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Old July 10th 19, 10:37 AM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Paul[_32_]
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Default Anyone use Iperius Backup Free Edition?

T wrote:
On 7/4/19 10:54 PM, T wrote:
Hi All,

Does anyone use Iperius Backup Free Edition?

I am looking for

native format,
eMail reports (OAuth support would be nice),
ftp support to a local server
pre and post events

Many thanks,
-T


Follow up:

Unfortunately, it does not meet my needs: see
3) and 5) . It has a lot of thought and polish,
it is just not complete. And the workaround for
them is also the work around for Cobian and I
get VSS and Service support for free from Cobian.

My evaluation:

1) The free edition get tech support for free. Doesn't
seem fair.

2) Run as a service requires purchase of the product. Fair
enough.

3) It does not support smtp server that require OAuth2.
(Tech support said it did, but it doesn't. I don't think
they understood the question.)

4) VSS support requires purchase of the product. Hmmmmm...

5) Backup archives are rotated, but in some weird sequence
that makes no sense. The creation dates are all over
the place. A three backup set task: 2 is the latest,
then 3 is the latest, then back to 2, and 2 again.
I have pre-event programs to work around this that
I use with Cobian.

6) Allows for native file backup.

7) Did not test FTP, but it is there in their configuration

8) It allows for one pre and one post event. You have to
write your own script to make multiple calls.

9) You can not append to the log file as it does not let
go of the file lock till after the post events are finished.
And the log files are in UTF16. Good luck appending to that.

10) Their tech support is quite responsive.

11) Their interface is easy to figure out and use.

12) purchase price it reasonable. Desktop edition is 29€


Do you think it's based on someone elses work ?

Or is it their own work from scratch ?

If Cobian can't back up places.sqlite but Macrium can,
which side of the fence do these guys fall on ?

Macrium might not be able to back up Windows.edb (the
Search Indexer database). Do these guys try ? I could see
how the Search Indexer might keep such a file open. After
a restore, flip over to the Search Indexer control panel
and see if the file count is in the low thousands (evidence
it has started over again).

Were you able to "mount" the backup image for inspection ?

Paul
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