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Effector Saver

Effector Saver is a data backup program for Windows OS that supports working with cloud storage via the S3 protocol.

Configure Effector Saver

  1. Configure S3 access.
  2. Install the client.
  3. Configure the client.

1. Configure S3 access

Access can be configured by the Account Owner or a user with the iam.admin role.

  1. Create a service user with a role with access to S3. If you are using a service user with the s3.user, object_storage_user or s3.bucket.user role, an access policy must be configured in the bucket and its rules must allow access to this user.
  2. Issue an S3 key to the user.

2. Install the client

On the Effector Saver website, download and install the client.

3. Configure the client

  1. Open Effector Saver.

  2. If opening Effector Saver for the first time:

    2.1. Select the program language.

    2.2. Activate your license or trial version.

  3. If you intend to use Effector Saver:

    • regularly or for automatic backup of important data, especially on a server or PC that may restart — select launch as a Windows service;
    • in all other cases — select launch as an application.

  4. If you selected launch as a Windows service, enter the username and password used to sign in to the device.

  5. Click Next.

  6. Optional: to increase security, add a password:

    6.1. Click Install.

    6.2. Enter the password.

    6.3. Click OK.

    6.4. Repeat the entered password.

    6.5. Confirm the password.

    6.6. Click Next.

    6.7. When confirming the password, the program will suggest creating a backup task. It is recommended to do this later; click Done.

  7. In the Service menu, select Storage management.

  8. Click Create and select S3-compatible.

  9. In the Folder for archives on S3-compatible window:

    9.1. Enter a name.

    9.2. In the Server name field, enter the S3 API domain. The domain depends on the pool where the bucket is located.

    9.3. In the Region field, specify the pool where the bucket is located.

    9.4. In the Access Key ID field, enter the value of the Access key field from the S3 key.

    9.5. In the Secret access key field, enter the value of the Secret key field from the S3 key.

    9.6. In the Folder field, click and select a bucket to store backups.

    9.7. Optional: to test the connection, click Test. If the connection is successful, a Successful check notification will appear.

    9.8. Click OK.

Working with Effector Saver

Create a folder backup task

  1. Open Effector Saver.

  2. In the Tasks menu, select Add task.

  3. Select File and database backup.

  4. Click Create.

  5. In the Task: Data backup window, in the Name field, enter a name for the task.

  6. In the General parameters section, select the Include files in the archive checkbox.

  7. In the Archive storage section:

    7.1. Click → ….

    7.2. Select the bucket.

    7.3. Click Select.

    7.4. Optional: to configure automatic deletion of copies, check the Automatically delete obsolete backups checkbox and specify the number of backups to be kept.

    7.5. Optional: to store copies in a separate folder in the bucket, check the Subfolder for backups in storage checkbox and enter the folder name.

    7.6. Click OK.

  8. In the Archive file section:

    8.1. Enter an archive filename.

    8.2. In the Archive name suffix field, configure the date and time format that will be appended to the file name.

    8.3. In the Format field, select the archive formatting type.

    8.4. In the Compression field, select the compression level.

    8.5. Optional: to password-protect the archive, check the Encrypt archives checkbox, enter and confirm the password.

    8.6. Optional: to split the archive into parts, check the Split archive into parts checkbox and specify the size for one part.

  9. Optional: in the Execute commands section, add any custom system commands or scripts that will be executed before or after the main backup task.

  10. Optional: to set a schedule for starting the backup process, in the Auto-start schedule section:

    10.1. Check the Run on schedule checkbox.

    10.2. Configure the schedule.

  11. Optional: to specify how long to wait before the task stops, in the Abort execution section:

    11.1. Check the Abort task execution after checkbox.

    11.2. Specify the time after which the task will be stopped.

  12. Click Save.

Edit task

  1. Open Effector Saver.
  2. On the Task settings tab, double-click the task.
  3. Make the changes.
  4. Click Save.

Change launch type

You can change the Effector Saver launch type from application to Windows service and vice-versa.

  1. Open Effector Saver.
  2. In the Service menu, click Program parameters.
  3. In the Auto-start section, change the type.
  4. Click Save.

Run task manually

  1. Open Effector Saver.
  2. On the Task settings tab, right-click the task and select Run now.
  3. Confirm execution.

Copy task

  1. Open Effector Saver.
  2. On the Task settings tab, right-click the task and select Copy task.
  3. Optional: change the task settings.
  4. Click Save.

Remove task

  1. Open Effector Saver.
  2. On the Task settings tab, right-click the task and select Delete task.
  3. Confirm removal.