Backing Up Local Files to Remote Host

You can back up files and folders from your local computer to a remote host. (For details of restoring files backed up to a remote host, refer to Restoring Local Files Backed Up to Remote Host.) If you've already created a backup job, skip to Run the Backup Job Again.

To backup local files to remote host

1. Log in to the remote host.

2. On the main menu, click Tools > Folder Tools > Backup Local to Remote. The Choose Backup or Restore dialog box appears.

   

3. Click CreateBackup, then click Next. The Local Backup Wizard appears. The Local Backup Wizard contains the list of all local files and directories on your local computer.

   

4. Select one or more check boxes adjacent to the files and folders to backup. When you select the check box for a folder, each of the subfolders and files in that folder are selected automatically. To clear the check boxes for the subfolders and files the folder, clear the check box next to the parent directory.

5. Click Next. The Select Site and Remote Folder page appears.

   

6. Click the Site on which you want to save the backup. The parent directory for the Site appears in the Select remote folder box. If necessary, specify the folder on the remote Site to which you want to save the backup, then click Next.

   

7. Select the compression settings from the following options.

   • No compression

   • Compress all files to a single ZIP file - ZIP is an industry standard archival method. ZIP supports most of the files, but provides medium compression.

   • Compress all files to a single CAB file - CAB is a Microsoft format. It provides stronger compression than ZIP.

   • Compress all files to single GZIP file - GZIP/tar is a UNIX format. Files are stored in a “Tarball,” and then compressed.

8. Click Next. The Schedule page appears.

   

9. Select one of the following options:

   • Immediately run backup job option to make a backup immediately.

     - or -

   • Schedule local backup check box to set a future date and time, then specify the following options:

   • • Set the date and time for the local backup from the Start on calendar.

     • Select the Enable backup recurrence check box to enable recurring backups.

     • In the Repeat every list, specify a frequency.

10. In the Name box, specify a name for the backup folder.

11. Click Finish. The backup folder appears in the remote folder of the server.

Run the Backup Job Again

Once the backup has been created, you can reactivate it (run it again) at any time from the same wizard. That is, if you had created a backup job and chose to run it immediately, after it is removed from the queue (either after completion or manually removed), "Activate backup" appears in the wizard.

To run a backup job again

1. Log in to the remote host.

2. On the main menu, click Tools > Folder Tools > Backup Local to Remote. The Choose Backup or Restore dialog box appears.

   

3. Click Activate backup.

4. In the Inactive backup list, click the backup that you want to run, then click Next.

5. Specify a schedule to run the backup (immediately or in the future), then click Finish.