Decide what recovery means

List the data and accounts you must recover, the acceptable age of a restore point and who can request a restoration. These decisions determine the schedule and retention policy more usefully than a default setting alone.

Choose a suitable destination

The JetBackup license does not include storage capacity. Review destination access, available space and the risks of keeping every copy on the same machine. Protect destination credentials and consider how you will recover if the hosting server itself is unavailable.

Monitor the full backup cycle

Confirm jobs are completing and that retention leaves the restore points you intended. Investigate failed accounts and destination errors. A successful connection test does not establish that every customer backup is complete.

Test a restoration

Restore representative data into a safe location and check it can be used. Record the procedure and required access. Use the LicenseCage guide for activation, then follow the supported JetBackup documentation for backup configuration.

A practical example

Suppose a customer reports accidental deletion several days after it occurred. A backup job can show successful recent runs and still be unable to recover that file if older restore points have expired. Retention, destination capacity and detection time therefore belong in the same plan. A completed backup is useful evidence, but a successful test restore is what demonstrates a recovery path.

Checks to make

  • Define how far back customers may need to recover and which data is covered.
  • Check that destination capacity supports the intended retention and growth.
  • Keep a recovery copy outside the same failure domain as the live server.
  • Test a representative file, database and full-account restore before promising recovery times.

Making the decision

Review recovery tests after major storage, panel or job changes. Record the time required and any missing prerequisites. A JetBackup license provides the software entitlement for the listed service; storage availability, retention policy and restore operations still need administration.