Introduction to the User Interface

This guide will give you a quick tour of the PicoBackup user interface. PicoBackup is actually made up of two different programs, the PicoBackup main program and the PicoBackup Scheduling Agent which runs in the Windows tray area on your taskbar.

PicoBackup

The PicoBackup main program is where you will do most of your work in configuring, running and restoring Backup Sets.

A Backup Set is a file containing all the information required to perform a backup, such as the source of the data to be backup, the target destination where the backup file will be stored, schedule details, etc. Once a Backup Set has been configured and saved, you can easily perform the same backup over and over again by just running it.

PicoBackup's main user interface is shown below.

The Backup Sets that you create will be listed in the main window. To perform any action on a particular Backup Set, you need to select it first by clicking on it. Buttons and menu commands that are applicable to the Backup Set you selected will be automatically enabled so that they can be selected.

You can also perform operations on a Backup Set by right-clicking it. A popup menu will appear as shown below.

PicoBackup Scheduling Agent

The PicoBackup Scheduling Agent is an application that runs in the background and is accessible through an icon in the Windows tray as shown below.

The scheduling agent must be allowed to run automatically at Windows startup if you wish to use any of the scheduling features in PicoBackup. Right-clicking the Scheduling Agent's icon on the Windows tray will popup a menu that gives you quick access to the commonly used PicoBackup features without having to run PicoBackup first.

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