Using OBM

This chapter will describe all features available in Rentavault and outline how you can use the features of Rentavault to meet various backup needs.

After you have successfully installed Rentavault to your computer, a Rentavault icon will be added to the system tray area (next to your system clock) automatically.

Menu Item	What it does
Open	Run Rentavault
Backup	Run the backup set (or all backup sets) chosen in the sub-menu in background
Backup and Logoff	Run the backup set (or all backup sets) chosen in the sub-menu in background and logoff from Windows
Backup and Restart	Run the backup set (or all backup sets) chosen in the sub-menu in background and restart Windows
Backup and Shutdown	Run the backup set (or all backup sets) chosen in the sub-menu in background and shutdown this computer
Help	Show a help dialog
Stop running backup	Interrupt the running backup set (or all backup sets) chosen in the sub-menu
Exit	Close this system tray launcher application

Before you can use Rentavault, you have to be authenticated by the Rentavault network first. The logon dialog shown below will check if you have the right to access Rentavault by submitting the username and password you provided to the backup server.

For secure communication between Rentavault and yourself, you can choose to communicate with Rentavault in SSL (Secure Socket Layer) by selecting the [https] option.

The [Address] field shows the IP address or server name to which Rentavault will connect to authenticate your username and password. You can use either a resolvable host name (e.g. md1.Rentavault.com) or an IP address (e.g. 192.168.1.1).

If the Address is not accepting connection from the standard ports (Port 80 and 443 for http and https respectively), you can append a semi-colon “:” and your custom port number to the host name of the [Address] field (e.g. md1.Rentavault.com:8080) to connect to the server using the custom port number (port 8080 in this case).

If you need to connect to the server through proxy, just enter your proxy setting in the [Proxy Setting] section. For [SOCKS] proxy, both v4 and v5 without user authentication are supported.

You can switch the language of the Rentavault user interface by choosing the desired language available from the [Language] drop down list. The languages available include English, Czech, Danish, German, Spanish, Icelandic, Dutch, Swedish, Traditional Chinese and Simplified Chinese.

After the backup server authenticates you successfully, the Rentavault main window appears. You can then use Rentavault to update your user profile.

To change your [Password], press the [Change] button next to the password field. A Change Password dialog will appear. Enter your original password and new password into the text field of this dialog and press [OK].

To change your [Display Name], press the [Change] button next to the display name field. A Change Display Name dialog will appear. Enter the new display name and press [OK].

To add a new contact email to this account, press the [Add] button in the [Contact] section. A [Add New Contact] dialog will appear. Enter a name and an email address in the text field provided and then press the [OK] button.

To remove a contact email, select the email that is to be removed from the email list and press the [Remove] button. Press [OK] to confirm the removal.

To update a contact email, select the email that is to be updated from the email list and press the [Properties] button. A [Update Contact Property] dialog will appear. After you have made the changes that you want, press the [OK] button.