BackupDrive Screenshots
A short introduction to the applicationYou are not quite sure about BackupDrive yet?
Here we give you a comprehensive insight into the user interface and the usage of our software. On this page are the most important windows, as well as a detailed description of their function.
Main menu
![The main menu of uLinky BackupDrive](https://www.ulinky.net/src/img/backupdrive-screenshots/en/MainMenu-min.png)
Welcome to the main menu of uLinky BackupDrive!
The most important navigation points are:
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Backup Plan
To create and manage BackupJobs -
Backups
Restore and manage backups -
Direct Backup
Create a backup directly
Of course you can also go to the settings and admire a small statistic.
BackupJobs
This window contains a list of all BackupJobs. Here new BackupJobs can be created or existing ones can be edited or removed.
A BackupJob contains all the information needed to create a backup.
Here you have to specify which files should be copied to which target at a specific moment.
For more information, see the following "BackupJob Configuration" section.
![Management interface for all BackupJobs](https://www.ulinky.net/src/img/backupdrive-screenshots/en/BackupJobs-min.png)
BackupJob Configuration
![General configuration of a BackupJob](https://www.ulinky.net/src/img/backupdrive-screenshots/en/BackupJob_Common-min.png)
To create a backup of your data, you must first set up a so-called BackupJob.
This contains five configuration items:
- Gereral: Name, Description, Active
- Data: Files and directories to backup
- Transmission: Transmission type and destination directory
- Time settings: Configuration of an automatic backup
- Notification: Setup of a e-mail notification
For more information about configuring BackupJobs, see the uLinky Docs: uLinky Docs
Further screenshots for the BackupJob configuration
![List of all files and directories to be backed up](https://www.ulinky.net/src/img/backupdrive-screenshots/en/BackupJob_Data-min.png)
![Transmission Settings: Type of transmission and destination directory of the backup](https://www.ulinky.net/src/img/backupdrive-screenshots/en/BackupJob_Transmission-min.png)
![Time settings for automatic backup](https://www.ulinky.net/src/img/backupdrive-screenshots/en/BackupJob_TimeSettings-min.png)
![Settings for the notification function](https://www.ulinky.net/src/img/backupdrive-screenshots/en/BackupJob_Notification-min.png)
Backups
![A list of all available backups is used to restore and manage individual backups.](https://www.ulinky.net/src/img/backupdrive-screenshots/en/Backups-min.png)
One of the most important windows contains a list of all existing backups. The most important functions are:
- Restore backups
- Deletion of old backups
- Export backups as zip file
It also displays details about each backup:
- Backupnumber
- Name of the BackupJobs
- Timestamp
- Size
The button "Details" showes you more details about the selected backup.
BackupDetails
If you select a backup in the backup window, some details of the selected backup and the backup log can be displayed.
The following details are shown here:
- Backupnummer
- Name of the BackupJobs
- Size
- Transfer period
- Mount location (RootDir)
- Location of the backup
A backup log can be viewed if, when creating the backup, the creation of log files was activated and this file has not yet been deleted.
![Various details as well as the backup log can be displayed for a backup](https://www.ulinky.net/src/img/backupdrive-screenshots/de/BackupDetails-min.png)
Settings
![General settings of uLinky BackupDrive](https://www.ulinky.net/src/img/backupdrive-screenshots/en/Settings_Common-min.png)
Important settings must be made in the settings menu.
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General settings
Language, Autostart -
Logging
Logging, Retention period of logfiles -
E-mail notification
uLinky Mailserver / own Mailserver -
Display
Display format of file sizes, System notifications, Window behavior
For more information about configuring BackupJobs, see the uLinky Docs: uLinky Docs
Further screenshots for the BackupJob configuration
![Logging settings in BackupDrive](https://www.ulinky.net/src/img/backupdrive-screenshots/en/Settings_Logging-min.png)
![Settings for the e-mail notification](https://www.ulinky.net/src/img/backupdrive-screenshots/en/Settings_Email-min.png)
![Display settings in BackupDrive](https://www.ulinky.net/src/img/backupdrive-screenshots/en/Settings_Display-min.png)
Statistic
Lastly, you can use the main menu to display a small statistic about BackupDrive. You can find some interesting data about the software operation and usage.
What does the statistics include?
- Number of executed backups
- Transferred amount of data through backups
- Number of backed up files
- Number of recoveries performed
- Transmitted amount of data during restores
- Number of restored files
- Number of deleted backups
![A small statistic provides information about data from the operation of BackupDrive](https://www.ulinky.net/src/img/backupdrive-screenshots/en/Statistic-min.png)
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