THWACK [Mini] Mission SolarWinds Backup

The hackers are out there, and Backup to the Future is here to save your servers, your data, and your valuable time!

You are the driver of the time machine, and your seven-segment display should always show red for the future destination of secured backups of all your servers. Whether your time machine seats two or twenty, SolarWinds Backup is ready to protect you.

Make sure your servers can go back to their last-known good state quickly and easily. Stop relying on old tape-based technology, and take your backups to the cloud. Save time, and recover from anywhere, with our web-based management console.

SolarWinds Backup is your time machine to the Future!

MARCH MINI MONTHLY MISSION

Use the mission’s resources to complete the tasks and answer the questions for a chance to win!

Correctly answer each question during the week and you'll be entered for a chance to win the weekly prize.

Correctly answer all 10 questions over the course of the month and you'll be entered for a chance to win the grand prize: LEGO DeLorean Time Machine Building Set

Want to join the mission, but not a member? Sign up FREE now!

PRIZES

Weekly Prizes & Drawing Dates:

March 19: Mr. Fusion Car Charger

March 26: Model Time Machine Hover Car

Grand Prize

March 26: LEGO DeLorean Time Machine Building Set

150 points are being awarded for each correctly answered question. There are 10 questions, which means you can earn a maximum of 1,500 points for this mission.

MISSION SHORTCUT

Complete the mission shortcut to earn an additional 1,000 THWACK points & enter to win one of 60 model flying cars!

The shortcut is simple:

Start your FREE trial of SolarWinds Backup!
Take a screenshot of the console showing either one physical or virtual server successfully backed up.
Submit your screenshot below.

MISSION RULES

A new question will open every day (Monday - Friday) starting on March 12, 2018. Once a question has opened, it will remain open until April 1, 2018 at 11:59 p.m. CST. Check the schedule below for exact open/close times.

Weekly Prizes	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Winners
Week 1: Complete questions 1-5 by March 18 to be entered to win: Mr. Fusion Car Charger
Week 2: Complete questions 6-10 by March 25 to be entered to win: Model Time Machine Hover Car
Correctly answer all 10 questions by March 25 and get entered to win the Grand Prize! LEGO DeLorean Time Machine Building Set

Monthly Mini Mission Terms and Conditions: US, UK, and Canada | Germany | Australia

Monthly Mini Mission Shortcut Terms and Conditions: US, UK, and Canada | Germany | Australia

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Comments

Jfrazier

Hott Diggity !!

jeremymayfield

Well I already like the prizes and the first question.!!

smoked_angus

pony10

Wow - these are cool. I almost missed this one. And the Lego set was discontinued by Lego so that would be a rare item indeed.

rschroeder

I can't go wrong with a Guardians Of The Galaxy hint--I loved the first movie, and was astounded the sequel was even better (IMHO) than the first. Sequels that improve on the original are rare, in my experience.

The next episode promises to combine many of the fun teams I've come to enjoy, while they attempt to defeat the plans of the nemesis of the Galaxy.

asheppard970

Shortcut taken and I have to say, mighty impressive! Got a little hung up on the install of the client, though...until I realized the password it was asking for was established during the "Add Device" process. :-P That's that whole "If-it-was-a-snake-it-woulda-bit-me!" type a thang! Boy, howdy is it a Monday!!!

dgsmith80

Q2 seems to not be working - I took the correct option and it tells me I got the question wrong - Can someone check that for me? I'm pretty confident I checked the right radio button.

michael.kent

Worked for me

dgsmith80

Yup ignore me I can now see that my brain and eyes were not connecting as I selected the wrong button!! Damn it - That will teach me to try and answer questions while performing SQL Maintenance!

asheppard970

Is it just me or does that spaceship look a whole lot like Chester Cheetah?

Just sayin'...

jeremymayfield

striking resemblance.... I'd say NAILED IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

vmcarrie

Worked for me! Look again, carefully...

dgsmith80

Yup ignore me I can now see that my brain and eyes were not connecting as I selected the wrong button!! Damn it - That will teach me to try and answer questions while performing SQL Maintenance!

mcam

Have to be careful with this one, I almost clicked the wrong one as well, but caught it on the re-read.

brianj

The same thing happened to me. The pdf said True Delta, I made sure I checked True Delta as opposed to Truth Delta, but I was marked wrong.

varaprasad143

Same thing happened. I should have read the comments as well. Selected Truth delta instead of True delta Mission Ruined

alansmith

I selected True Delta and it marked me wrong!

komarts

which pdf , i didnt see that

ecklerwr1

It's either embedded or it's not really a pdf... just the hint link.

spikey_mikey737

I was taking the survey and I didn't get to upload my dashboard and now it says survey complete. Help?wabbott

dodo123

Try again in incognito or private tab

unwiredmedic

Trial done! Can't wait to see more!

unwiredmedic

I am Groot!

robertcbrowning

I had a play with the beta & this seems even simpler. However, I must agree with asheppard970 about the passwords, security code, etc. The purpose of each was not clear until I backed up a second device. I suspect that the pricing might be outside the reach of very small businesses, but perhaps a 'lite' version could be considered for that market. It looks a great product & my screenshot is submitted.

sierra1011

Is Wakenda like Wakanda?

vmcarrie

It is! My mistake for trusting Wikipedia on spelling. *making the THWACK sound of a palm to the forehead*

brianlee22

Wakenda, Missouri - Wikipedia

vmcarrie

Hint: It's not there, either! :-)

rschroeder

I completely missed the "Frozen" site reference, and was reminded of Imladris / Rivendel from The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, and of Earendil from The Silmarillion.

Thwack, you've educated me yet again! As for my previous lack of knowledge about your cloud-based back-up solution, I sing: "Let it go! Let it go! I can't lose bits anymore. Let it go, let it go, My data's beyond the door! I just ran the complete back up, let the disk drive fail--The Cloud has my data anyway!"

vmcarrie

I love this! Now I'll have it in my head all day...