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Effector Saver

Effector Saver is a data backup program for Windows OS that supports working with cloud storage via the S3 protocol.

Configure Effector Saver

  1. Set up S3 access.
  2. Install the client.
  3. Configure the client.

1. Configure S3 access

Access can be configured by the Account Owner or a user with the iam.admin role.

  1. Create a service user with a role with access to S3. If you use a service user with the s3.user, object_storage_user or s3.bucket.user role, the bucket must have a configured access policy and its rules must allow access to this user.
  2. Issue an S3 key to the user.

2. Install the client

On the Effector Saver website, download and install the client.

3. Configure the client

  1. Open Effector Saver.

  2. If opening Effector Saver for the first time:

    2.1. Select the program language.

    2.2. Activate your license or trial version.

  3. If you intend to use Effector Saver:

    • regularly or for automatic backup of important data, especially on a server or PC that may restart — select launch as a Windows service;
    • in all other cases — select launch as an application.

  4. If you selected launch as a Windows service, enter the username and password used to sign in to the device.

  5. Click Next.

  6. Optional: to increase security, add a password:

    6.1. Click Install.

    6.2. Enter the password.

    6.3. Click OK.

    6.4. Repeat the entered password.

    6.5. Confirm the password.

    6.6. Click Next.

    6.7. When confirming the password, the program will prompt you to create a backup task. It is recommended to do this later, click Finish.

  7. In the Tools menu, select Storage Management.

  8. Click Create and select S3-compatible.

  9. In the Folder for archives on S3-compatible window:

    9.1. Enter a name.

    9.2. In the Server name field, enter the S3 API domain. The domain depends on the pool where the bucket is located.

    9.3. In the Region field, specify the pool where the bucket is located.

    9.4. In the Access Key ID field, enter the value of the Access key field from the S3 key.

    9.5. In the Secret access key field, enter the value of the Secret key field from the S3 key.

    9.6. In the Folder field, click and select a bucket to store backups.

    9.7. Optional: to test the connection, click Test. If the connection is successful, you will see a notification: Successful check.

    9.8. Click OK.

Working with Effector Saver

Create a folder backup task

  1. Open Effector Saver.

  2. In the Tasks menu, select Add task.

  3. Select Backup files and databases.

  4. Click Create.

  5. In the Task: Data Backup window, in the Name field, enter a name for the task.

  6. In the Main parameters section, select the Include files in archive checkbox.

  7. In the Archive storage section:

    7.1. Click → ….

    7.2. Select the bucket.

    7.3. Click Select.

    7.4. Optional: to configure automatic deletion of copies, select the Automatically delete obsolete backups checkbox and specify the number of backups to be stored.

    7.5. Optional: to store copies in a separate folder in the bucket, select the Subfolder for backups in storage checkbox and enter the folder name.

    7.6. Click OK.

  8. In the Archive file section:

    8.1. Enter an archive filename.

    8.2. In the Archive name suffix field, configure the date and time format that will be appended to the file name.

    8.3. In the Format field, select the archive format type.

    8.4. In the Compression field, select the compression level.

    8.5. Optional: to password-encrypt the archive, select the Encrypt archives checkbox, enter and confirm the password.

    8.6. Optional: to split the archive into parts, select the Split archive into parts checkbox and specify the size of a single part.

  9. Optional: in the Execute commands section, add arbitrary system commands or scripts that will be executed before or after the main backup task.

  10. Optional: to set a schedule for running the backup process, in the Autostart schedule section:

    10.1. Select the Run on schedule checkbox.

    10.2. Configure the schedule.

  11. Optional: to specify after what time the task should stop, in the Abort execution section:

    11.1. Select the Abort task execution after checkbox.

    11.2. Specify the time after which the task will be stopped.

  12. Click Save.

Edit task

  1. Open Effector Saver.
  2. On the Task configuration tab, double-click the task.
  3. Make the changes.
  4. Click Save.

Change launch type

You can change the Effector Saver launch type from application to Windows service and vice-versa.

  1. Open Effector Saver.
  2. In the Tools menu, click Program options.
  3. In the Autostart section, change the type.
  4. Click Save.

Run task manually

  1. Open Effector Saver.
  2. On the Task configuration tab, right-click the task and select Run now.
  3. Confirm execution.

Copy task

  1. Open Effector Saver.
  2. On the Task configuration tab, right-click the task and select Copy task.
  3. Optional: change the task settings.
  4. Click Save.

Remove task

  1. Open Effector Saver.
  2. On the Task configuration tab, right-click the task and select Delete task.
  3. Confirm removal.