Section 3 - Installing OBM

This section describes how to install the OBM backup client application.

3.2 Installing OBM on Mac OS X platforms

Please note that the steps below assume that the Mac OSX installation is already using JRE.

If this is not installed on the system, you will be prompted by the Mac OSX to install the Java SE 6 runtime.




• Download the OBM installer -

  obm-mac.zip

• Expand the archive and execute the OBM package.
• Follow the instructions provided by Installation Wizard to complete the installation.
• Launch the OBM user interface by double-clicking on the desktop icon.
• Enter the backup server hostname in the [Backup Server] field.
• Optional - For machine that requires Internet connection through proxy, select the [Use proxy to access the backup server] option, and fill in the settings within the [Proxy setting] section.
• Press the [Next] button afterward.
• If you already have a backup user account, select [Already a user?] and logon to the server with your existing login credentials.
• For first time login, you will be guided to create a backup set:


• Select the [Backup Source] for the backup set.
• Configure a backup schedule for unattended backups.
• For backup set with backup schedule and network shared drive selected as backup source, the [User Authentication for Windows] is a mandatory field.
• Select an encryption setting for your backup set.
• Accept the default encryption settings (using the backup user account.s password string as encrypting key) if no change are necessary.
  
  

  Important
  Even with the default encryption setting selected, the encryption key is independent from a backup account's password.

  Encryption settings are set at a backup set.s creation time, even if the password is changed afterward, the encryption key remain the same.

  
  
  

  It is very important that the encryption key is written down, and additional copies of the key are made, and stored in safe places so that it is readily available when needed to restore data.

  If the encryption key is lost, the data is irretrievable.



• Press the [OK] button to complete the configuration of backup set.
• Scheduled backup will run automatically at the configured schedule time.


• Click [Backup] button on the left panel to perform a backup immediately.
• Setup is now completed.



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