1. 1 Copyright © 2015 Pexus LLC http://www.pexus.com/patriotpshttp://www.pexus.com/patriotps Backup and Restore for your Patriot PS Personal Server Pradeep Nambiar Patriot PS Product Architect & Developer Founder, Pexus LLC Your Server, Your Data, Your Terms !

2. Copyright © 2015 Pexus LLC http://www.pexus.com/patriotpshttp://www.pexus.com/patriotps 22 Backing up your Patriot PS Personal Server Two types of Backup Supported System Backup Regular Backup

3. Copyright © 2015 Pexus LLC http://www.pexus.com/patriotpshttp://www.pexus.com/patriotps 33 Access Backup from PPS Configuration Application Home Page

4. Copyright © 2015 Pexus LLC http://www.pexus.com/patriotpshttp://www.pexus.com/patriotps 44 Click Refresh / Mount to detect / mount USB Storage Devices After mounting, the page displays the current backup sets if found on the mounted device Use this page to delete old backups or view information on the backups created You can also Format a USB storage device if required using Format button

5. Copyright © 2015 Pexus LLC http://www.pexus.com/patriotpshttp://www.pexus.com/patriotps 55 Optionally - Format USB Storage Device if needed Formatting may take some time depending upon the size of the USB storage device and type of Format selected

6. Copyright © 2015 Pexus LLC http://www.pexus.com/patriotpshttp://www.pexus.com/patriotps 66 Format Success Mount newly formatted device

7. Copyright © 2015 Pexus LLC http://www.pexus.com/patriotpshttp://www.pexus.com/patriotps 77 Create Regular Backup Provide a name and password for the backup and Click Submit

8. Copyright © 2015 Pexus LLC http://www.pexus.com/patriotpshttp://www.pexus.com/patriotps 88 Regular Backup Progress Status

9. Copyright © 2015 Pexus LLC http://www.pexus.com/patriotpshttp://www.pexus.com/patriotps 99 Regular Backup Information Check status of backup Update to the same backup Delete backup Or create a new Regular Backup from the Backup page Regular Backup can be restored using Restore page Go to Home Page -> Restore page

10. Copyright © 2015 Pexus LLC http://www.pexus.com/patriotpshttp://www.pexus.com/patriotps 10 Restore a Regular Backup Provide password ppsadmin password and backup password to restore and click Submit

11. Copyright © 2015 Pexus LLC http://www.pexus.com/patriotpshttp://www.pexus.com/patriotps 11 Regular Backup Restore Status Enter ppsadmin password to reboot

12. Copyright © 2015 Pexus LLC http://www.pexus.com/patriotpshttp://www.pexus.com/patriotps 12 System Backup System back requires USB Storage to be formatted in REAR format If not already in that format, use the format option to format the USB storage device.

13. Copyright © 2015 Pexus LLC http://www.pexus.com/patriotpshttp://www.pexus.com/patriotps 13 Specify System Backup Info and Password

14. Copyright © 2015 Pexus LLC http://www.pexus.com/patriotpshttp://www.pexus.com/patriotps 14 System Backup Success

15. Copyright © 2015 Pexus LLC http://www.pexus.com/patriotpshttp://www.pexus.com/patriotps 15 Restoring from System Backup Will require a monitor and USB keyboard Connect VGA monitor to VGA port of Patriot PS Personal Server Connect USB keyboard to USB port of Patriot PS Personal Server Connect the USB Storage media to Patriot PS Personal Server Boot from the USB Storage media Change BIOS to select the USB Storage media as bootable device

16. Copyright © 2015 Pexus LLC http://www.pexus.com/patriotpshttp://www.pexus.com/patriotps 16 System Restore Boot Screen – REAR – Relax and Recover boot menu Select the Recovery Images for the Personal Server e.g. iserv4me

17. Copyright © 2015 Pexus LLC http://www.pexus.com/patriotpshttp://www.pexus.com/patriotps 17 System Restore: Select the Backup Image DONOT Select the AUTOMATIC RECOVER option – as we need provide the backup password to recover Select the backup from the desired date

18. Copyright © 2015 Pexus LLC http://www.pexus.com/patriotpshttp://www.pexus.com/patriotps 18 System Restore: At login prompt, Enter : root to login

19. Copyright © 2015 Pexus LLC http://www.pexus.com/patriotpshttp://www.pexus.com/patriotps 19 System Restore: Type ppsRecover.sh and enter backup password

20. Copyright © 2015 Pexus LLC http://www.pexus.com/patriotpshttp://www.pexus.com/patriotps 20 System Restore: Select the Archive image to restore

21. Copyright © 2015 Pexus LLC http://www.pexus.com/patriotpshttp://www.pexus.com/patriotps 21 System Restore : Recovery starts

22. Copyright © 2015 Pexus LLC http://www.pexus.com/patriotpshttp://www.pexus.com/patriotps 22 System Restore: Remove USB Device and Reboot after recover completes

23. Copyright © 2015 Pexus LLC http://www.pexus.com/patriotpshttp://www.pexus.com/patriotps 23 Patriot PS Personal Server System will be rebooted with the image – Login using PPS Configuration Application to verify

24. Copyright © 2015 Pexus LLC http://www.pexus.com/patriotpshttp://www.pexus.com/patriotps 24 Thank You http://www.pexus.com/patriotps/media https://store.pexus.net http://www.pexus.com/blog