Active Backup for Business Portal

Active Backup for Business Portal is an affiliated restore portal of the all-in-one business backup solution, Active Backup for Business. Dedicated to restoration use only, this portal allows admin users and end-users delegated by the server admin to access, browse, download and restore backed-up data.

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Installation

Active Backup for Business Portal is automatically installed during the installation of the main package, Active Backup for Business.

To access the portal as admin:

  1. The icon will be displayed in the package menu along with other packages. Access the portal by clicking on the icon.
  2. Admin, if logged in to the agent, can access the portal on the device by clicking Restore Portal on the agent main app.

To access the portal as end-users:

Click Restore Portal package on the agent main app to access the portal.

To allow/deny users' access:

Go to Control Panel > User/Group, select the target user or group then click Edit > Applications, find Active Backup for Business Portal on the list then check allow or deny to configure.

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Browsing Versions

The main body of Active Backup for Business Portal is comprised of Control menu, Task selector, View role, Restore progress monitor, Restore button, Download button, File viewer, and a draggable version Timeline.

On this panel, logged in users can easily change the view role and the viewed task, then browse the versions by dragging the timeline.

Restore

The portal is designed for granular restore, all the backed up files and folders can be recovered to the source directory or be downloaded to a selected destination with the portal. The situations varied due to the completeness of the version and the type of device. Please refer to the following paragraphs for further information.

To restore a backed up version of a certain point of time

  1. Find the right time:

    When first enter the right task view, the screen will display the latest version by default. If the latest version is not the right one, you can either choose to drag the timeline at the bottom of the portal, or click on the calendar icon at the left end of the timeline then select the right backup time.

  2. Select the right version:

    When you have switched to the right time (day), the latest version of the day will be displayed by default. If you have more than one backup version on that day, click the number of the time tag on the timeline, and you will see a list of all versions.

To restore files and folders to another location:

You can restore files and folders to a different device by specifying the destination from a list in Restore Details.

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To configure the naming conflict/overwrite policy:

When the name of the restored or downloaded file is in conflict with file existing in the target directory, the default policy is to overwrite the file. However, a checkbox is supported for you to decide if to skip restoring or downloading the file with the version on the confirmation dialogue.

To recover a file from a partially successful backed up version:

When a version is only partially successful during the backup, the recoverability varies according to the type of device:

Device type Personal computer Physical server File server Virtual machine
Can recover from partially successful backed up version X O O O

To recover files in batch:

Only files and folders under the same directory can be recovered in batch. Press shift, hold it, and select multiple files and folders. Click Restore when ready.

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Download

Select one or more files or folders in the file viewer then click Download right above the file viewer to download the selected files and folders. You can also choose to double click on a file to download.

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