Protect Screens
The Protect screens include:
- Backup screens - These include steps to create and customize backup jobs.
- Restore screens - These include steps to restore previous backups made with the NSA.
Backup Screens
Use this screen to create and customize scheduled backup jobs for your files.
You can have several backup jobs for specific folders and time periods.
|
label
|
description
|
|
Backup
|
|
Add Job
|
Click this to create and customize a backup job.
|
|
Edit Job
|
Select a backup job in the list and click this to make some changes to it.
|
|
Delete Selected Job(s)
|
Select a backup job in the list and click this to delete it.
|
|
Execute Job Now
|
Select a backup job in the list and click this to run the backup job immediately.
|
|
Restore Archive
|
Select a backup job in the list and click this to restore the file(s) included in that backup job to the NSA.
This applies to Archive backups only.
|
|
Abort Job
|
Select a backup job in the list and click this to stop the process if the backup job is currently active.
|
|
Status
|
This shows the current state of the backup job.
- Waiting means the backup job is not active but is scheduled to run at some time.
- Running indicates that the NSA is currently doing the backup job. When the backup job is running, you can also see a progress bar.
|
|
Job Name
|
This identifies the backup job.
|
|
Job Description
|
This is a short description of the backup job.
|
|
Backup Info
|
This lists down the backup job details: type, source and target.
|
|
Scheduler Info
|
This shows the backup schedule, including the frequency, the time it was last run in (and whether or not it succeeded), and when it is scheduled to run again. The times use yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm:ss format.
|
Backup: Step 1
Use this screen to specify the job information and back up type.
|
label
|
description
|
|
Job Information
|
|
Job Name
|
Enter a name to identify the backup job.
|
|
Job Description
|
Enter a short description (up to 100 keyboard characters) for the backup job.
|
|
Backup Type
|
Choose the backup type that you want the NSA to implement for the backup job.
Archive - This is a backup of the source folder in an archive format. Once you backup your files in the target folder, you cannot access the files individually unless you have the extracting tool used by the NSA. If there are existing files in the target folder prior to the NSA's backup job, the files remain undisturbed. You can also choose between the following types of archive:
- Full - The NSA does a fresh backup each time. This provides the most protection but also requires the most storage space.
- Incremental - The NSA backs up new or modified files from the source folder since the last backup. The first backup is a full backup. You can also do a full backup after several incremental backups. Enter how many incremental backups the NSA runs before it performs a full backup of the source folder. You must keep the latest full backup to be able to restore the files later.
Synchronization - This does a backup of individual files. If you use this type, you cannot use the Restore feature of the NSA. You can also choose between the following types of synchronization:
- Mirror - The NSA deletes all data in the target folder before running the backup. It makes the target folder identical to the source folder.
- Publish- The NSA does a backup of individual files to the target folder without overwriting existing files in that folder. It makes a copy of the source files.
|
|
Next
|
Click this to go to the next step.
|
Backup: Step 2
Use this screen to specify where the files you want to backup are located and set where you want the backup to be stored.
|
label
|
description
|
|
Backup Source
|
Select an (internal) volume and the folders and files to back up using this tree interface.
Click  to browse through folders, sub-folders and files.
Click  to close a folder in the tree. This is useful if there are many folders or files that you wish to hide from view.
Click  to select a folder or file to back up. This also selects all sub-folders and files.
Click  to deselect the folder or file. This also deselects all sub-folders and files.
 and  appear when there are too many folders/files to display. Click the arrows to scroll up or down through the folders/files.
for a folder means all sub-folders and files and new folders/files added later will be backed up.
for a file means the file will be backed up.
 (a grayed out check box) for a folder means that only some sub-folders and files under the folder will be backed up. Newly added folders/files will NOT be backed up.
 means the file structure is still loading. Please wait for the folders/files to display.
Note: If you select to back up an entire folder and then de-select a sub-folder or file within that folder, the main folder icon will turn and any new sub-folders and files added to this main folder after the initial backup configuration will NOT be backed up.
A list of your select folders and files displays below the selection fields.
|
|
Selected Source Folders
|
This shows the path of the backup source folder you selected.
|
|
Backup Target
|
Select the target folder where you want to place your backup.
|
|
Remote
|
Select this to back up to another device.
For Archives:
The remote device can be another NSA in the network. Fill in the following fields in order to be able to access it.
- Remote NSA Address
- Username
- Password
- Share Name
Click Test Connection to see if your NSA can communicate with the remote device.
For Synchronization:
The remote device must be another NSA compatible with the NSA's synchronization feature. Fill in the following fields in order to be able to access it.
Click Show target content to connect to the remote NSA so you can select the target share for the backup.
|
|
Local
|
Select this if you want to place your backup in another volume in the NSA. Select the folder where you want to place the backup.
|
|
External
|
Select this if you have a USB hard disk connected to the NSA that you want to use for your backup. Select the folder where you want to place the backup.
|
|
Previous
|
Click this to go back to the previous screen.
|
|
Next
|
Click this to go to the next screen.
|
Backup: Step 3
Use this screen to specify compression, encryption and purge policies for the backup job. This step is only available if you are doing an archive backup or a synchronization backup to a remote target.
|
label
|
description
|
|
Compression
|
Select Yes if you want NSA to compress the files for your backup. Otherwise, choose No.
In an Archive backup, compression is a method of packing computing files in a way that saves hard disk space.
For a Synchronization backup (to a remote target), the source data will be compressed before the transmission to reduce the transmission time. It is used in slow networks only.
|
|
Encryption
|
Select Yes if you want NSA to encrypt the files for your backup. Otherwise, choose No.
In an Archive backup, this means using a password to secure files.
For a Synchronization backup (to a remote target), this means securing the file transfer session. However the final file stored on the remote NSA is unencrypted. This takes a long time. Make sure you really need this feature before enabling it.
|
|
Bandwidth
|
Restrict the bandwidth of synchronization backups to help stop them from using all of your network connection's available bandwidth. This is more important when backing up to a remote NSA or computer through the Internet.
|
|
Purge Policy
|
The NSA maintains the files that have been included in your backups. However to save hard disk space, you can choose to delete files that have been included in previous backups.
- Select Keep All Old Backup files to store all files that have been included in previous backups.
- If you want to store a certain number of backup files, select Keep Only the last n backup files (1-30). Enter a value (n) from 1 to 30 to specify how many backups the NSA stores. All backup files older than the last one are deleted. You will not be able to recover files that existed (only) in those previous backups. Select this if backup space is limited and recovery of old files is not important.
- If you want to store all backups for a certain time period, select Keep Backups for n day(s)(1-3650). Enter a value (n) from 1 to 3650 to specify how many days the NSA stores all backup files. After this day has expired, all backup files will be deleted.
|
|
Previous
|
Click this to go back to the previous screen.
|
|
Next
|
Click this to go to the next screen.
|
Backup: Step 4
Click this to specify the schedule for the backup job. The backup job automatically runs according to the schedule that you set in this screen.
|
label
|
description
|
|
Scheduler
|
|
Backup Frequency
|
Select from Hourly, Daily, Weekly and Monthly backup intervals. The screen changes depending on the item you select.
|
|
Every how many hours?
|
This is only available if you selected Hourly as your backup frequency.
Select every how many hours the NSA performs the backup job.
|
|
On which minute of the hour?
|
This is only available if you selected Hourly as your backup frequency.
Select the minute (from 0 to 59) in an hour when the NSA performs the backup job.
|
|
Start Time (hh:mm)
|
This is available if you selected Daily, Weekly or Monthly as your backup frequency.
Select the time in hour:minute format when you want the NSA to perform the backup job.
|
|
Every how many days?
|
This is only available if you selected Daily as your backup frequency.
Enter the interval between days when the NSA performs the backup job.
|
|
Every how many weeks?
|
This is only available if you selected Weekly as your backup frequency.
Enter the interval between weeks when NSA performs the backup job.
|
|
Step 1: Please select the month(s) of a year
|
This is only available if you selected Monthly as your backup frequency.
Select the month(s) when you want the NSA to perform the backup job.
|
|
Step 2: Please select the day of the month
|
This is only available if you selected Monthly as your backup frequency.
Select the day in a month when you want the NSA to perform the backup job.
|
|
Previous
|
Click this to go back to the previous screen.
|
|
Done
|
Click this to close the screen.
|
Edit Job Screen
Use this screen to edit an existing backup job. Some attributes of the backup job cannot be changed, such as the name, backup type, source folder and so on.
Edit Job: Step 1
|
label
|
description
|
|
Job Settings
|
|
Job Name
|
This field is read-only and shows the name of the backup job.
|
|
Job Description
|
Enter a short description for the backup job.
|
|
Backup Type
|
This field is read-only and shows the backup type.
|
|
Source folder(s)/file(s)
|
This is read-only and shows the path of the source folder for backup.
|
|
Backup Target
|
This field is read-only and shows on which volume (whether internal or external) the backup files are stored. If the target location is a remote NSA, this shows the remote IP address.
|
|
Target Path
|
This field is read-only and shows the target folder for the backup files.
|
|
Compression
|
This field is read-only and shows whether the backup employs compression.
Compression reduces the size of the file that you want to back up. Backup is then faster, but restoring may be slower, so if backup space is not a concern and recovery speed is, then turn off compression.
|
|
Encryption
|
This field is read-only and shows whether the backup employs encryption.
You can have the NSA use a password to encrypt the backup files.
|
|
Bandwidth
|
For backups to a remote NSA, you can restrict the bandwidth to help prevent the backups from using all of your network connection's available bandwidth. This is more important when backing up to a remote NSA or computer through the Internet.
|
|
Purge Policy
|
The NSA maintains the files that have been included in your backups. However to save hard disk space, you can choose to delete files that have been included in previous backups.
- Select Keep All Old Backup files to store all files that have been included in previous backups.
- If you want to store a certain number of backup files, select Keep Only the last n backup files (1-30). Enter a value (n) from 1 to 30 to specify how many backups the NSA stores. All backup files older than the last one are deleted. You will not be able to recover files that existed (only) in those previous backups. Select this if backup space is limited and recovery of old files is not important.
- If you want to store all backups for a certain time period, select Keep Backups for n day(s)(1-3650). Enter a value (n) from 1 to 3650 to specify how many days the NSA stores all backup files. After this day has expired, all backup files will be deleted.
|
|
Next
|
Click this to go to the next screen.
|
Edit Job: Step 2
Use this screen to edit the schedule for the backup job.
|
label
|
description
|
|
Scheduler Settings
|
|
Backup Frequency
|
Edit this by selecting from Hourly, Daily, Weekly and Monthly backup intervals. The screen changes depending on the item you select.
|
|
Every how many hours?
|
This is only available if you selected Hourly as your backup frequency.
Select every how many hours the NSA performs the backup job.
|
|
On which minute of the hour?
|
This is only available if you selected Hourly as your backup frequency.
Select the minute (from 0 to 59) in an hour when the NSA performs the backup job.
|
|
Start Time (hh:mm)
|
This is available if you selected Daily, Weekly or Monthly as your backup frequency.
Select the time in hour:minute format when you want the NSA to perform the backup job.
|
|
Every how many days?
|
This is only available if you selected Daily as your backup frequency.
Enter the interval between days when the NSA performs the backup job.
|
|
Every how many weeks?
|
This is only available if you selected Weekly as your backup frequency.
Enter the interval between weeks when NSA performs the backup job.
|
|
Step 1: Please select the month(s) of a year
|
This is only available if you selected Monthly as your backup frequency.
Select the month(s) when you want the NSA to perform the backup job.
|
|
Step 2: Please select the day of the month
|
This is only available if you selected Monthly as your backup frequency.
Select the day in a month when you want the NSA to perform the backup job.
|
|
Previous
|
Click this to go back to the previous screen.
|
|
Done
|
Click this to close the screen.
|
Restore Archive: Step 1
You can restore a previous backup job by selecting a backup job from the list and clicking Restore Archive.
|
label
|
description
|
|
Step 1. Select Restore Source
|
Select a previous archive backup that you want to restore to the NSA.
|
|
Job Information
|
|
Job Name
|
This is the name to identify the backup job.
|
|
Job Description
|
This is a short description (up to 100 keyboard characters) for the backup job.
|
|
Backup Type
|
This is the type of backup implemented for the backup job.
|
|
Scheduler Information
|
This field displays the backup's frequency.
|
|
Restored Time
|
Select a previous backup in the list that you want to restore to your NSA.
|
|
Next
|
Click this to go to the next screen.
|
Restore Archive: Step 2
Use this screen to select the folder where the archive you want to restore is located.
|
label
|
description
|
|
Step 2. Please select which file(s)/folder(s) to restore.
|
|
Folder Chooser
|
Select the folder where the backup you want to restore is located.
|
|
Selected Folder
|
This shows the path of the folder you selected.
|
|
Previous
|
Click this to go back to the previous screen.
|
|
Next
|
Click this to go to the next screen.
|
Restore Archive: Step 3
Use this screen to select the location in the NSA where you want to restore your backup.
|
label
|
description
|
|
Step 3. Set a restore target and start restoring
|
|
Original Location
|
Select this to restore the files to their original location in the NSA.
|
|
Other Location
|
Click this to select a folder where you want to place the restored files. Click Browse to open the following screen.
- Volume - Select a volume from the list.
- Current Location - This is the location of the selected folder.
- Type - This identifies the item as a file or folder.
- Name - This is the name of the folder/file.
Click Apply to save your settings and Cancel to close the screen.
|
|
Previous
|
Click this to go back to the previous screen.
|
|
Done
|
Click this to run the restore process and go back to the Backup screen.
|