Backup Software News

October 31, 2011

We are excited to present you the brand new look of the Handy Backup website! The new design is based on thorough studies conducted this summer, where we analyzed most popular articles, most clicked links, difficulties that visitors experience, etc. We’ve put a lot of care into making it clear, readable, user-friendly and fast - and we hope you’ll like it as much as we do!

Besides the change in the design, we have also decided to give new names to our products:

• Handy Backup Standard is now Handy Backup Home Standard
• Handy Backup Professional is now Handy Backup Home Professional
• Handy Backup Full is now Handy Backup Small Server
• Handy Backup Server is now Handy Backup Network Server

If you have any feedback about the new design, whether you find any errors, or have ideas for new features, feel free to get in touch with us via the feedback form.

Good navigation!

August 12, 2011

We are happy to announce the release of Handy Backup 6.9.6!

• The new version features two new plug-ins that allow backing up 64-bit versions of Microsoft Exchange and Microsoft SQL Servers:

To use new plug-ins, you need to download and install Handy Backup Workstation x64, a special module that lets you back up data of 64-bit applications.

• The MySQL Backup plug-in now works correctly when names of databases or tables start with digits, or contain special symbols.
• Other improvements include updates to the FTP backup client, user interface, and much more.

More about Handy Backup 6.9.6...

June 23, 2011

Dear friends! It is a great pleasure to announce the release 6.9.5! Here are some of the highlights of the new version:

• MySQL Backup. We are happy to respond to multiple user requests and add a new plug-in for backing up MySQL databases.

To back up MySQL, you need to click MySQL in the list and create a connection. Please read detailed description of MySQL Backup...

• Folder Lock. We have added a new option to "lock" folders selected for backup, which prevents new child objects from being backed up.

When you "lock" the folder, new objects that appear in it will not be backed up, i.e. the backup will be limited only to elements you selected during task creation.

See detailed explanation of Folder locking feature in Handy Backup 6.9.5

• There are several fixes and minor improvements to user interface and general performance of the utility.

Learn more about the Version 6.9.5...

April 24, 2011

Dear friends!

Novosoft wishes you Merry Easter!

As a good tradition, we are happy to arrange a bit of holiday fun on the site. Regarding the present blissful matter, please welcome Easter Discount Egg Hunting:

Easter bunnies, baskets filled with colored eggs, and a cake were hidden on several pages of the site. Find them, click on, and get impressive discounts for Handy Backup!

• Each bunny will grant you a 15% discount. A basket is capable of a 25% discount. And the cake will give the tastiest 50% discount.
• During the offer, Server version will be packed with 20 workstation licenses. And you can get up to 50% off the initial price - not bad, huh?

The Grand Easter Discount Egg Hunting Game will go on for 10 days, until May 3, 2011.

We wish you the good luck and shrewd intuition about servers and MS products (oh, no, is that a hint?!)

Merry Easter!

March 31, 2011

We are glad to announce the release of Handy Backup 6.9.4. The new version has a bunch of new features aimed at helping administrators to deploy the program over a Windows network in a smooth and comfortable way.

• Automatic Registration. The installation package (handybackup_setup.msi) can now be launched with the REGISTRATION_KEY parameter which automatically registers the program on the first startup. The usage is as follows:

msiexec /i "handybackup_setup.msi" REGISTRATION_KEY="XXXXXXXXX"
(put your registration number inside the quotes)

• Silent Installation. There is a new option of quiet installation that doesn’t display any setup dialogs, silently installing the program to the default place. To use it, simply add /quite as an MSI parameter:

msiexec /i "handybackup_setup.msi" /quite

• Logging. To track errors during silent installation (or for any other administration purposes), you can now turn on event logging through the use of the /log parameter. The usage is as follows:

msiexec /i "handybackup_setup.msi" /log install.log

• Remote Installation. Backup software can now be installed remotely over Active Directory, by creating and applying the respective Group Policy on a network.

To learn about installing software over Active Directory, please see http://support.microsoft.com/kb/816102.

We hope that these four features will let administrators have a better experience with setting up network backup plans!

• Several users have reported that the option to delete unnecessary files during restoration (see Advanced Restore Settings for details) didn't work correctly. This problem has been fixed now.

Learn more about the Version 6.9.4...

March 17, 2011

Version 6.9.3 further continues our commitment to making the program easier and more comfortable:

• We have renamed sample tasks created during the installation and added several new ones:

To create sample tasks, simply check the respective option during the installation.

• The Documents Backup plug-in now works more correctly when changing paths of Windows User Folders (i.e. Music, Documents, Pictures and other).

Learn more about the Version 6.9.3...

February 15, 2011

We are happy to announce the release 6.9.2 featuring multiple improvements and new options that open up a range of great possibilities!

• Task type in the Task View window has been replaced with a button that instantly launches the respective task:

Now that's a real one-click backing up!

• We've made it easier to create recovery drives: now all users of the Image Backup feature will see the respective hyperlink in a log each time they create a disk image:

• A range of improvements has been made to the Oracle Backup plug-in which now works faster and more correctly. Earlier, restoration of an Oracle database to a different server could result in an incorrect performance (if the new server's environment differed from the original one). Now this issue has been resolved.
• More about the Version 6.9.2...