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Pausing and Resuming Carbonite (Mac 1x)
You can pause Carbonite from the Carbonite System Preference pane to temporarily stop Carbonite from backing up your Mac.
Pausing and Resuming Carbonite (Mac 2x)
You can pause Carbonite from the Carbonite User Interface to temporarily stop Carbonite from backing up your Mac.
Scheduling Your Backup for Carbonite Safe Backup Pro
Carbonite is always running on your computer by default. You can schedule your backup to start at a specific time or to not back up between certain hours. Creating a custom schedule will let you ensure Carbonite does not use computer resources during select times of day.
Scheduling Your Backup for Carbonite Safe
Carbonite is designed to always be running. You can alternatively schedule your backup to start at a specific time or prevent backup activity between certain hours. Creating a custom schedule allows you to control when Carbonite uses your system resources.
FAQ: Forever Incrementals - Introduction and Best Practices
Forever Incremental removed the limit on the number of incremental backups allowed on a Windows File System backup. This new feature allows you to remove your full backup cycle and your backups will continue to run incremental backups. This article explains how this feature works and best practices for using it.
Scheduling Your Backup For CSSB 6.x Enhanced
With Carbonite Safe Server Backup, you can schedule your backup to start at a specific time every day, every week, every month or every year. Creating a custom schedule will ensure that Carbonite does not use computer resources during select times of day.
Known Issue: Cloud Only Backup Fails with “Unable to resume because backup run was not found”
If you have a cloud-only backup set and encounter an error stating “Unable to resume because backup run was not found” or similar, this error indicates that CSSB has attempted to resume an old backup. The error can safely be ignored, but can also be resolved by deleting the affected backup set from within CSSB, preserving its backups, and then reimporting the backup set.
Message: "Backup runs were previously deleted from the dashboard"
This article overviews the “Backup runs were previously deleted from the dashboard” error. If you encounter this error on a backup set, it will need to be deleted from within CSSB, its backups preserved, and then the backup set re-imported.
Creating a Backup Set For CSSB 6.x Enhanced
After launching the product for the first time, you are given the choice to create a new backup set. A backup set defines the parameters for backing up a group of directories or an application. You will be able to configure your backup set by selecting what, where, how, when and for how long you want to back up.
Message: "Schedules could not be added or modified" For CSSB 6.x Enhanced
The following error appears when trying to add a backup schedule or save a backup set: Schedules could not be added or modified. This error occurs when the product is unable to save changes to one or more backup schedules within a backup set. This error may appear when updating the schedule for a backup that did not run as scheduled.
Creating a Bare Metal Image Backup For CSSB 6.x Enhanced
A Bare Metal Image backup allows the restore of an entire system to a similar or dissimilar hardware.
Getting Started with Carbonite Safe Backup Pro
Signing up with Carbonite will keep your computer protected from accidental data loss and possible corruption. Users and administrators can be invited to join the company through the Dashboard. Once they are invited, they will receive an email with instructions on how to complete the registration. When you add a computer to a user or administrator, they will receive instructions on how to complete the installation. During the installation, you can select the Automatic setup and Carbonite will include your user folders and desktop, or you can choose to customize your options with the Advanced setup. You can add a file or folder by right-clicking on it and selecting Carbonite; Back this up. Whether you are restoring one file or all your files, Carbonite makes the process quick and easy.
The Backup Settings Page / Settings Tab for Carbonite Safe Backup Pro
Configuring Carbonite's settings lets you manage limited resources efficiently. You can change options such as which files Carbonite automatically backs up, how Carbonite uses Internet bandwidth, whether or not colored status dots are displayed on your file icons, and scheduling your backup.
Getting Started with Carbonite Safe
You can use the Carbonite application to back up your files to Carbonite’s secure servers. When you need to get your files back, you can use Carbonite to restore your files at any time.
FAQ: What is the amandabackup / CarboniteUser User? (CSSB 6.x) For CSSB 6.x Enhanced
What is the amandabackup / CarboniteUser User?
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