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How to use BackupControl with your HiDrive package

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If you use your STRATO HiDrive online hard disk as a work environment for your files, it is a good idea to make backups here as
well in order to maintain versions of your work or to repair incorrect deletions. With BackupControl a simple tool is available to you
for this purpose.
You can create backups of your STRATO HiDrive package in your HiDrive Custome r Se rvice Are a . Here you have the choice of
creating regular backups or manual backups of your storage space.
In this article we describe how you can use BackupControl and easily restore previous data repositories.
Conte nt
Sche d ule d b a ckup s
Ma nua l b a ckup s
Ve rsion sta te s a nd stora ge sp a ce
R e storing ve rsion sta te s

For the first step log into the Custome r Se rvice Are a of your HiDrive package. In the overview display you will see the current
memory allocation, the area used by backup versions will be listed separately. To create and manage backup versions select the
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menu item Ba ckup Control.

If your account is an administrator account and your HiDrive package allows multiple users, you can select the folder for which you
would like to use BackupControl via a drop-down menu. Two possibilities are available to you for creating backup states.

Sche d ule d b a ckup s

You can specify automated backup version states so that a manual backup will no longer be required. Specify how frequently
backup versions (snapshots) should be created. The more frequently your data repository changes the more important timely
backup becomes.

Ma nua l b a ckup s
If automatic backups will not be executed, you can create manual backups. To do this click the field Cre a te Ba ckup Ve rsion
Now. Assign a name for the manual backup and confirm your selection by clicking Cre a te .
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Ve rsion sta te s a nd stora ge sp a ce

In the lower area you will see a list of the previous backup version states. If you want to delete a backup version state, click in the
adjacent checkbox and confirm with OK.

The storage space required for a backup is determined b y the cha nge re la tive to the p re vious b a ckup ve rsion. If no
change has occurred to the status of your data in the folder then the size of the backup version will be 0 bytes. Relatively static
content such as photos or videos will not result in a large volume in the backup versions. Dynamic content however will be changed
for each new version and requires storage space for the current version.

R e storing ve rsion sta te s

If you want to restore an earlier version state, go to the File Ma na ge r via the main navigation.
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In the left work area in the Sna p shots area you will see the created version states of the folder that you have selected. Highlight the
desired version state; the content of the backup version is displayed in the right work area.

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Highlight the file(s) and drag & drop them into the desired folder.

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