Guides
Short, practical pages. If something here is wrong or missing, tell us and we will fix it.
Quick start
Install, connect to your first database, schedule it, and confirm the first run — about four minutes.
Installing the service
What the backup service does, which account to run it under, gMSA setup, and Server Core.
Connecting databases
SQL Server, Azure SQL, MySQL/MariaDB, PostgreSQL, Amazon RDS. Tool auto-discovery and SSH tunnels.
Schedules
Full, differential and log cadences, run windows, weekday and monthly rules, and how catch-up works.
Destinations
Configuring each of the 13 destinations, credentials, throttling and multi-destination fan-out.
Immutable storage
S3 Object Lock, Azure immutable blobs, and setting up append-only credentials properly.
Retention & GFS
Keep-last-N, grandfather-father-son rules, minimum age, and how chain safety protects your fulls.
Restoring
Full restore, point-in-time recovery, restore-as-new, cross-server restore and STOPAT.
Restore drills
Scheduling an automated proof that your backups restore, with your own validation query.
Email notifications
The four delivery routes that never need your mailbox password, and when to use each.
Licensing
Activation, moving a licence, offline activation, and exactly what happens when a licence lapses.
Troubleshooting
Reading run logs, common engine errors, permissions, and where the log files live.