Backup and Restore for your Patriot PS Personal

Backup and Restore for your Patriot PS Personal Server Your Server, Your Data, Your Terms ! Pradeep Nambiar Patriot PS Product Architect & Developer Founder, Pexus LLC Copyright © 2015 Pexus LLC http: //www. pexus. com/patriotps 1

Backing up your Patriot PS Personal Server Two types of Backup Supported • System Backup • Regular Backup Copyright © 2015 Pexus LLC http: //www. pexus. com/patriotps 2

Access Backup from PPS Configuration Application Home Page Copyright © 2015 Pexus LLC http: //www. pexus. com/patriotps 3

Click Refresh / Mount to detect / mount USB Storage Devices After mounting, the page displays the current backup sets if found on the mounted device l Use this page to delete old backups or view information on the backups created l You can also Format a USB storage device if required using Format button l Copyright © 2015 Pexus LLC http: //www. pexus. com/patriotps 4

Optionally - Format USB Storage Device if needed Formatting may take some time depending upon the size of the USB storage device and type of Format selected Copyright © 2015 Pexus LLC http: //www. pexus. com/patriotps 5

Format Success Mount newly formatted device Copyright © 2015 Pexus LLC http: //www. pexus. com/patriotps 6

Create Regular Backup Provide a name and password for the backup and Click Submit Copyright © 2015 Pexus LLC http: //www. pexus. com/patriotps 7

Regular Backup Progress Status Copyright © 2015 Pexus LLC http: //www. pexus. com/patriotps 8

Regular Backup Information Check status of backup l Update to the same backup l Delete backup l Or create a new Regular Backup from the Backup page l Regular Backup can be restored using Restore page l Go to Home Page -> Restore page l Copyright © 2015 Pexus LLC http: //www. pexus. com/patriotps 9

Restore a Regular Backup Provide password ppsadmin password and backup password to restore and click Submit Copyright © 2015 Pexus LLC http: //www. pexus. com/patriotps 10

Regular Backup Restore Status Enter ppsadmin password to reboot Copyright © 2015 Pexus LLC http: //www. pexus. com/patriotps 11

System Backup System back requires USB Storage to be formatted in REAR format If not already in that format, use the format option to format the USB storage device. Copyright © 2015 Pexus LLC http: //www. pexus. com/patriotps 12

Specify System Backup Info and Password Copyright © 2015 Pexus LLC http: //www. pexus. com/patriotps 13

System Backup Success Copyright © 2015 Pexus LLC http: //www. pexus. com/patriotps 14

Restoring from System Backup Will require a monitor and USB keyboard l Connect VGA monitor to VGA port of Patriot PS Personal Server l Connect USB keyboard to USB port of Patriot PS Personal Server l Connect the USB Storage media to Patriot PS Personal Server l Boot from the USB Storage media l Change BIOS to select the USB Storage media as bootable device l Copyright © 2015 Pexus LLC http: //www. pexus. com/patriotps 15

System Restore Boot Screen – REAR – Relax and Recover boot menu Select the Recovery Images for the Personal Server e. g. iserv 4 me Copyright © 2015 Pexus LLC http: //www. pexus. com/patriotps 16

System Restore: Select the Backup Image DONOT Select the AUTOMATIC RECOVER option – as we need provide the backup password to recover Select the backup from the desired date Copyright © 2015 Pexus LLC http: //www. pexus. com/patriotps 17

System Restore: At login prompt, Enter : root to login Copyright © 2015 Pexus LLC http: //www. pexus. com/patriotps 18

System Restore: Type pps. Recover. sh and enter backup password Copyright © 2015 Pexus LLC http: //www. pexus. com/patriotps 19

System Restore: Select the Archive image to restore Copyright © 2015 Pexus LLC http: //www. pexus. com/patriotps 20

System Restore : Recovery starts Copyright © 2015 Pexus LLC http: //www. pexus. com/patriotps 21

System Restore: Remove USB Device and Reboot after recover completes Copyright © 2015 Pexus LLC http: //www. pexus. com/patriotps 22

Patriot PS Personal Server System will be rebooted with the image – Login using PPS Configuration Application to verify Copyright © 2015 Pexus LLC http: //www. pexus. com/patriotps 23

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