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Using Jungle Disk Server Edition : Automatic Backup

Support November 04, 2009

Creating a New Backup Job

Creating an Automatic Backup job begins with entering into the Configuration and selecting the associated Backup Vault within an online disk.  You will then see a screen as shown below that will allow you to select a name for your backup job.  Click the "Create" button once you have selected your desired name.

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Backup Scheduling

Once you have created a new backup job, you will want to configure when the backup job will run.  You have the following options for configuring the periodicity for your backups jobs.

Automatically backup my files every: This option allows you to choose the frequency in which your backup will run.  You have the option to run the backup manually, or at intervals of every 5 minutes, every 15 minutes, hourly, every 6 hours, daily, or weekly.  Selecting the Day or Week options will allow you to select the specific time of day for your backups to run.

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When a scheduled backup time is missed: If your backup time should happened to be missed (i.e. computer is off, internet connection is lost), your backup can either wait until the next scheduled interval is reached.  It can also be configured to run as soon as possible once the condition that prevented it from occurring is no longer present.
  
Wake my computer from sleep for scheduled backups: If your computer is in a sleep mode, this option will allow the software to wake the computer from sleep mode in order to conduct the scheduled backup.

Selecting What to Backup

The folder selection menu is divided into two sections to allow you to quickly and easily choose or exclude the folders for your backup jobs.

When a folder is selected, you will have the following options:

  • Do not backup this folder
  • Backup all the files in this folder
  • Backup only certain types of files
  • Backup all files, except certain types
  • Backup on the files I select in this folder
  • Backup files in sub-folders

The state of your selected folders and the files beneath them are indicated by the status of the selection box to the left.

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When a folder is first selected, it will assume that all of the files within it as well as all of the files and folders beneath it will be included for backup.  This status also indicates that as new files and folders are added, those new items will also become part of the backup. A bold box denotes a folder directly selected whereas a thin box indicates that it was included due to a parent folder being selected for backup.

 

 

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If a folder has files or folders that are selected beneath it that do not have any filtering enabled (i.e. specific items selected or excluded), it is flagged with a gray check.  New files and folders that are added beneath a folder flagged with a gray check will only be included in future backups if they are under or within a folder with a black check. 

 

 

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 Folders that have items specifically selected or excluded (filters applied) for backup beneath it will be flagged with a check in a grey background. New files and folders that are added beneath a folder flagged with a grey background will only be included in future backups if they are under or within a folder with a black check.

 

 

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Folders that are to be excluded completely from a backup are flagged with a red X.  Once a folder is marked for exclusion, you will not be able to select files or folders beneath it until you remove it from its exclusion status.

 

Backup Options

To give you the most control over your automatic backups, these additional options will allow you to customize your specific backup job. 

  • Backup in-use files (NTFS formatted drives only): For NTFS drives, the Jungle Disk Desktop Edition has the ability to backup files that are currently in use by the computer.  For Mac and Linux, locked files are already able to be backed up.
  • Ignore timezone shifts when detecting changed files:  For FAT file systems, this feature will assume files modified within even hour increments from the previous version are due to time zone shifts.  If you enable this option, there is a small potential that a file update may be overlooked if you happen to update a file on increments of exactly one hour from the recent version.  If you do not have a FAT file system, this option should not be selected.
  • Backup Retention
    • Remove updated and deleted files from my backup after:  Determines how long files that are deleted or updated locally are kept in the Backup Vault for versioning and history.  If left unchecked, all deleted and changed files will be kept indefinitely.
  • Backup Reporting
    • Backup reporting allows you to view summaries of backup jobs on the web, as well as receive e-mail alerts and RSS updates.
  • Backup Scripts
    • Allows for custom processing before and after backup jobs and during the case of a backup job failure.
 
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