard to install the software on your hard disk and choose the option to re-start the computer. Uninstalling Redemption To uninstall the Redemption application: Select the Control Panel. Select Add/Remove program files. Select the Redemption product. Click the Add/Remove button to uninstall the application. (Or) Select the Start --> Program Folder --> Redemption --> Uninstall Redemption to uninstall the application. Launching Redemption To start Redemption, start Program Files and choose Redemption from the Redemption program group in the start menu. 9

10 Redemption TM Chapter 4: Backup Module OnSpec Electronic, Inc. Working with Backup module Backup Duplicate Synchronize Archive files Disaster Recovery 10

11 Backup Module Backup allows the user to backup files and folders. Several strategies can be used to backup the modified files, new files and to select the files and folders from the user s My Documents, My Computers folders etc. Data can be encrypted for security and compressed file format optimizes storage space. The user can specify the backup name and the destination location to have the track of multiple Backup Stores. How Redemption Backup Works Backup operation Source Destination Backup Volumes / File(s) / Folder(s) Backup Store(s) Incremental backup Volumes / File(s) / Folder(s) Updates existing Backup Store with the new/latest contents. Backup: First time backup of files and folders. Backup Store(s): The Backup Store refers to backup data of the files and folders in a specified format. This file format is recognizable only by the Redemption application and is proprietary to CompuApps. Incremental backup: The user selects the files & folders for updating the existing backup sets. Only changed files and folders are backed up. Once the backup operation completes, the Archive bit of the changed files/ folders is cleared. Steps to start the backup process 1. Click the Backup option from the backup group. The Welcome to the Redemption Backup Wizard window launches, if you are using the application for the first time the source, selected option and destination fields will be blank, click the Next button to proceed with the backup process. From the options, 11

12 Let me change these settings. Backup with these settings. Select any one of these and click the Next button. 2. The What do you want to backup? window prompts you to choose any one of the following options (Refer filters for more details), My Computer. - This option helps to Backup files (including the operating system and applications) located anywhere on your computer. Documents and Settings. - This option is to backup the Documents and Settings folder from the booted partition. Most user data such as Word Processing Documents, Spreadsheets etc. reside in this folder. Let me select. - This option helps to select files and folder for backup from any storage device attached to your computer. And click the Next button. You will select type of files to backup in the next screen. 12

13 3. The What file types do you want to backup? window helps in selecting the types of files to be backed up (Refer filters for more details), For Documents and Settings Pictures. - This option selects only Picture files types (currently supported file types are JPG, JPEG, BMP, TIF, GIF, PSD) from the Documents and Settings folder. Music. - This option will backup only audio file types (currently supported file types are MP3) from the Documents and Settings folder. Movies. This option selects only movie file types (currently supported file types are AVI, WMV, WM9, MPG) from the Documents and Settings folder. Office Documents. - This option selects only MS Office document files types (currently supported file types are DOC, XLS, XLA, PPT, PDF, MDB, RTF) from the Documents and Settings folder. For My Computer Documents and Settings. - This option will backup Documents and Settings folder if it is selected, else the selected filter type will backup from this folder. This is where most of your Word processing documents Spreadsheets etc are stored (unless you save them elsewhere). Operating systems and Applications. - This option helps backup the Operating system and Program files and folders if it is selected, else the selected filter type will backup from those folders. Pictures. - This option helps backup only the Picture file types (currently supported file types are JPG, JPEG, BMP, TIF, GIF, PSD) from the selected partition(s)/ folder(s). 13

14 Music. - This option will backup only the audio file types (currently supported file type is MP3) from the selected partition(s)/ folder(s). Movies. - This option will backup only the movie file types (currently supported file types are AVI, WMV, WM9, MPEG) from the selected partition(s)/ folder(s). Office Documents. - This option will backup only the office document files types (currently supported file types are DOC, XLS, XLA, PPT, PDF, MDB, RTF) from the selected partition(s)/ folder(s). For Let me select option Select the following file(s)/ folder(s) from the selected partition(s). Click the Next button, Documents and Settings. - This option helps to backup Documents and Settings folder if it is selected, else the selected filter type will backup from this folder. This is where most of your Word Processing documents, Spreadsheets etc are stored (unless you save them elsewhere). Operating systems and Applications. - This option helps to backup Operating system and Program files and folders if it is selected else the selected filter type will backup from these folders. Pictures. - This option helps to backup only the Picture file types (currently supported file types are JPG, JPEG, BMP, TIF, GIF, PSD) from the selected partition(s)/ folder(s). Music. - This option helps to backup only the audio file types (currently supported file types MP3) from the selected partition(s)/folder(s). Movies. - This option helps to backup only the movie file types (currently supported file types are AVI, WMV, WM9, MPEG) from the selected partition(s)/ folder(s). 14

15 Office Documents. - This option helps to backup only the office document file types (currently supported file types DOC, XLS, XLA, PPT, PDF, MDB, RTF) from the selected partition(s)/ folder(s). 4. The Select the destination disk for your backups. window prompts to, select the partition or folder for the backup process. Then, click the Next button. 5. The When do you want to run the Backup? window prompts to. Select any one of the following options: - Run the Backup now - This option will start the backup process immediately. Schedule my Backups - This option will schedule the backup process at a later time/ date. 15

16 And click the Next button. 6. The Name this Backup Store. Window Prompts to Type in a name for your new Backup Store or select an existing Backup Store. User can enter the new Backup Store name or use the existing Backup Store name by enabling/selecting the check box available at the right side of the edit box. Click the Next button. 7. The Would you like to compress your backed up files? Window prompts to, Redemption can compress the files in a Backup Store to maximize the available storage capacity of the destination disk. Select the Yes option if you want to compress the data, otherwise select the No option for backup data without compression. Check the Verification option to have Redemption compares each backed up file to the original after coping. Click the Next button, 16

17 8. The Enable security for this Backup Store? window prompts to, select encryption method and enter the password if the user needs to encrypt the data, otherwise select the None option. Click the Next button. 17

18 9. The Backup Summary window will be launched to display the summary (i.e. all backup options such as compression, encryption, selected partition etc.). Please review this summary. Click the Back button to make changes. Click the Finish button to start the backup process. 18

19 Duplicate Module The duplicate module will copy all the data from the selected source drive to destination drive. The destination drive reflects the same as that of the source after the duplicate process. (i.e. the duplicate module copies the files, folders and applications data from the source to destination) Steps to start the Duplicate process 1. Click the Duplicate option. The Welcome to the Redemption Duplicate Wizard window will be launched. Click the Next Button and proceed. If you are using the duplicate for the first time, skip this step otherwise the user can select the any one of the options from the window to start the duplicate process, Let me change these settings. Duplicate now with these settings. Select the option and click the Next button. 2. The What do you want to Duplicate? window will be launched. 19

20 Select the source partition or folder to duplicate and Click the Next button. 3. The What file types do you want to Duplicate? window will be launched, In that following options will de displayed (Refer filters for more details), Documents and Settings. - Duplicate Documents and Settings folder if it is selected, else the selected filter type will duplicate this folder. Operating systems and Applications. - Duplicate Operating systems and Program files and folders. Pictures. - Duplicate only the Picture files types (currently JPG, JPEG, BMP, TIF, GIF, PSD file types are supported) from the Documents and Settings folder. 20

21 Music. - Duplicate only the audio file types (currently supported file type is MP3) from the Documents and Settings folder. Movies. - Duplicate only the movie file types (currently supported file types are AVI, WMV, WM9, MPEG) from the Documents and Settings folder. Office Documents. - Duplicate only the office document files types (currently supported file types are DOC, XLS, XLA, PPT, PDF, MDB, RTF) from the Documents and Settings folder. 4. The Where do you want the duplicate to be stored? window will be launched, select the destination as partition or folder. Select any one of the following option and click the Next button. Duplicate all files from source. - Selecting this option allows all the files and folders to copy from the source drive to destination. Duplicate only new and/or modified files from the source. - Selecting this option allows only the newly created files/folders to copy and the modified files to be overwritten to the destination. 5. The When do you want to run the Duplicate? window will be launched, select any one of the following options and click the Next button, Run the Duplicate now. - This option will start the Duplicate process immediately. Schedule my Duplicates. - This option will schedule the Duplicate process at a later time/ date. 21

22 6. Finally Duplicate Summary window will be launched before starting the duplicate process; It contains the source and destination locations and the options selected for the duplicate process to be start. Enter a name for your new Duplicate Store or check Use Existing (if available) to apply the settings to an existing Duplicate Store. Please review this summary. Click the Back button to make changes. Click the Finish button to run the Duplicate process. 22

23 Synchronize Module People tend to backup in several systems and update the created backup in the local system. Since copying manually from one system to another system may take several minutes and searching and updating a particular or a group of files manually is a time consuming process. Thus the Synchronization feature in Redemption helps to do the job of Synchronization of data to the local volume(s). The created backup may be from any system; user can select the Redemption backup store from the available resources connected in the system and start the Synchronization process. Why should I synchronize? The user may have the files, which will be updated on regular basis; For Instance: Employees Daily Attendance, Inventory Database, etc. At the end of the every day/week these files may had to be updated to that of the master resources. The user can use the Synchronize feature for updating the older data with that of the modified data. The application smartly searches for the modified files and updates the files. Synchronization Steps for creating a Sync store: - The Welcome to the Redemption Sync Wizard window display, The Sync function allows you to synchronize multiple copies of the same files stored on two or more hard drives. Any changes made to the data stored on one drive will automatically appear on the other drive when you run the Sync operation. Sync is very useful if you routinely work on the same files on more than one computer in different location. For example, you can synchronize the hard drive in your office PC with a portable hard drive that you connect to a PC at home. Because you routinely work from different hard drive, any one of your synched hard drives may contain new or modified files. By Synching the drives, you can make sure the data on all of your drives will be up-to-date and exactly the same. 1. Create a new Sync task: 1. Select the Create a new Sync task to proceed with Synchronize process. 23

24 2. In the What do you want to Synchronize? window, the Synchronize Wizard lists the volume(s) available in the system. User can select one or more volume(s) for the process. The user can select any of the file(s)/folder(s) from the selected partition(s). The user can select the sub-folders from the corresponding volume(s) that are listed on the screen by clicking on the Show Folders button by highlighting the volume name. After selecting the source click the Next button to continue with the Synchronize process. 3. The What file types do you want to Synchronize? window displayed in the Synchronize Wizard helps to select the type of files for which a Sync store is to be created. 24

25 The user can select the All Files option or the Let me select option for selecting the File types. Click on the Next button after selecting the file types to continue the process. The source files can be filtered and stored in the Sync store by using the options available in the above window. 4. The Where do you want the Synchronized files to be stored? window displays to which prompts the user to select a particular location, to select a partition/folder where the Synchronize process would store the Sync store that is been created. Salvage deleted files (Recommended). Each time you run the Sync function, any files that were deleted from one synched disk will be saved to a folder called CompuApps Redemption Salvaged Data at the root of each synched drive. This feature is a safeguard against the accidental deletion of files. Delete synched files. Any file that is deleted from one synched disk will also be deleted from the other synched disk the next time you run the Sync operation. After selecting any one of the methods and the destination Drive/folder user should click on the Next button to proceed with the process. 25

26 5. The When do you want to run the Sync? window, prompts the user to select any one of the two options which are specified below: Run Sync now - Selecting this option runs the Synchronize process immediately. This option helps the user to run the Synchronize process immediately. Schedule Sync operations - Selecting this option schedules the Synchronize process for a later date and time. This option helps the user to schedule the Synchronize process to be run at a later date and time. Select any one of the options and click the Next button to continue with the process. 26

27 6. Finally Sync Summary window will be launched before starting the Synchronized process; It contains the source and destination locations and the options selected for the Synchronized process to be start. Enter a name for your new Sync Store. Please review the Summary. Click the Back button to make changes. Finally click on the Finish button to start the Synchronize process 2. Choose an existing Sync store: This option allows the user to select the Sync store from the Drive/Folder where the Sync store is been stored. 27

28 The Which path contains the Synchronized store? window in the Synchronize wizard helps the user to select the Drive/Folder in which the Sync store is available. After selecting the correct path click the Next button to continue the process. In the Select the Synchronized store to run Window, the Synchronize wizard helps the user to select a particular Sync store for the selected Drive/Folder to run. 28

29 Click on the Next button after selecting the Sync store. The What do you want to Synchronize? window allows the user to select your source from where you want to sync with this destination sync drive/folder. Click on the Finish to start the Synchronize process. 3. Synchronize with this selected store: This option allows the user to run the synchronize process with the selected store name. 29

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31 Archive Files Module Archive option lets you to copy file from volume to a Backup Store for the storage. To set up an archive operation, first click Backup from the left frame, and then select Archive files. 1. The Archive Summary window will be displayed as follows: 2. Click the Sources button to select the source drive for the process. The user can create sub-volumes under the corresponding volumes. Click on Ok to save the settings. Select the Destination button to select the Backup Store. 31

32 Click the Ok button to save the settings Select the Options button, The options provide 2 options for the Archive file process. The Verification helps to verify the Backup Store images, to check whether the backed up images are being created correctly. The Move files option helps to remove the files from the source volume after copying to the destination volume. Click the Ok button to save the settings. 3. Click the Archive button to start the process. 32

33 Disaster Recovery Redemption provides an easy way for the user to restore his computer either due to a hard disk crash or a virus attack. Please follow the following simple steps on how 1. Welcome to Redemption Disaster Recovery window will be launched, click the Next button. The backup Stores and the corresponding Snapshots will be displayed; user can select the Snapshot for the recovery process. 2. The Select a Backup Store for the Disaster Recovery process display s Backup store and Snapshots(s) information. Redemption offers several ways to restore your computer hard disk in an emergency. Select the Snapshot(s) appropriate to your computer environment. 33

34 3. The Disaster Recovery Summary window display the Volume Information, Click the Finish button to open the Disaster Recovery information. NOTE: It s recommended to save the file for future reference. 34

35 Redemption TM Chapter 5: Restore Module OnSpec Electronic, Inc. Working with Restore module Full Restore File Restore Find Files 35

36 Restore Module The Restore module helps to restore the files and folders from the Backup Stores, to the specified drive(s) or folder(s) locations. This option provides the restore feature from the incremental backup (i.e. it allows to restore the files which are backed up at different intervals/ Date and Time) information display from the selected Backup Stores, where the user can select any one of the multiple backups which are taken from different time intervals for restoring. The Full Restore option restores all the files and folders from the selected Backup Store. The File Restore option allows the user to restore one or more file(s) and folder(s) from the Backup Store. Full Restore Steps to start the Full Restore process: 1. Click the Full Restore option. 2. The Welcome to the Redemption Full Restore Wizard window will be launched This Wizard helps you Restore ALL files and folders from a Backup Store. Click the Next button. 36

37 3. The Which Backup Store do you want to restore from? window of Backup store(s) will be displayed select the Backup store name to restore from and click the Next button. 4. The Which Snapshot do you want to restore from? window display to the Snapshots of the incremental backup will be displayed. From the list, select the snapshot you want to restore from. A Single snapshot will be created if the user selects the single partition(s) / folder(s), else multiple snapshots will be created for each partition(s) / folder(s). 37

38 4. The Where do you want to restore? window will be launched, select any one of the following option and click the Next button, Original location. - This option helps to restore the backup to the original location of the data taken from. New location. - This option helps to restore the files to the new location. Select destination as partition or folder to restore the backup. 5. The When do you want to restore? window will be launched, select any one of the following options. 38

39 Then Click the Next button. Run the Restore now - This option will start the backup process immediately. Schedule my Restores - This option will schedule the backup process at a later time/ date. - This is a simple schedule process by setting day and time to run the restore process. Then, specify the script name for the scheduled restore process. 5. Finally Restore Summary window will be launched before starting the restore process; It contains the source and destination locations and the options selected for the restore process to be start. Please review the Summary. Click the Back button to make changes. Click the Finish button to start the Full Restore process. 39

40 File Restore Steps to start the File Restore process, Click the File Restore option. 1. The Welcome to the Redemption File Restore Wizard window will be launched; This Wizard helps you restore SELECTED files and folders from a Backup store. Click the Next button. 2. In the Which Backup Store do you want to restore from? window list of the Backup store(s) will be displayed; select the Backup Store name. 40

41 Then Click the Next button. 3. The Which Snapshot do you want to restore from? window display the Snapshots of the Backup Store. From the list, select the snapshot you want to restore from. A Single snapshot will be displayed if the user selects the single partition(s) / folder(s), else multiple snapshots will be displayed for each partition(s) / folder(s). 4. The Where do you want to restore? window will be launched, select any one of the following option and click the Next button, Original location. - This option is to restore the backup to the original location of the data taken from. 41

42 New location. - This option is to restore the backup to the new location. Select destination as partition or folder to restore the backup. 5. The Select files to restore window will be launched. Click the Select Files button to select the files for restore. 4. The File selection window will be launched. 42

43 The user can select the file(s) or folder(s) from the list for the restore process. After selecting the file(s) or folder(s) Click the OK button to continue. 5. In the Replace matching files? window helps to, when the restore destination already contains files you selected to restore, you can choose to replace those files with the one from Backup Store. Select any one of the option for when to replace the matching files on the destination and click the Next button to continue. Never This option does not replace the file in the destination location. Only if the Backup Store file is newer This option replaces the file in the destination only if it an entirely new file or if new files are added to the already existing ones. Always This option replaces the already existing file in the destination location 43

44 5. Finally Restore Summary window will be launched before starting the restore process; It contains the source and destination locations and the options selected for the restore process to be start. Please review the Summary. Click the Back button to make changes. Click the Finish button to start the File Restore process. Find Files 44

45 This option helps to find the files and folders from the available Backup Store. You can search for the files from Backup Store by selecting the source Backup Store and destination location to retrieve the files. Find files assists you in locating a file that you may have backed up a long time ago but cannot exactly remember its name Various filter options are available to assist you in your search. Redemption stores all the versions of the backup image file and allows recovering any older version files which are backed up before. 1. Click the Find Files icon from the Restore Module 2. Click on the Source button from the Find Files window, the Select Files window gets displayed which lists the available Backup Stores. This window displays the Snap Shots for the corresponding Backup stores and it enables the user to select particular Snap Shot, which the user would like to restore. The user can select the particular Snap Shot for the restore process in this window and then click on the Ok button to save the settings. 45

46 3. Click on the Destination button from the Find Files window, the Destination Selection window gets displayed which lists the source volumes. Clicking on the New Folder button to create subfolders of the selected volume. The user can select the source volume or folder for the Restore process in this window and then click on the Ok button to save the settings. 46

47 4. Click on the Searching button from the Find Files window, the Selectors window gets displayed which list the Name of the selectors. This window consists of the New button, which helps the user to create a new selector name and enable it to set the properties for that particular selector. This window also contains Edit button, which allows the user to edit the existing selectors. The existing selector can be deleted using Delete button. Clicking on the New button, the application prompts the user to enter the selector name. After entering the name of the selector, by default it goes to the edit window. Click Add button in the edit window to set the condition for the selectors. The Condition window opens. This window allows the user to select the Condition type and the corresponding Condition Settings for the selectors. The selectors condition can be set with these types, Name Attribute Size The existing condition of the selectors can be modified using Modify button or deleted using Delete button. 5. Click on the File Chosen button from the Find Files window, the browse window gets displayed. User can select the particular file of the selected backup store. 6. Click the Retrieve button to start the restore process. 47

48 Redemption TM Chapter 6: Scheduler Module OnSpec Electronic, Inc. Working with Scheduler module Schedule the process Manage Schedule Verify Schedule 48

49 Schedule the Process The user can schedule the Backup/Duplicate/Sync/Restore (Full restore) process. The user can schedule the process selecting the day, date and time. The process automatically starts the scheduled process for the specified date and time. Steps to start the scheduler process: 1. Consider the Duplicate module, the When do you want to run the Duplicate window provides the option to select schedule my Duplicates option. Click the Next button. The window provides to set the time and days for the schedule process, Every : This option allows the user to select the start time and the weekday to start the corresponding scheduler process. User can select more than a-week day for the process. Weekly: This option allows to choosing the start time and start date for the week, the start date indicates that the start of the scheduler process, correspondingly user can select the week day, where the scheduler process starts at the corresponding week day for the day after the entered start date. User can select the 1 or 2 week for the scheduler process, this in turn executes after the entered start date. Monthly: This option allows selecting the start time and starting date for the month, the start date indicates that the start of the scheduler process, correspondingly user can select the month, where the scheduler process starts at the corresponding month for the entered start date. User can choose the day for the scheduler process from the Date option. The user can choose the first or second of Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday for the corresponding week of the month. 49

50 Single Date: This option allows entering the start time and starting date for the scheduler process. Selecting the daily/weekly option, If the user selects a weekday for the Backup process, the application requests for the following options: One Backup store. - The user can type the Backup store name for the particular weekday of the scheduler process. Two Backup stores, alternating each week. - The user can type 2 Backup Store names for alternating week for the alternate schedule process. If the user selects more than a weekday for the process, the application requests for the following options: One Backup Store - The user can enter the Backup store name for the particular weekday of the scheduler process. Multiple Backup Stores Selecting this prompts you to select. Use Backup Stores, for each day. - This option helps to run the backup process for corresponding Backup Store on the selected day(s). (i.e.) if the user selects the day as Sunday and Monday and enters the Backup Store name as bkset1 and bkset2, every Sunday and Monday the backup process runs to the Backup Store bkset1 and bkset2 respectively. Use two Backup Stores, for each day. Select day from the rotate on combo box. - This option helps to run the process for two Backup Stores for each day, for instance, if the user selects Sunday and Monday and enters the Backup Store name as bkset1 and bkset2, and selecting the Rotate on day as Sunday, first the Sunday backup process runs for the bkset1 and next Sunday the backup process runs for the bkset2 2. Enter scheduler script name, for the scheduler process. 50

51 Manage Schedule Click the Manage Schedule option. The list of scheduled scripts will be displayed in the Scripts window. 1. Click the New button to schedule new backup or restore or duplicate process. 2. Click the Edit button to edit the scheduled process. 3. Click the Rename button to rename the scheduled script. 4. Click the Run now button to run the selected script immediately. 5. Click the Delete button to delete the scheduled script. Validate Script Click the Validate Script option. The list of scheduled scripts will be display in the Validate Script dialog box. 51

52 Redemption TM Chapter 7: Log Module OnSpec Electronic, Inc. Working with Log module Scheduled Window Pending Window History Window Executing Window 52

53 Scheduled window 1. Click the Schedule tab. The Log Monitor window will be launched displaying the details of the scheduled process. Click the Close button to hide the log monitor window. 53

54 Pending window 1. Click the Pending tab. The Log Monitor window will be launched displaying the details of the pending process. Click the Close button to hide the log monitor window. 54

55 History window 1. Click the History option. The Log Monitor window will be launched and it will display the status of the last process. 1. Click the Log button to display the log information and status of the last process. 2. Click the Delete button to delete the history for the selected process. 3. Click the Delete All button to delete all the process history. 4. Click the Close button to hide the log monitor window. 55

56 Executing window Click the Executing tab. The Log Monitor window will be launched and it contains the following information(s) of the current process. Source Destination Current file Remaining files, remaining size, remaining time Completed files, completed size, completed time. Click the Pause button to pause the process temporarily. Click the Stop button to terminate the process. Click the Close button to hide the log monitor window. 56

57 Redemption TM Chapter 8: Tools Module OnSpec Electronic, Inc. Working with Tools module Repair Catalog Manage Stores Selectors PushButton Manager Preference 57

58 Repair Catalog The option helps repair the catalog files that has been corrupted or to create a new catalog file from an existing Backup Store 1. Click the Repair Catalog option. 2. The Repair Catalog window will be launched Select the disk that contains the Backup Store. 3. Select the corresponding buttons to search for the Backup Store files. The All Disk option allows you to display all the volumes in the drive for the selection of Backup Store. 58

59 The Last Disk option allows you to search the last disk volume written to the Backup Store. 4. List of the Backup Store names will be displayed. 5. Click on Ok button to build the new catalog file. Manage Stores The Manage Stores option lists all Stores, where user can view the properties and optionally delete the particular Store.?... Click the Manage Store icon from the Tools module. 59

60 Select any of the store tab for which you want to Create, Forget or View the Properties of the Backup/Duplicate/Synchronize store. Click the Forget button to delete the store. Click the Create new button for creating a new store. Click the Properties Button to view the properties of the store. Selectors Module Selectors module helps to specify/filter a group of files. Setting the filters makes the application to do the process for the selected file(s), the selected files may be Document and Settings, Operating system and Program files, pictures, music, movies, office documents etc. How to Launch the Selectors: 1. Click on the Selectors option. 2. Click on the New button for creating the new selectors.. 3. The condition sets window opens for the newly created selector. Click on the Add button for adding new qualifiers (i.e One or more condition(s)). Note : The user can edit/delete the exisiting selectors by clicking on the Modify/Delete button. Conditions: Universal There are 3 types of conditions those are follows, 1. Qualifier for File Attributes. 2. Qualifier for File Name. 3. Qualifier for File Size. 1. Attributes (File Attributes): If the Condition Setting is, 60

61 1. read only flag is set The application searches only for the files that have the read only attribute. 2. read only flag is not set The application searches only for the file that does not have read only attributes. 3. hidden flag is set The application searches only for the files that have the hidden attribute. 4. hidden flag is not set The application searches only for the file that does not have the hidden attributes. 2. Name (File Name): If the Condition Setting is, 1. does start with The application searches for all the files starting with the corresponding string entered in the text box. Note: If you enter the string has ca*.* the application searches for perfect match starting with ca*.*. Instead you can enter ca which reflects the same condition as ca*.*. 2. does end with The application searches for all the files ending with the corresponding string entered in the text box. Note: If you enter the string has *ca.* or *.*ca the application searches for perfect match ending with ca*.*. Instead you can enter ca which reflects the same condition as *ca.* or *.*ca. 3. does contain The application searches for all the files that have the specified string/character, the string/character can be available in any part of the file name. Note: If you enter the string has *ca.* or *.*ca the application searches for perfect match of files containing ca*.*. Instead you can enter ca which reflects the same condition as *ca.* or *.*ca. 4. does match The application searches for all the files that have the perfect match of strings in the file names. Note: If you enter the string has *ca.* or *.*ca the application searches for perfect match of files containing ca*.* or *.*ca. Instead you can enter ca which reflects the same condition as ca*.* or *.*ca. For example, the file ABC123XYZ.TXT has been taken to set the condition. The file name has been considered with extension. The above file is restored if any of the following condition is satisfied. 1. The file name start with A or AB or ABC or etc. 2. The file name contains ABC or 123 or XYZ or TXT or 123XYZ or etc. 3. The file name ends with T or XT or TXT or Z.TXT or etc. 4. The file name matches with ABC123XYZ.TXT. The user can select the does not condition settings to work with the reverse of does condition. 61

62 3. Size (File Size): If the Condition Setting is, 1. is greater-than {user entered value} bytes/kilobytes/megabytes/gigabytes. The application searches for the file size in bytes/kilobytes/megabytes/gigabytes that has greater than the specified value. 2. is greater-equal {user entered value} bytes/kilobytes/megabytes/gigabytes. The application searches for the file size in bytes/kilobytes/megabytes/gigabytes that has greater than or equal to the specified value. 3. is less-equal {user entered value} bytes/kilobytes/megabytes/gigabytes. The application searches for the file size in bytes/kilobytes/megabytes/gigabytes that is less than or equal to the specified value. 4. is less than {user entered value} bytes/kilobytes/megabytes/gigabytes. The application searches for the file size in bytes/kilobytes/megabytes/gigabytes that is less than the specified value. The user can select the is not condition settings to work with the reverse of is condition. Implementation of Selectors module: 1. Select the Restore module. 2. Click on the Find Files option. 3. The Searching and Retrieval window will be opened. 4. Select the source and the destination drive. 5. Click on the Searching button. The Selectors window will be opened, listing the user created selectors name having a set of conditions. Select any of the selectors name for the retrieval process. Note: The user can click on the File Chosen button to have the quick view of list files that will be recovered in the retrieval process. PushButton Manager The PushButton Manager module allows the user to run any of the Backup/Duplicate/Synchronize process through a single command/single push. PushButton backup feature in the Redemption application helps the user to setup any of the backup option for the first time and run the process with the same settings whenever the button (i.e. button on the PushButton backup drive) is pressed. This reduces the user s time for launching the application and Setting up the process every time. The process continues with the existing settings for the selected device name. 1. Launching the PushButton Backup dialog. The user can launch the wizard in 2 ways, Through command line. Follow these steps to launch the dialog, 1. Go to the Command prompt. 2. Go to the Redemption installed path. (For Example: C:\Program Files\Redemption Backup\All Users\Redemption) 3. Type the following command i.e. Redemption.exe /OTB=1 62

63 Where the <Application exe name> /<Module Name>=<Device Label> Through OEM s supported drives Most external storage drives support the Redemption application; clicking on the button available in the external disk launches the PushButton Backup wizard. Once the Pushbutton Backup wizard launches from the Redemption application, the user can select any of the Backup, Duplicate or Synchronize process. (Kindly refer the corresponding modules) PushButton Manager (PushButton Backup Wizard) 1. The PushButton Backup Wizard displays the Enter a device name window. This window requires the user to enter a device name to identify your PushButton Drive and Keep track of backups. Unique device names are also useful if you plan to use more than one PushButton Drive on your computer. 63

64 After entering the Device name click the Next Button to continue. Tip: For the device name, you may find it helpful to simply use the name you assigned to your PushButton Drive during the drive setup process. 64

65 PushButton Manager (PushButton Backup Wizard) The PushButton Backup Wizard allows the user to select any of Backup/Duplicate/Synchronize process and save the settings in a file name. Backup: The Backup process helps the user to take a backup of files and folders in several ways, such as backup only the modified files, new files or selected types of files and folders from a specified location such as My Documents folder, My Computer folder etc. The backup module also avails the user the provision of encrypting the data before storing it, for the security purpose. Optionally the user can also compress the files for backup to increase the storage disk space. The user can specify the backup name and the destination location that helps them to keep track of multiple backup stores. Duplicate: The Duplicate process makes an exact copy of the data from the selected source drive to destination drive. The data in the destination drive reflects the same as that of the source drive after the duplicate process is been run. As a result a duplicate copy of the data in the source drive is available in the destination drive (I.e. the duplicate module copies the files, folders and applications data from the source to destination). Synchronize: The Synchronize process helps to synchronize multiple copies of the same files stored on two or more hard drives. Any changes made to the data stored on one drive will automatically appear on the other drive when you run the Sync operation. After selecting the Backup type Click the Next button to continue. 65

66 PushButton Manager The feature allows the user to manage (i.e. Edit / delete) the PushButton backup settings, which are already created by PushButton Backup Wizard. Note: The PushButton Manger will be launched with the existing settings if the user has created any Backup process using PushButton or PushButton command line option. This module allows the user to manage (i.e. Edit / delete) the existing settings. 66

67 Preference Preference feature helps to manage the over all Redemption application settings. Redemption application supports the following preferences: Start up Date Note: For more information for these files, kindly refer 1. Start Up : Start Redemption on Startup to perform scheduled tasks. Start Redemption on Start up automatically starts Redemption when a scheduled script is waiting to execute. By default, this preference is turned on. If Redemption is started during startup and there is no tasks/schedules are available for next X hours, take following action Stay in Redemption Hibernate Quit Log Off Shutdown Restart 67

68 2. Date The Date format you select will be used globally throughout the Redemption application. Date Format dd/mm/yyyy mm/dd/yyyy 68