| . | ||
| How do I configure various IBackup
products to work behind a Firewall ? How do I delete the .nfsXXXXXXXX file in my account ? I am having trouble logging in. After logging, a message session ended login again is displayed. What could be the reason? How do I backup quicken or quick books to my account? Where do I find information on establishing partnership with IBackup? Can I do File Synchronization? How do I select and backup my outlook files? How do I view information on Billing/Receipts? Does IBackup maintain versions of previous backups? Why backups using Cable connection seem so slow compared to downloads? My DSL/Cable connection to IBackup appears very slow, why? Which Application to be used for Server, Desktop or Laptop backups? How do I use third party backup products such as Veritas Backup with IBackup? How do I backup 'My Documents' folder from 5 of our PCs on our LAN? How do I change my IBackup accounts username and sub-account usernames? Can I use IBackup to backup my entire PC and restore on another PC? How to backup Microsoft Exchange Servers? How do I turn off sharing on file/folder for which I have emailed url links? How do I backup MS SQL Server, Sybase or Oracle databases? Can I change my IBackup password while in the middle of a scheduled data transfer? Why am I getting a white blank space in the demo pages? How to transfer Files/Folders without downloading any application? How long would it take to transfer , say 500MB with my high speed internet connection? How are the dates of backed up files displayed in IBackup for Windows? |
||
| How do I configure various IBackup products to work behind a Firewall ? | ||
|
1. Open the
main window of ZoneAlarm and select the Security tab. |
||
| How do I delete the .nfsXXXXXXXX file in my account ? | ||
|
|
||
| I am having trouble logging in. After logging, a message session ended login again is displayed.What could be the reason? | ||
|
|
||
| How do I backup quicken or quick books to my account? | ||
|
|
||
| Where do I find information on establishing partnership with IBackup? | ||
|
|
||
| Can I do File Synchronization? | ||
You can do file synchronization using third party solutions like SureSync. Please follow the link to download this product. http://www.spursuits.com/suresync/suresync.htm Please note that you will have to do Network Drive mapping first before using this product. You may use either IBDrive or IBDrive Plus for file syncronization. If you use IBDrive, make sure you disable file and directory caching as it could lead to unpredictable results. |
||
| How do I select and backup my outlook files? | ||
You can backup your Outlook files which can be found in the following path as 'outlook.pst' file(On Win 2000). C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook\outlook.pst Your outlook has to be closed before backing up the 'outlook.pst' file. |
||
| How do I view information on Billing/Receipts? | ||
|
|
||
| Does IBackup maintain versions of previous backups? | ||
IBackup does not have a provision to keep versions of previous backups. What you see in your IBackup account is what is available at any point in time. If you want to keep versions, we recommend that you backup to another home directory, or rename the files to simulate versioning, or have multiple accounts. |
||
| Why backups using cable connection seems slow compared to downloads? | ||
|
|
||
| My DSL/Cable connection to IBackup appears very slow, why? | ||
DSL/Cable connections vary significantly with different speeds for uploads and downloads. Usually you should be able to get near peak capacity of your DSL/Cable connection for IBackup uploads and downloads. Please test your upload and download speeds using this link and verify it against IBackup's transfer rates. Please note the test results using dslreports link are in Kilobits(Kb), and not in Kilobytes(KB). You can compute KB by dividing Kilobits by 8. http://www.dslreports.com/speed |
||
| Which Application to be used for Server, Desktop or Laptop backups? | ||
IBackup offers many different ways and means to store and access data. Depending on your storage and platform, you may choose the right application for your needs. For Windows
NT/2000 based servers, you may use IBackup
for Windows with the For desktops and laptops, IBackup for Windows standard version can be used, or a third party backup application such as Veritas or Microsoft backup can be used to backup onto the local computer, which can then be backed up directly onto IBackup account by mapping as a network drive using IBDrive. For department or enterprise wide backup system, you may combine the above mentioned methods and tools with IBackup's Sub-Accounts system for simplified management of data, billing and security. |
||
| How
do I use third party backup products such as Veritas Backup with IBackup? |
||
You may use IBDrive Plus or IBDrive to define your IBackup's space as a network drive, and then have the third party applications write directly to IBackup space. If the files are 'built' as in incremental backups using Veritas Server edition, then IBDrive Plus is the recommended drive mapping application. Or, you may simply create the backup files on your network and use IBackup for Windows to schedule transfers. |
||
| How do I backup 'My Documents' folder from 5 of our PCs on our LAN? | ||
The best way to accomplish backups from multiple computers is through use of Sub-Accounts. This will prevent any 'clashing' of folder/file names between multiple computers and overwriting problems. Simply create 5 sub-accounts, and have each computer run a backup of 'My Documents' separately using IBackup for Windows application.Your data from individual PCs will be segregated, while you still maintain one single billing and admin account. |
||
| How do I change my IBackup username and sub-account usernames? | ||
IBackup account usernames can not be changed. Changing sub-account usernames is easy. Simply delete the sub-accounts (please note this will not delete the data) from the sub-accounts edit screen and create the new ones with appropriate folder mapping using advanced option. |
||
| Can I use IBackup to backup my entire PC and restore on another PC? | ||
IBackup can be used to backup your entire PC and then restore this data on to another PC but there are certain things you should be aware of. 1. IBackup is recommended only for backing up of data files and not system files. Also some of the system files could be open which might cause the backups of system files to be unreliable. 2. You need to make sure that the files you intended for backup are actually backed up successfully after the completion of backup process. 3. The most recommended application for backing up and restoring entire PC is IBackup For Windows. For details, please see follow this link |
||
| How to backup Microsoft Exchange Servers? | ||
1. At the most basic level, your data for Microsoft Exchange Server is stored in a few different files. a. Directory - dir.edb b. Information Store (IS) - priv.edb (mailboxes) and pub.edb (public folders) c. Transaction Logs Please note that Microsoft Exchange Server data files are always in use while its services are running. 2. Windows NT/2000/XP Backup - Online Backup Microsoft Windows Backup, included with Microsoft Windows NT Server 4/2000/XP, is Microsoft Exchange Server "aware", with built in integrity checking as part of the backup procedure. Among other features, Windows NT Backup allows you to perform full backups while the Microsoft Exchange Server services are running. So there's no need to shutdown these services while backing up. When you install Microsoft Exchange Server, features are added onto the included Windows NT Backup program to make it compatible with Microsoft Exchange Server. Windows NT Backup has no native scheduling functionality, automated backup operations must be performed by scripts or batches.You can use the Microsoft Windows backup to backup the Exchange Server on to a local network drive, and then schedule a backup of the backed data to your IBackup account. 3. Third Party Solutions. While there is additional expense involved, third party backup solutions have a huge advantage over the included Windows NT Backup for Microsoft Exchange Server backup and restore. Just like Windows NT Backup, third party products like VERITAS Backup Exec (http://www.veritas.com) and Computer Associates ARCserve (http://www.ca.com) perform online backups and are able to clear out the transaction logs after all data has been written to the Information Store. Third party products also can backup individual mailboxes or public folders, on a more granular level, something conspicuously absent from Windows NT Backup and provide scheduling and other advanced features. As mentioned above, you may use third party backup applications to backup Exchange servers on to a local network drive, and then schedule a backup of backed up data to your IBackup account. |
||
| How do I turn off sharing on file/folder for which I have emailed url links? | ||
|
|
||
| How do I backup MS SQL Server, Sybase or Oracle databases? | ||
|
To properly backup these servers, you must either stop the appropriate Server process, perform the backup, and then restart the process(which may not be practical), or you may configure server to dump its databases to an on-disk backup file. Most of these database servers allow for dumping the database to an on-disk backup files. You need to refer to appropriate documentation on these servers to accomplish this. IBackup can then backup the on-disk file. |
||
| Can
I change my IBackup password while in the middle of a scheduled data transfer? |
||
This will result in transfer errors. If you change your password, please make sure that you reschedule your application with the changed password information. |
||
| Why am I getting a white blank space in the demo pages? | ||
IBackup uses Flash for animated interactive demos for the products. Flash plugin is a default plugin with the latest versions of all browsers. If this problem occurs chances are that your browser does not have Flash Plugin. You can download the plugin from http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/triggerpages_mmcom/flash.html This is a freeware and will take less than a minute for installation from a standard 56K line. |
||
| How to transfer Files/Folders without downloading any application? | ||
If you want to transfer Files/Folders without downloading any IBackup application, then you may use browser based Smart-IB and Web-Folders. Smart-IB cannot be used if you are connected through a proxy server. However you can use web-folders. Web Folders supports most firewalls and proxy server without changing the settings. |
||
| How long would it take to transfer, say 500MB with my high speed internet connection? | ||
The time taken to backup your data depends on the speed of your internet connection. Also, if you are backing up, your upload speed would be more important than your download speed. For instance, - if your upload speed is 250Kb/sec,then the estimated time to transfer 500MB of uncompressed data using IBackup for Windows with compression option checked would be approximately 90minutes. - if your upload speed is 1Mb/sec,the estimated time to transfer would be approximately 20minutes. We are assuming a compression ratio of 1:3 which is sort of average. (i.e. a 500MB of un-compressed data will be compressed to about 170MB of compressed data). The compression ratio could be higher or lower depending on the type of files transferred. A text file or an Access database could have a compression ration as high as 8:1 or a multi-media file, which is usually compressed by design to begin with, might have no impact with the IBackup's compression. So the above estimates could vary significantly, based on the type of files you may be transferring. Note: These estimates are for the first transfer, since incremental backups are usually significantly less time consuming, but differ greatly on the changes to the file system, and so can not provide estimates on the same. |
||
| How are the dates of backed up files displayed in IBackup for Windows? | ||
IBackup for Windows displays date and time in Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) for the backed up files on the backup space. |
||