What's new in Cobian Backup?

 

New on version 10 Boletus



The 10th version of Cobian Backup is now under development. An Alpha version will be released to some selected users in january 2010. A public Beta version will be released some time after. (See also the whole release history)

The main news in this version are:
  • Support for Volume Shadow Copy even in 64bit systems
    • Absolute paths can now be created even with uncompressed backups
  • The user interface doesn't ask for privilege elevation anymore on Vista or 7
  • Simple masks can now be applied to FTP sources
  • The timer schedule can now be limited in time
  • The main application waits now for any mail to be send before closing
  • The log file can now be send per task
  • The log file level is now more granular
  • The log file can now be splitted, one file per day
  • The service and application control executes now depending on the UAC settings
  • Fixed a bug when executing batch files with parameters
  • The inclusion/exclusion masks way of work has been re-designed
  • The backup now can be aborted if some event fails
  • A post backup event can now be aborted if a pre-backup event failed
  • Mirror tasks can now be created for uncompressed backups
  • The type of the backup can now be included in the directory name
  • The tray icon signalizes now if there are errors in the last backup
  • Better mask support
  • The speed of the backup has been increased about 200%
    and much more....

New on version 9 Amanita

  • Support for Volume Shadow Copies.
  • You will be able to backup locked files
  • Support for 7zip compression
  • Now you can pause the backup in any place
  • The update function can now use SOCKS proxy
  • SMTP can now use SOCKS
  • SMTP can now use SSL
  • Autostart the interface can now be set for all users or the current user
  • Autostart options are now playing fair with administrator’s rights
  • Start a backup when autostart
  • The remote directories are now created from the top to the root, thus minimizing the risk for Permission problems
  • Downloading files shows now the percent
  • FTP operations can now use UTF transfers if the server supports it
  • FTP operations use now UNICODE for local operations Zip files can now store file names in UNICODE
  • Checking an archive could sometimes delete the archived files. Fixed.
  • Prettier about boxes
  • Icon in task properties for Manual AND ftp where swapped
  • IPC via MMF is now gone
  • The update server can now use MSSQL for logs or can use no logs at all
  • SQX is now gone.
  • Checking archives wrongly displayed Compressing using the verbose log
  • CobDeleter is now an integral part of the UI
  • Fixed the old “Error while connecting to :21:" error
  • A brand new, improved help file and tutorial
  • And MUCH more

New on version 8

  • The program uses now Unicode functions whenever it can.
  • Using compression and FTP will use ANSI functions, of course because of limitations on those formats or the FTP protocol.
  • If you don't use compression or FTP, the program will always handle your file names as Unicode.
  • The program uses now memory mapped files for inter-process communication.
  • All the TCP communication used in older versions has been eliminated.
  • A new method of encryption has been added: RSA-Rijndael, which uses a 256-bit Rijndael encryption with a random key that is itself encrypted used a 1024-bit RSA asymmetric key.
  • Sensitive settings as passwords are now stored in the ini file using strong encryption
  • The program is now a "green" application. All the files are stored in ini files. The only part that used the registry is the service, which, for obvious reasons must be installed using the registry. A green application, of course is not necessarily a good thing, but some people (often for "religious" reasons) seem to think that this is a good thing. Oh, well...
  • A feature allows you now you execute individual tasks under different user accounts. The task will then try to impersonate the user and execute the task under that account.
  • The 256 characters path limit is now GONE thanks to Unicode. The file and paths names can now be up to 32000 characters long.
  • Now you can close programs using also their class names.
  • Better SQX error handling.
  • Full service control from the Option dialog.
  • The mirroring effect that you got while compressing AND overwriting has been thankfully eliminated.
  • LOTS of bugs fixed
  • A better user interface.
  • FTP transfers of larger files (> 2 GB are now supported)

New on version 7

  • Designed and written from scratch
  • Zip64 for zip files larger than 2 GB
  • SQX compression
  • Backup FROM and TO a FTP server
  • Limit the speed of your FTP transfers
  • SSL servers supported
  • The program can now remind you if you have missed backups
  •  Strong encryption: Supported methods are Blowfish (128 bit), Rijndael (128 bit) and DES (64 bit)
  • An open plug-in architecture to allow the program's enhancement
  •  The interprocess communication is done using TCP/IP. This allows a better communication between the program parts AND the program can be administrated from another machine anywhere in the world.
  • Backup to multiple destinations
  • A backup history is displayed
  • Compressed files can now be split
  • A new user interface
  • Remote backup
  • Automatically remove old backups
  • The application can be used as a command line utility. No separate command line program is needed

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