May 16th, 2012· create full backup with constant name or name with macro fields without serial number;
· create stack backups which names differs by resolved macro only, without serial numbers;
· to restore files from backups, created without serial numbers.
November 2nd, 2011· Improved the program's compatibility with external command-line compressors. Now the program supports launching of external compressors via command with any characters. The previous version did not allow to use '=' character in startup command.
July 9th, 2011· In this version we improved backup scheduler's feature to launch backup job when you plug in removable media.
If your backups launches by backup scheduler, and task starting is based on event of inserting removable media, then you can schedule task execution on insertion any removable media without specifying removable drive letter or media volume label. Parameters of the plugged in removable media are passed to d_back via macro:
· {FLASH} or {REMOVABLE} - removable drive letter;
· {REMOVABLE_VOL} - removable media volume label;
· {REMOVABLE_SER} - removable media serial number.
· Due to this new feature you can include removable drive, volume label or serial number into any settings where macro are allowed to use (for example backup backup name or backup directory) depending on device fired startup event.
April 6th, 2011· Since this version you can install the program as a portable application on a removable storage device such as external HDD, USB flash drive or flash card. In this case you can run the program from a removable drive on any Windows computer without installation. D_back portable does not leave its files or settings on the host computer, instead, it stores its configuration files in the program's directory on external drive.
January 30th, 2011· Backup profile was extended by 2 parameters. Now you can permit or forbid to create primary and secondary backup directories if they does not exist.
· A new macro {VOLUME:vol} was added to config parameters. This macro looks for the drive with volume name vol. If the drive is found then the program replaces macro with the drive letter with ':'. You can use this macro to specify primary or secondary backup directories by volume name without linking to the drive letter.
November 8th, 2010· Backup profile was extended by 2 parameters. Now you can permit or forbid to create primary and secondary backup directories if they does not exist.
· A new macro {VOLUME:vol} was added to config parameters. This macro looks for the drive with volume name vol. If the drive is found then the program replaces macro with the drive letter with ':'. You can use this macro to specify primary or secondary backup directories by volume name without linking to the drive letter.
April 15th, 2010· FTP features have been improved, Transport - level security option (TLS) have been added to FTP settings. This improvement allows you to use FTP servers which require Transport Layer Security (TLS) and the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) cryptographic protocols (also known as FTPS protocol). The primary goal of the TLS Protocol is to provide privacy and data integrity of transferring files over an unprotected network (Internet).
· Data Transmission with Compression over FTP have been added. This option switches on on-the-fly compression of file transfers. The basic FTP protocol transfers your data as-is without any kind of compression. For highly-compressible data such as text files,scripts or office documents, this is highly inefficient. Some FTP servers introduced MODE Z command. In MODE Z, all transfers are compressed using the ZLIB compression method, making transfers of highly compressible files (such as TXT, BMP or DOC) much faster. Now the program allows you to take advantages of MODE Z feature while backing up over FTP.
December 24th, 2009· In earlier versions there was an error when you try to restore files or directories with names contains quote or percent symbol. Another bug was found - the program couldn't restore empty directories. In the new version this bugs have been fixed.
October 25th, 2009· The backup scheduler have been improved, now the program became compatible with Windows 7 and Windows 2008 Server.
October 25th, 2009In the new version of the program we have improved data restoring and burning backups to dvd features. Here are the improvements we made:
· In earlier versions it was impossible to restore data from backups, burned to DVD. Now this bug have been fixed and you can restore directly from DVD.
· There was an error, when you used Volume Shadow Service to back up opened files and burning backups to DVD simultaneously. This error have been fixed too.
April 16th, 2009· In this version splitting backups into volumes have been improved. Now the program can split both zip and 7-zip backups. Format of Splitted Zip and 7-zip backups are compatible with Winzip and 7-zip file complessors. When you switch splitting on, then the program will create backup in separate subdirectory in your backup directory. You can restore files from splitted backup as well as from usual backup.
· If you tried to back up several paths from the same volume and switch "Back up files that are in use" ON (backup via Volume Shadow Service), then an error occured while processing in an earlier version. Now this bug have been fixed.
· In an earlier version, when you back up to USB flash drive, the program created temp zip file directly on usb device. That is slowed down processing especially when you back up a lot of small files to a slow USB flash drive. In the new version temp zip file is created in system temorary directory.
November 23rd, 2008· The new version of the program allows you to backup files even when they are open, locked or in-use. This includes Outlook files, open SQL databases, documents, etc. The program is now fully integrated with the Volume Shadow Service (VSS) on Windows XP, Windows 2003 Server, Windows 2008 Server and Windows Vista. Before backing up D_back calls the Volume Shadow Service (VSS) and requests the creation of a Volume Shadow Copy for the files to be copied. The shadow copy constitutes a read-only snapshot of the volume data that is read by the program during backing up. Once the Volume Shadow Copy is available, the program uses it to access the files to be copied. Other Applications can continue to access the files on the volume itself, uninterrupted by the backup. After the backup is completed, the shadow copy of the volume is deleted, because it is no longer needed.
October 16th, 2008· In this version we have implemented 7-zip LZMA compression. Now you can select a point in time for restoring source path to a specified date and time.
August 25th, 2008· In this version we have updated backup types, implemented in the program. The Advanced Stack backup type will no longer be supported since this version. Instead, we have improved Incremental and Differential backups which are more progressive and fast to make. Now incremental backup allows you to back up files which have been updated or added since last backing up. In previous version you could back up files that have been updated only.
Now you can manage a cycle of Incremental or Differential backing up more flexibly. You can define four conditions when to stop making incremental | differential backups and to begin a new backup cycle with remaking of a full backup:
· When the total volume of the incremental or differential backups will exceed N percents from the size of full backup;
· After N Incremental or differential backups have been made;
· After N days since last full backing up;
· On next (Day | Week | Month | Hour | Year) since last full backing up.
July 27th, 2008· In this verson we improved interaction with FTP. In earlier version all ftp settings are stored in a backup profile, but now the settings of each FTP site are stored in a separate config file FTPL.xml.
July 6th, 2008· In earlier versions there were bugs in the backup scheduler. The scheduler could hardly launch tasks under the specified user's account because this account required special privilegies. Now this bug have been fixed, and requirements to privileges are lowered. This improvement essentially simplifies configuring the scheduler to start up tasks under usual user's account. The program was tested under Windows XP,2003,VISTA systems.
May 23rd, 2008· In earlier versions there were bugs in the backup scheduler. The scheduler could hardly launch tasks under the specified user's account because this account required special privilegies. Now this bug have been fixed, and requirements to privileges are lowered. This improvement essentially simplifies configuring the scheduler to start up tasks under usual user's account.
May 3rd, 2008· In this version the backup scheduler have been improved. In earlier versions the scheduler couldn't be installed in Vista. Now the program became Vista compatible, and the scheduler can be installed properly in Vista environment. You can install the schedule as a service or as background task - both variants are tested and working fine in Vista.
· One thing is not resolved in this release yet. We were compelled to build the jobs manager program (scheduler.exe) as a program with system privileges. It means that if you start up scheduler.exe to manage your backup tasks and Vista's UAC is ON then you need to confirm launching of the program. We know this is not convenient, and hope to fix the problem in the following releases.
April 16th, 2008· In this version we have added a new feature to backup scheduler. Now the program can automatic launch backup job when you insert removable media. Due to this feature you can schedule backing up on inserting UBS Flash Drive or on inserting DVD. Moreover, the scheduler can permit or decline start up backups in dependence of the media volume label you've inserted. This enables you to link start up of a job with inserting of related media
March 26th, 2008· In this version a new feature of saving backups have been added. Now in addition to a primary backup directory you can configure saving backups to one or more secondary directories. Due to this improvement you can save the same backup to several directories in one backup job. This feature highly increases the safety of your data, because now you can back up to different locations by one backup profile. For example you can select secondary directories on HDD, USB flash drive or on network resource simultaneously.
· The copying backups to a secondary location is performed quite cautiously. If any secondary directory is not accessible (for any reason) then the program does not break execution. Instead d_back generates a warning message and continue backing up.
February 15th, 2008· In this version we have improved the realization of macros in backup profile.
· Now you can use macro fields in in the majority of config settings such as Primary Backup Directory, Backup Name, File Path, FTP Path, OS Commands, SUBJ, BODY. Pay attention, that now you can use macro names in paths (File Path and FTP path), this was impossible in the previous version.
· We have expanded a list of standard macros, and have included into it windows standard folders such as Program Files, My Documents ..etc., flash drives, envoronment variables.
· In the new version you can implement environment variables into backup parameters as a macro, and you can specify removable usb drive as macro without any binding to the usb drive letter.
· Moreover you can now create your own macros.
· Due to this improvement you can create backup profiles which are maximum independent of you PC configuration.
· We have expanded a set of examples by new ready-to-use backup profiles with macros.
November 9th, 2007· Excellent html help with a lot of graphics. We have included 11 examples of backup profiles into distribution kit. In this examples we try to demonstrate the main features of the program. We hope this will help new users to explore the program more quick and with the minimal efforts.
October 29th, 2007· In this version we have improved the backup scheduler. Now you can invoke backup manager from jobs manager. This enables you to edit and explore backup profile directly from the jobs manager program.
September 29th, 2007· Some changes were made in FTP engine. The FTP upload algorithm have been improved. Now the program try to fix timeout errors on unstable TCP connections. Backup scheduler was changed.
July 30th, 2007· Some changes were made in FTP engine. The FTP upload algorithm have been improved.
· Now the program try to fix timeout errors on unstable TCP connections.
· Backup scheduler was changed. In earlier version sometimes you couldn't abort an active job. In this version this bug have been fixed.
· Format of scheduler logging files have been changed.
December 13th, 2006· In this version PKZip's Zip64 support has been added. You can compress up to 2 147 483 647 files into an archive. Uncompressed, Compressed, and Archive file sizes can be up to 2^63-1 bytes in length (at about 18 million terabytes).
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