How to create and start a cloud backup?

In this article, we will learn how to create a cloud backup via a reliable cloud backup service - CBackup. For example, we can do cloud backup from Google Drive to OneDrive with CBackup with a few steps.

Create a new backup task

When creating a task, select the source cloud drive or the target cloud drive, if we have not added any cloud drive, we can add the cloud drive we want to be the source or target. For the steps to add a cloud drive, please click here. If we have added a cloud drive before, just select the source cloud drive or target cloud drive to be backed up.

Backup from Public Cloud to Public Cloud

The operation of creating a new backup task is as follows,

1. Run the desktop app program, then sign in to the account you created on the official site.

2. Click the Backup Now button under Tasks to create a backup task.

3. On the backup page, select Backup Public Cloud to Public Cloud.

4. In the New Backup Task page, you can modify the default Task Name, and then choose the directories from the source cloud drive that you want to back up.

5.  Next, please select another added Public Cloud drive as the destination drive (such as Google Drive).

6.  Finally, Click the Start Backup button to run the backup task immediately, and you can also click the down-arrow button -> Later to add a task merely, then you can run it later. 

Backup from Public Cloud to Combined Cloud

The operation of creating a new backup task is as follows,

1. Run the desktop app program, then sign in to the account you created on the official site.

2. Click the “Backup Now” button under Tasks to create a backup task.

3. On the backup page, select Backup Public Cloud to Combined Cloud.

4. In the New Backup Task page, you can modify the default Task Name, and then choose the directories from the source cloud drive that you want to back up.

5.  Next, please select another added Combined Cloud drive as the Destination drive. 

6.  Finally, click the Start Backup button to run the backup task immediately, and you can also click the down-arrow button -> Later to add a task merely, then you can run it later. 

Run the old created tasks

For the created tasks,  we can select the task that needs to be executed from the task list. Move the mouse over the icon and click the Backup button to start the backup.

★Tips:

Currently, the CBackup web app supports backup or sync from cloud to cloud.  If you want to backup computer files or other devices to cloud, just try the CBackup desktop app.

For backing up files quickly and making the most of the space of combined clouds, CBackup will split the file into several small slices(32 MB) to back up.

In other words, Backup image files will not be generated during CBackup backup. The backup files are all block files. These block files will be stored in CBackup's directory under the directory specified by the user, and these block files will be stored in accordance with the user directory structure. In addition, if the generated block file exceeds 32MB, CBackup will split the block file according to the standard of 32MB block. Each block file is 32MB in size, and CBackup will create a folder for these split block files, and save all these segmented block files. if the generated block file does not exceed 32MB, Backup will save the block file according to the corresponding directory structure.

★Tips:

Please be assured that the splitting will not damage the completeness of the file. After the restore, it will still be an intact file with the original size.

The backups can't be accessed directly. You can access and use files after restoring.

Please don’t modify, move, and delete backups on the cloud official site. Or else, it might be unable to restore after.

The first backup run after the backup task is created is a full backup. After the first full backup is run, subsequent backups will only back up the changed files.