Premier Backup Solutions

Download the setup file (obm-linux.tar.gz) above and run it

Set the OBM_HOME environment variable (directory to where Premier Backup Solutions is to be installed)

export OBM_HOME=/usr/local/obm

Unpack the install file to OBM_HOME

mkdir $OBM_HOME
tar -x -C $OBM_HOME -zvf obm-linux.tar.gz

Set the DISPLAY environment variables

export DISPLAY=IP_ADDRESS_OF_XTERMINAL[:0.0]

For example

export DISPLAY=:0.0
or export DISPLAY=127.0.0.1
or export DISPLAY=127.0.0.1:0.0
or export DISPLAY=192.168.0.2
or export DISPLAY=192.168.0.2:0.0

Run Premier Backup Solutions

sh $OBM_HOME/bin/BackupManager.sh
(optional) Enter the backup server host name in the [Address] field and press the [Next] button.

If you don't have a backup account, select [Trial Registration] and press the [Next] button.

Enter the [Login Name] and [Password] of your choice
Enter your [Email address] in the text field provided
Press the [Submit] button
You should be logged to the backup server already (if the [Login Name] of your choice is already taken by another user, try a different login name)

If you have a backup account already, select [User Logon] and logon to the server with your existing username and password.

If this is the first time you logon to the server, you will be guided to setup a backup set

Enter a backup set name of your choice in the [Name] field
Select the files that you want to backup
Setup the backup schedule by pressing the [Properties] button (please note that you can add multiple backup schedules to a backup set)
Setup the encryption setting for your backup set (if you don't know much about encryption, just accept the default values here)
Press the [Finish] button

To run a backup immediately, select your backup set from the left panel and press the [Start Backup] button above. Select [Off-site Backup Server] and press the [OK] button.

Select the backup set to run and press the [Start Backup] button

If you want scheduled backup to run automatically, you must start the backup scheduler by

nohup sh $OBM_HOME/bin/Scheduler.sh > /dev/null

All backup sets will now be run at their scheduled times automatically.

(Optional) Start backup scheduler on machine startup

Add the OBM_HOME environment variable to root profile by adding the following line to /root/.bash_profile
OBM_HOME=/usr/local/obm; export OBM_HOME

Add backup scheduler to your startup script by adding the following line to /etc/rc.d/rc.local
su -c 'nohup sh $OBM_HOME/bin/Scheduler.sh > /dev/null'

Setup completed.