Setting up Automated Backups

Using the 'Sidekick' add-on Decorus is able create automated backups.

To set this feature up, go to the user list and select the user account that you want to run the backups. In the ‘Sidekick’ tab along the bottom of the ‘User Admin’ window, you will need to make sure that ‘Can Backup Decorus Data’ is ticked.

Next, go to ‘Preferences’ then ‘Backup Preferences’.

 

Once in ‘Backup Preferences’ you can choose whether you want the software to backup once or twice a day and select a time for your backups.

Please Note: Backups will only run if all users are logged out of the system. For this reason, we recommend that you choose times that everyone will be logged out of the system.

You then just have to choose a location for the software to save the backups. This is done by clicking the grey box  to the right of the ‘Backup to’ section and selecting a file location.

Please Note: For the automatic backups to run, Decorus Sidekick will need to be running. Decorus Sidekick can be launched by clicking the Decorus icon from within the software and clicking ‘Decorus Sidekick’ or setting it to launch at login.

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