Using Command Line on Windows

Online Backup command-line interface allows to back up and restore files to/from cloud storage, edit global options, list backup plans, and accounts, etc. A command-line interface can be used for integrating the backup process into the production environment. Online Backup command-line interface is implemented by a little tool called cbb.exe. To try it out, run windows command line console - cmd.exe. Make sure you change your current folder to the MBS Agent for Windows installation folder (C:\Program Files (x86)\CBL Company allin1\online backup) :

1. Click on the Windows Start button.
2. Type cmd.exe in the search line to run the Windows console, then press Enter.
3. Change your current folder to the folder where Online Backup has been installed, for example:

cd "C:\Program Files (x86)\CBL Company allin1\online backup\"

Examples show basic usage of a command-line interface:

Example 1

Set Bandwidth to 100Kb

cbb.exe option -bw 100

Example 2

Back up files "C:\work\weekreport.xls" & "C:\work\month.xls" and folder "C:\Documents and Settings\scott" to myaccount with files filter

cbb.exe backup -a myaccount 
-f "C:\work\weekreport.xls"
-f "C:\work\month.xls" 
-d "C:\Documents and Settings\scott" 
-ifm "*.doc;*.docx;*.xls"

Example 3

Restore files from S3

The latest version of "C:\work\weekreport.xls" will be restored to "c:\restoredfiles" with overwrite.

cbb.exe restore -a myaccount -rt latest -rl "c:\restoredfiles\" -f "C:\work\weekreport.xls" -o 

Silent Installation

To perform a silent installation, use the Windows command prompt.

1. Start Windows command prompt with Run as Administrator option.
2. Change directory to the path where Online Backup installation file is located: cd "path".
3. To execute the silent installation with default settings, run the following command:

CBLCompanyallin1OnlineBackupSetup_vx.x.x.x_netv4.0_ALLEDITIONS.exe /S 

CBLCompanyallin1OnlineBackupSetup_vx.x.x.x_netv4.0_ALLEDITIONS.exe /S /D="C:\customFolder"

CBLCompanyallin1OnlineBackupSetup_vx.x.x.x_netv4.0_ALLEDITIONS.exe /S /UserName

Select Edition

Each edition has its license and available trials.

To select a required edition use the following command:

cbb.exe option -edition : Specify edition
Possible values: mssql, baremetal, msexchange, mssqlexchange, vmedition

Adding MBS User Via Command Line

Change directory to the product installation folder, for example, C:\Program Files (x86)\MyCompany\Online Backup

Run the following command to set up the MBS user account:

cbb.exe addAccount -e yourUserEmail -p userPassword

(where yourUserEmail is the email of the MBS user account, and userPassword is the password.

To set up a local backup, you need to specify a File Storage account:

cbb.exe addAccount -d "DisplayName" -st FileSystem -c "Path"

where:

• -d -- any name you want to use to identify your account.
• -st -- it should be "FileSystem"
• -c -- path where you want to back up to.
• -bp -- backup prefix (a computer name by default). It is an advanced option that is used to identify a backup for a specific computer.

Managing Accounts

Use the following commands to find more details:

cbb.exe account ?

List accounts (-list) List your accounts:

cbb.exe account -l

Synchronize account (-sync) Sync using the following command:

cbb.exe account -s (-sync) "accountname"

Custom folders (-custom) Folders that must be considered while syncing:

cbb.exe account -customfolders "folder path"

Output format Set the format of the output

cbb.exe account -output 

Possible formats: short, full(Default) For the help use:

cbb.exe account -?(\?, help, man)

Edit account

Enter the following commands:

cbb.exe [-e email] [-p password] [-bp backupPrefix] [-ssl [yes | no]] -e email: Specify user email -p password: Specify a password for the user -bp backupPrefix: Backup prefix to differentiate between backups from different computers. Optional, by default is the computer name -**ssl **[yes | no]: Use SSL

General options

cbb.exe option ?

Operations with Files

Backup files (backup) Use the following command to find more details:

cbb.exe backup ?

Command Arguments

Backup NTFS permissions

Since the Build 5.1.0.122 there is an option to enable backing up NTFS permissions.

To apply this feature for a new backup simply enter the following command:

cbb.exe backup -ntfs

To restore NTFS permissions enter the following command:

cbb.exe restore -ntfs

Import backup configuration

Import backup configuration Use the following command to import backup configuration fles:

importConfig -f filePath [-m]

The list of available parameters:

• -? -- Display the command's help
• -f : specify the path to the configuration file
• -m : indication to replace the backup prefix in the imported accounts with the current machine's name

Restore files (restore)

Use the following command to find more details:

cbb.exe restore ?

Command Arguments

Delete files/folders from cloud (delete):

Use the following command to find more details:

cbb.exe delete ?

Command Arguments

View files versions (list):

Use the following command to find more details:

cbb.exe list ?

Command Arguments