Setting up the Urbackup client
1. Download the Urbackup client
Urbackup backup is a client-server solution, so you first need to download the client to install on your server or PC. To download the Urbackup client, follow this link:
2. Installing the client on the server/PC
After downloading the Urbackup client to your server or PC, run the msi package and click "Next" to install it.
Important! Before installing the Urbackup client on Windows 8/8.1 or Windows server 2012/2012r2, you must first install all updates from the Windows Update Center, and only then install the Urbackup client.
Urbackup client installation window
The window of successful installation of the Urbackup client
3. Settings
After ordering the backup service, you should have received a setup email where you can find the information you need to configure the Urbackup client.
After installing the client, it should appear in the Windows system tray.
Right-click on the Urbackup client icon and select "Settings".
In the window that opens, go to the "Client" section and enter the computer name that we can find in the message we received in the mail.
Client section
After entering the computer name, go to the "Internet" section. Check the box "Enable backup via Internet", in the "Server URL client connects to:" section, enter the server name that you can find in the email message, in the "Server" section. In the "Internet server password" section, enter the password that you can find in the "Authorization key" section of the email message.
Internet section
Check that we have entered everything correctly in the Client and Internet sections and click Ok. Wait for 5-10 minutes. In the Windows system tray, double-click on the Urbackup client icon to check the connection status.
Status window
Status window when creating a full system image
4. Web interface
You can also access the Web interface, where you can: check the online status of your server (whether you have configured the Urbackup client correctly), start a file backup or create a C drive image, see if the backup is running now, and restore files through the Web interface. To connect to the Web interface, enter the domain name in the address bar of your browser, which you can find in the "Server" section of the email message, and you will be able to find the username and password there.
Status window
Activity window
