Backup-Related Features

What to Back up

Thanks to a well-thought plug-in-powered architecture, the list of supported data is really impressive! With Handy Backup, you can work with different file systems, databases, applications, and much more.

Data Source Plug-ins

• File Backup - you can either back up individual files and folders, or make use of advanced plug-ins.
• User Folder Backup - there is a number of one-click presets that enable you to quickly back up Documents, Favorites, Desktop, and other Windows user folders.
• Image Backup - hard disk imaging allows you to copy PC data completely, with all documents, operating system and applications.
• Database Backup - this is a common plug-in for backing up database tables via common ODBC drivers. For MS SQL Server, MySQL, Oracle, Lotus and DB2 it is recommended to use special plug-ins (see below).
• MSSQL Server Backup - accurately back up MS SQL database with all views, indexes, stored procedures, and other data.
• MySQL Backup - complete backup and easy recovery of MySQL, one of the world’s leading database management systems.
• DB2 Backup - protect data of IBM DB2 data servers. Compatibility with the technology is verified with the ‛Ready for IBM DB2“ logo.
• Lotus Backup - advanced plug-in for Lotus Domino/Notes databases of version 6.5 and higher. Compatibility with the technology is verified with the ‛Ready for IBM Lotus“ logo.
• Oracle Backup - hot backup and restoration of Oracle databases.
• MS Exchange Server Backup - back up the most powerful messaging and collaboration system of the day

Where to Back up

You can back up your data wherever you want! Are you a home user? Use optical discs or USB drives. Are you an IT-expert? Take advantage of secured SFTP or FTPS connections and cloud replication.

Storage Destination Plug-ins

• Back up to FTP - you can transfer important data to remote computers using the File Transfer Protocol (FTP), or its secure variations (FTPS, SFTP).
• Online Backup - by using Web storage services, you protect information from any local disasters and gain have 24x7 access to your backups from any point of the world!
• Backup to Network - important files can be backed up to shared storage locations.
• Backup to DVD - there is a common plug-in for all optical discs, that can be used to burn backups to CD, DVD, Blu-ray and HD DVD discs of any types (rewriteable, multi-layered, etc.)
• Backup to HDD - the software lets you copy data to any local drives that you can see in Windows.
• Backup to Amazon S3 - you can back up data to Amazon S3 cloud storage

Backup Options

The software comes with a wide range of options, including data compression, encryption, scheduling and much more.

Filtering Plug-ins and Options

• Backup Filtering - you apply filters based on file attributes, or specify include/exclude file masks to back up only files you need.
• Backup with ZIP - built-in ZIP compression engine lets you minimize backups (and if you’re backing up online, time and storage space used).
• Backup Encryption - any file can be encrypted with 128-bit BlowFish algorithm, to reduce possible risks during the transfer and storage.
• Backup Verification^* - sometimes it is useful to verify that all backups were made error free, e.g. after burning files to DVD.
• Backup Scheduling - you can define a backup plan and run backup and recovery tasks automatically on a minute-to-month basis.
• Backup as Service - for maximum security of PC data, you can set up Windows service and have all jobs always started in time, even with no user logged in.
• Open File Backup - to back up locked files, the utility automatically launches Volume ShadowCopy Service.
• Event logs/reports backups - by viewing the log file, your stay informed about all executed tasks and task statuses, as well as errors
• Email notifications - about operation results are sent to you regularly providing you with up-to-date information about the progress of task execution and errors
• Other program to run before/after running backup tasks - you can schedule any task to run before or after a selected program

^*Note: Backup verification is temporarily unavailable in the latest version, 7.0.15.

Type of Backup

• Full Backup - all files of the selected backup set are copied upon each backup session
• Incremental Backup - only new and last modified files are backed up
• Differential Backup - back up only slighted changes of your data, on byte level, compared to the previous full backup
• Mirror Backup - provides identity of content of the two selected folders

System Requirements

Handy Backup is designed to back up Windows computers and back up small business servers:

• Windows 7 Backup
• Windows Vista Backup
• Windows XP Backup
• Windows 2000 Backup
• Windows Server 2008 Backup
• Windows Server 2003 Backup
• Windows Server 2000 Backup

Note: You can back up Windows Servers working under both 32- and 64-bit platforms.

Backup Linux - you can run Handy Backup in Linux under Wine