How to backup Ozeki SMS Gateway

This guide gives you information on how to backup the configuration and the data of your Ozeki SMS Gateway. The procedure is relatively easy. You need to stop the Ozeki service and backup the Data directory. This directory contains all the configuration and data files. To restore your system using this data the steps can be found in the How to restore your Ozeki 10 system guide.

How to backup your Ozeki system (Easy steps)

To backup your Ozeki system:

  1. Open Windows Services
  2. Find the Ozeki service in the Services list
  3. Choose the Ozeki service
  4. Click Stop the service on the left
  5. Locate the Ozeki data folder in Program Files
  6. Right-click on the folder
  7. Select Send to Compressed (zipped) folder in context menu
  8. Move the Data.zip file to your archives

Video tutorial: Ozeki backup

Video 1 - How to backup your Ozeki system (Video tutorial)

Step 1 - Stop the Ozeki service

First step is to stop the Ozeki windows service. You can do this by launching the services.msc command in windows. In the service manager select the Ozeki service from the list. After this click Stop on the left.

stop ozeki service
Figure 1 - Stop Ozeki Service

Step 2 - Locate the Ozeki data folder

Once the Ozeki service is stopped, you need to locate the Ozeki Data folder. You can find it in the C:\Program Files\Ozeki\. The name of the folder is C:\Program Files\Ozeki\Data.

locate data folder
Figure 2 - Locate data folder

Step 3 - Compress the Ozeki data folder into a ZIP file

Once you have located the data folder, compress it into a Zip file. Right click on the folder then select "Send to" and "Compressed (zipped) folder".

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Figure 3 - Compress Ozeki data folder

Step 4 - Locate the compressed backup file

The previous step created the Data.zip file on your desktop. Look through your desktop icons and you will find the file.

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Figure 4 - Backup data folder

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