Backups and restore
You will be able to: Take, schedule and test a backup; Restore safely and know what is lost; Apply the 3-2-1 rule.
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A backup is a copy of everything in Zeyto: every company on the computer, with documents, masters, settings and users. Settings ▸ Backup takes manual backups, runs a daily automatic one, copies backups to a cloud folder and restores from any of them.
Take a backup now
- Choose where to write it.
- Type a Passphrase of at least 12 characters twice. Write it down and keep it away from the backup drive. Zeyto never stores it, and a lost passphrase means the backup can never be opened.
- Press Run backup now. The new file shows as Not restore-tested.
Prove it works
A backup counts as safe only after someone proves it can be restored. Press Restore… on a row and then Check this backup. Zeyto restores into a temporary copy, counts what is in it, and changes nothing. The row then reads Restore-tested. The Backup screen shows Last restore-tested; Never means nobody has proved it.
Schedule and keep copies elsewhere
- Tick Run a daily backup automatically, choose where, the Daily time and how often to restore-test, then Save schedule.
- Automatic backups are kept as daily, weekly and monthly copies; backups you take yourself are never removed automatically.
- Automatic backups to the computer or a drive are not encrypted, so keep that folder on a disk only trusted people can read.
- Back up to cloud storage uses a folder that your own cloud app already syncs. It needs the Cloud Backup module. Press Download on a row to take a copy to another computer.
Restore
- Choose the file in Backup history, or bring one from another computer (.zbk or .pgdump).
- Enter the passphrase if it is encrypted, and press Check this backup first.
- Type RESTORE and press Restore over current data.
- Zeyto saves a safety copy of today's data first, restores, and everyone signs in again.
Try it in the demo
- Open Settings ▸ Backup and read the four tiles: Last backup, Last restore-tested, Backups kept and Retention.
- Scroll to Scheduled backup (automatic) and read the options. Do not save on the shared demo.
- Read the Backup history columns Status, Made by, Kept and File state.
Public demo company, sign in as admin / demoAdmin123. Data refreshes nightly.
- A backup is trusted only after a restore test.
- Passphrases are never stored; losing one loses the backup.
- A restore replaces every company and loses later entries.
- Follow 3-2-1: keep a copy away from the shop.
Check yourself
3 questions on this lesson. Not timed, not the exam, and you can try again. Score 60% or more, and read the lesson, to complete it.