History of changes to the program for making backup copies

• 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 <drive_letter:>\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

• 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

• 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).

• Added "Backup only at selected times" option - to switch off the default backup of delayed tasks when the computer reconnects to the network.
• Corrected error in the updater which could prevent automatic software updates on workstations (works only after updating from 3.0.8.559 to a newer version).
• Corrected bug in workstation settings which could prevent automatic changing of backup names and locations after a task name or backup folder name was changed.
• Improved Event Log performance.

• Network transfer speed reduction
• Periodical complete backups in differential tasks
• Minor fixes

• FBS Server console fixes
• Administrative alert name quoted in email subject line
• Improved code page in email subject line

• Refreshed FBS Server console interface
  • Sorting and filtering of lists and tables
  • Statuses displaying active warnings for workstation
  • New table displaying all defined backup tasks
  • Copying displayed information to clipboard
• Reports
  • Task summary - information on backup tasks
  • Outstanding tasks - information on unfinished tasks
  • Task statistics - information on times, sizes and completion speeds of different tasks
• Backup of information from FTP servers (ftpuse)
• Replication of backups to FTP server (/ftpuse)
• Replication to optical drives(CD/DVD/Blu-Ray/HD-DVD)
• New Administrative Alerts - sending reports and event log to web server or by email
• Minor fixes

• %TASKNAME% parameter in remote commands added to differentiate tasks
• Bug causing errors during restore of data from tasks including corrupt ZIP files fixed
• Bug causing errors during backup of folders including symbolic links, which led to scanning errors fixed
• Optimized task preparation on server, backup browsing and unpacking

• Cancel button can be locked during backup process on system shutdown
• Improvements in Open File Manager - now files stored directly in MFT can be backed up (files with sizes of ~1kB)
• Added warning of insufficient privileges to open folder
• Outgoing SMTP mail server port for administrative alerts can now be changed

• Option to put processes on hold added, improving functionality of Open File Manager
• Fixes improving stability of network connections

• Backup task preparation, restore file list building, restore process now three times faster
• Local commands - commands (scripts, programs) can now be run on backup server
• Network drive can now be mapped on backup server
• Bug preventing shutdown of operating system after backup completion if errors occurred during backup process fixed
• Improved handling of file names containing national characters in languages other than default operating system language
• Handling of exceptions in FBS Worker changed
• New Installer

• Fixes in restore module
• Improved handling of skipped folder masks
• Improved handling of file names containing special characters
• File name code page changed from OEM to ANSI
• No files, folders or drives selected for backup warning added

• File fragment differential backup
• Fixed breaking connection bug
• Minor fixes in FBS Worker and FBS Server

• Remote commands - commands (scripts, programs) can now be run on workstations before and after backup
• Replication - backup copies can be duplicated from backup server to another network location or another hard disk
• Optimized task preparation on server
• Improved user interface for more convenient backup task editing
• FBS Server control module compatible with 64-bit Windows versions
• Fixes in FBS Worker task execution module ("fpiBackup error" fixed)

• FBSServer can run as system service - backup server can now run whether or not administrator is logged in to system
• FBSWorker can be run as system service - backup tasks can now run whether or not user is logged in to workstation
• Masks of files and folders to be backed up can now be defined, including all local hard disks
• Repack functionality added for optimized management of available disk space by quicker removal of differential backups (issue concerning automatic freeing of space on disk for differential backups fixed)
• Several backup tasks can now be defined for one workstation
• Powerful task scheduler now added for improved scheduling according to day, day of week, or time
• Multiple destination paths can now be selected (Backup file location)
• Maximum event log size can be defined (issue of long FBSServer startup fixed)
• Bug concerning time sync between workstations and backup server with Time synchronization Off fixed
• Bug affecting creation of ZIP indexes for backups smaller than 4GB and containing more than 65 thousand files fixed

• Automatic backup on system shutdown added
• Advanced data transmission, compression, buffering and CPU usage settings added
• Server console start minimized, start minimized to tray and accidental program shutdown prevention added
• Empty remote drives listing bug fixed
• Bug where backup storage folder was read, which could prevent program from creating incremental backup fixed
• Bug where partially-locked files were skipped and task was interrupted after error when backup ranges were overlapping fixed
• Bug causing problems with backup when masks with square brackets were used for files to be backed up and skipped fixed

• Backup of open/locked files (open file manager)added
• Backup encryption engines - Rijndael (AES), Serpent and Twofish added
• A number of minor fixes

• Program can now work on computers with active Terminal Services
• Increased stability by changing database access methods
• Task in progress on server can now be cancelled
• Instant backup of all workstations added
• Task scheduler optimized
• Preview of workstation status in Network monitor tab added
• File and folder directories on remote computers now read faster
• Field to enter remote path manually added
• Multiple connection detection and prevention added
• Broken connection detection (transfer rate decrease detection) added

• Number of backups to be kept can be set (rotating backups)
• Administrative alert module sending error notifications to designated email address added
• Current backup task can be cancelled
• FBS Worker optimized - executable file size reduced from 231 KB to 115 KB
• Faster backup preparation (file searching)
• File and folder directories on remote computers now read faster
• Faster backup through addition of file buffering (CONNECTION - CACHE SIZE option)
• COMPRESSION-PRIORITY option added to set maximum CPU usage in order to ensure work can be performed comfortably during backup process.

• Backup format changed from Microsoft&reg CAB (Cabinet) to PKWARE&reg ZIP (64-bit extensions)
• Files larger than 4 GB can now be backed up
• Files up to 9 EB (theoretically) now supported
• On-the-fly compression added - no temp files created during backup
• Differential/incremental backups added
• Data restore module added
• Data transmission protocol bugs fixed and transfer rate increased
• Lower hardware and system requirements for FBS Worker:

• File backup from computers connected to local area network (TCP/IP)
• Centralized control
• Backup task planning
• Event logging

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