Relief from the Heat

Set up backups for Windows 7 machines now.

Getting relief from the summer heat is tough. Restoring data after your hard drive is fried can be tougher. That's why DataPreserve Pro is so important.

We have learned from years of experience that the intense heat of an Arizona summer can have the unintended consequences of destroying the hard drives of

• laptops left in car trunks
• computers running in building when the A/C breaks down
• servers kicked by overheated personnel

Fortunately, DataPreserve Pro is equipped to backup and store the data from Windows 7 computers as well as from computers running Microsoft Exchange Server, SQL and other database programs and files.

DataPreserve Pro includes a complete software suite of enterprise level, cloud-based data protection software and storage designed to help you keep data from multiple locations safe with minimal effort and cost and maximum reliability. DataPreserve Pro allows you to access an enterprise solution at affordable pricing.

If you are still using DataPreserve Remote Backup 3.0 to protect Windows 7, Vista, Exchange and SQL, give us a call to find out about DataPreserve Pro before things get too hot.

Website Backup? Yeah, it makes sense.

Websites are a critical piece of today’s business – many serve as the equivalent of the yellow page ad, storefront sign and front office receptionist, to say the least. While the actual size of the site in MB is typically small, the value of the data, graphics and layout is huge. Like other electronic data assets of your business, the cost of recreating a lost website far overweigh the very small additional cost of backing up that data. Typical sites may have only one to ten MB of data which cost only pennies a month to backup with DataPreserve Pro.

In addition to regularly scheduled website backups, there are other trigger points for a full website backup. They include whenever there will be major changes to the site, and when you are migrating the site to a different host or server. In either case having a full, current backup will give you peace of mind

How to backup websites
There are several ways to backup your website. Websites are stored on web servers which may be in-house but more likely on a hosted server with a web hosting company. Typically, hosting companies such as Go-Daddy and Network Solutions allow the files associated with a website to be uploaded through FTP access. In this case, the files can be accessed and backed up through the FTP backup feature in DataPreserve Pro. This flash video walks you through the setup.

Other companies may use the popular cPanel website management interface. Within cPanel there is a site backup feature. This feature creates a .zip file that is posted to the web server. From there you can backup the .zip file with DataPreserve Pro. The CPanel feature also backups up SQL databases associated with your website. Go to Tools/Backup as shown below.

Backing up databases
Your site may include a SQL or other database that records customer contacts, various levels of login/passwords, transactions, etc. Be sure this database is included in the backup

Related links
I’ve also added a few related links other ways to backup your website.
How to backup your Go-Daddy Website by Web Hosting Hero

Joomla Tutorial: How to Backup Your Website – YouTube video

How to backup your website in cPanel – Tutorial
Effective Classy Websites

How to Backup Amicus Attorney Software

Amicus Attorney 2009 is a popular, if not the most popular, practice management software for law offices. Since the mid-1990s the software has helped tens of thousands of legal practices operate more efficiently. Because of the way we backup SQL databases DataPreserve Pro is uniquely capable of backing up the key files in Amicus. Here's how to do it. (with reference to data from Gavel & Gown Software, publishers of Amicus Attorney 2009).

There are two databases that store Amicus data. Include these in your backup:

1. Amicus, the core database for records and settings
2. AmicusMedia, the media database for People pictures and Graphics Customer Fields data

In addition, supplemental data is stored at both the server and at each workstation. On the server include:

1. Shared documents \Amicus Attorney PE Server\SharedDocuments
2. Document templates \Amicus Attorney PE Server\DocumentAssemblyTemplates
3. Custom Reports \Amicus Attorney PE Server\CrystalReportsTemplates

On each user's workstation consider backing up;

1. Custom Dictionary and the Spelling Auto-Text and Exceptions lists - to get to these use Windows Start/Run enter %appdata% and navigate to the \Amicus\[Amicus User ID] folder. Include this folder in your backup.
   
2. Custom Sounds - these are found at \Amicus Attorney Premium Workstation\Sounds or
   \Amicus Attorney PE Workstation\Sounds
   

Be sure to include these databases in the backup set.