- BackupAssist
Infobox Software
name = BackupAssist
developer = Cortex IT Labs
released = 2002
latest release version = v4.0.16
latest release date = May 2008
operating system = Windows 2000, 2003, XP, SBS
genre = Backup software
website = http://www.backupassist.comBackupAssist is a
backup software product created for use with theMicrosoft Windows environments. Developed by Cortex I.T Labs, it is aimed primarily at the small to medium business market and provides protection forWindows Server ,Active Directory ,Microsoft Exchange andMicrosoft SQL Server cite web | title= Solutions - BackupAssist | url=http://www.tucows.com/article/1306 | publisher=Tucows | accessdate=07 July | accessyear=2008 ] .The main distinguishing feature of BackupAssist is that it integrates with existing backup tools that are present in the Windows operating system (such as
Ntbackup , exmerge and wbadmin).
= Major Releases cite web | title= BackupAssist version history page | url=http://www.backupassist.com/BackupAssist/history.html | publisher=BackupAssist | accessdate=15 May | accessyear=2005 ] =*Version 4 – May 8th 2007 – application rewritten in .NET Framework, 64 bit OS support
*Version 3.5 – November 8th 2006 – Exchange mailbox backups
*Version 3 – July 16th 2004 – SQL Server backups
*Version 2 – October 24th 2003
*Version 1 – August 28th 2002History
BackupAssist started as a small project designed to help a system administrator use NTBackup on Windows NT and 2000. Due to the many shortcomings with certain features of NTBackup (scheduling, media rotation and monitoring), the purpose of BackupAssist was to provide users software that could backup their servers as per their requirements cite web | title= BackupAssist Blog| url=http://www.backupassist.com/blog | publisher=BackupAssist | accessdate=15 May | accessyear=2005 ] .
When BackupAssist was initially released in 2002, a basic website was created to help support the software. Over the next few years, extra features were implemented such users could choose from a variety of backup destinations such as tape drives, NAS, REV drives, external hard drives and CD/DVDs cite web | title= Hardware Compatibility List| url=http://www.backupassist.com/education/compatibilityDataSheet2.html | publisher=BackupAssist | accessdate=15 May | accessyear=2005 ] . Add-ons for Microsoft SQL Server and Microsoft Exchange Server mailboxes were introduced in 2006.
By 2007, a totally rewritten version of the software was released with a new architecture based around “Backup Engine Independence”.
In February 2008, a solution for Windows Server 2008 was released, featuring drive imaging capabilities.
Architecture
The concept of “Backup Engine Independence” is a key differentiating factor between BackupAssist and other similar products. By designing BackupAssist to be able to interface with any backend engine, it is possible to add extra capabilities to BackupAssist easily cite web | title= BackupAssist Blog| url=http://www.backupassist.com/blog | publisher=BackupAssist | accessdate=15 May | accessyear=2005 ] . This is done by interfacing with existing, well known, popular engines – such as the Microsoft Block Level Backup engine (drive imaging) on
Windows Server 2008 , NTBackup, Exmerge and Stsadm.See also
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List of backup software References
External links
* [http://www.backupassist.com BackupAssist]
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