Revision as of 07:28, 10 June 2014

ECE Crashplan PROe

Crashplan PROe is an automatic desktop backup solution provided as a service to ECE faculty and staff. The ECE CrashPlan PROe is a simple to use program that will securely and automatically back up your devices to the ECE file servers. Users can control and restore their backups through the desktop client or web browser interface.

Features

• Up to four devices per user
• Multi-platform (Windows, OS X, Linux, Mobile)
• Continuous, automatic backup
• Unlimited backup space
• Works on any network (campus, home, abroad)
• Backup data is encrypted
• Easy to use web interface to manage backups and devices, or perform restores

Getting started

1. Create or update your ECE Account
2. Contact the ECE IT Team to request a Crashplan account. Please include your ECE username.
3. You will receive an email when your Crashplan PROe account is ready.
4. Once you've installed and registered Crashplan, you can centrally manage your devices and restore files from the ECE Crashplan web interface

Installation

Please signup for before downloading the ECE Crashplan App.

Windows

1. Download the Windows x64 ECE Crashplan or Windows x32 ECE Crashplan app.
2. Goto your download folder and unzip CrashPlanPROe-x64_Win.zip
3. Open CrashPlanPROe-x64_Win.exe and install with default options
4. Crashplan should open automatically after the install is finished.
5. If this is the first time installing Crashplan, choose the register option and fill in your ECE account information
6. Otherwise, select the Existing option and enter your ECE account credentials

OS X

1. Download the OS X ECE Crashplan app.
2. Goto your download folder and open CrashPlanPROe_Mac.dmg
3. Select the Crashplan mount and install with default options
4. Crashplan should open automatically after the install is finished.
   • Note: There is currently a bug on older OS X versions that does not display the customized text properly. Please close and reopen Crashplan to see the correct text
5. If this is the first time installing Crashplan, choose the register option and fill in your ECE account information
6. Otherwise, select the Existing option and enter your ECE account credentials

Linux

1. Download the Linux ECE Crashplan app.
2. Goto your download folder and untar CrashPlanPROe_Linux.tgz
   • tar -xzvf CrashPlanPROe_Linux.tgz
3. Goto the CrashPlanPROe-install folder and run install.sh and install with default options
4. Crashplan should open automatically after the install is finished.
5. If this is the first time installing Crashplan, choose the register option and fill in your ECE account information
6. Otherwise, select the Existing option and enter your ECE account credentials

Documentation

Backup

• http://support.code42.com/CrashPlan/Latest/Backup/Backup_Overview
• http://support.code42.com/CrashPlan/Latest/Backup/How_Backup_Works

Restoring files

Restoring files can be done from the desktop client or the web interface.

Desktop Interface

1. Open the Crashplan PROe program from the Start Menu (Win) or Applications folder (Mac).
2. Select the Restore tab on the left
3. If you have multiple devices, select the device in the "From backup destination" line.

• http://support.code42.com/CrashPlan/Latest/Restoring/Restoring_Files_From_The_CrashPlan_App
• http://support.code42.com/CrashPlan/Latest/Restoring/Restoring_All_Files_On_A_New_Computer_Or_Drive