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Revision as of 04:18, 25 August 2009

Application: Pluto Backup & Media Share

Components:

• PlutoBaSInstaller - used to install the applications
• PlutoBaS - main application used to configure backup tasks and media shares
• PlutoBackupSrv - backup service - programmatically executing the backup tasks
• PlutoBaSMan - taskbar application for controlling the backup service

Install the application using PlutoBaSInstaller. Use Pluto Backup&Media Config ( PlutoBaS.exe ) to configure backup tasks and media shares.

• First use "Find pluto" button to locate the DCERouter. It'll try to automatically find the router and load the available backup devices list.
• After it finds the router you'llbe able to use the other tabs:
  • Media tab:
    • Add directories you want to share and press save "Save configuration and update shares" to create the shares.
    • If you want to clear all shares you created, use "Clear all shares"
  • Backup tab:
    • Configure your backup tasks. For every task you can setup:
      • which directories to backup ( including subdirectories and filtering files )
      • how often to backup ( you can also create a full backup using the "Backup now" button from the "On demand" option
      • choose backup devices to use, from those available. It'll try to create the backup on those devices you selected - if one of the devices it's not available or it doesn't have enough space it'd try the next one.
      • Use "Save configuration" to save the backup tasks list.
    • Restore tab:
      • First choose backup device you want to restore from. when you select a device from the list it'll try to connect to the device and retrieve the backed up computers and tasks - sometimes, this could take take a while.
      • Then choose the backed up computers and check the tasks you want to restore.
      • Finally choose the destination ( the local directory you want to restore to ) and press "Restore"

Next you can use Pluto Backup&Media Manager to control the backup service. It will start minimized in the tray bar.

You can use it to:

• Start/Stop the service
• Force reloading the task list - which will command the service to reload the backup configuration from the disk
• See the current tasks status by pressing "Refreshing task list"
• Enable/disable a task
• Command the service to execute a "backup on demand" for that task.

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