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Data Tank Gateway in everyday use
5.1 Creating automatic backups
With the Data Tank Gateway you can create backups of folders on your Data Tank Gateway
as well as from shared folders of computers connected to your Data Tank Gateway.
To create a backup plan please proceed as follows:
- Go to Services --> Backup on the Web interface of the Data Tank Gateway.
- Click „New“. The input screen to create backups opens.
- Please fill in the blanks as follows:
Status
Select „Enabled“ to activate the backup or „Disable“ to deactivate the backup.
Name
Please insert a name for the backup here. You may choose any name.
Source
Please insert the network path and the shared folder here, e.g.
\\192.168.1.200\1
In this example a backup of the folder „1“ is created from the computer with the IP ad-
dress 192.168.1.200. Please ensure that the folder „1“ is shared and can be accessed from
the network.
Destination
Please insert the destination folder for the backup here. This can be a folder on the Data
Tank Gateway, a folder on a different computer in the network or a external hard drive.
Schedule
Please select from the pulldown-menu, how often the backup should be created. You can
select if the backup should be created hourly, daily, weekly or monthly.
Day
Please insert the date when the backup should be started. If the previous selection was
„hourly“ or „daily“ an entry is not necessary here.
