Lenovo 1.8.14- User Manual

Using Basic Configuration 1. Start the Lenovo Online Data Backup Configuration Wizard. 2. Depending upon your selection when you finished the installation, you have two choices for starting Lenovo Online Data Backup. • The Lenovo Online Data Backup Configuration Wizard might have already started aut...

Figure 2: Encryption Options 1. Select one of the following choices: • Encrypt my data with a randomly generated 256-bit AES key • Encrypt my data with my own personal 256-bit AES key Caution: If you select Encrypt my data with my own personal 256-bit AES key, you areresponsible for remembering that...

1. Perform one of the following tasks: • Enter your key in the field provided. • Click Import Key to import your key from a file. Figure 3: Self Encryption Key Window 2. Click Next. 3. When prompted to save your key, click Yes. Note: It is recommended that you save your key in case you need to resto...

Figure 4: Backup Sets 4. You can also edit the backup sets from this screen or create your own. Right-click in the Backup Set window, then select the function you want to perform.For instructions on creating custom backup sets, see Using Advanced Configuration on page 13. 5. Once you have finished s...

Figure 5: Bandwidth Test When the test has completed, the wizard displays your upload speed. 2. Depending upon the results of your test, perform one of the following choices: • If the bandwidth test passes successfully, click Next to continue with the configuration. • If the bandwidth test fails, yo...

Figure 6: Backup Speed 1. Click and hold the slider to select either quicker backups (slide to the right) or faster computer response time (slide to the left). 2. Click Next to continue. The Setup Complete window appears. 3. To finalize the Lenovo Online Data Backup Configuration Wizard, select from...

Chapter 2 Using Advanced Configuration If you opted to start your initial backup immediately, the Lenovo Online Data Backup Status Window appears afterthe backup has completed. From the Status Window, click Configure to launch the Lenovo Online Data Backup Remote Backup ConfigurationWindow. If the L...

Description Folder Icon Checkbox All of these files will be backed up, and new files in this set will not be backed up. All of the files will be backed up, and all new files in this set will be backed up. Some of the files will be backed up, and new files in this set will be backed up. Some of the f...

Figure 8: Backup Sets 1. Click the Backup Sets tab. 2. From the Backup Set list in the left pane, select the check box next to the set you want to back up. 3. Select the name of the set to view its list of files in the right pane. 4. Deselect the check box next to any unwanted files in the file list...

Figure 9: Backup Set Editor See Setting Up Rules on page 16 for additional information. 6. To add another rule, click +. 7. Click Save to save your new backup set. Setting Up Rules There are many possible rule combinations for backup sets. However, they are all based on either including orexcluding ...

transactions pending in memory to the store file to ensure that the backup includes the most recent changesavailable; after which, a snapshot of the files are backed up. For Microsoft SQL Server to back up, the SQL Server VSS Writer service must be started before the backup setdisplays. It is sugges...

Figure 17: File System Tab 3. Select the folder to include in the backup. When you select a folder, all subfolders are included as well. 4. Select one of the following choices: • To select individual files in a directory, select the file in the right panel to include it in the backup. • To exclude a...

Important: This functionality is only available with a Lenovo Online Data Backup server license. For information on how to share files and folders on another computer, see the computer's operating systemhelp. 1. Click the File System tab. 2. Right-click the left folder list panel, then click Add net...

Scheduling Backups Lenovo Online Data Backup's backup scheduling feature is very flexible. You can set the backups to occur withina range, parameters, or at specific times. Lenovo Online Data Backup's two scheduling methods are calledAutomatic and Scheduled. • Configuring an Automatic Backup on page...

The Lenovo Online Data Backup Configuration window reloads displaying the grayed out settings. Configuring a Scheduled Backup To set Lenovo Online Data Backup backups to occur at a specific time intervals: 1. Click the Scheduling tab. 2. Select Scheduled. 3. From the drop-down list, select Daily or ...

Figure 20: Client Options 1. Select the check boxes next to the options you want to activate. Deselect any undesired options. Description Option Displays a description of an item in the Configuration window when you hover yourmouse over that item. It is selected by default. Show tooltips in Configur...

Description Option this because at times a network connection might not be recognized even though theclient is connected. It is selected by default. Allows Lenovo Online Data Backup to continue backing up your data even if yourlaptop is unplugged. If you deselect this option, the Lenovo Online Data ...

Backup Speed In addition to setting your backup speed in your initial configuration, you also can set it while in the Optionstab. Figure 22: Backup Speed 1. Use the slider to specify whether you want your computer to work faster or allow faster backups. 2. Click Save to save your settings or continu...

• Click Use automatic configuration script to use a script to activate the proxy service, then enter theURL where the script is located in the field provided. • Click Import Windows Proxy Settings to automatically copy your existing Windows proxy settings. Note: This option copies the current settin...

• Number of files encoded and transferred • Size of backup or restore and encoded files Viewing Backup and Restore History 1. 1. Right-click the Lenovo Online Data Backup icon in your system tray, then click Status. 2. 2. Click the History tab in the Status window. 3. click the backup or restore in ...

9. Click OK. 10. In the System variables group box, select TMP, then click Edit. 11. In the Variable Value field, type the path of the new temp folder you created. For example, D:\temp 12. Click OK, then click OK again. For the changes to take effect, you must restart your computer. 29 Using Advance...

Chapter 3 Using the Status Window In the Status window, the progress of a backup occurring is shown by text and green bars. Figure 25: Client Status Window The Total encoding progress bar shows how much of the current backup set has been encrypted and encoded fortransfer. The Total network progress ...

Figure 26: Client Status Window 1. Right-click the Lenovo Online Data Backup icon in your system tray, then click Status. 2. From the Status window, you can select any of the following options: Description Option Initiates a manual Lenovo Online Data Backup Remote Backup. Start Backup Launches the L...

Chapter 4 About Restoring Files In the event of a catastrophic computer failure or loss, you might need to restore backed up files from Lenovo's onlinesite. There are four methods for performing a file restore: Description Option Allows you to restore files from the Configuration window. The Restore...

Figure 27: Restore Tab 1. Double-click the Lenovo Online Data Backup icon in the Windows system tray, then click Restore to open the Restore tab. (You can also right-click the Lenovo Online Data Backup icon, then click Restore in thecontext menu.) 2. In the left panel, select the backup set from whi...

Performing VSS Restores If you have server license, and you backed up VSS data such as Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft ExchangeServer, Active Directory, and the Windows File Replication Service (for example, SYSVOL), you can use theVSS Restore to recover this data. Important: This functionality is o...

Restoring Active Directory and SYSVOL Data Before restoring data to Active Directory and SYSVOL, you must restart the server in Directory Service Restoremode. 1. Reboot the server. 2. During the reboot process, press and hold the F8 key on the keyboard. 3. When the Windows Advanced Options menu disp...

6. Select the VSS: MS SQL Server backup sets that need to be restored. 7. Select the method used to access the backup set: • Download files from Lenovo Online Data Backup Remote Backup Server. • Use previously downloaded a Web restore. 8. If you select to use a previously downloaded restore, browse ...

Once you have completed the restore, you must restart Windows for the restore to take effect. Using the Lenovo Online Data Backup Virtual Drive 1. To access the My Computer window: • Use either the Start menu or your desktop icon to navigate to My Computer (Computer for Vista users) • Right-click on...

1. To access the My Computer window: • Use either the Start menu or your desktop icon to navigate to My Computer (Computer for Vista users). • Right-click on the Start button, click Explore , then click My Computer (Computer for Vista users). 2. Navigate to the folder you want to restore the file or...

2. Click the folder containing the files you want to restore. 3. Select or deselect individual files, if necessary. • To select all the files, click the checked check box above the top of the file list. • To deselect all the files, click the empty check box above the top of the file list. Figure 30:...

Figure 31: Selecting Backup Sets 1. In the drop-down menus, select the date and time that correspond to the backup you want to restore. 2. Select the backup set you want to restore. 3. (Conditional) Select or deselect individual files, if necessary. • To select all the files, click the checked check...

Decrypting Restored Files Using Your Own Private Key If you selected to encrypt your data with a randomly generated AES key or selected to use a pre-existing key,you need to download, install, and activate the client before you can perform a restore. For information ondownloading, installing, and co...

6. Specify the folder where you want to place the decrypted files in to the Destination Folder field. The Source and Destination folders cannot be in the same path. 7. Click Decrypt to decrypt the files. The files are decrypted to the specified destination folder. 43 Restoring Files

Chapter 5 Server Extended Application Support The following extended application support is included with a Lenovo Online Data Backup server license: Topics: • Configuring Microsoft Volume Shadow Services Backup Set Rules • Adding a Network Share • Performing VSS Restores Configuring Microsoft Volum...

Figure 34: VSS Backup Sets To back up these applications for file sets, select the check box next to the backup set. The Lenovo Online DataBackup client then automatically uses the Microsoft Volume Shadow-copy Service (VSS) Writer to do thebackup. At the time of backup, if the Exchange or SQL Server...

1. Click the File System tab. 2. Right-click the left folder list panel, then click Add network share. 3. In the Share field, enter the UNC path to the share. An example of a UNC path could be \\shareserver\share. Figure 35: Network Share 4. If the machine requires you to log in to use the share, en...

7. Select the VSS: MS Exchange Server backup set. Caution: Selecting the Authoritative Restore forces the restored directory database to be replicatedto other servers on the domain after the backups have been restored. 8. Select the method used to access the backup set: • Download files from Lenovo ...

• Use previously downloaded Web restore. 10. If you select to use a previously downloaded restore, browse to the location where the files are stored. 11. Click Next. The VSS downloading window appears. 12. Once the data has been downloaded, the VSS writer automatically copies the files to the correc...

Chapter 6 Uninstalling Lenovo Online Data Backup 1. Click Start > All Programs > Lenovo Online Data Backup > Uninstall Lenovo Online Data Backup. 2. Click Yes to confirm the uninstall of Lenovo Online Data Backup. 3. When prompted to restart, click Yes. 51