Backup/Restore
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Using the "Backup/ Restore" function you can make backup(s) of your system any time it is needed and restore the data from backup.
Backup
"Backup" tab is to easily make backup of you system.
1) First you need to select the type of the Backup to be generated:
2) And then press the "Generate Backup" button.
3) The system will immediatelly start generating the Backup and you will see the following:
4) After a while there will be the dialog box opened asking you to 'Open' or 'Save' the file.
You need to select "Save File" option and specify the folder on your computer to save backup file to:
Then press the "OK" button to complete saving file. Now Backup is generate and saved!
Note: the generated Backup file will be save as archive having .tar.gz extension
Restore
"Restore" tab is to restore the backup(s) you made:
Use "Browse..." button to indicate the file containing needed Backup.
Then press the "Restore Now" button. The system will immediatelly start restoring data from the backup file.
Created Backups
On the "Created Backups" tab you can review the list of backup that were created displayed in tabular format:
In this table in particular you can see:
- backup file name;
- the date backup was created;
- backup type.
If there are any needless backups you can delete them from the table - clicking on the red "Delete" icon opposite a particular backup.
Note: Backups deleted from the "Created Backups" table will not be automatically deleted form your computer. To remove needless backup files from your computer you need to manually delete them.
