Patriot PS
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
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Backing up your Patriot PS Personal Server Two types of Backup Supported • System Backup • Regular Backup
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Access Backup from PPS Configuration Application Home Page
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Click Refresh / Mount to detect / mount USB Storage Devices After mounting, the page displays the current backup sets if found on the mounted device Use this page to delete old backups or view information on the backups created You can also Format a USB storage device if required using Format button
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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
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Format Success
Mount newly formatted device Copyright © 2015 Pexus LLC http://www.pexus.com/patriotps
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Create Regular Backup
Provide a name and password for the backup and Click Submit Copyright © 2015 Pexus LLC http://www.pexus.com/patriotps
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Regular Backup Progress Status
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Regular Backup Information
Check status of backup Update to the same backup Delete backup Or create a new Regular Backup from the Backup page Regular Backup can be restored using Restore page Go to Home Page -> Restore page
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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
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Regular Backup Restore Status
Enter ppsadmin password to reboot
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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.
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Specify System Backup Info and Password
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System Backup Success
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Restoring from System Backup Will require a monitor and USB keyboard Connect VGA monitor to VGA port of Patriot PS Personal Server Connect USB keyboard to USB port of Patriot PS Personal Server Connect the USB Storage media to Patriot PS Personal Server Boot from the USB Storage media Change BIOS to select the USB Storage media as bootable device
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System Restore Boot Screen – REAR – Relax and Recover boot menu
Select the Recovery Images for the Personal Server e.g. iserv4me
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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
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System Restore: At login prompt, Enter : root to login
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System Restore: Type ppsRecover.sh and enter backup password
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System Restore: Select the Archive image to restore
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System Restore : Recovery starts
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System Restore: Remove USB Device and Reboot after recover completes
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Patriot PS Personal Server System will be rebooted with the image – Login using PPS Configuration Application to verify
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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
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Access Backup from PPS Configuration Application Home Page
Copyright © 2015 Pexus LLC http://www.pexus.com/patriotps
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Click Refresh / Mount to detect / mount USB Storage Devices After mounting, the page displays the current backup sets if found on the mounted device Use this page to delete old backups or view information on the backups created You can also Format a USB storage device if required using Format button
Copyright © 2015 Pexus LLC http://www.pexus.com/patriotps
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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
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Format Success
Mount newly formatted device Copyright © 2015 Pexus LLC http://www.pexus.com/patriotps
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Create Regular Backup
Provide a name and password for the backup and Click Submit Copyright © 2015 Pexus LLC http://www.pexus.com/patriotps
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Regular Backup Progress Status
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Regular Backup Information
Check status of backup Update to the same backup Delete backup Or create a new Regular Backup from the Backup page Regular Backup can be restored using Restore page Go to Home Page -> Restore page
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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
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Regular Backup Restore Status
Enter ppsadmin password to reboot
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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.
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Specify System Backup Info and Password
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System Backup Success
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Restoring from System Backup Will require a monitor and USB keyboard Connect VGA monitor to VGA port of Patriot PS Personal Server Connect USB keyboard to USB port of Patriot PS Personal Server Connect the USB Storage media to Patriot PS Personal Server Boot from the USB Storage media Change BIOS to select the USB Storage media as bootable device
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System Restore Boot Screen – REAR – Relax and Recover boot menu
Select the Recovery Images for the Personal Server e.g. iserv4me
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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
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System Restore: At login prompt, Enter : root to login
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System Restore: Type ppsRecover.sh and enter backup password
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System Restore: Select the Archive image to restore
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System Restore : Recovery starts
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System Restore: Remove USB Device and Reboot after recover completes
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Patriot PS Personal Server System will be rebooted with the image – Login using PPS Configuration Application to verify
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Thank You http://www.pexus.com/patriotps/media http://www.pexus.com/blog
https://store.pexus.net
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