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  • Recovering data during times of need is critical to all, and few can afford to make inefficient use of business-technology resources.

    Information Week
    January 20, 2004

  • No matter which back-up product a small company chooses, many organizations make the same mistakes. The most common mistake is to not back up at all, or to neglect backing up on a regular basis, Aberdeen Group vice president David Hill told News Factor.

    Newsfactor.com
    September 8, 2003

  • ...while DVD-RW, DVD+RW, and DVD-RAM are economical backup solutions, individual users remain responsible for putting backup rotation schemes in place and for keeping track of the media. With individual tapes' total data capacity well below that of hard drives found in today's PCs, backups would often have to span multiple tapes, making these tasks even more of a chore. Online backup services make more sense.

    PC Magazine
    March 11, 2003

  • Many small businesses fly by the seat of their pants when it comes to backup and disaster-recovery...

    CRN
    March 15, 2004

  • Among the many lessons learned from 9/11, protecting your business's crucial information should be one of them.

    Entrepreneur Magazine
    September, 2002

  • Neglecting to back up data on a regular basis is one of the most common mistakes SMBs make, says Aberdeen Group vice president David Hill. The second-biggest mistake is not having a rotation policy for sending tapes or other media offsite for disaster-recovery protection.

    NewsFactor.com
    November 4, 2003

  • Few workers think about backing up files and data when heading home each day. People expect their data to be there when they show up the next morning. We all take for granted the reliability of our stored work.

    PC Magazine
    January 15, 2002

  • Consider just how much time, money, and effort it would take to recover a system whose files were destroyed by mechanical failure, a virus attack, or user error. Also consider how much money you would lose simply because of downtime. A major purpose of backing up is to avoid such expenses.

    PC Magazine
    September 3, 2002

  • A study by the American Red Cross found that 40% of small businesses never reopen after a major disaster. The reason - lack of planning and preparedness. Developing a disaster recovery strategy is a critical undertaking for any firm...

    Rockland Business World
    September 2003

  • Earthquakes, fires, floods--disasters happen all the time. Whether man-made or from Mother Nature, unexpected catastrophes are less likely to defeat businesses that have effective disaster-preparedness plans in their back pockets...Back up all your crucial data and keep those files off-site in a safe place.

    Entrepreneur Magazine
    April 2002

Installation Guide - Obar4u Max - NetWare

 
System Requirement
  • Operating System : Novell NetWare 6.0sp4 / 6.5sp1 or above
  • Memory : 128 Mbytes
  • Disk Space : 100 Mbytes
  • Network Protocol : TCP/IP (Http/Https)
  • Additional Requirement:
    • Novell JVM 1.4.2.x or above for NetWare must be installed already
    • Perl v5.8.4 or above (download)
Download

    Download Obar4u Max - A full-featured backup software for Novell NetWare Server

Get Started

  1. Download the setup file above

  2. Expand the zip file to SYS:\Obar4u Max

  3. Install Obar4u Max

    SYS:\Obar4u Max\aua\bin\install-aua.ncf

  4. Start Auto Upgrade Agent

    SYS:\Obar4u Max\aua\bin\startup.ncf

  5. If you want scheduled backup to run automatically, you must start the backup scheduler by

    SYS:\Obar4u Max\bin\Scheduler.ncf

    All backup sets will now be run at their scheduled times automatically.

  6. Open Obar4u Max by running SYS:\Obar4u Max\bin\RunBackupManager.ncf

  7. (optional) Enter the backup server name in the [Address] field and press the [Next] button.

  8. If you are using a proxy server to access the internet, please fill in the [Proxy setting] section and press the [Next] button.

  9. If you don't have a backup account, register a trial user by the following steps

    1. Enter the [Login Name], [Password] and [Confirm Password] of your choice
    2. Enter your [Email] in the text field provided
    3. Press the [Submit] button
    4. You should be logged to the backup server already (if the [Login Name] of your choice is already taken by another user, try a different login name)

  10. If you have a backup account already, select [already a user?] and logon to the server with your existing username and password.

  11. If this is your first time logging into the server, you will be guided to create a backup set

    1. Enter a backup set name of your choice in the [Name] field, choose the type of backup set in the [Type] field and then press [Next] button.
    2. Select the files that you want to backup and press the [Next] button.
    3. Press the [properties] button to review or make changes to the default backup schedule setting and then press the [Next] button. (please note that you can add multiple backup schedules to a backup set by pressing the [Add] button).
    4. Setup the encryption setting for your backup set (if you don't know much about encryption, just accept the default values here)
    5. Press the [OK] button to complete the configuration of backup set

  12. To run a backup immediately, click [Backup] button on the left panel, select the backup set and press [OK] button.

  13. Setup completed.

  14. To restore your files, please do the following steps

    1. Click [Restore] button on the left panel
    2. Select the backup set containing the files you want to restore and then press [Next] button.
    3. Select all files that you want to restore using the file explorer on the right panel.
    4. If you want to restore your files to a folder other than the original folder, please make changes to the [Restore files to] section.
    5. Press the [Start Restore] button.

Compliance

Sarbanes-Oxley, FINRA, HIPAA, and other regulations mandate safeguards surrounding the backup, privacy, and availability of sensitive information and certain records.  Obar4u goes to extreme lengths to be commercial-grade, offering all the access and security controls regulated industries desire.

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After you sign up for a our online backup service account, you will download and install the software onto your computer or your server. After installation of the software, you will choose a unique encryption key that will be used to encrypt all of your files. You will then set up your backup sets, 

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Security

Obar4u is committed to protect your valuable data, residing on our servers. We follow best practices to ensure data security. The servers on which Obar4u accounts reside are continuously monitored for any attempted network attacks on a 24 x 7 basis, using sophisticated software tools.

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