Knowledge base
Installing - FAQ
This section contains answers for frequent questions regarding the installation process of Backup4all:
How to Backup to Azure
Backup4all supports backing up to Microsoft's Azure cloud service. This is a practical backup destination because the backed up data can be easily accessed from any other computer with an Internet connection.Defining an Azure configuration Before using
How to fix "there is not enough space on the disk" error
When using the Smart, Full, Differential or Incremental backup types, the resulted backup will be compressed in one or multiple .zip archives.
How do browsers handle revoked SSL/TLS certificates
This article explains the security certificates role and how they are handled by browsers.
How to backup from cloud using Backup4all
Worried about the safety of your CLOUD backups? With Backup4all you can create a local copy of your online files from the most popular cloud service providers (i.e. Azure, Google Drive, Onedrive, Amazon S3, Dropbox, Box and many more).
Simply configure a scheduled local backup with CLOUD sources in Backup4all and keep your online files safe too. Use the links below to choose your cloud service provider for details on how to configure it.
How to use the command line application
Since version 5 of Backup4all, all actions are executed in command line. The interface is also available and it communicates with the commend line process, so you can see the progress in interface. The difference is that now there is an individual command line application for each action: backup, restore, test and cleanup.
How to deactivate Backup4all
The deactivation in Backup4all has to be done if you want to move the Backup4all license to another computer or if your computer crashed and you want to activate Backup4all on another computer.
How to create a mirror backup
This article shows how to create a mirror backup of the given sources to a specified destination using Backup4all. The current method can be extended to other sources and destinations supported by Backup4all.
How to create a new backup job
This article will show you how to create a new backup job using Backup4all. The backup sources can be located in various places and the backup destination be a local hard drive, a network place, FTP server or SFTP server.
Using Backup4all - FAQ
This section contains answers for questions regarding how to use Backup4all to its full potential.
Using Backup4all - FAQ 10
This section contains answers for frequent questions regarding the registration process of Backup4all.
How “Smart file scanning mode” works in Backup4all
Backup4all can use the USN journal to get a faster detection of the modified source files. The USN Journal (Update Sequence Number Journal), or Change Journal, is a feature of NTFS which maintains a record of changes made to the volume.
How to create a backup plugin
To create a backup plugin for a specific program, you will need to install the Backup4all Plugin Creator and also another application that will monitor the 3rd party program installation. Using the information from the monitoring program, Backup4all Plugin Creator will generate an XML file (backup plugin) that can be loaded in Backup4all as a Predefined Backup. Please note that advanced computer skills are required to create a backup plugin.
How the incremental limit works in Backup4all
This article shows how to create an incremental backup, how the limit can be applied and how each type of limit works. In Backup4all you can limit the number of file versions or limit the number of backup versions. In the last case you can set the application to merge the old versions before deletion in order to keep as many backup versions as possible.
How to create a differential backup
This article shows how to create a differential backup of the given sources to a specified destination using Backup4all. The current method can be extended to other sources and destinations supported by Backup4all.
Back up your smartphone or tablet using Backup4all
In this article we will show how to back up your Android smartphone or tablet using Backup4all. More and more people keeps a lot of information (images, documents, music, videos, other files etc) on their smartphone, so it is important to have them backed up.
How to get a daily report with all backup executions
Backup4all creates a log file for each backup execution, log that can be also sent by email to a specified email address. Sometimes an administrator wants to get a single file with a daily report, including all Backup4all executions. This can be done from the Event Viewer service in Windows. This article explains how to obtain that report.
Using Backup4all - FAQ 2
This section contains answers for questions regarding how to use Backup4all to its full potential.
Backup from network
You can backup your data from external drives using Backup4all. If you have multiple computers in your network and want to back up all of them from the server, you can set up the backup using Backup4all. Network administrators can install Backup4all on a single computer using a single registration key. All workstations can be backed up from there.
How to upgrade from FBackup to Backup4all
FBackup is a freeware backup program developed by Softland, the same company that makes Backup4all. FBackup has limited features in comparison to Backup4all, thus if you need the extra features you can upgrade to it. This article explains how you can import the backup jobs (and schedulers) in Backup4all from FBackup.
How to backup your data to Eucalyptus/Walrus
Walrus is a component of Eucalyptus, which is a paid open-source software for building cloud computing environments. Eucalyptus environments are compatible with Amazon Web Services.
How to create a continuous backup
A continuous backup is a backup that will run every hour all day long, every day of the week without the user intervention. This can be done in Backup4all if we set a scheduled task to run daily and repeat the task every 1 hour for 23 hours a day. As a protection measure for the disk space used, we recommend the Smart backup type which will automatically delete older versions of the backup in order to fit in destination.
How to back up data files from Wasabi S3 Compatible
Wasabi is designed to be 100% bit compatible with Amazon Web Services (AWS) S3. This means any storage application that uses AWS S3 can also use Wasabi without any code changes to the storage application.
How to import backup jobs?
The Import window also appear when you run for the first time a newly installed Backup4all major version on a computer where a previous major version of Backup4all is installed. If you select this option and no previous major versions were installed, you'll be informed that there are no backup jobs to import.