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Installing ODB Advanced and Deluxe on Windows
Posted: December 12, 2009 (01:38) under FAQ, Featured Articles, Installing ODB, Microsoft Windows

Installing ODB Advanced and Deluxe on your Windows PC or Server is a snap whether you run Microsoft Windows NT 4 Server, 2000, 2003 or the new Windows 2008 Server.

First, download the latest version of our ODB Advanced software. This client is also the client you download if you’re an ODB Deluxe subcriber. You can always grab the latest from HERE.

Hint: you can enlarge any image displayed in this post by clicking on it.

Next, all the instructions for installing ODB Advanced on your Windows-based machine are fairly straightforward, you can read more about it, after the jump, below.

Save the downloaded file to somewhere you’ll remember on your computer (like the My Documents or Downloads folder.)

Depending on your Internet speed, it may take a few minutes to complete the download.

Double click the executable obm-win.exe to start installing the software.

Select your language, English is selected by default.

The splash screen will then appear.

The installation screen will appear thereafter, click NEXT to get started.

In order to proceed with the installation, you’ll have to review and accept our software license agreement.

You can then choose the location to install the software. We recommend that you have at least 150mb of space free for the installation of the software.

Backing up files does require disk space (to stage files) and you will need some free space on your system in order to create backup sets, etc.

You can choose who will have access to the program shortcut, yourself or anyone who uses this computer.

Note, this does prevent other users on the computer system from launching the program via the computer’s filesystem. Consult our support group if you have any special security needs relating to our product.

Once you have completed the above step, you can review your settings and proceed to the actual install where files are written to your hard drive.

After the setup has completed (this process may take a few minutes), you will be given the option to launch the backup software. We strongly recommend that you configure your backups right away.

The software splash screen will appear and it will connect to our primary backup server.

At this point, you can run through our trial registration. If you have been an ODB Advanced or Deluxe customer for some time, you may have received an alternate backup server to connect to and a username / password to use. You can enter the alternate backup server to use at this point then click next.

If you’re a new user, enter a login name and password that you’ll remember. You’ll also need to enter your email address (you’ll receive your backup reports to this address) into the provided field.

If you’re already registered on the server, click the ‘Already a user?’ link.

* note (12/5/2009) – some users have complained tha this link may be missing. The bottom left hand side of the ‘Trial Registration’ box is enabled with a hidden link which will allow you to enter your credentials. This issue will be rectified in the next software release.

At this point (for registered users) you can enter in your username and password.

Next, you’ll be presented with backup selections – what files and/or data you may want to back up.

You can also choose from a wide variety of backup types (dependent on the options you’ve subscribed to) from Lotus Notes / Domino to Microsoft Exchange, MySQL and even Oracle.

If you’re backing up files and you don’t see a folder you want to back up, click the Advanced button to select it manually. If you have Outlook and/or Outlook Express installed on your computer, these selections will be available to you.

After selecting what files you want to back up, you can choose your scheduling options – what day you’d like to run the backup, what time you’d like to start the backup, and how long you’d like to run the backup for.

By default, your backups are encrypted before being placed on our servers. Initially, your password is your default encrypting key. You can choose to leave this the same, specify a different encrypting key or not use encryption at all.

If you are using the default encryption key, it is very important to remember/save your initial password. If you change your password, the encrypting key DOES NOT change. Also, if you lose this key, it will be impossible to restore your files.

PLEASE SAVE YOUR INITIAL PASSWORD AND ENCRYPTING KEY. You will need this if you ever need to restore data.

Once the initial setup options are complete, you will see the main ODB Advanced program screen. This is the interface you will use to manage your backups from now on.

From this screen, you can choose to start your backup. If your backup is large, or if you want the backup to occur in the background, you may want to skip this step. If you are creating seed data media to send to us via courier, you cannot skip this set.

When you choose your backup set through the user interface, you are given an opportunity to choose where to back up to as well as the type of file backup. If it’s your first backup, we recommend you use the ‘full’ backup option.

Your initial backup may take some time, dependant on your network speed. Our ODB Advanced and ODB Deluxe customers have the option of sending us seed data to place on the server, if your backup is extremely large.

Once your initial backup completes, you will can either close the dialog or view the log. This dialog only comes up if you have launched the backup from the user interface.

Once you’re done, don’t forget to save your changes to the server.

In all cases, you will receive a backup report when the report scheduler runs (on the hour.)

Reports are available both through the backup software user interface and are emailed to you in ZIP format after the backup completes.

Congratulations, you’re done. Once you choose to quit ODB Basic’s user interface, you’ll be asked if you want to save your backup settings to the backup server.

As the backup server dictates what files are backed up at the start of each backup, we highly recommend this.

If you skipped the above steps, a backup can be initiated from the system tray or via the web on your assigned backup server.

To start your backup from the system tray, simply right-click on it and choose the option which best suits you.

Good luck! If you have any questions, feel free to post them here or ask our Technical Support group.

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