Plug-ins: Windows Registry, Applications, Disk Image, Database Backup, etc.
Backup plug-ins help you to personalize Handy Backup. The software is available in several editions (Home Standard, Home Professional, Small Server, and Server Network) which differ in functionality and data that can be backed up. The procedure of specifying backup set is done through selecting certain presets in an intuitive menu (see Step 2: What To Backup in the User Manual for details). The basic idea of presets is that you only need to click the menu item, and Handy Backup will automatically locate all necessary data and add it to the backup task.
The following options are available in any edition:
- Folders and files backup
- Registry backup
- Outlook Backup (a common option for Outlook, Windows Mail Backup and Outlook Express Backup)
- Mobile Devices (at present, backs up Android-driven mobile devices only)
Apart from those, the product supports multiple advanced plug-ins, available can started from particular editions only.
In Handy Backup Home Professional and higher:
- HDD Image Backup allows creating a complete hard disk drive backup which contains all HDD contents including operating system data and all information that is not represented as files
- Database Backup is a general plug-in for hot backup and recovery of ODBC-compatible databases. It can be used to back up MySQL, PostgreSQL and most other SQL database backup
- Backup to SFTP - this feature allows selecting secure SFTP servers as storage locations
In Handy Backup Small Server:
- MS Exchange Backup backs up Microsoft Exchange Server stores
- MS SQL Backup lets you back up MS SQL Server databases without stopping the service. This plug-in gives more accurate results than common Database Backup plug-in
- Oracle Backup allows backing up Oracle databases. Also, more accurate than Database Backup plug-in
- DB2 Backup is designed specifically to back up IBM’s DB2 data servers
- Lotus Notes/Domino Backup lets you back up Lotus data easily and error free
Handy Backup Network Server is a solution for centralized enterprise backup, when you control backups of an entire corporate network from a single server.
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- Handy Backup Small Server. Buy for $199
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Each user is free to choose any combination of features that he wants to use in the program. The minimum set of features is defined by Home Standard which can be upgraded with whatever function at any time. To add certain ability to Home Standard, you need to order it as an additional upgrade.
Note: In Handy Backup, the term upgrade doesn’t imply installation of new or modification of the original software. When you purchase an upgrade, you don’t get any software packs to update the program: what you receive is an update of your registration key in our customer database (e.g. the information about the features your serial number allows using in Handy Backup). To enable a feature after buying an upgrade, simply re-register the program with the same key.
There are four software editions. Order the mighty basic Home Standard below:
$39 per license
What to Back Up
My Documents backup - one click backup of the My documents folder including pics, videos, music, text files
Website backup - most reliable solution to protect your business web representation
Disk Image Backup - back up your hard drive by creating a hard drive image and saving it to the storage medium
MySQL backup - simple, comprehensive backup of the MySQL database tables
ODBC Database Backup - back up any ODBC compatible databases including MySQL, Oracle, FoxPro, Interbase, MSSQL, DB2, MS Access, Postgre SQL etc.
Where to Back Up
Backup to DVD-R - record your backups to DVD-R with our in-built DVD burning tool
Backup to CD-R - record your backups to CD-R using data encryption and compression with one click
Backup USB - back up your data to any USB connected device such as USB flash key
Backup from FTP - back up data stored on a remote FTP server to your local computer or any removable storage medium
How to Back Up
Backup with ZIP compression - backup with 10 levels of Zip compression saves storage space
DVD backup verification - makes sure your data are restorable from DVD copy you made
Synchronizing files and folders - one click synchronization of files and folders across multiple locations including remote FTP servers
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