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Ferro Backup System Changelog

What's new in Ferro Backup System 6.4.4

Mar 23, 2024
  • Added backup task and workstation settings templates
  • Added environmental variable %PROFILES% which can be used in backup ranges instead of full paths (C:Documents and settings, C:Users)
  • Recovery Disk Creator: Ability to add custom drivers to FBS Recovery boot media
  • Improved stability of connections
  • Reduced network usage to ~0 during idle time of FBS Worker module
  • Increased data transmission stability during backup over unstable networks
  • Adapted the program to the new release of Windows 11 (23H2 22631.3235)
  • Improved replication cancellation - if cancellation took too long, the replication button remained permanently disabled
  • Ability to exclude virtual machines from backup range using mask [Hyper-V]:*.*
  • Fixed issue where tape devices and changers with numbering not starting from 0 were not displayed and handled

New in Ferro Backup System 6.4.0 (Dec 19, 2023)

  • Improved handling of open and locked files with NTFS compression enabled. In Windows 10 and 11, such files could trigger an "Invalid compressed size" error.
  • Fixed a bug related to delta file merging during recovery. If one of the fragments was deleted (e.g., by antivirus software), the recovery process would hang.
  • If the selected archive on the Recovery tab was inaccessible (due to an unavailable network share, file locked by antivirus software, etc.), an "Invalid data" error was generated. Now, the exact cause of the error is provided.

New in Ferro Backup System 6.3.8 (Dec 19, 2023)

  • Bug fixes and improvements.

New in Ferro Backup System 6.3.4 (Oct 19, 2023)

  • Adjustment to the latest multi-core processors
  • Fixed an error that prevented the safe ejection of SD memory cards
  • SQL query optimization - Statistics
  • Automatic resumption of the FBS Server service after stopping
  • Improved support for IBM autoloaders and tape libraries
  • Fixed an error that caused the workstation to fail to establish a connection to the server after extended usage
  • Exclusion from performance monitoring of disks on the backup server that are not used by the FBS Server

New in Ferro Backup System 6.3.2 (Sep 4, 2023)

  • Added a "Disk Active Time" indicator to monitor disk performance on a backup server
  • The "Network" and "Backup/Recovery" indicators in the Network Monitor tab now display network throughput and recovery speed during restore
  • Improved VMWare virtual machine backup
  • Bug fixes and other improvements

New in Ferro Backup System 6.3.0 (Jun 1, 2023)

  • Added support for Apple M1 and Apple M2 processors
  • Added support for TLS 1.2 protocol for sending encrypted administrative alerts
  • Added a "Disk Active Time" indicator to monitor disk performance on a backup server (tab: Network Monitor)
  • Added "Disk" and "CPU" indicators to monitor disk performance and CPU usage on workstations (tab: Network Monitor)
  • The "Network" and "Backup/Recovery" indicators in the Network Monitor tab now display network throughput and recovery speed during restore
  • Added support for v7 and v8 VMWare ESX hosts - backup without suspending virtual machines (requires Connector for VMWare version 2.0)
  • Improved VMWare virtual machine backup - if a machine contains multiple disks or snapshots, the snapshot is only taken once during backup (previously it was taken multiple times)
  • Improved compatibility with browsers - some browsers were using incorrect versions of cached console scripts, resulting in an empty control console screen
  • Fixed a bug that could cause a backup task to be executed twice if the client disconnected from the server in the last phase of the backup
  • Accelerated canceling of a recovery task on workstations
  • Monitoring disk performance during recovery to eliminate excessively long disk queues that could cause issues with system recovery on slower HDDs and RAID arrays.
  • Fixed directory attribute restoration
  • Fixed unpacking to network shares
  • Fixed browsing of source and target disks. If any network disk was disconnected, the disk list took a long time to display or did not display at all

New in Ferro Backup System 6.1.4 (Feb 25, 2023)

  • Fixed an error that caused a delay in shutting down the computer after backup when shutting down the system
  • Improved acceleration of system shutdown after canceling the task by the station user
  • Fixed Windows 10 and 11 long shutdown time issue on Dell and HP PCs
  • Fixed the problem with the lack of connection after restarting the computer due to the operation of firewalls blocking DDoS attacks (flooding)
  • Adapting the program to work on macOS computers with M1 processors
  • Fixed Windows 10 & 11 recovery - Start menu might not work if WSearch service was stopped due to unsynced files
  • Fixed merging of delta files - in some situations a directory with fragments remained, despite the correct merging of the file
  • Fixed a recovery bug that could lead to system cache overflow and recovery failures
  • Improved database performance for large installations (> 500 stations)
  • Improved recovering large archives (>1 million files) - previously the "No enough RAM" error could occur
  • Reduced the number of generated messages "Waiting to release server resources..." and "Preparations for backup on the server side..."
  • Added periodic clearing the cache with the Disk Write Cache disabled to reduce RAM usage
  • Fixed an error in sorting the list of files in archives, which could occasionally cause a problem when merging delta files

New in Ferro Backup System 6.1.2 (Aug 24, 2022)

  • Added the program version number in the Administrative alerts
  • Added ability to run the Task Manager (F10) and the command line (F12) in the recovery console (FBS Recovery)
  • Added debugging mode (CTRL + F1) in the recovery console
  • Improved data transfer rate from workstations
  • Fixed system recovery error that led to system cache overflow and computer crash (BSOD)
  • Fixed bug with listing large archives (> 300,000 files) stored on a workstation
  • Fixed bug that caused verification errors if the archive has already been deleted or was not available (e.g. network share unavailable)
  • Fixed minor memory leak in FBSServer module
  • Fixed listing of disks and partitions in the Restore system window

New in Ferro Backup System 6.1 (Apr 6, 2022)

  • Added possibility to use your own SSL certificates for encrypted connections with the control console (only Pro, Ent)
  • Fixed "directory is not empty" error when recovering and merging delta file fragments, occurring when a large file had the "read-only" attribute
  • Added logging of the result of Remote Commands and Remote Command Line execution
  • Reconnecting to a workstation after disconnecting during data recovery - previously recovery was immediately interrupted
  • Fixed "Out of Memory" error during system restore by reducing the system file cache
  • Limiting the number of messages stored in the Event Log during backup - too many entries regarding the opening of blocked files made it difficult to analyze the logs

New in Ferro Backup System 6.0.5 (Apr 6, 2022)

  • Fixed a bug in calculating the size of ACL descriptors that could cause archives to become corrupted during freeing up disk space opertions

New in Ferro Backup System 6.0.3 (Jan 13, 2022)

  • Added global option to collectively exclude specific files and directories from backup (Settings tab->Never backup these files and directories)
  • Fixed recovery bug (hanging up workstation due to exhaustion of the file system cache)
  • Added permanent exclusion of the SoftwareDistribution directory from backups

New in Ferro Backup System 6.0.2 (Jan 13, 2022)

  • Fixed recovery error: the directory could not be created
  • Fixed recovery error: CRC errors, computer hang, blue screen
  • Fixed bug during recovering large files directly to a workstation (disconnection, restart, blue screen)

New in Ferro Backup System 6.0.1 (Jan 13, 2022)

  • Fixed recovery error "Unable to find the specified range. W-RF"
  • Fixed recovery error "Data Error (CRC)"
  • Added masking passwords to network resources in logs saved on the disk

New in Ferro Backup System 6.0 (Jan 13, 2022)

  • Refreshed interface of the control console
  • New built-in control console based on Edge browser (or Internet Explorer in compatibility mode)
  • Significant increase in recovery speed (up to a dozen times for Linux, Synology and QNAP) by eliminating temporary files
  • Acceleration of direct recovery to workstations - the data selected for recovery is sent to a workstation in a compressed form and is decompressed there
  • Acceleration of direct recovery to workstations and local (to the backup server) by applying parallel decompression using all available CPU cores; previously only 1 CPU core was used
  • 80% reduction in installation file size by eliminating the built-in Chrome-based control console
  • Ability to send administrative alerts without defining an SMTP server
  • Possibility to set different recipient and sender addresses in administrative alerts
  • Ability to manually enter numerical settings in backup tasks
  • Added column "Perform full backups periodically" in the Backup tab (Tasks view)
  • Automated disaster recovery of the software database
  • Adaptation to the latest editions of Windows 10, Windows Server 2019 and Windows 11
  • A more precise recovery progress indicator that is based on file size rather than number of files
  • Detailed information message about recovery: number of files, errors, total size, execution time
  • Fixed problem with the backup of open and locked files which changes frequently (Save operations are too frequent / The file has been modified)
  • Improved backup of EFS encrypted files - with differential tasks, they were always backed up, even if they had not changed
  • Fixed copy type icon in the Recovery tab - full copies could be marked with the Differential or Delta icon
  • Fixed bug that caused creation of full copy instead of differential or delta in jobs with local storage on workstations, if the target path contained spaces
  • Corrected replication summary message that suggested that the tasks ran correctly even if there were replication errors

New in Ferro Backup System 5.7.2 (Mar 11, 2020)

  • Adapted to latest editions of Windows 10
  • Fixed bug causing interruption of backup tasks with the message "File or directory is not a reparse point"
  • Increased security of HTTPS connections to the control console by disabling support for older versions of SSL / TLS
  • Eliminated memory leak causing error "No memory / Out of memory" when performing tasks involving over 100 000 symbolic links or deduplicated files
  • Fixed backup of Hyper-V virtual machines containing spaces in the name
  • Fixed problem with reestablishing client's network connection
  • Fixed problem with refreshing backup progress after reestablishing connection

New in Ferro Backup System 5.7.0 (Sep 11, 2019)

  • Fixed backup of Hyper-V VMs with pass-through disks
  • Automatic removal of overdue checkpoints before starting backup of Hyper-V VMs
  • Increased waiting time for execution and deletion of Hyper-V Vms temporary checkpoints
  • Improved mapping of network shares at Windows workstations with Linux backup servers
  • Improved stability of backup server (Docker)
  • Archiving the OneDrive directory in Windows 10 version 1903

New in Ferro Backup System 5.6.8 (Jul 16, 2019)

  • Fixed backup of Hyper-V's virtual machines with virtual disks stored on Cluster Shared Volumes (CSV)
  • Optimized backup of files with special characters in file names
  • Fixed backup of 0-byte size files
  • Fixed backup of NTFS compressed files
  • Added detection of Infinite recursion loops and warnings about very long path names (> 6000 characters)
  • Improved looking for files for backup based on wildcards in folder names

New in Ferro Backup System 5.6.2 (Feb 14, 2019)

  • Accelerated loading of the control console
  • Fixed mapping of ftp disks with a minus sign (-) in the host name
  • Fixed refreshing of the mapped network drives list (Linux)
  • Fixed notwork drive mapping on Synology NAS
  • Fixed a XSS HTTP server vulnerability
  • Events ID 34, 157, 158 removed from disks warning list
  • Improvements in the disk monitoring module: displaying the cause of an error, skipping errors older than 12h
  • Fixed network disk configuration saving
  • Fixed the Tasks Summary report - now includes tasks started within a specified time range or scheduled within a specified time range and still not performed

New in Ferro Backup System 5.4.2.2400 Beta (Mar 9, 2018)

  • The possibility of adding workstations containing diacritics and some special characters in the name
  • Added command to switch the tree / list view using the pop-up menu
  • The ability to change the default TCP ports for connections from workstations (4531) and the control console (4530)
  • Archiving and restoring symbolic links to directories (symlink) on Linux and Mac systems
  • Fixed bug that prevented backup of open and locked files on NTFS partitions with cluster size smaller than standard (4 kB)
  • Fixed bug of automatic adding the "Station user" users to control console

New in Ferro Backup System 5.3.0.2166 (Jun 20, 2017)

  • Symmetric multiprocessing architecture considerably accelerates backup procedure (n-times faster on n-core CPU)
  • Virtual machine backup from Microsoft Hyper-V host
  • Backup and recovery features without sending data to backup server
  • Possible network bandwidth control or excluding connections from specified networks (e.g. slow VPN)
  • Easy application installation on Linux and Mac OS X, and NAS drives (Synology, QNAP) using Docker containers
  • Archive protection against ransomware encrypting files (e.g. CryptoLocker)
  • Added support of proxy router and server which redirect the network traffic
  • 30% faster backup through optimisation of network packets sent to backup server
  • Accelerated backup task preparation operations and backup copy revision thanks to reduced number of read ZIP files
  • Enhanced archive verification: after detecting a bug in the ZIP file, application automatically restarts backup process of corrupted files
  • Accelerated searching operation for files intended for backup and lower RAM consumption through...
  • Accelerated reaction for cancelled tasks at system shutdown
  • Fixed backup at Windows 8 and 10 system shutdown
  • Improved "connected standby" mode in Windows 10, which caused interrupting backup during system shutdown
  • Added blocked sparse files backup support in Windows 8, 10 and Windows Server 2012, 2016

New in Ferro Backup System 4.8.1.1850 (Sep 15, 2015)

  • Added support for mail servers requiring SSL/TLS encryption (e.g. gmail)
  • Added backup, recovery, replication and verification progress bar
  • Accelerated replication, especially replication for NAS hard drives via SMB/CIFS protocol
  • Programme made resistant to writing errors caused by a temporary lack of access to NAS hard drive
  • Programme made resistant to transmission errors and interruption of connections in Wi-Fi networks
  • Extension of Storage inventory report by replication status and the possibility of sending a report as an administrative alert
  • Data reproduction from delta copies, even if some fragments of a file have been lost or are damaged
  • Adapting the software to cooperate with OneDrive cloud "Smart Files"
  • More efficient monitoring and connecting of network resources
  • Optimised access to database
  • Improved disk space use counter in Network monitor tab
  • Improved reproduction of time of modification of files extracted from delta backup copy
  • Improved Event log displaying in Internet Explorer 8 browser and older ones
  • Restoring the possibility of copying content of virtual command line to clipboard
  • Improved backup error of 0 byte-sized files from Novell NetWare servers
  • Improved service of Local commands BeforeBackup event

New in Ferro Backup System 4.8.0.1814 (Sep 10, 2015)

  • Added support for mail servers requiring SSL/TLS encryption (e.g. gmail)
  • Added backup, recovery, replication and verification progress bar
  • Accelerated replication, especially replication for NAS hard drives via SMB/CIFS protocol
  • Programme made resistant to writing errors caused by a temporary lack of access to NAS hard drive
  • Programme made resistant to transmission errors and interruption of connections in Wi-Fi networks
  • Extension of Storage inventory report by replication status and the possibility of sending a report as an administrative alert
  • Data reproduction from delta copies, even if some fragments of a file have been lost or are damaged
  • Adapting the software to cooperate with OneDrive cloud "Smart Files"
  • Access to virtual command line (BASH) in Linux and Mac OS systems
  • More efficient monitoring and connecting of network resources
  • Optimised access to database
  • Improved disk space use counter in Network monitor tab
  • Improved reproduction of time of modification of files extracted from delta backup copy
  • Improved Event log displaying in Internet Explorer 8 browser and older ones
  • Restoring the possibility of copying content of virtual command line to clipboard
  • Improved backup error of 0 byte-sized files from Novell NetWare servers
  • Improved service of Local commands BeforeBackup event

New in Ferro Backup System 4.7.0.1722 Beta (Mar 26, 2015)

  • Added Multiedit button

New in Ferro Backup System 4.7.0.1719 Beta (Mar 23, 2015)

  • Fixed: decompressing dynamic blocks
  • Fixed: overlapping of operations: release disk space, replication, verification and recovery

New in Ferro Backup System 4.7.0.1704 Beta (Mar 12, 2015)

  • New recovery mode – the operating system can be recovered directly onto the target machine
  • Recovery disk creator (CD/DVD, USB flash drive) – you can use the recovery disk to boot a machine in the case of a failure and recover the data
  • Improved delta backup – previously the first two backups had to be full; now only the first backup needs to be full
  • Improved virtual command prompt – now fully interactive
  • Event log filtering using SQL queries
  • Creating own administrative alerts such as "Event log entries" using SQL queries
  • Faster backup of locked files using locked region detection
  • New option: "Warn of delays longer than" – you can decide when the software should start warning you of overdue tasks
  • Improved deleting of snapshots from the ESX/ESXi host once the backup is complete (Backup Connector for VMWare 1.1 required)

New in Ferro Backup System 4.7.0.1701 Beta (Mar 9, 2015)

  • New recovery mode – the operating system can be recovered directly onto the target machine.
  • Recovery disk creator (CD/DVD, USB flash drive) – you can use the recovery disk to boot a machine in the case of a failure and recover the data
  • Improved delta backup – previously the first two backups had to be full; now only the first backup needs to be full
  • Improved virtual command prompt – now fully interactive
  • Event log filtering using SQL queries
  • Creating own administrative alerts such as "Event log entries" using SQL queries
  • Faster backup of locked files using locked region detection
  • FBS worker can use more RAM now – from up to 2 GB to up to 4 GB
  • Improved agent updates from the backup server
  • New option: "Warn of delays greater than" – you can decide when the software should start warning you of overdue tasks
  • Automatic recovery cancellation in the case of a critical error (e.g. no space on drive)
  • Automatic setting of the following options if a system drive is detected in the backup scope: Process security descriptors, process encrypted files, process reparse points, backup open/locked files
  • Automatic setting of the following options for operating system recoveries: Process security descriptors, process reparse points
  • Improved differential and delta backups – files which could not be backed up were later backed up fully at once
  • Improved rotation backups/freeing drive space – files which could not be backed up could be deleted from the last full backup
  • Improved refresh of the "From the last scheduled time" column in the Backup|Tasks tab
  • Improved deleting of snapshots from the ESX/ESXi host once the backup is complete (Backup Connector for VMWare 1.1 required)
  • Improved WWW server security
  • Minor fixes

New in Ferro Backup System 4.6.0.1678 (Jan 26, 2015)

  • Added support for Windows 10 operating system
  • Quick preview files in archives
  • Optimized ZIP archive loading
  • Minor stability improvements and bug fixes

New in Ferro Backup System 4.5.0.1660 (Dec 10, 2014)

  • Virtual machine backup from host (VMware ESX/ESXi/vSphere 4.x, 5.x)
  • Queuing of replication tasks
  • Reducing the amount of memory used when recovering files and verifying backups
  • Fixed decompression error which may have made archives to be considered as damaged by FBS Server
  • Fixed export of tables to CSV file
  • At verification, skipping of deleted files and files in use

New in Ferro Backup System 4.4.0.1595 (Dec 10, 2014)

  • Optimizing data storage by backup server on local hard drives
  • Optimizing data storage by the backup server on network drives
  • Ability to backup offline - without sending a copy to the backup server
  • Full verification of backup files
  • Ability to send alerts to the syslog server
  • Two-man rule administration control
  • New backup server counters displaying CPU and RAM usage and system uptime
  • Improved detection of transmission errors
  • Increased FBS server service performance by maintaining logs in RAM
  • Added and improved export of charts to CSV files
  • Added "Since Last Time" column which displays time from the last backup
  • Ability to set own header displayed in the browser
  • Fixed error of Internet updates launched from the built-in control console
  • Fixed information on the recovery progress
  • Fixed error of Remote Commands editing that made it impossible to open the Workstation settings window for the second time
  • Fixed error of periodic full backup at minute schedule
  • Fixed loading error of the drive list in the openSUSE/SUSE Linux Enterprise system
  • Fixed minor errors of the control console
  • Fixed chart in the Task summary alert
  • Fixed loading of archive catalog from the tape

New in Ferro Backup System 4.3.6.1462 (Feb 27, 2014)

  • Added fields Friendly computer name and Group name facilitate computer identification and allow for better organization
  • Added fast record search in tables
  • Added Storage Inventory report that shows the use of space on backup server disks
  • Ability to pair a workstation with the backup server to secure network connection
  • Ability to filter Event log according to multiple stations at the same time
  • Change of report orientation from vertical to horizontal
  • Optimization of the control panel efficiency by removal of hidden columns in tables
  • Skipping login of less important events concerning the course of backup (backup progress)
  • Change of detection of modified files at delta backup: if the date of file modification and its size have not been changed but the file is in use, then (from now on) checksums of all the fragments will be additionally verified in order to detect changes.
  • In the Backup tab -> Last event column included events for all tasks instead of an event only for a specific task
  • Fixed bug which made it impossible to select directories containing a dot in the name at recovery
  • Fixed installer bug which caused, in Windows XP, displaying of a replacement window when shutting down after backup
  • Fixed replication bug - the replication was completely interrupted upon detection of a damaged archive
  • Fixed report Delayed tasks

New in Ferro Backup System 4.3.4.1442 (Jan 16, 2014)

  • Available storage space is shown
  • Possibility to define a secondary backup server
  • Added new "Minute intervals" schedule
  • Option to skip a backup task from the BeforeBackup event
  • Minor fixes

New in Ferro Backup System 4.3.2.1434 (Nov 26, 2013)

  • Performance optimization for the built-in control console (GUI)
  • Performance optimization for the web control console (WEB)
  • Minor fixes

New in Ferro Backup System 4.3.1.1418 (Nov 15, 2013)

  • Built-in control console (GUI)
  • Performance optimization for the control console
  • Improvement of data caching in the web browser cache in order to reduce the number of HTTP requests
  • Automatic download of new scripts of the control console after updating
  • Possibility to change passwords for access to the control console by users (without the administrator’s help)
  • Possibility to restrict access to the control console for selected IP addresses
  • Improved adding of accounts for users of computers containing the "-"" (minus) sign in their name

New in Ferro Backup System 4.3.0.1350 (Oct 25, 2013)

  • New control console. FBS Server program runs only in the system service mode. The built-in web server shares the control console as an Internet application.
  • Stopping FBS Server service is not required to access the control console
  • Possibility to access the control console from a remote computer (or tablet) without a remote Desktop
  • Multiple administrators may use the control console simultaneously
  • Access control to the control console with various permissions (Administrator, Operator, Observer)
  • Backup and recovery of encrypted files (EFS)
  • Backup and recovery of permissions to files and directories (DACL and SACL)
  • Backup and recovery of reanalysis points (Reparse Point, Junction Point and Symbolic Links)
  • Bypassing protections of access control list (ACL) during backup
  • Autoloaders and tape libraries support

New in Ferro Backup System 3.5.4.894 (Aug 26, 2011)

  • New backup solution for open files based on copy-on-write (COW) technology replaces the mechanism of suspending processes
  • New command line parameter /REPAIRDB intended for emergency repair of corrupted program database
  • Automatic backup server updates added
  • Command Show Plan added, helping set periodic full copy parameters
  • Reattempting to open the file if “Write operations are too frequent” error occurs
  • Error repeating backup of file fragments after full backup for delta copy has been deleted or corrupted - fixed
  • Error computing the virtual cluster number while conducting backup of files larger than 32 GB - fixed
  • Standard waiting time for backup completion when shutting down system extended from 1 to 2 hours
  • Error planning backup tasks fixed. It can occur only at a given time with over 100 work stations connected
  • Error processing large file names fixed
  • Error automatically launching FBS Server service fixed
  • Error adding a new work station without defined schedule fixed
  • Error recovering 0 byte-sized files directly to work station fixed
  • Error recovering data from work station which is not in database fixed (option: Choose FBF folder)

New in Ferro Backup System 3.4.5.826 (Oct 29, 2010)

  • Collective editing of work stations' settings
  • Long file names (>260 characters) supported
  • Multiple backup tasks can be run during power off
  • Bandwidth limit can be imposed on workstations
  • Data read speed at work stations displayed in the Network Monitor tab
  • Automatic database compacting if last program shutdown was unexpected
  • Event Log filtering by time, operation type, task name and message
  • Operation Type (Op.) column addend to the Event Log
  • Additional filters in the Backup tab (Stations and Tasks)
  • Specific recovery information stored in the Log Event
  • Access to the program's control panel password-protected
  • Number of exceptions (errors/warnings) displayed in the back-up summary
  • User can choose a time interval after which backup resumes
  • New IBM and DELL tape drives supported
  • Possible to use system variables (%ProgramFiles%, %SystemRoot%, etc.) for back-up
  • Accurate information on back-up progress displayed when processing large files
  • Task Summary report now shows tasks completed successfully, tasks with warnings and tasks not completed
  • Linux and Mac OS support
  • Optimized ZIP archive loading
  • Local Commands scripts returning runtime error messages for console programs directly to the FBS Server
  • FBS Worker, FBS Server and installation suite digitally signed with the Microsoft Authenticode certificate
  • Access paths to back-up and replication folders can be changed manually by clicking on the edit field while holding the [Shift] button
  • Back-up and recovery of Windows 64-bit editions (x64) supported
  • Search for files to back-up optimized
  • Permanent exclusion of \System Volume Information catalogues from back-up
  • Direct data recovery to work station
  • New Local Commands - to extend FBS Server functionality using scripts (Java Script, Visual Basic Script, PHP Script, etc.)
  • A radical improvement in FBS Server load speed
  • Search engine to look for files in archives
  • New network resources management panel
  • New report which sums up the last back up task completed for each station
  • New window to browse and read files from tapes
  • Possibility to hide detailed entries in the Event Log
  • Possibility to group entries in the Event Log
  • Entries can be exported from the Event Log in various formats (text, HTML, Excel spreadsheet, XML or SQL)
  • Optimized performance of Log Events with more than 20 thousand records
  • Added warning about ongoing replication to an optical medium or tape on FBS Server shutdown
  • Replication cancelling possible
  • Tables can be sorted in reports
  • Reports can be saved to a file and printed
  • For differential backups, users can specify when periodical full backups should be performed
  • Damaged and empty archives automatically deleted upon task completion
  • New format of the task completion summary message
  • UNC paths can be used without mapping network disks
  • The default value of "split file segment size" changed from 10 MB to 1 MB to ensure more efficient backup of Microsoft Office Outlook mail files

New in Ferro Backup System 3.1.3.590 (Apr 10, 2009)

  • Increased transfer speed from backup server to workstation
  • Backup of empty folders
  • Saving and reading folder attributes
  • Additional checks of accessibility of path files for backup before task execution with recording of possible warnings
  • Generation of warnings in the event of a significant drop in the number of backed-up files in relation to the number of files included in the previous backup
  • An additonal horizontal scroll bar displaying in the Event Log
  • Corrected error in unpacking data from differential copies containing more than 65,000 files
  • Improvements to the FBS Server console interface
  • Corrected error in differential backup of NTSF partitions which appeared when changing the system clock from standard time to summer time

New in Ferro Backup System 3.1.0.573 (Apr 8, 2009)

  • Replication to tape drives
  • Added Type column in the Restore tab. This column specifies backup type (full/differential).
  • Database compacting on launch can now be skipped (-NOCOMPACT switch).
  • Types of replicated backups can now be selected (all/full only).
  • Accelerated restore and backup list building, faster preparation of tasks on the server by eliminating unrelated differential backups.
  • Improved freeing up of disk space.
  • Improved searching for IDs of processes writing to locked files.
  • Corrected bug which caused lack of support for non-standard system date format, which could lead to wrong backup scheduling.
  • Corrected bug in marking replicated backups.
  • Corrected bug in rewritable optical media support (CD-RW, DVD-RW, DVD+RW).