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Table of Contents

1 Introduction .......................................................................................................................................... 3

General requirement .................................................................................................................... 3

Installation..................................................................................................................................... 3

2 Backup .................................................................................................................................................. 6

Login to AhsayACB ........................................................................................................................ 6

File Backup .................................................................................................................................... 8

Windows System Backup ............................................................................................................ 15

Retention policy .......................................................................................................................... 20

3 Restore ............................................................................................................................................... 21

File Backup Restore ..................................................................................................................... 21

Windows System Backup Restore ............................................................................................... 23

4 Report ................................................................................................................................................. 30

Backup Log .................................................................................................................................. 30

Restore Log.................................................................................................................................. 30

Usage Data .................................................................................................................................. 31

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1 Introduction

General requirement

Microsoft Windows Vista/Windows 7/8/8.1/10 or above.

Mac OS X 10.7.3 or above

2GB RAM or above

Installation

Download the Ahsay ACB installer from here: http://ibackup.hkbnes.net/ Double click the installer and proceed installation according to the instruction. Important: Please don’t rename the installer file name or the software will not be able to connect to server to grab installation data Choose the language, then click [OK] to continue.

Click [Next] to continue.

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Read the license agreement. Select “I agree the agreement” if you agree, then click [Next] to continue the installation.

Choose the installation directory, then click [Next] to continue.

Select the Options “Anyone who uses this computer” or “Me Only”, then click [Next] to continue.

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Click <Install> to continue.

Click [Finish] to finish the installation.

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2 Backup

Login to AhsayACB

Start your AhsayACB from the desktop icon or from the start menu

Click [Login] and input your login credential. If you don’t want the application to prompt the password every time when you enter the application interface, check the box next to “Save password”.

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Login is successful and the program main interface is shown.

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File Backup

Click [Backup Sets] to continue.

Click the [+] button to add a new backup set.

Enter a name for the backup set in the “Name” field, and select the “File Backup” from the drop down box and click [Next] to continue.

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Check the boxes next to the default backup folders that you want to backup.

Optional: Slide the backup filter switch from left to right if you need to apply backup filter for your backup set.

Optional: Click [I would like to choose the files to backup] if you want to select other drives or folders in your computer.

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Click [Next] to continue. To enable a schedule backup of this backup set, slide the run backup schedule switch and add new schedule.

Enter the backup schedule details.

Optional: Check the box next to “Run Retention Policy after backup” if you need to remove retention data after the backup.

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Leave the backup mode as “Sequential“ and add a backup destination by clicking ‘Add new storage destination’

Leave the storage selection as ‘CBS’ and click [OK] to to continue

Click [Next] to continue

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Input an encryption key for backup data encryption. Click [Next] to continue.

Important Encryption settings are set at the backup set’s creation time, even if the password is changed afterwards, the encryption key remains the same and cannot be modified afterwards. Please make sure you have written down the encryption key and keep it in a safe place. If the backup computer is crashed, you will not be able to restore the encryption key, and the data that you backup is irretrievable with the original encryption key You will asked to provide the password for this Windows account so that the software can access to the files that you selected. (Remark: You must have a password-protected Windows login for the software to run. If you have not set a Windows login password yet, please set it up before creating a backup task)

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Click [Backup Now] to start the backup.

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Windows System Backup

Click the [Backup Sets] button.

Click the [+] button to add a new backup set.

Enter a name for the backup set in the “Name” field, and select the “MS Windows System Backup” from the drop down box, choose the disk to store the system backup file and click [Next] to continue. Important If you want to perform system backup on C: then you need to store the backup file to another hard disk drive (e.g. D:) which should be larger than the C:

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Choose backup source (e.g. C:) and click [Next] to continue

To enable a schedule backup of this backup set, slide the run schedule backup switch and add new schedule.

Enter the backup schedule details.

Optional: Check the box next to “Run Retention Policy after backup” if you need to remove retention data after the backup.

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Leave the backup mode as “Sequential“ and add a backup destination by clicking ‘Add new storage destination’

Leave the storage selection as ‘CBS’ and click [OK] to to continue

Click [Next] to continue

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Input an encryption key for backup data encryption. Click [Next] to continue.

Important Encryption settings are set at the backup set’s creation time, even if the password is changed afterwards, the encryption key remains the same and cannot be modified afterwards. Please make sure you have written down the encryption key and keep it in a safe place. If the backup computer is crashed, you will not be able to restore the encryption key, and the data that you backup is irretrievable with the original encryption key You will asked to provide the password for this Windows account so that the software can access to the files that you selected. (Remark: You must have a password-protected Windows login for the software to run. If you have not set a Windows login password yet, please set it up before creating a backup task)

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Click [Backup Now] to start the backup.

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Retention policy

Retention policy defines the policies of persistent data management for meeting business data archival requirements. When a backup job is performed, for data that are modified or deleted on the client computer, their existing version on the backup server (backed up previously) would be moved into retention area, while newly backed up file would be placed in the current data area. Specifically, retention policy setting defines how long are these data kept within the retention area before they are deleted permanently from the backup storage. For backed up data that have not been updated or deleted from the client computer, they are kept in the data area on the backup storage and remain untouched. The retention policy can be defined where retained file (in the retention area) are removed automatically after a user specific number of days or backup jobs. To define a retention policy, select a backup set from the main menu and choose the [Others] tab. Simply modify the drop down menu to your required days or jobs. Click on [Save] to save the settings.

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3 Restore

File Backup Restore

Click [Restore] in the start menu

Choose a File Backup set to continue Restore from “CBS”

Choose file(s) you would to restore and click [Next]

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Choose the resotre location

Select a temporary directory for restore, if you are uncertain, just leave the default setting and click [Restore]

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Restore is done!

Windows System Backup Restore

Click [Restore] in the start menu

Choose a Windows System Backup set to continue Restore from “CBS”

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Choose the image file to restore

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Choose restoration location, which should be different from the restore target (e.g. if you are restoring the C: then you should save the backup file to D: or E:)

Select a temporary directory for restore, if you are uncertain, just leave the default setting and click [Restore]

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The Ahsay ACB will restore your Windows backup file only, you need to use the built-in Windows Recovery tool to restore your computer to an earlier state. Open the Control Panel in your computer and select [Recovery] to proceed.

Select [Advanced recovery methods]

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Select [Use a system image you created earlier to recover your computer]

If possible, backup your computer before proceed a restore

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You will need to restart the computer in recovery mode, click [Restart] to continue

After the reboot, you can select a system image to restore

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Select an image and click [Next] to continue

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4 Report

Backup Log

You can check backup log from the Report tab

Restore Log

You can check restore log from the Report tab

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Usage Data

At the usage tab, select CBS as destination, and select related backup set, you can check the storage used for your account.

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