ES-Backup 4.1 New Features

By integrating a lot of new powerful features ES-Backup 4.1 makes backup to tape and tape changers more flexible, faster and safer:
+ New 1-window based ES-Backup Admin administration application.
+ Exchange backup catalogs between ES-Backup Servers and Clients (export/import).
+ Optimized installation routine (e.g. no more re-installation of ES-Backup after operating system updates on Mac OS X).

+ Automatic version controlling system informs on new product updates.
+ Support for latest operating system versions such as Mac OS X 10.6, OpenSolaris, Open SuSE 11.2, Ubuntu 9.10, etc.
+ Overall code optimization for application safety and stability.
+ Backward compatible to version 4.0.

ES-Backup 4.0 New Features

By integrating a lot of powerful new features ES-Backup 4.0 is safer, faster and more easy-to-use than any other version before:

+ Assistant dialogs guide through the most often required tasks
Starting immediate backups only requires to enter source and destination
Scheduled backups are created based on pre-configured strategies
For restore of hard disks, folders and files they are displayed with their corresponding backup times for easy selection
Backup devices are created automatically on demand
With the help of assistants data security is as easy as possible
For special requirements all settings can be adjusted manually

+ Graphical display of tape library information
Status of all library slots, tape drives and input/output slots
Display of tapes with or without barcode labels
Display of library and tape drive firmware revision levels
Current library information is available on every workstation on the network

+ Controlling tape libraries manually
Moving tapes between library slots and tape drives using Drag & Drop from any workstation
Allows to exchange tapes while backups are running

+ Analyzation charts of backup strategies
Analyzes currently active backup strategy
Compares amounts of changed data to backup and required times for different strategies
Displays analyzation results based on years, months, days and hours
Creates forecasts
Helps to choose suitable backup strategy and hardware configuration

+ Verification of backups
Compares data on backup media with original data on disk
Comparing data directly after the backup offers additional safety

+ Automatic recycling of changer tapes
If during backup all tapes get full, recycling starts with the first tape in the slot range
This allows more easier unattended backups

+ Optimized backup of data changes
If only access rights or other file attributes were changed, only these changes are backed up rather than the entire file
This requires less backup media and offers faster backup and restore

+ More intuitive usability
Opened windows and positions are re-used from previous session
Drag & Drop between device lists allows to create remote devices easily
Faster searching of files in backup catalogs
Faster display and saving of large logfiles

+ HELIOS UB+ support

+ Mac OS X Leopard and Apple Time Machine support
Backup of data on Time Machine volumes to/from tape and harddisks
This offers more safety for valuable files

+ Netatalk support

ES-Backup 3.6 New Features

- New backup und restore engine with support for additional filesystems such as AFP volumes (Mac OS X), ZFS (Solaris) and UDF, faster backup operations

- Solaris 10 i386 as ES-Backup Server and Client

- ES-Backup JAdmin selectable script to create/backup read-only snapshots of ZFS filesystems (Solaris)

- Support for Fibre Channel backup devices (Mac OS X)

- Enhanced support for Linux kernel 2.6.x

- UTF-8 communication between ES-Backup JAdmin and ES-Backup Server resulting in correct display of special filename characters on all platforms

- Several optimizations regarding speed, compatibility and large filesystems

- Several optimizations in ES-Backp JAdmin

- Support for HELIOS UB, HELIOS 4th Generation and installations without HELIOS in one single binary for each server operating system

ES-Backup 3.3.3/3.4 New Features

Newly supported operating systems:

Solaris 10, SuSE 9 (kernel 2.6.x), Mac OS X Tiger

Support for HELIOS UB with ES-Backup 3.4

Better stability and compatibility:

Enhanced support for HFS+ volumes, reading write protected tapes on Solaris, better support for large file systems, support for additional tape libraries and tape drives, Quick File Access (QFA) for backup to disk, support for additional SCSI LUNs 2 to 7, e.g. to use virtual tape libraries, bug fixes. Enhanced reading catalogs from media.

New ES-Backup JAdmin (Java) application:

Includes encrypted connections and features available in ES-Backup Admin. Better compatibility.

Backup of following filesystems:

Linux previously: ext2/ext3

Linux additionaly: reiserfs, nfs, xfs, iso9660

Solaris previously: ufs

Solaris additionaly: nfs, hsfs

Mac OS X previously: hfs+, ufs

Mac OS X additionaly: nfs

ES-Backup 3.3 New Features

Local and remote synchronization of hard disks

New product packages and reduced prices available for all requirements – starting from a single workstation up to large networks with and without HELIOS file server support

Differential backups unlimited in time

Differential backups of individual folders

Administration possible from any Java capable workstation, e.g. Solaris, Linux, Mac OS X, Windows, etc.

Enhanced administration

Support of additional backup media – e.g. SAIT, SDLT – as well as tape changers with enhanced barcode support

Additional customizable scripts to be started before and after backup, restore and synchronization jobs

More easier installation on Mac OS X

Enhanced recognition of devices on Mac OS X Panther

ES-Backup 3.2 New Features

Backup of unlimited number of servers and clients (since version 3.2.2)

Mac OS X 10.3 Panther support (since version 3.2.2)

Support of HFS+ partitions on Mac OS X

Can be used without HELIOS products

Barcode support for tape changers

Software write protection and recycling of tapes

Status information and progress bar during backup and othere operations

Detailed information on tape usage

Optimized and thus faster initialisation and mounting of tapes

Optimized and thus faster backup

Individual icon for aborted backup jobs

Customizable scripts to be run before and after backup and restore jobs

Extended file find by date

Selection and archiving of individual UNIX files and folders

Automatic device configuration during installation as well as during operation

Automatic configuration of required HELIOS parameters

Easy entry of license data from admin application

Start and stop of ES-Backup Server with a Java application

Reduced capacity of catalog information

Automatic tape eject after backup and restore

Same easy installation procedure on all suported operating systems

Aditionally supported tape changers and media

Free-usage license of ES-Backup's device driver for use by UNIX backup and restore commands in private and non-commercial environments.