Delete Selected Job(s)

Select a backup job in the list and click this to restore the file(s) included in that backup job to the NSA.

Select a backup job in the list and click this to stop the process if the backup job is currently active.

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.

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:

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:

Rsync - This synchronizes individual files to another device that supports rsync. Rsync is open source and provides incremental file transfers. It only sends the differences in the files through the connection so it brings the remote files into sync very quickly.

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.

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.

(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.

Selected Source Folders

The remote device can be another NSA in the network. Fill in the following fields in order to be able to access it.

Click Test Connection to see if your NSA can communicate with the remote device.

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.

The remote device must be a NAS that supports rsync or a computer running the rsync utility. Fill in the following fields in order to be able to access it.

Click Show target content to connect to the remote NAS or computer so you can select the target share for the backup.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 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.

On which minute of the hour?

This is only available if you selected Hourly as your backup frequency.

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.

Every how many weeks?

This is only available if you selected Weekly as your backup frequency.

Step 1: Please select the month(s) of a year

This is only available if you selected Monthly as your backup frequency.

Step 2: Please select the day of the month

This is only available if you selected Monthly as your backup frequency.

Source folder(s)/file(s)

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

On which minute of the hour?

This is only available if you selected Hourly as your backup frequency.

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.

Every how many weeks?

This is only available if you selected Weekly as your backup frequency.

Step 1: Please select the month(s) of a year

This is only available if you selected Monthly as your backup frequency.

Step 2: Please select the day of the month

This is only available if you selected Monthly as your backup frequency.

Step 1. Select Restore Source

Scheduler Information

Click this to select a folder where you want to place the restored files. Click Browse to open the following screen.

Click Apply to save your settings and Cancel to close the screen.

Click this to run the restore process and go back to the Backup screen.