Creating backup jobs is quick and easy in Backazon.  Once a backup job is created, it will run automatically in the background without worry.  Use the Quick Pick option to quickly collect files such as your My Documents folder, your My Music folder and so on.  Use the Detailed Picks page to isolate certain files for backup.

1.  The General tab is the first step to creating a scheduled backup job.   A 'Backup Job' is defined by it's name and destination.  Backup Job names should be descriptive enough to tell you what the contents of that job are.  For example, you can call a backup job 'Accounting Files' or 'My Music'.  This is the 'name' that will appear to you when you are viewing the Backup Job window, so it should be descriptive enough to tell YOU what you are backing up.

2.  Your files are going to be uploaded to Amazon Simple Storage data centers.  Since by this point you will have created an Amazon Web Services account, this allows you to have storage space for your backup jobs, at Amazon data centers.  In the 'Destination' portion of creating a backup job, you will 'name' that 'destination' at Amazon storage.  Backazon calls these 'storage spaces' Crates.  In the Crate field, type in a Crate Name or select an existing crate from the drop down menu.  An example of a 'Crate name' might be 'Office Accounting Computer'.

3. A 'can' is similar to your Backup Job name except this is the name being stored at Amazon.  Type in a descriptive name or use the drop down menu to select an existing Can.

4.  All data sent to Amazon is encrypted using the password you provide for this Can.  If you are choosing an existing Can to store your data, then you must have the password into that Can or the backup job will fail. 

5.  Select either New and Changed files for scheduled backup or All files.  If New and Changed are selected, then what this means is that Backazon will only send up files that have been modified since the last backup job was run or any new files that it finds, within the file structure of that job.  Selecting All files means that Backazon will send up all files within the job, even if the files have not been changed.  It is recommended that New and Changed files is the selection.  Keep in mind that Amazon charges you per transaction, based on size of the content.  Selecting New or Changed files is a more cost effective way to send files up for storage.  Having said that, it is always a good idea once in a while and under certain circumstances, to upload all the files and certainly, that is recommended for the FIRST backup job you ever send to storage.  After the initial job is housed at Amazon Simple Storage, then new or changed files is more cost effective.

6.  After the General page is complete, click into the Quick Picks or Detailed Picks tab to select your files.