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Anyone use Iperius Backup Free Edition?
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 |
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Anyone use Iperius Backup Free Edition?
On 7/4/19 10:54 PM, T wrote:
Hi All, Does anyone use Iperius Backup Free Edition? I am looking for Â*Â*Â* native format, Â*Â*Â* eMail reports (OAuth support would be nice), Â*Â*Â* ftp support to a local server Â*Â*Â* 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€ |
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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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On 7/10/19 2:37 AM, Paul wrote:
T wrote: On 7/4/19 10:54 PM, T wrote: Hi All, Does anyone use Iperius Backup Free Edition? I am looking for Â*Â*Â*Â* native format, Â*Â*Â*Â* eMail reports (OAuth support would be nice), Â*Â*Â*Â* ftp support to a local server Â*Â*Â*Â* pre and post events Many thanks, -T Follow up: Unfortunately, it does not meet my needs: see 3) and 5) .Â* It has a lot of thought and polish, it is just not complete.Â* 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.Â* Doesn't seem fair. 2) Run as a service requires purchase of the product.Â* Fair enough. 3) It does not support smtp server that require OAuth2. (Tech support said it did, but it doesn't.Â* I don't think they understood the question.) 4) VSS support requires purchase of the product.Â* Hmmmmm... 5) Backup archives are rotated, but in some weird sequence that makes no sense.Â* The creation dates are all over the place.Â*Â* 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.Â* 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.Â* 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.Â* Desktop edition is 29€ Do you think it's based on someone elses work ? Or is it their own work from scratch ? I am not sure what you ae asking. The above evaluation is completely my own, if that is what you mean. If Cobian can't back up places.sqlite but Macrium can, which side of the fence do these guys fall on ? I only have one customer this is an issue on with Cobian. Quick Books is a pain in the ass if it is open with Cobian, but I did not have a Quickbooks to test against Iperius. 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). Macrium's archives are Macrium propritary and can not be read with any reader. Were you able to "mount" the backup image for inspection ? I used Native file format. I was able to tools around it quite easily with Windows Explorer. This feature I adored. |
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T wrote:
On 7/10/19 2:37 AM, Paul wrote: 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 ? I am not sure what you ae asking. The above evaluation is completely my own, if that is what you mean. If Cobian can't back up places.sqlite but Macrium can, which side of the fence do these guys fall on ? I only have one customer this is an issue on with Cobian. Quick Books is a pain in the ass if it is open with Cobian, but I did not have a Quickbooks to test against Iperius. 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). Macrium's archives are Macrium propritary and can not be read with any reader. Macrium MRIMG format, can be converted to VHD (a virtual machine format). This means several virtualization environments can repurpose a backup image, it means Disk Management can mount the backup too, it means 7ZIP can open the VHD and extract files from it. You can try making an MRIMG in Macrium 7, then use Macrium 6 VHD converter for repurposing it. The Macrium mounter that mounts MRIMGs, also allows "turning off permissions", which is handy for looking in places like System Volume Information. If you want to know if a certain file is inside a Macrium backup, there are ways to find out. Paul |
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On 7/10/19 4:20 PM, Paul wrote:
T wrote: On 7/10/19 2:37 AM, Paul wrote: T wrote: On 7/4/19 10:54 PM, T wrote: Hi All, Does anyone use Iperius Backup Free Edition? I am looking for Â*Â*Â*Â* native format, Â*Â*Â*Â* eMail reports (OAuth support would be nice), Â*Â*Â*Â* ftp support to a local server Â*Â*Â*Â* pre and post events Many thanks, -T Follow up: Unfortunately, it does not meet my needs: see 3) and 5) .Â* It has a lot of thought and polish, it is just not complete.Â* 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.Â* Doesn't seem fair. 2) Run as a service requires purchase of the product.Â* Fair enough. 3) It does not support smtp server that require OAuth2. (Tech support said it did, but it doesn't.Â* I don't think they understood the question.) 4) VSS support requires purchase of the product.Â* Hmmmmm... 5) Backup archives are rotated, but in some weird sequence that makes no sense.Â* The creation dates are all over the place.Â*Â* 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.Â* 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.Â* 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.Â* Desktop edition is 29€ Do you think it's based on someone elses work ? Or is it their own work from scratch ? I am not sure what you ae asking.Â*Â* The above evaluation is completely my own, if that is what you mean. If Cobian can't back up places.sqlite but Macrium can, which side of the fence do these guys fall on ? I only have one customer this is an issue on with Cobian. Quick Books is a pain in the ass if it is open with Cobian, but I did not have a Quickbooks to test against Iperius. 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). Macrium's archives are Macrium propritary and can not be read with any reader. Macrium MRIMG format, can be converted to VHD (a virtual machine format). This means several virtualization environments can repurpose a backup image, it means Disk Management can mount the backup too, it means 7ZIP can open the VHD and extract files from it. You can try making an MRIMG in Macrium 7, then use Macrium 6 VHD converter for repurposing it. The Macrium mounter that mounts MRIMGs, also allows "turning off permissions", which is handy for looking in places like System Volume Information. If you want to know if a certain file is inside a Macrium backup, there are ways to find out. Â*Â* Paul That is a bunch of hoops! Macrium maybe on my own machines, but it is too proprietary to use on a customer's "set and forget" machine. I have already removed one trial of Macrium that I installed on a customer machine and replaced it with Cobian. On my specific machines, since Windows are all VM's, I just backup the disk image with dump. |
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On 7/9/19 11:45 PM, T wrote:
4)Â*VSSÂ*supportÂ*requiresÂ*purchaseÂ*ofÂ*theÂ*pro duct.Â*Â*Hmmmmm... Without VSS support, the Free Version is pretty much useless for all but minor operations. The desktop price is not unreasonable. But, print out the order form and ask the customer to purchase it and oh boy. They "say" they will and then grip when the trial expires or say nothing at all and don't have a functioning backup. "It was working, why should I buy it?" "I thought the pop up was spam or a virus." You have to sit on them to buy it. |
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