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Installation and Service Guide: Printer Controller EB-34
Performing Backup and Restore
You must login to the system as a system administrator to use the Fiery System Restore features.
Note:
Depending on the system, the capacity required for a backup image varies. Check the
Estimated side
field
displayed in
Create USB Backup
dialog box, which you can access by selecting
WebTools Home
>
Create Backup
.
To access the Fiery System Restore features
1
From a client computer, start a web browser and enter the IP address or the DNS name of the EB-34.
2
Select
Home
tab.
The available features are listed under
Fiery System Restore
section.
You must log in to the system as a system administrator before performing any of the backup/restore process.
To setup automatic scheduled backup
Note:
When you set up the scheduled backup, only the latest backup will be stored. Previous backups will be deleted.
Note:
Ensure that the EB-34 remains powered up during the scheduled backup times, allowing enough time for the
backup to complete.
1
In the WebTools
Home
tab, select
Schedule Automatic Backup
.
2
Select
Enable automatic backup
, and select when you want to start the backup process on the EB-34.
Note:
The backup process takes more than an hour to complete and it requires the EB-34 to be Idle status. If the
EB-34 is not in Idle status, the backup process does not start.
3
Click
Save
.
To create a backup
1
In the WebTools
Home
tab, select one of the options below.
•
Create Backup
>
USB
: Select this option when you create a backup on a USB drive (flash drive or hard disk drive).
If you want to create a backup of the current EB-34 on the USB drive, select
New image
. You can select
Create
bootable image
to make the USB drive a bootable media.
If you want to create a factory image backup on a USB drive, select
Fiery factory image
. The
Create bootable
image
option will be automatically turned ON.
If you select
Create bootable media
, the USB device or hard disk drive specified as a destination becomes a
bootable media. Select this option when you want to boot the EB-34 from the backup media to avoid the
situation where the HDD fails and cannot boot the EB-34. See
for booting from the bootable media.
Bootable media is used for system restoration when a hardware failure occurs.
Note:
The minimum size for the USB drive depends on the actual size of the backup file. You can determine the
size of the backup file by checking the
Estimated size
: field in the
Create USB Backup
dialog box. Prepare the USB
drive with enough capacity.