Topic: how do I enable backups

[svetlo56]

I had a SME server 6.5 which crashed (ie HD crashed) and all is gone. I installed a fresh copy of SME server 7.5 to a different machine and am trying to restore from the backup. The smeserver.tgz is on the desktop and when I try to restore, there is no option to restore from desktop. It also says "Workstation backups are disabled". I looked and googled around and found nothing on how to enable workstation backups and how to (enable to) restore from desktop.

[janet]

svetlo5

Restore from desktop has been removed due to being unreliable.
Copy the file to a USB memory stick or a CD.
When you first boot after installing a new OS, you will be given the opportunity to restore from a file.
This is a one off request, to reset it see
 http://wiki.contribs.org/Backup_server_config
There are also another option listed in that Howto for restoring from the backup file copied to /.