What is CDP addon for resellers?

We are now offering clients limited access to their backup files through a web interface. With cdp add on, you can see the files backed up on the backup machines for your main reseller account and can schedule a restore of any files/folders. This is what CDP add on provides on a very minimal...

What is CDP? Who can get CDP Addon?

CDP stands for Continuous Data Protection which is the technology we use for our internal backups. We are now offering clients limited access to their backup files through web interface. With cdp addon you can see your files backed up on the backup machines and can schedule a restore of any files(s). This is what CDP addon provides on a very minimal cost. This addon is available for all shared, semi-dedicated, reseller and linux vps hosting accounts (this is not available for windows vps). If you have a dedicated server you can purchase Data LockBox backup services to use this...

What are Backup Rotation Policies?

Each scheduled Backup Task can have an associated Rotation Policy. This policy is defined when creating the Task (Backup and Restore -> Schedule backups) or changed by editing the Backup Task in “Scheduler”. When defining a Backup Task, you can enable and specify the number of Incrementals(Recovery points) to keep. When the Backup Task finishes, it will launch a Rotation Policy Task. The Rotation Policy Task will check all other Incremental Backups created by the same Scheduled Task and delete the oldest Incrementals until only the last X Incrementals remain as defined in the Backup Task. Rotation Policies can be defined based on the following Recurrence Types: Hourly Daily Weekly Monthly Backup Rotation Policy Examples: Hourly – If you define a Backup Task with a Hourly Recurrence called Hourly and specify to only keep the last 10 Incrementals, then every time a Backup is taken the oldest Incrementals will be deleted until there are only 10 left. Only Incrementals created by the Scheduled Task described as Hourly will be counted in the 10 and be eligible to be deleted. Daily – If you define a Backup Task with a Daily Recurrence called Daily and specify to only keep the last 7 Incrementals, then every time a Backup is taken the oldest Incrementals will be deleted until there are only 7 left. Only Incrementals created by the Scheduled Task described as Daily will be counted in the 7 and be eligible to be...

How do I restore files/folders?

Login to your backup account. Click on your server hostname -> Browse In the left frame, expand the disk safe and select the Device/partition. Expand the Recovery Point/date you want to restore files from and select the checkbox for any combination of folders/files from the filesystem tree on the left. Select the “Restore files” option on the right and click GO. It will take you to the restore options page. Here you can either select to overwrite existing files on the server or restore to an alternate location. The restoration progress and result will be shown in the “History”...