AISBackup: Version History 2.8 to Date.

Changes in version 2.8

AISBackup Version 2.8 Build 384 (27 August 2010)
Build 384 27 August 2010 3.27 MB (3,432,448 bytes)

Changes:

The Manage Backup / Reset Backup option has been changed for backups to multiple external drives so that only the selected drive is reset instead of all drives. To reset all drives select and reset each drive in turn.
Feature: Very large backups can span multiple disk drives provided the disk drives have the same volume name.

Change: For backups that span multiple drives the Manage Backup / Validate (Test) Backup option has been updated to test the backup data from all drives. Ensure that all drives containing the backup are connected before using the validate / test option.
The default setting to restore NTFS security settings when restoring or copying files to network drives has been changed to do not restore / copy. You may change this setting to restore the security settings but ensure that the remote system supports the settings and that the account used to map the drive has appropriate permission to restore or copy the NTFS security settings. Some network drives do not support NTFS security and other meta data stored on NTFS disks, e.g. alternate data streams on Linux disks. Making regular backups to network drives does preserve all the NTFS settings and meta data within the backup zip files.
It is not possible to create folders on some network drives using the original 8.3 short name, for example the remote drive may not support short names. AISBackup now only reports one warning message rather than a message for each folder.

Fixes:

Update AISBackup USB boot drive did not work correctly: AISBackup incorrectly prepared a CD image instead.

AISBackup Version 2.8 Build 383 (21 July 2010)
Build 383 21 July 2010 3.27 MB (3,432,448 bytes)

Changes:

The Tools / Disk to Disk Copy option has been updated to suggest running as an administrator when running on Windows Vista and Windows 7 in Restricted Account mode; AISBackup must be run as an administrator when copying the Windows system disk to a new drive or partition.
The Modify files and folders form has been updated to indicate shared folders, for those of you that miss this feature in Windows 7. Right Click / Properties has also been added to files and folders.
The Modify files and folders list now indicates compressed files and folders in blue and encrypted files and folders in green.
The auto run e-mail subject has been changed to indicate if the backup worked |OK| or failed |FAIL|.
The create AISBackup restore USB Flash drive has been updated to enable a pre-used Restore Flash Drive to be updated rather than formatted so as not to lose and pre-existing additional data copied to the flash drive.

AISBackup Version 2.8 Build 380 (14 June 2010)
Build 380 14 June 2010 3.26 MB (3,427,536 bytes)

Changes:

It is now possible to use the Tools / Disk to Disk Copy option to copy (clone) both the hidden 'boot' and visible 'Windows 7' partitions to a brand new unformatted drive. The destination drive may be larger than the source drive.

AISBackup Version 2.8 Build 379 (Not generally released)

Changes:

It is now possible to backup and restore hidden disk partitions (disk partitions without a drive letter).

Fixes:

A problem has been repaired where if during file selection a few files are selected prior to the job being converted to a files of type backup new files created under the selected folders may not have been backed up. All files of type under the selected folders will now be backed up.
The Tools / Edit Windows Boot Menu option has been updated to enable editing of menus on hidden volumes.

AISBackup Version 2.8 Build 378 (19 May 2010)
Build 378 19 May 2010 3.25 MB (3,418,832 bytes)

Changes:

When running on Windows Vista, Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 AISBackup may be used to make an AISBackup Restore USB Flash drive as well as the AISBackup Restore CD.

Fixes:

The Dynamic HTML e-mail attachment has been updated to enable it to work with Mozilla FireFox.

AISBackup Version 2.8 Build 376 (14 May 2010)
Build 376 14 May 2010 3.25 MB (3,411,896 bytes)

Changes:

The multiple destination disk to disk copy option has been updated to allow offline disks and offline network drives to be added to the list of destinations.
An option to make an AISBackup bootable restore USB flash drive has been added.

AISBackup Version 2.8 Build 375 (13 May 2010)
Build 375 13 May 2010 3.25 MB (3,417,480 bytes)

Fixes:

The update to enable the backup of open exclusive files on Windows 7 and Windows Vista only worked on PC's using the English language; this has been fixed.

AISBackup Version 2.8 Build 374 (11 May 2010)
Build 374 11 May 2010 3.25 MB (3,411,712 bytes)

Changes:

64-bit Windows Vista and Windows 7 require that Windows System Protection is active on all drives from which open exclusive files are to be backed up. This version adds the menu option Tools / Extra Tools / Launch Microsoft System Protection.
Copy and synchronise backup jobs may now have multiple destinations assigned. If more than one destination is available when the copy is initiated a select destination form is displayed. When running unattended the media holding the oldest copy is used as the backup destination.

Fixes:

This version of AISBackup fixes the problem backing up the boot files that are installed in a hidden 100MB partition in some installations of Windows 7.
Fixed a problem where the backup job files were removed from the backup destination if the backup destination filename was not stored correctly (the incorrect storage of the filename has also been fixed).

AISBackup Version 2.8 Build 372 (12 April 2010)
Build 372 12 April 2010 3.24 MB (3,403,120 bytes)

Changes:

This version of AISBackup introduces the ability to backup opened exclusive files on 64-bit versions of Windows Vista and Windows 7, however the product AISFAM does offer better performance and may work on system's where Microsoft's Volume Copy Shadow Service cannot be used. The backup of opened exclusive files requires that Windows system protection is available on all drives that contain opened exclusive files that you wish to backup. On Windows 7 use the Start / Right click Computer / Properties / System Protection option to check the status of Windows System Protection.

Known Problem (A solution for this problem will be introduced from build 373): On many PC's that contain Windows 7 the boot volume is installed on a separate hidden partition. This volume is too small (around 100MB) to have System Protection enabled, therefore there are two files that cannot be backed up. This is not a problem in disaster recovery situations where the boot partition itself requires restoring as it can be repaired automatically using the Windows set-up DVD. Note that as the 100MB boot partition is a hidden partition and it is likely that this partition would never need restoring except in the situation where the physical hard disk itself is been replaced. For users who have made the AISBackup Restore CD it is possible to backup the Boot Partition whilst booted from the Restore CD. There is a plan to make a video tutorial about this issues. The boot volume is backed up okay if you have installed AISFAM.

AISBackup Version 2.8 Build 370 (29 March 2010)
Build 368 29 March 2010 3.24 MB (3,402,456 bytes)

Changes:

This is the first build made available as an update as well as a regular download via the web site for users of AISBackup version 2.5 (build 305) and above.

New Restore options: Following feedback from users of AISBackup the following Right Click restore options have been added:
- Restore folder to: Restores folder to the specified destination. Functionally the same as drag and drop folder onto Windows Explorer except the select destination folder is requested via the select folder form.
- Restore contents of folder to: Restores the contents of the folder to the specified destination.
- Select Registry: If the selected folder is on a drive that contains a copy of the Windows operating system this option will select all copies of the user and system registry on the selected drive.
- Select Windows and Registry: If the selected folder is on a drive that contains a copy of the Windows operating system this option will select the folder containing the Windows operating system and the user registry files. This option may be used to restore Windows back to a previous date but leave all other files and folders as they are.
- Select Windows, Registry and Programs: As above, but also includes the folder containing installed programs.

Fixes:

Test backup: The test may have terminated prematurely with an exception error if a file failed the test phase.
Restore split file from FTP server: The split file restore may have failed if the aii file was missing from the FTP server, the file is now restored.
Backup Maintenance: The move backup data to new drive failed to complete correctly.
Auto run copy job: Delete destination option error when removing a folder repaired, however, the copy did complete okay.
Drag and drop restore: Files with Unicode filenames were incorrectly restored using the original path as part of the selected destination.

AISBackup Version 2.8 Build 369 (25 March 2010)
Build 369 was released to users of the AISBackup network administration option; the updates in this version are shown in build 370.

AISBackup Version 2.8 Build 368 (9 March 2010)
Build 368 9 March 2010 3.24 MB (3,401,800 bytes)

Fixes:

Server 2008 only (all versions): Microsoft includes the Active Directory in the list of files not to backup, this has been removed from the exclusions to enable the active directory to be backed up. This problem did not affect Server 2000 or Server 2003 (All versions).
When restoring more than one drive at the same time if one of the drives included Windows Vista or Windows 7 the restore would fail. The restore worked if the drives were restored individually.
Direct to CD / DVD Backup: discs can now me formatted on 64-bit system's from the load media form.

Changes:

Microsoft Do Not Backup List: It has been made possible to attempt to backup the files in Microsoft's list of files not to backup. See the Manage Backup / Modify Files and Folders List / Exclusions Tab / Remove Microsoft Exclusions and the Backup Microsoft Exclusions check box.
If a backup is password protected the password must be given when opening the job with Tools / Open Job From Backup Media.

AISBackup Version 2.8 Build 367 (23 February 2010)
3.24 MB (3,400,080 bytes).

Fixes:

The New Job option to external drive did not work correctly.
For AISBackup Network Management users where the management path is password protected it was possible for AISBackup to ask for a password at the same time that the splash start-up screen was displayed resulting in AISBackup becoming non-operational and requiring a shut-down via Task Manager.
The open file dialogue may not have shown after making a new backup job on 64-bit system's.
The Load Disc /Format button has been fixed on 64 bit Windows, this button is used to format UDF CD's and DVD's.

Changes:

New job has been updated to reduce the risk of backing up to the root of a network drive in error, and using a malformed backup filename (actually a blank filename causing the backup files to be called _###.zip). It is however still possible (by design) to backup to the root of a network drive.

AISBackup Build 366 Version 2.8 (16 February 2010)
3.24 MB (3,398,536 bytes).

Fixes:

During restore new folders created in previously backed up empty folders would not be made candidates for deletion.
Jobs list sort by date of last backup did not work if invalid dates were found in the list.
fixed: During Restore it was possible for AISBackup to report a problem writing to a Canvas.

Changes:

Files from specific fuzzy matched folders may be excluded, for example to exclude Google Earth Cache files, which by default are in the following files:

Windows XP
C:\Documents and Settings\Username\Local Settings\Application Data\Google\GoogleEarth\dbCache.dat
C:\Documents and Settings\Username\Local Settings\Application Data\Google\GoogleEarth\dbCache.dat.index

Windows Vista & Windows 7
C:\Users\Username\AppData\LocalLow\Google\GoogleEarth\dbCache.dat
C:\Users\Username\AppData\LocalLow\Google\GoogleEarth\dbCache.dat.index

There may be other files called dbCache.dat that we do not want to exclude from the backup, so to specify the exclusion only for Google Earth enter:

*\Google\GoogleEarth\dbCache*.*

This is interpreted as any filename starting with dbCache that is in any folder whose name ends with \Google\GoogleEarth\.
After several requests the number of external drives that a backup job can use has been increased from 3 to several, there is no defined upper limit except for networked drives where the limit is 9. Now you can have a backup disk for each day of the week if you wish (or even more).
Folder security settings and other meta data is now retained and restored if the folder does not pre-exist on the PC and an early backup session is selected for restore. Previously the security information from the last backup was restored.
The e-mail set-up can retrieve SMTP settings from more e-mail system's.
The Manage Backup / Validate (Test) Backup option for FTP jobs where the backup is also retained on the local PC may be set to test the FTP copy of the backup.
The AISbackup set-up program may be optionally added to the AISBackup ret sore CD to make a dual functioning Set-up / Recovery CD.
It is now possible to delete the destination files prior to running the copy phase of a copy job. Only candidates for deletion are actually deleted and not the whole destination folder.
The pre and post job parameter list has been expanded and it is now possible to generate a prototype post run batch job.

AISBackup Build 361 Version 2.8 (11 November 2009)
Builds 349 to 359 were internal test versions.
3.19 MB (3,347,592 bytes).

Fixes:

The Unicode index held in the backup zip files could overflow; this would lead to restore test errors.
Various updates to meta data style backup.
AISBackup may not have started on some PC's owing to a problem with interfacing with some disk interfaces.

Changes: