Iperius Backup

Run scheduled Iperius Backup jobs to a Zata bucket.

Iperius Backup is Windows backup software. It can send backup jobs to a Zata bucket through its Amazon S3 cloud destination, which works with S3-compatible storage.

Before you start

A bucket for the backups. See Create a bucket.
An access key from the same region as the bucket. See Access keys.
Iperius Backup installed.

Connection settings

Setting	Value
Type	S3
Access Key ID / Secret Access Key	From Access Keys in the Zata console. The key must be from the same region as the bucket.
Service Point (URL)	`idr01.zata.ai` for Indore, `bom01.zata.ai` for Mumbai
Use SSL	Ticked
Signature version	`4`
Bucket name (S3)	Your bucket name, for example `my-bucket`

Set up Iperius Backup

Create a backup job

Open Iperius Backup and click Create new backup.

Iperius Backup home screen with Create new backup

Add what to back up

On the Items tab, use File or Folder to add the files and folders you want to back up. Filters and exclusions are optional.

Items tab of a new backup job with the Add new item buttons

Add a Zata cloud account

On the Destinations tab, add a Cloud destination, choose Amazon S3, and click New Account. Enter a Name (for example zata), fill in the fields from the table above, and click Save.

Add new Cloud account window with type S3, service point idr01.zata.ai, Use SSL ticked and signature version 4

Choose the bucket and options

Select the new account under Account Cloud and enter your Bucket name (S3). Optionally add a Subpath. Choose the Backup type and Number of copies, and turn on zip compression and a zip password if you want them. Click OK.

Add or edit Cloud destination window with the account, bucket name, backup type and zip compression options

Set a schedule

On the Scheduling tab, tick Run backup automatically using the following scheduling, choose the days, and add the times.

Scheduling tab with weekly, monthly and interval options and the list of execution times

Save the job

On the Summary tab, enter a Job name and click OK.

For immutable backups, create the bucket with Object Lock turned on before you set up the job. Object Lock can only be turned on when you create a bucket. See Object Lock.

Test it

Run the job once by hand with a small file. When it reports Backup completed successfully, check that the file is in your bucket in the Zata console. Then restore it with Iperius to confirm it can be recovered.

Iperius Backup window reporting Backup completed successfully, with the See log button

Troubleshooting

Problem	Fix
The backup fails	Click See log after the backup to read the error.
Access denied or invalid credentials	Check the keys and the Service Point in the cloud account, and that the bucket exists in the same region as the key.
Signature or time errors	Make sure the computer’s clock is correct. See Clock and credentials.
Large files fail but small ones work	See Large uploads.

For other errors, see Signature errors.