Getting Started with StoreGrid Cloud This document describes the steps to quickly sign up and start backing up your data to StoreGrid Cloud. I. Signing Up 1. Go to http://storegridcloud.vembu.com and select the Sign Up link on the top right hand corner. Fill out the details.
2. An email will be sent to you with the Account ID and verification link. Select the verification link. 3. You will be redirected to login page. You have to enter a new password for your reseller account.
4. Once you finish setting up your own password, you will be redirected to e-mail ID verification page. 5. Select "Login and get started, enter your account ID RXXXXXX which you received in your confirmation e-mail and password to login your Reseller account.
II. Downloading Generic build or custom build 1. Once your reseller account is verified, your generic client builds will be automatically generated in your reseller portal. Select the Download Menu to access the build. You can install the above generic build on client machine and start backing up to StoreGrid Cloud server. If you want a customized build follow step 2 and generate the new build again. Your new build will be replaced in the same link. NOTE: You can simply skip step 2 if you are using generic build. 2. You can also create a branded Client (agent) build with your company name, product name, your own logos and colors by clicking on create branded build option given in the quick links.
3. Fill out the customization details. Then select the Generate Custom Build link at the bottom to start the build generation process.
4. Once the build is ready, select the Download link to download the builds. Note that your web console also will change to the customized settings that you choose. Go ahead and download the customized StoreGrid Cloud agent builds.
III. Setting up your account to send out emails 1. Log into your account and click on Email Settings in the Quick Links to configure email settings. You can fill out the Email Settings details as like below configurations.
2. To make sure the email settings that you entered is right, select the link Test Mail Server in the email settings page. If the email is sent successfully, you will see a success message at the bottom of the page.
IV. Adding New Companies [customer] to your Account Before you start installing StoreGrid cloud agent in the machines that need to be backed up, it is recommended that you should create the customer accounts in your StoreGrid Cloud account. These customer accounts are useful to group the StoreGrid Cloud agent under the respective customers, to create invoice plans for customers and to manage their backups better. Please note: You can skip this step. All the backups will then be grouped under the default Company Name [Customer] that is created in your account when you sign up. 1. Log into your account in StoreGrid Cloud. Select Add Company from the quick links available on the left side.
2. Fill out the details of the new customer. The email address that you enter for the customer will be used to send the reports and invoices to the customer.
V. Installing StoreGrid Cloud Agent and Configuring Backups Once your generic StoreGrid Cloud agent build is ready and downloaded from the 'Download page', then you can start installing them in the machines that you want to be backed up. 1. Choose Typical, if the client machine is a desktop OS, then the client will be installed as Adobe Flex based client and will run as Windows Application. If the client machine is a Server OS, then the client will be installed as a web console based client and will run as Windows Service. When you choose Typical, StoreGrid Cloud agent will be installed in "C:\Program Files\Vembu agent" by default.
2. Choose Custom, if the client machine is a Desktop OS then the client will ask for an option to be installed as Flex or webconsole. If the client machine is a Server OS then the client will be installed as webconsole UI. 3. Once you have chosen the UI type, using Browse option you can select the location where you want to install StoreGrid Cloud agent.
4. Select Next to complete the installation. Once the installation is completed, it will take you to a client registration form. For Flex based Cloud agent, the client registration will be as follows: For webconsole based Cloud agents, the client registration will be as follows:
4. Please select go to login page to login to your StoreGrid Cloud agent: 5. After completing the registration form, login to your account using the username and password For Flex based Cloud agent:
For webconsole based Cloud agent: 6. Login and Start configuring backups with StoreGrid Cloud 4.4. For Flex based Cloud agent:
For webconsole based Cloud agent: