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Comet Backup is a white-label, high performance Backup Software for MSP’s and Service Providers.

Download & Install - Windows

To sign up for a free trial go here and give details for the registration to Comet.

To download and install Comet Server for Windows, download these and follow the installation guide.

NOTE: To properly configure Cynny Space as storage destination for your Comet Server follow the official installation guide of Comet Backup and our Setting up Comet Server section.

Setting Up Comet Server

To configure a Cynny Space account as Storage destination for your Comet Enterprise Server, follow the instructions below.

STEP 4 of the official installation guide of Comet Backup, shows how to configure your Cynny Space account as a storage destination:

  • In the Customer data storage step, select Advanced/Cloud storage as show in the picture:

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  • Click on Setup..., choose S3-compatible and enter your Cynny Space account's details:

    • S3 Access Key;
    • S3 Secret Key;
    • Hostname;
    • name of the bucket;

IMPORTANT: The correct S3 Access Key, S3 Secret key and Hostname can be retrieved respectively as Access Key, Secret Key and Endpoint/Service point in S3 Access section from your administrative panel by logging here.

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NOTE: The following examples take https://cs2.cynnyspace.com as the hostname.

Setting Up Comet Backup Client

To configure the Comet Desktop agent to Backup directly to your Cynny Space storage:

  • In the Account Section in the agent, select + Add Storage Vault that allows you to configure the storage vault

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  • It will open a window. Select Custom...

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  • In the Storage section choose S3-compatible and enter your Cynny Space account's details:

    • S3 Access Key;
    • S3 Secret Key;
    • Hostname;
    • name of the bucket;

IMPORTANT: The correct S3 Access Key, S3 Secret key and Hostname can be retrieved respectively as Access Key, Secret Key and Endpoint/Service point in S3 Access section from your administrative panel by logging here.

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NOTE: The following examples take https://cs2.cynnyspace.com as the hostname.

  • The new Cynny Space Storage Vault is now visible and selectable during the backup and restore process

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  • You have configured the Comet Desktop agent to backup directly to Cynny Space Storage

Backup

  • In Backup Section, select + Add Protected Item to configure settings for new backup job

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  • It is possible to choose a job's name and a type of your backup as shows the following picture. Files and Folder option allows you to backup your single files or an entire folder of your filesystem

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  • Once you have choosen name and type of your backup, you should get in a section that allows you to choose when the backup job should be run

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  • Click + on the right. It will open a window that allows you to configure a new schedule for your backup job and choose the Storage Vault that you create before

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  • The new Backup job is now visible in Backup section

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Restore

  • In the Restore section you have to select a Storage Vault and a Protected Item you want to restore

  • To see the datails and status of your jobs, go to Backup section and select your job. It will open a window on the right looks like the following picture

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