Acme Data's Remote Backup Client Install Procedure
For Computer Community Hospital

Installing the remote backup client application:

 

In MS Internet Explorer, enter the following URL:

 

http://www.acmedatallc.com/cch/OnlineInstaller/Setup.htm/

 

In the next screen, select the Install button.

 

The next part will take a few minutes to download and start … you will see the following screens as it loads.

 

 

 

Select Next when the screen above is displayed.  You will be prompted to install the application as a service.  Select Yes.

 

 

In the lower right-hand portion of your Windows desktop, you should see the following window:

 

 

This means that the client has been installed.

 

You will be prompted to restart your computer.  Go ahead and do so …

 

 

After your Windows system comes back up and you’ve logged back in, you will see this pop-up window.  Select OK.

 

 

Next, open the remote backup client by right-clicking the remote backup icon from the task tray (lower right-hand portion of your taskbar).

 

 

The client will begin to load, and since this is the first time you’ve run the client, you’ll be prompted with the following screen:

 

 

Select New Registration. The registration wizard will begin.  Follow the directions in the registration wizard. 


Once you’ve registered successfully, open the remote backup client again.

 

 

You will be presented with the following pop-up window:

 

 

You will need to create an emergency Key File, so select Yes.  This is so you will be able to recover your system (disaster recovery) if your computer or hard disk is destroyed.

 

Save your Key Files (there will be 2 files generated) to a directory where you’ll be able to find them (example: C:\temp).

 

 

 

 

 

 

















These files should be saved to a floppy disk, CD or other location.  Make sure that these files are kept in a safe place, preferably not in the same location as the computer that you are installing this application on.

 

You will then need to print out a confirmation of your Key information (see below).  Save this printout in a safe location.

 

 

After this, you can set your backup schedule as described in the next section.

 

Configuring your backup sets

 

Next you can go through and select what you want to back up.

 

Select the drives and folders you want to backup (use the HELP menu to determine what you want to backup and how to select the files).

 

The RBS client comes with 2 different backup configurations – Default & Blank.  In the Schedule menu option, select Backup Schedule.  This will open a window similar to the one in Figure 1.  Set up the Default backup to run as a Daily, incremental backup. 

 

Figure 1 shows the setup that I use, which is a daily, incremental backup that runs at 9pm every night.  You can rename it to something other than Default (I named mine My_Backup), or leave it as Default.  It will not affect how the program runs.

 

The Blank backup can be set to the monthly differential backup.  See Figure 2 for what that looks like.

 

Text Box: Select “Incremental” Select “Daily” Select a time for the backups to run.

Figure 1.

 

 

Text Box: Example of a “monthly differential” backup that runs the first Sunday of the month @ 6:00pm local time.

Figure 2.

 

 

The following backup strategy assures the most thorough data backup:

 

·    Full backup on the first day of each month

·    Incremental backups daily

·    Differential backups weekly

 

This will assure that you will have the most thorough backup sets on our server, and the shortest recovery time if you need to restore a file.  You will have to create 3 different backup schedules in order to do this.  By default, the client comes loaded with two backup schedules – default and blank.  You can modify them as much as you like, but remember to save them if you do change them.  You can also rename them to whatever name you like.

 

Because this will back up more data, it will also put more data on the server.  This may affect your monthly/yearly cost.

 

Here is the minimum recommended backup schedule:

 

·    One full backup (the first time you backup your computer with the RBS client software, this will happen by default).  You can have this backup to a local or attached disk (copy to disk option), or our remote server.

·    Daily incremental backups

·    Monthly differential backups.

 

This will provide adequate data protection, but longer restores as you get closer to the end of a month.

 

If you have any questions, please send an email to support@acmedatallc.com.