Create New Backup Task
In order to create a backup of your files first you have to define a Backup Task. This task is a collection of informations such as backup name, items to backup, backup location, storage media etc. Once you created your backup task you can run this task any time you want.
To create a backup task you have to follow a few simple steps:
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- From the Welcome page click on the Backup link/icon. A wizard will open.
- In the General Tab fill in the necessary fields
- the Task Name - to easily identify the task in the tasks list
- Archive/Folder Name - the name of the backup file archive if you are using compression or the folder name if the backup is created without compression
- Description - a brief description that might help you identify better the task in the future.
- Notification email - an email address where all Titan Backup notifications should be sent to. e.g. notifications when the tasks stops on error.
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- In the Source tab choose the content of your backup:
- Files/Folders: click the Files & Folders icon and select the files and folders you want to include in the backup.
- Registry Keys: click the Registry Keys icon and select the registry keys you want to include in the backup.
- Mails: click the Mails icon and select the mails, contacts and rules you want to include for each mail client available.
- User Settings: click the Users Settings icon and select the settings you want to include in the backup.
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- In Destination tab choose where you want your backup to be saved:
- Local Folder - Choose a local folder where the backup will be created.
- Local Area Network (LAN Folder) - Choose the LAN Folder where the backup will be created.
- Removable Disk Device (Floppy, USB stick, Memory Card) - Choose a device from the drop-down of available removable disk devices then choose an existent folder on this device.
- CD / DVD - Choose the CD/DVD drive and a folder on this drive. You can choose to erase the CD/DVD before backup Note: the CD must be re-writable in order to erase it before backup.
- Remote location using FTP - Fill in the information necessary for a FTP connection or choose from the list of saved FTP Connections.
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- In the Options tab choose the compression & encryption settings and the backup type
Compression Settings:
- no compression
- use Zip compression (default)
- self extracting archive
Encryption Settings:
- no encryption (default)
- Zip password protection
- AES encryption
Backup Type:
- replace backup ( incremental or differential backup )
- stack backup
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- Optional: In the Scheduler tab you can schedule the task to run:
- on Windows Startup
- on Windows Shutdown
- on a certain Day of the week at startup, shutdown or at certain time.
- on every X'th day at startup, shutdown or at certain time.
- on every X'th hour
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- Optional: In the Events tab choose an event:
- run an external application before the task starts
- run an external application after the task ends
- notify on errors - show window, play sound or/and send email
- notify on warnings - show window, play sound or/and send email
- notify on summary - show window, play sound or/and send email
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