-- FAQ --

1.How does the ‘Back X-archive system’ work?

2. What are recommended system requirements for the ‘Back X-archive system’?

3. Where is the best place to install the ‘Back X-system archive’ on your P and how much disk
space does the program require?

4. How to configure the ‘Back X-archive system’?

5. Which of the program options in the ‘Back X-configuration’ module are compulsory, and which
are not?

6. What is the ‘working directory’?

7. Do I have to enter a name of an archive ?

8. Do I have to get massages on an e-mail ?

9. How does the ’Back X-archive system’ messenger work?

10. How to test the ‘Back X-archive system’ configuration?

11. Where are the archive logs stored?

12. Can I launch the ‘Back X-archive system’ automatically at defined time of any day?

13. Where can I buy the ‘Back X-archive system’?

1. How does the ‘Back X-archive system’ work?

The ‘Back X-archive system’ is a program used to sending data in a form of zipped archive to the
specified FTP server. Furthermore, the ‘Back X-archive system’ is a program, which consists of
two modules.

The ‘Back X-Configuration’ module executes following functions:

• adds file directories to an archive;

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 • enters parameters of a connection to a FTP server;
• enters parameters of an e-mail.

The ‘Back X-Archive Engine’ module executes following functions:

• archives data;
• sends data to the FTP server;
• sends messages to the e-mail address, consisting of two massages, which include the ok-log
and error-log.

What are recommended system requirements for the ‘Back X-archive system’?

Correct functionality of the program requires a virtual machine – version 1.5 Java (or higher),
which can be downloaded from:

• http://www.java.com
• http://www.java.sun.com

Operating System Requirements :

• MS Windows 98/Me/2000/XP/Vista or higher;

• Mac OS 10.x or higher
• Linux

3. Where is the best place to install the ‘Back –system archive’ and how much disk space does the
program require?

The best solution is to install the program on a disk or partition, which has the largest amount of
free disk space. The amount of the disk space, necessary for proper working of the ‘Back X-archive
system’, is equal to disk space, which is occupied by the total amount of archived file directories.

4. How to configure the ‘Back X-archive system’?

The ‘Back X-Configuration’ module has to be executed in order to configure properly the ‘Back X-
archive system’. The files, which will be archived, have to be added to the ‘edit list’. Next, the
information which is related to the parameters of the connection has to be added in the
‘configuration’ bookmark, in the following order:

• address of FTP server;

• user of FTP server;
• password of FTP server;
• working directory FTP
Caution! This option is not required to be clearly defined in most cases – user can leave the
spaces empty. However, some configurations of FTP servers exact entering manually
‘working directory FTP’
• FTP archive directory – It is a folder added to FTP server, where the archive is sent to. In
addition, the FTP user must be enabled to ‘save’ and ‘read’.
• Entering the parameters for the e-mail is optional. If any of the spaces are left empty, user

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 will not receive a massage via the e-email. The massage is stored in the directory (log
directory), where the ‘Back X-archive system’ is installed.

5. Which of the program options in the ‘Back X-configuration’ module are compulsory, and which
are not?

Minimal system configurations require:

• adding file directories, which are needed to be archived, to ‘edit list’ bookmark;
• adding specified parameters of the FTP connection, Server address, user and password to
the ‘configuration’ bookmark;
• adding the archive directory to the ‘configuration’ bookmark.

6. What is the ‘working-directory’?

he ‘working directory’ is the user’s file directory, where all the data is sent and archived. The
system automatically directs and sends all the zipped information to the working directory. This
option is not required to be clearly defined– user can leave the spaces empty, in most cases.
However, if your FTP server requires entering the parameters of the ‘working directory FTP’, you
have to do it manually.

7. Do I have to enter a name of an archive?

Entering a name of an archive is compulsory to copy and send the archive data to the FTP server.
The system automatically creates files with names of week days, and months. The program zips
and sends the data to the created files, at exact time and day.

8. Do I have to get massages on the e-mail?

This option is not necessary for proper working of the system. If you leave empty spaces in the
bookmark of: users e-mail, password e-mail server you will not receive any massages. The
messages are archived in the log directory, where ‘Back X-archive system’ is installed.

9. How does the ‘Back X-archive system’ messenger work?

A message is sent on the indicated e-mail, after the archiving is done. The massage is sent as two
mails.
The headline of the massage consists of:

• from - backX@system
• subject – the name of the computer, where the archive is created, back X – archive system
log, and Error or OK.

The example content of each two e-mails begins with the following text:
--------------------------------BackX system archive -----------------------------
OS NAME: Windows XP
USER NAME: user
HOST ADDRESS IP: 10.1.51.172
HOST NAME: user-adfc0e9234234

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--------------------------------BackX system archive -----------------------------

• the mail log – OK encloses information about created archive in the exact day and sort of
archived files;
• the mail log – Error encloses information about any encountered problems during the
archiving.

10. How to test the ‘Back X-archive system’ configuration?

You can test the program by clicking on the ‘Check Configuration’ button, which is placed in
‘configuration’ bookmark. The first configuration test should be conducted on small files (up to 2
mb). First, the test files are archived and sent to the FTP server. The ‘Back X-archive engine’ sends
a test massage on the e-mail.

11. Where are the archive logs stored?

The archive logs are stored in the log directory, where the ‘Back X-archive system’ is installed.

12. Can I launch the ‘Back X-archive system’ automatically, at defined time of any day?

There is an option, which automatically launches the ‘Back X-archive engine’ module by making
use of:

• Task Schedule in Windows System

• Cron in Linux System
• Mac OS 10.x

Further information can be found in this document.

13. Where can I buy the ‘Back X-archive system’?

The Program can be purchased on the biggest auction service, on ebay.com. More information
about the prices and sale agreements can be found in ‘buy’ section.

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