| Release |
Description |
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3.5.3
December 28th 2006 |
New features/fixes include:
- FIXED: Exchange Backup
Exchange Storage Group detection will now ignore any Recovery Storage Groups present. The Exchange Mailbox Add-on also will not look for mailboxes within Recovery Storage Groups either.
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3.5.2
December 22nd 2006 |
New features/fixes include:
- NEW: Timeout value
The timeout value in the advanced tab can now be extended beyond the maximum of 1420 minutes. This allows large backups to run over multiple days, if required.
- NEW: Exchange Backup of multiple stores and storage groups
Individual storage groups and stores can be selected for backup within the Exchange Server information store backup. The Exchange Mailbox add-on now also supports backing up all users from multiple stores and storage groups.
- FIXED: Exchange Mailbox Reporting
Few small fixes were made to Exchange Mailbox backup report messages that were previously displayed incorrectly.
- FIXED: Foreign Language Exchange Servers
The Exchange Mailbox Add-on has been altered to fix a small issue with foreign language Exchange Servers.
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3.5.1
December 4th 2006 |
New features/fixes include:
- NEW: Enhanced error detection
For user's of the Exchange Mailbox Add-on, enhanced error detection has been implemented
- NEW: Updated help file
New articles have been added to the BackupAssist help file which include an an explanation of the limitations of ExMerge and the Journaling feature on Exchange Servers.
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3.5.0
November 8th 2006 |
New features/fixes include:
- NEW: Exchange Mailbox backup
Brick-level and message-level restores.
- NEW: Easy Exchange Information Store selection
Select your Exchange Information Store using a "checkbox", instead of having to type it in
- NEW: Run backups as LocalSystem user
New option to run your backups as the LocalSystem user, which works around some problems launching the backup on high-load Terminal Services servers.
- NEW: File deletion / backup management options
When deleting old backups, we now delete according to the "Modified" date instead of the "Created" date. This is to work around problems with Maxtor NAS devices, which do not store the "Created" date of a file.
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3.4.6
May 10th 2006 |
New features/fixes include:
- NEW: Debugging Logging
Improved information gathering for diagnostics file.
- Fixed: Open files are now being copied correctly when using the Advanced Open Files addon on machines the require a snapshot of multiple drives.
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3.4.5
April 12th 2006 |
New features/fixes include:
- Fixed: Improved debugging logging for 15120 errors, as well as a small bugfix for incorrect reporting of 15120 errors.
- Fixed: Resolved issue with the Advanced Open Files Addon where some customers reported open system files not being backed up.
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3.4.4
March 7th 2006 |
New features/fixes include:
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3.4.3
February 1st 2006 |
New features/fixes include:
- NEW: Environment scripting variables
BackupAssist now allows you to specify global variables that can be used in pre and post backup scripts.
BackupAssist environment variables allow users to execute different commands depending on the success or failure of any given backup. Such variables also have a host of other uses such as the ability to send the backup file to a FTP server on completion of the backup process.
Look at the following tutorial for more information:
Advanced Scripting in BackupAssist
- NEW: Windows XP Home Detection
BackupAssist now checks for the presence of the Windows Backup Utility, NTBackup, for users running Windows XP Home, where NTBackup is not installed by default.
- NEW: NTBackup initialization
BackupAssist now initializes and tests NTBackup as part of the configuration wizard. This is required for new machines, where NTBackup has not been run, in order to create the appropriate media pools for your tape devices.
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3.4.2
January 10th 2006 |
New features/fixes include:
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3.4.1
December 22nd 2005 |
New features/fixes include:
- NEW: 64-bit Windows Support
BackupAssist now supports the use of the Windows Backup Utility, NTBackup, on 64-bit versions of Microsoft Windows.
- Fixed: When using the Advanced Open Files Add-on, the BackupAssist snapshot manager no longer attempts to take snapshots of network drives or network paths (UNC).
- Fixed: If NTBackup is terminated (either manually or unexpectedly) during the backup process, the BackupAssist backup report will now correctly record and indicate this termination.
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3.4.0
December 4th 2005 |
New features/fixes include:
- NEW: Far more enhanced authentication checking
Defined authentication error codes are used to indicate a specific point of failure and methods to resolve these errors are located within HTML Help. A new section on the website also has a record of each of these error codes and a method for resolution: http://backupassist.com/troubleshooting/
- NEW: Integration with SBS2003 Reporting
BackupAssist now integrates with the SBS2003 Performance Reports. For more information about this, see here
- NEW: Advanced Open Files Add-on now integrated
To learn more about the Advanced Open Files Add-on, see here
- NEW: Improved email server setup
- 2 new methods of of email server communication: POP before SMTP and POP before ESMTP
- Autodetection screen for selecting the most appropriate mail server communication method.
- Autodetection screen allows you to test you email server settings from the Wizard and also from the Email Server settings screen within the Navigator.
- NEW: Add-on modules can now be trialed separately before registration.
- NEW: Separate components (advanced open files add-on, etc) can be selected individually for installation during the setup/install process.
- Fixed: BackupAssist no longer scans for log files that are dated in the future
- Fixed: BackupAssist no longer scans for log files that are dated in the past, when the NTBackup logs are not stored within the default directory (eg. C:\Documents and Settings\Default User\ etc, or NetworkUser, or LocalSystem)
- Fixed: When deleting files based on age or free space, files ending in .bkf, .bkf.gz, .bkf.7z, etc. are deleted, as opposed to deleting all files.
- Fixed: Previous installations are detected, so you can no longer install BackupAssist over the top of a pre-existing install. You must either use the upgrader or uninstall/reinstall.
- Fixed: The upgrader is far more robust and user friendly with a new user interface.
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3.3.1
September 20th 2005 |
New features include:
- Fixed: DVD/CD backup jobs that failed to burn were incorrectly reported as completing normally if Phase Two of the backup process completed successfully.
- Fixed: The backup file deletion options for DVD/CD backup are now activated correctly and retrieved from the correct location.
- Fixed: An issue with certain Windows NT4 machines caused the backup to terminate immediately at the start of each backup.
- Fixed: Minor issue with user input validation for tape retensioning program.
- Fixed: An NTBackup error indicating "Insufficient disk space" is now interpreted correctly.
- NEW: Text label within the SQL server backup tab indicates that the working directory will be completely purged before the backup commences.
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3.3.0
July 22nd 2005 |
New features include:
- DVD / CD Burning support: users can now backup to CD/DVD burning devices without the need for third party packetwriting software.
- Numerous improvements in the User Interface: settings entered by the user are validated and checked for correct input, more tips are displayed
- Event Logging for each backup: management software products that monitor the event log can be notified of the status of each backup.
- HTML Help restructured and content added.
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3.2.0
June 14th 2005 |
New features include:
- Fixed: An issue with the directory picker which occurred when backing up to SNAP servers
- Fixed: Backup to REV disk is now reported as unsuccessful if REV disk is write protected
- NEW: Backing up multiple SQL server instances in a single backup job
- NEW: Option of deleting the SQL .bak files after the backup
- NEW: Allowing full logging from NTBackup
- NEW: Fully customisable new backup scheme: Daily + N Weekly, which keeps weekly backups for N weeks, as well as the most recent few days
- NEW: Fully customisable new backup scheme: N Week daily, which keeps daily backups for N weeks
- NEW: Force restart of the Removable Storage Manager service
- NEW: Encryption of backup files using 7 zip
- NEW: More old backup file deletion options for automatically managing your disk space - option to delete files older than X days
- NEW: Option to allow for remote administration: low graphics mode, no splash screen
- NEW: The ability to specify the job name in the subject line of reminder emails using %JOBNAME%
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3.1.0
April 29th 2005 |
New features include:
- Fixed: Smoother SQL Server backups when backing up remote SQL Servers
- Fixed: An issue with the directory picker which occurred on some NT machines
- NEW: Excluded files - you may specify file types that are not to be backed up
- NEW: Report includes total bytes backed up, total files backed up and total directories backed up
- NEW: Better integrated help - popup tips identifying potentially problematic settings early
- NEW: Support for all languages of NTBackup
- NEW: The ability to specify the job name in the subject line of report emails using %JOBNAME%
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3.0.13
March 22nd 2005 |
New features include:
- Fixed: naming of the backup file based on date, when rerunning a backup, is named properly
- Fixed: phase two backup filename based on date is correctly named if the backup straddles midnight
- Fixed: Mapping network drive - now correctly maps Linux / SMB drives, not just Windows drives
- NEW: Allows for blank SQL Server password
- NEW: Improved error detection for SQL Server backups; better error reporting
- NEW: Backing up to file - deleting other files based on how much free space you want on your disk before each backup; delete oldest files first
- NEW: Detects file selections of network drives, and alerts the user if the drives aren't mapped in BackupAssist, and allows for automatic mapping
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3.0.12
March 2nd 2005 |
New features include:
- More comprehensive HTML Help with tutorials and white papers
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3.0.11
February 2nd 2005 |
New features include:
- User selectable file compression rate - when compressing a backup file using 7-Zip
- Timeout period for backups can be increased up to 1420 minutes now
- N-Week backup scheme - allows for any number of sets of daily tapes - eg. 2 sets of 5 tapes (Mon 1, Tue 1, Wed 1, Thu 1, Fri 1, Mon 2, Tue 2, Wed 2, Thu 2, Fri 2)
- Advanced option to check for correct tape in the drive before backup - based on tape label
- Modified algorithm for performing inventory operations on tape drives. (Bugs in certain tape drive drivers would cause problems in BackupAssist - we have tried modifying the way we use the Removable Storage Manager so that the bugs in the drivers won't affect BackupAssist)
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3.0.10
January 11th 2005 |
New features include:
- Improved user interface - currently selected backup job is depressed for clearer editing
- Splash screen shows release number
- Windows Server 2003 automatically detected by configuration wizard
- BackupAssist Navigator now has a close button
- The icon for each backup job in the toolbar changes - a tape for tape backups, and a hard drive for file backups
- Automatic checking for invalid backup job names (they cannot include slashes or quotation marks)
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3.0.9
November 126th 2004 |
New features include:
- Bug fix: the backups in v3.0.8 were incorrectly detected as failing. This has been fixed.
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3.0.8
November 6th 2004 |
New features include:
- Enhancement: daily backup method (in addition to full, incremental and differential)
- Enhancement: email interface now supports ESMTP protocol with login authentication
- Fixed: report notifications (email or printer) will only take place when checked in the "Notifications" tab
- Fixed: Event log messages are now shown in the event log correctly.
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3.0.7
September 27th 2004 |
New features include:
- Enhancement: new compression methods (7zip, gzip and bzip2) will handle large backup files. Previously, the zip compression would only work for backup files less than 4 gig in size. The backup report now shows the results of the compression, and the compression ratio achieved.
- Fixed: sending network messages to many non-existant computers used to cause delays; this is now fixed.
- Fixed: when performing a test backup to file, the message displayed on the screen shows the correct information instead of asking you to insert a tape into your tape drive.
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3.0.6
August 26th 2004 |
New features include:
- Enhancement: You can now backup any combination of files, system state, Exchange Server, and SQL Server.
Previously, a backup job must have at least one file to backup; now it is not necessary to select files. This allows
you to backup Exchange or SQL Server or the system state by itself.
- Enhancement: Close button on Configuration Wizard allows you to abort installation
- Fixed SQL Server error message when the SQL Server Client Tools are not installed
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3.0.5
July 16th 2004 |
First public release of v3. A summary of new features are:
- Multiple job scheduling capabilities - schedule multiple jobs. Each job is totally independent for each other - so you can backup different data at different times to different locations, even using a different rotation scheme. Perfect for power users who require multiple backup jobs
- Maintenance email notifications - remind your users to perform maintenance tasks, such as putting in a cleaning tape in the tape drive. Schedule this to recur on a weekly or monthly basis, or at specific times.
- Network message reminder notifications - for clients without a mail server, you can now remind your secretary to change the tape in the tape drive by sending a network (broadcast) message. A popup window will appear on their computer.
- Advanced tweaking of NTbackup parameters - add in your own command line parameters - perfect for power users to customize and fine-tune your settings
- SQL Server backups - perform a live backup of SQL Server, even if the database is currently in use.
- Run any scheduled backup now - if a backup has failed and you wish to rerun it now, you can do so at the click of a button. If you want to run tomorrow's backup (or any future backup) now, also just clik a button.
- File selection size estimate - estimate the size of your backups by totalling the size of your selected files, at the click of a button
- Temporarily suspend backup jobs - useful if your company is going on holiday or if you want to pause backups without deleting the job
- Run a tape retension program after the backup - useful for Travan drives where retensioning is required.
- Improved support for irregular passwords - the username and password of your backup user can now contain reserved characters such as \ and "
- Improved backup to file capabilities:
- Automatic backup compression using ZIP compression technology
- Automatically copy the backup file to a remote location such as a remote server, removable hard drive or DVD
- New and improved user interface, with the BackupAssist Navigator designed to make administration even easier and more intuitive.
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2.3.2
March 23rd 2004 |
New features include:
- Fixed username / password issue for Estonian and Latvian character sets (locales)
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2.3.1
March 8th 2004 |
New features include:
- Improved report logging facility
- Clear logs from the event logs and report logs
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2.3.0
February 5th 2004 |
New features include:
- Report logs can now be sent to the printer, as an alternative for those who don't have email access
- Improved support for timeouts on Windows NT
- Allows for either the Report or Reminder email recipient to be blank
- NEW: BackupAssist Monitor service will monitor the BackupAssist service and restart it automatically when needed.
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2.2.1
January 15th 2004 |
New features include:
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2.2.0
December 21st 2003 |
New features include:
- Improved backup-to-file allows flexible naming of backup files
- 2000/XP/2003: Hidden shares are visible in the file selection window
- NT: Many (more than 10) directories can be selected for backup
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2.1.0
November 24th 2003 |
New features include:
- New UI makes it easy to backup Exchange Server (online backup using ntbackup)
- If a report email cannot be sent (due to temporary network problems), the service will try resending at 10 minute intervals
- Diagnostic information zip feature makes submitting support requests easier
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2.0.6 (Official release of 2.0)
October 24th 2003 |
New features include:
- Customizable tape labels (useful for non-English languages)
- Customizable reminder emails
- User selectable backup selection file
- Several minor UI enhancements
- Aware of German ntbackup logs
Administration Console version: 2.0.190
BackupAssist service version: 2.0.171
Interface library verrsion: 2.0.327
Scheme library version: 2.0.93
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2.0.5 (Release candidate)
October 7th 2003 |
First public release of version 2.0. New features include:
- Redesigned configuration wizard for easier installation
- Customizable backup mode and method - including append to tape, and differential, incremental backups
- Customizable tape rotation - allowing you to select which days to change the tape
- Advanced calendar view
- Prepare tapes from within BackupAssist
- Direct interface with the Removable Storage Manager
- Improved support for backup timeouts, including user settable timeout periods
- Introduction of multiple email recipients (for report and reminder emails), plus the ability to CC users on failed backups
- Select files and directorys to backup from within the BackupAssist Administration Console
- Automatic mapping of network drives before backup commences
- Improved handling of Windows default desktop rights and permissions
Administration Console version: 2.0.181
BackupAssist service version: 2.0.162
Interface library verrsion: 2.0.315
Scheme library version: 2.0.75
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1.4.1
August 8th 2003 |
Final v1.X release. Increased service robustness, fixed service inconsistency when a backup times out, BackupExecutor handles incorrect authentication credentials more elegantly.
Administration Console version: 1.4.127
BackupAssist service version: 1.4.104
Interface library verrsion: 1.4.162
Scheme library version: 1.4.15
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1.4.0
July 23rd 2003 |
Adjusted identity message under Windows NT, fixed labeling of tapes for post-midnight backups
Administration Console version: 1.4.127
BackupAssist service version: 1.4.94
Interface library verrsion: 1.4.162
Scheme library version: 1.4.15
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1.3.0
July 14th 2003 |
BackupAssist Service now checks for and kills any instance of NTBackup that's currently running, before initiating a new backup procedure.
Administration Console version: 1.2.123
BackupAssist service version: 1.3.91
Interface library verrsion: 1.3.162
Scheme library version: 1.3.14
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1.2.0
June 26th 2003 |
Added the facility to send reminder emails only, allowing other backup software to perform the backup
Administration Console version: 1.2.122
BackupAssist service version: 1.0.85
Interface library verrsion: 1.2.159
Scheme library version: 1.0.14
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1.1.3
June 10th 2003 |
Minor UI Enhancements
Administration Console version: 1.1.120
BackupAssist service version: 1.0.85
Interface library verrsion: 1.1.157
Scheme library version: 1.0.14
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1.1.2
May 15th 2003 |
Improved logging for backups
Administration Console version: 1.1.119
BackupAssist service version: 1.0.85
Interface library verrsion: 1.1.157
Scheme library version: 1.0.14
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1.1.1
May 7th 2003 |
Added the Grandfather Father Son scheme, and allow for backups on weekends
Administration Console version: 1.1.119
BackupAssist service version: 1.0.85
Interface library verrsion: 1.1.157
Scheme library version: 1.0.14
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1.1.0
April 17th 2003 |
Fixed problem with NT 4.0 command line parameters; added the install late breaking news feature
Administration Console version: 1.1.118
BackupAssist service version: 1.0.85
Interface library verrsion: 1.1.156
Scheme library version: 1.0.12
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1.0.5
February 8th 2003 |
Initial release on download.com
Administration Console version: 1.0.116
BackupAssist service version: 1.0.85
Interface library verrsion: 1.0.155
Scheme library version: 1.0.12
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1.0.4
August 28th 2002 |
Enhanced detection of media pool and tape devices, automatic detection of domain and server name, scripts to run before and after backup, first public release
Administration Console version: 1.0.114
BackupAssist service version: 1.0.84
Interface library verrsion: 1.0.155
Scheme library version: 1.0.12
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1.0.3
August 20th 2002 |
Grouped registry settings
Administration Console version: 1.0.100
BackupAssist service version: 1.0.72
Interface library verrsion: 1.0.137
Scheme library version: 1.0.12
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1.0.2
August 15th 2002 |
Fixed identity impersonation issues on 2000 Server
Administration Console version: 1.0.75
BackupAssist service version: 1.0.51
Interface library verrsion: 1.0.120
Scheme library version: 1.0.12
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1.0.0
August 9th 2002 |
Private beta testing release
Administration Console version: 1.0.72
BackupAssist service version: 1.0.48
Interface library verrsion: 1.0.117
Scheme library version: 1.0.11
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