PlutoBaS

This page was written by Pluto and imported with their permission when LinuxMCE branched off in February, 2007. In general any information should apply to LinuxMCE. However, this page should be edited to reflect changes to LinuxMCE and remove old references to Pluto.

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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