Article ID : 5014
Reviewed : 2015-08-18

Product Version:
AhsayOBS / AhsayACB / AhsayOBM: 7.3 to 7.x
OS: Windows

ATTENTION 1st January, 2022: v7 officially End-of-Life [details]

This article outlines the basic steps to set up a backup routine for your computer using Ahsay Cloud Backup Suite 7.

We begin by creating a backup account for the user on the AhsayCBS (Cloud Backup Suite) web console.

1. Create a backup account on the backup server.

• Login to the AhsayCBS web management console.
  
  
• On the left panel, select 'User & User Group' under 'User Management':
  
  
  
  
• Click on the '+' button to add a backup account.
  
  
• Enter the login credentials for the backup account. By default, the backup account will be under the user group 'All Users':
  
  
  
  
• Next, assign the 'User Home' location, 'Subscription Type' and other general settings for the backup account:
  
  
  
  
• Select the 'Backup Client' type (e.g. AhsayOBM / AhsayACB), and assign the Add-on Modules and Backup Quota for the backup account:
  
  
  
  
• Finally, configure the contact information for the backup account, then press 'Add' to create the backup account:
  
  
  
  
• Click on the 'Save' button afterward.

• On the computer where you would like to perform backup for, install AhsayOBM / AhsayACB.
  
  
• Double click on the system tray or desktop icon, then press 'Login':
  
  
  
  
• Enter the login credentials of the backup account that we have just created, then click on the 'Show advanced option' button at the bottom of the interface:
  
  
  
  
• Enter the Backup Server settings accordingly, then press 'OK' twice to login to the client application:
  
  
  
  
• Select the 'Backup Sets' tile, and the 'Add new backup set' button:
  
  
  
  
• Select 'File Backup' backup set type, then enter the backup set name:
  
  
  
  
• Configure the backup source of the backup set, select the data that you would like to backup:
  
  
  
  
• Click 'I would like to choose the files to backup' to open the 'Advanced Backup Source' menu. Click 'Show files' to show files under folder for individual file selection:
  
  
  
  
• Click 'OK' afterward.
  
  
• Click 'Add new storage destination / destination pool' to add the cloud storage destination.
  
  
  
  Important:
  It is strongly recommended that all backup sets are configured to backup to multiple backup destinations, to provide user with data redundancy and backup / restore flexibility.
  
  
  
  For more details on Backup Destination, you can refer to the following KB article:
  
  FAQ: Frequently Asked Questions on Backup Destination (5026)
  
  
• Continue by configuring a backup schedule and encryption setting for the backup set.
  
  
• Click the 'Backup now' button to start the initial backup job, or allow the job to start at its scheduled time:
  
  
  

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