Blue Moon Backup Documentation

Cloud Backup usage 

Log in 

Enter the client's username and password, and click the button to log in.

Device registration 

If this is the first time logging in to your Cloud Backup account from this device, you will be prompted to register the device into your account.

Importing data 

Cloud Backup will scan your local device for certain online backup products from other software vendors. If a supported product is found, you may be prompted to import settings from the detected product.

For more details about supported products, please see the "Importing backup settings from other products" section in the Appendix.

Add a new Protected Item 

To add a new Protected Item, mouse over the "Protected Items" text and click the "Add" button.

For more information about configuring a Protected Item, see the "User configuration" section. No changes are applied until the Save button is pressed.

Edit an existing Protected Item 

To edit an existing Storage Vault, either double-click the row, or right-click the row and choose Edit.

For more information about configuring a Protected Item, see the "User configuration" section. No changes are applied until the Save button is pressed.

Add a new Storage Vault 

To add a new Storage Vault, mouse over the "Storage Vaults" text and click the "Add" button.

For more information about configuring a Storage Vault, see the "User configuration" section. No changes are applied until the Save button is pressed.

Edit an existing Storage Vault 

To edit an existing Storage Vault, right-click the row and choose Edit from the context menu.

Operations on Storage Vaults 

Further operations are available under the "Advanced" sub-menu when you right-click a Storage Vault.

Run retention pass now 

A retention pass is automatically perform after each backup job. You can immediately run a retention pass by choosing the "Run retention pass now" menu item.

Rebuild indexes 

This is a technical feature to repair a specific type of potential issue. It is safe to use at any time, but should generally only be used if your support agent recommends it.

Clean up lock files 

Please see the Appendix > "Storage Vault Locks" section for more information about this feature.

Back up data 

Data should be backed up automatically on schedule as per the schedule setting options above. The backup schedules will still run even if logged out of the client GUI, as the background service will stay logged in.

At times, you may wish to immediately start a backup job, or back up to a different Storage Vault than usual. You can back up any Protected Item to any Storage Vault as follows:

  1. Hover the mouse over a Protected Item, and click the Backup Now button
  2. Step through the wizard to select a destination Storage Vault
  3. The backup job starts within the main window interface.

Restore data 

You can restore data from any Storage Vault as follows:

  1. Click the Restore button in the left-hand menu bar
  2. Select the Storage Vault containing the backed-up data, and click Next
  3. Select the Protected Item that you want to restore, and click Next
    • (Optional) Unfold the Protected Item to pick a snapshot other than the most recent
  4. Select which files to restore, and click Next
    • (Optional) By default, all files are restored. You can use the "Choose files" radio option to select individual files or folders to restore.
  5. Select the destination path to restore to, and click Next

The restore job starts within the main window interface.

If you are restoring from a Protected Item that is known to your current device, the progress operation will appear on the Backup tab under the Protected Item in question. If you are restoring from a Protected Item that is unknown to your current device, the progress operation will appear on the Account tab under the Storage Vault in question.

Remove a single backup snapshot 

You can remove a single snapshot from within a Storage Vault as follows:

  1. Click the Restore button in the left-hand menu bar
  2. Select the Storage Vault containing the backed-up data, and click Next
  3. Identify the Protected Item snapshot that you want to remove from the Storage Vault, unfolding if necessary
  4. Right click the Protected Item snapshot and choose "Delete this snapshot"

The snapshot will be removed from the Storage Vault, and then immediately clean up unused data within the Storage Vault to save on disk space.

Browse job history 

Click the "history" button at the top of the Cloud Backup window to browse through job history.

Filter 

Click the filter icon to toggle displaying the Filter pane. The Filter pane allows you to filter the displayed jobs by status, classification, Protected Item, Storage Vault, and device.

When the filter bar is closed, the data area shows all jobs from the current device. You can use the filter bar to show historic jobs from other devices in the account.