Bowdoin-supported backup solutions including Time Machine and cloud redundancy.
An overview of Druva inSync, the endpoint backup software Bowdoin uses to back up faculty and staff laptops and desktops. Explains how inSync backs up data to encrypted cloud storage every four hours, what it does not back up, and how backups are restored to a replacement computer.
Steps for faculty and staff to activate Druva inSync backup on a Bowdoin-issued computer. Covers installing the inSync client, launching it, signing in with a Bowdoin email address through Okta single sign-on, and adding the computer as a new device so the first backup begins. Works on both macOS and Windows.
Steps for faculty and staff to restore data backed up by Druva inSync onto a replacement Bowdoin computer. Covers installing the inSync client, signing in through Okta, choosing to replace an existing device, and restoring the backed-up data so the new computer continues to be backed up.
Steps for faculty and staff to view the files backed up by Druva inSync using inSync Web. Covers signing in with a Bowdoin email address through Okta, selecting a data source (computer), and browsing snapshots from a point in time over the past three months.
Steps for faculty and staff to download files that Druva inSync has backed up, using inSync Web. Covers signing in with a Bowdoin email address through Okta, selecting a data source and snapshot or searching for files, and downloading the selected files and folders as a .zip file.
Steps for faculty and staff to change how often Druva inSync backs up a Bowdoin computer. By default inSync backs up every four hours; after the initial backup completes, the interval can be adjusted from the app settings.