Setting up backups

Configuring Backups

Readysell has a built-in backup that can create backup archives locally on the server or on a network location (such as a shared drive or network attached storage).

You can configured up to 3 different backup locations (primary, secondary and tertiary). For each backup, you will need the following information:

Name	Description	Examples	Default Value
LOCATION	The local or network (UNC) path for the primary backup.	E:\Backups\ \\OTHERPC\Share\Backups	(Empty)
NETWORK-USERNAME	The user name for the network (UNC) location for the primary backup. (If backing up to a local location or a network share that allows anonymous access, this should be left blank)	(Empty) Administrator	(Empty)
NETWORK-PASSWORD	The password for the network (UNC) location for the primary backup. (If backing up to a local location or a network share that allows anonymous access, this should be left blank)	(Empty) password	(Empty)
COMPRESS	Compress the primary backup to a 7-zip archive.	True False	True
PASSWORD	Encrypt the primary backup with this password.	(Empty) password	(Empty)
RETAIN-DAYS	Number of days to retain the primary backup.	14 30	14
RETAIN-EOM	Retain the last primary backup for each month.	True False	True

These can be configured by accessing the BACKUP system type (available from Administration > Advanced > System Types in the Readysell menu).

Configuring Off-Site Backups

If you would like to configure your Readysell backup to be uploaded to an off-site backup, it is recommended that you configure a primary backup to a local location and then use third party cloud backup software (such as JungleDisk, CrashPlan or Carbonite) to backup this location remotely. Do not try to backup the MySQL data files directly as these are difficult to restore and may cause issues with the operation of Readysell.

Warning

When configuring the backup, ensure that the File Path in system types is configured to the correct location. If this is not completed, this can cause the Readysell backup to fail.

Reconfiguring Existing Backups

If you are reconfiguring an existing backup, you will need to stop and restart the ReadysellService (there is a button to do this in the "Tools" tab on the main ribbon) to ensure the updated system references are picked up.

Testing Backups

You can test your configuration at any time by running the Backup task (available from Administration > Advanced > Tasks in the Readysell menu). Choose Backup from the task list, then click Run Task Now. Once Log Entries tab shows "Job Execution is Complete", go to each backup location and check that the backups have been created.

Scheduling Backups

Readysell backups are initiated by the built in Readysell tasks system. The task system runs constantly (as long as the ReadysellServer Windows service is running).

You can configure the backup schedule by modifying the Backup task (available from Administration > Advanced > Tasks in the Readysell menu). Choose Backup from the task list, then check the Enabled check box. By default, the backup task is configured to run at 11pm each day. If you would like to change the schedule, please set the Schedule cron string (see Setting task schedules).