BACKING UP AND RETRIEVING FILES
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MY CLOUD USER MANUAL
Backing Up with ElephantDrive
Once you’ve enabled ElephantDrive, use the following steps to create a cloud backup.
1. On the Navigation bar, click
Backups
to display the Backups screen.
2. Click
Cloud Backups
, if not already selected.
3. Click
ElephantDrive
in the top-right area of the screen.
4. In the Access Backups field, click
Login
.
5. Enter the email and password used when you registered in step 6 of “Enabling ElephantDrive
Cloud Backup” on page 49, then click
Login
.
6. In the ElephantDrive field, click the
New device backup wizard
link.
7. Log in to ElephantDrive using the email and password used when you registered with
ElephantDrive in step 6 of “Enabling ElephantDrive Cloud Backup” on page 49.
8. Follow the steps outlined in the ElephantDrive backup wizard to create your cloud backup.
Enabling an Amazon S3 Cloud Backup
Note:
Before creating your Cloud backup, sign up for the Amazon S3 service at
.
Once your Amazon S3 account is set up, use the following steps to create a cloud backup.
1. On the navigation bar, click
Backups
to display the Backups screen.
2. Click
Cloud Backups
, if not already selected.
3. Click the
Amazon S3
button in the top-right area of the screen.
4. Click
Create
.
5. Enter a Job Name for your cloud backup and click
Next
.
6. Enter the following information supplied by Amazon S3:
Region
: Select the region used for your cloud from the drop-down menu.
Access Key
: Enter the access key supplied to you by Amazon S3.
Private Key
: Enter the private key supplied to you by Amazon S3.
Remote Path
: Enter the remote path for your cloud. This is normally your bucket name.
7. Click
Next
.
8. Enter the following information, then click
Next
:
Type
Select one of the following options:
•
Upload
: Backs up your My Cloud data to your Amazon S3
bucket.
•
Download
: Backs up your Amazon S3 bucket to your My
Cloud device.
