User Manual Version 8: Contents

This Manual V8 describes all features of Handy Backup™, and explains its architecture and main principles of its work.

1. General Information
• Product Overview
• Copyright
• Third-Party Binaries
• End User License Agreement
• Technical Support Contacts
2. Installation
• System Requirements
• Installing Standalone Editions (Standard, Professional, Small Server)
• Installing Network Editions (Network, Server Network)
• Installing Network Agents for Windows
• Manual Installing and Configuring Agents
• Centralized Installation with Centralized Deploy
• Centralized Installation
• Network Agents: Troubleshooting
• Installing and Configuring Network Agents for Linux
• Installation and Configuration for Ubuntu 22.04
• Installation from a tar.gz Archive
• Installation via DEB Packages
• Installation and Configuration for RED OS
• Installation from a tar.gz Archive
• Installation via RPM Packages
• Installation and Configuration for Debian 12 and 11
• Installation from a tar.gz Archive
• Debian 12: Installation via DEB Packages
• Debian 11: Installation via DEB Packages
• Creating Tasks for Linux Network Agents
• Updating from Earlier Versions
• Uninstalling
3. Registration
• Features of Different Editions
• Activating Upgrades and Plug-ins
• Upgrading from Version 3.0-7.20.0 to Version 8
• Migrating License to New Computer
4. Quick Start
• Connecting to Server (Network Editions)
• Creating Backup Task: Simple Mode
• Creating Backup Task: Advanced Mode
• Creating Restore Task: Simple Mode
• Creating Restore Task: Advanced Mode
• Creating Synchronize Task: Simple Mode
• Creating Synchronize Task: Advanced Mode
• Managing Tasks for server version
5. Managing Data
• Choose Task Type
• Backup Task
• Specify the Backup Set
• Choose Backup Storage
• Backup type (Full, incremental, differential and mixed backup)
• Specify backup type
• Backup update options
• Comparison settings
• Handling errors
• Creating Time Stamps
• Compression and Encryption
• Restore Task
• Specify Index File
• Select Restore Locations
• Advanced Restore Settings
• Enter Password for Decryption
• Synchronize Task
• Select the First Folder
• Select the Second Folder
• Advanced Synchronizing Settings
• Scheduling
• Pre-, Post-Operation Actions
• Ready to Create New Task
6. Technologies Behind the Software
• Architecture
• Workstation
• Server
• Clients
• Other Services
• Plug-ins
• Plug-in File Systems
• Plug-in Configurations
• Data Source and Storage Plug-ins
• User Folders (My Desktop, Documents, Musics, Pictures, Video)
• Computer
• Network
• Windows Libraries
• FTP/SFTP/FTPS
• E-mail
• Gmail
• MS Exchange
• Outlook
• Database
• MSSQL
• MySQL
• PostgreSQL
• Configurations
• Restore
• Oracle
• MariaDB
• Lotus Notes
• DB2
• 1C
• Amazon S3
• S3 Cloud
• Dropbox
• Dropbox Business
• Google Drive
• OneDrive
• Handy Backup Drive
• WebDAV
• Yandex.Disk
• Backblaze
• Mail.ru Hotbox
• Mail.ru Icebox
• VK Cloud
• Disk Image
• System Recovery
• Hyper-V
• VMware Workstation
• 4shared
• Box Cloud
• Selectel
• Registry
7. User Interface
• Main Menu
• Main Menu -> File
• Export and Import Tasks
• Reports
• Task Properties
• Main Menu -> View
• Main Menu -> Actions
• Main Menu -> Service
• Main Menu -> Server
• Main Menu -> Language
• Toolbar
• Task View
• Log View
• Hot Keys
• Tray Menu
• Console Client
8. Settings
• Server Settings
• Log Settings
• Proxy Settings
• E-mail Notification
• Default Destination
• Agents Info
• Groups
• Workstation Settings
• Client Settings
• Log Settings
• Prompts
• Updates
9. Extras
• Disaster Recovery
• How to use utility in WinPE
• Handy Backup Web Interface Guide