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This site is deprecated. The most current version of BackupPC may be found at the project's Github page.

BackupPC 3.1.0 released

Craig Barratt — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 06:31:57 -0000

Version 3.1.0 of BackupPC is available at http://backuppc.sourceforge.net. BackupPC is a perl-based high-performance, enterprise-grade backup system for backing up Linux, WinXX and MacOSX PCs and laptops to a server's disk using SMB, tar or rsync. Features include clever pooling of identical files, no client-side software, and a powerful Apache/CGI user interface.

Release 3.1.0 is a new release with many new features including:
* Added new script BackupPC_archiveStart that allows command-line
starting of archives.

* Added sorting by column feature to host summary table in CGI
interface.

* Added some performance improvements, including optional support for
IO::Dirent.

* Added Simplified Chinese and Polish CGI translations.

* Added check to BackupPC at startup that $TopDir can support
hardlinks.

* When there is an existing partial, a new partials is only saved
if it has more files than the existing partial.

* Replaced the FAQ link with Wiki in the navigation bar and added
mention of the Wiki to the documentation.

See the ChangeLog for full details.

BackupPC 3.0.0 released

Craig Barratt — Mon, 29 Jan 2007 06:15:38 -0000

Version 3.0.0 of BackupPC is available at http://backuppc.sourceforge.net. BackupPC is a perl-based high-performance, enterprise-grade backup system for backing up Linux, WinXX and MacOSX PCs and laptops to a server's disk using SMB, tar or rsync. Features include clever pooling of identical files, no client-side software, and a powerful Apache/CGI user interface.

Release 3.0.0 is a major new release with many new features including:

* New configuration and host CGI editor.

* Rsync hardlink support (needs latest File::RsyncP).

* Decoupled BackupPC_dump from BackupPC_nightly.

* Support for multi-level incrementals.

* Added RSS support from Rich Duzenbury.

* Server file names are now in utf8 and optional conversion to/from client name charsets can be configured. All CGI pages now use the utf8 charset.

* Per-client backups file (that summarizes each backup) can be recovered if corrupted. This is done by storing each backup's metadata to pc/HOST/nnn/backupInfo.

* BackupPC_sendEmail has new options for sending test emails and checking if BackupPC is alive (allowing a cron entry to check if BackupPC is alive).

* New scripts BackupPC_fixupBackupSummary (for recovering corrupted backups files) and BackupPC_tarPCCopy (for copying the hardlinks in the PC data directory).

See the change log for full details.

BackupPC 2.1.3 released

Craig Barratt — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 08:18:46 -0000

Version 2.1.3 of BackupPC is available at http://backuppc.sourceforge.net. BackupPC is a perl-based high-performance, enterprise-grade backup system for backing up Linux, WinXX and MacOSX PCs and laptops to a server's disk using SMB, tar or rsync. Features include clever pooling of identical files, no client-side software, and a powerful Apache/CGI user interface.

Release 2.1.3 is primarily a bug fix release. See the change log for more information.

BackupPC 2.1.2 released

Craig Barratt — Sat, 10 Sep 2005 04:06:02 -0000

Version 2.1.2 of BackupPC is available at http://backuppc.sourceforge.net. BackupPC is a perl-based high-performance, enterprise-grade backup system for backing up Linux, WinXX PCs, and laptops to a server's disk using SMB, tar or rsync. Features include clever pooling of identical files, no client-side software, and a powerful Apache/CGI user interface.

Release 2.1.2 is primarily a bug fix release. See the change log for more information.

BackupPC 2.1.0 released

Craig Barratt — Tue, 22 Jun 2004 01:50:39 -0000

Version 2.1.0 of BackupPC is available at http://backuppc.sourceforge.net. BackupPC is a perl-based high-performance, enterprise-grade system for backing up Linux, WinXX PCs, and laptops to a server's disk using SMB, tar or rsync. Features include clever pooling of identical files, no client-side software, and a powerful Apache/CGI user interface.

Major new features since 2.0.2:

* Addition of Archive feature from Josh Marshall. Special clients
can be configured to be archive targets (eg: tape drives, CD-R).

* Major changes from Ryan Kucera to add style sheets to the CGI
interface, allowing easy customization. Added new icons and
BackupPC logo. Numerous navigation improvements.

* A failed full backup is now saved as a partial (incomplete) backup,
provided it includes some files. This can be used for browsing,
restoring etc, and will also form the basis of resuming full
backups.

* Added support for resuming a full backup for rsync. The partial
full is kept, and to resume an incremental is done against the
partial, and a full is done for the rest.

* Added support for Rsync checksum caching. This means that block
and file checksums do not need to be recomputed on the server
when using rsync.

* Added directory history display to BackupPC_Admin, allowing the
user to quickly see which files changed between backups.

* Added exponential expiry option for full backups.

* Various optimizations to BackupPC_nightly to improve performance,
including the ability to run multiple processes in parallel and
splitting the work across multiple nightly runs.

* Blackout periods can now span midnight, and multiple periods are
supported.

* Added Italian translation from Lorenzo Cappelletti, and
Dutch translation from Lieven Bridts.

See the change log for full details.

BackupPC 2.0.2 released

Craig Barratt — Wed, 08 Oct 2003 05:37:31 -0000

Version 2.0.2 of BackupPC is available at http://backuppc.sourceforge.net.
BackupPC is a perl-based high-performance, enterprise-grade system for
backing up Linux, WinXX PCs, and laptops to a server's disk using SMB,
tar or rsync. Features include clever pooling of identical files,
no client-side software, and a powerful Apache/CGI user interface.

BackupPC 2.0.2 fixes a last-minute bug in 2.0.1. The cumulative
changes since 2.0.0 are:

* Support for >= 4GB files with SMB and tar.

* Support for samba/smbclient 3.0.0.

* Correct error handling for locked files under SMB.

* Correct handling of $Conf{HardLinkMax}.

* Handling of additional smbclient error messages.

* A full backup that has no files dumped is now considered failed.

See the ChangeLog for a complete list of changes.

Craig Barratt

BackupPC 2.0.1 released

Craig Barratt — Mon, 06 Oct 2003 04:59:20 -0000

Version 2.0.1 of BackupPC is available at http://backuppc.sourceforge.net. BackupPC is a perl-based high-performance, enterprise-grade system for backing up Linux, WinXX PCs, and laptops to a server's disk using SMB, tar or rsync. Features include clever pooling of identical files, no client-side software, and a powerful Apache/CGI user interface.

BackupPC 2.0.1 is a bug-fix release for 2.0.0:

* Support for >= 4GB files with SMB and tar.

* Support for samba/smbclient 3.0.0.

* Correct error handling for locked files under SMB.

* Correct handling of $Conf{HardLinkMax}.

* Handling of additional smbclient error messages.

* A full backup that has no files dumped is now considered failed.

See the ChangeLog for a complete list of changes.

Craig Barratt

BackupPC 2.0.0 released

Craig Barratt — Sun, 22 Jun 2003 22:55:51 -0000

Version 2.0.0 of BackupPC is available at http://backuppc.sourceforge.net.
BackupPC is a perl-based high-performance, enterprise-grade system for
backing up Linux, WinXX PCs, and laptops to a server's disk. Features
include clever pooling of identical files, no client-side software, and
a powerful Apache/CGI user interface.

BackupPC 2.0.0 has some significant new features:

* Support for rsync and rsyncd backup and restore. Provides all the
benefits of rsync (send just deltas) with the server-side pooling
and compression of BackupPC.

* CGI interface now has internationalization (i18n) support.
Langauges available include English, French, Spanish and
German.

* Added optional user-defined pre/post dump/restore commands, allowing
things like database shutdown/startup for dumps.

* Improved the way hosts are found (including multicast or wins lookup),
which in most cases avoids the need for setting dhcp=1 and searching
the dhcp address pool.

See the ChangeLog for a complete list of changes.

Craig Barratt

BackupPC 1.5.0 released

Craig Barratt — Mon, 12 Aug 2002 05:39:29 -0000

Version 1.5.0 of BackupPC is available at http://backuppc.sourceforge.net.
BackupPC is a perl-based high-performance, enterprise-grade system for
backing up Linux, WinXX PCs, and laptops to a server's disk. Features
include clever pooling of identical files, no client-side software, and
a powerful Apache/CGI user interface.

BackupPC 1.5.0 has some significant improvements:

* A full set of restore options is now supported, including direct
restore via smbclient or tar or downloading a zip or tar file.

* Major additions to CGI script to support better directory navigation,
restore features and mod_perl.

* New script BackupPC_zipCreate (contributed by Guillaume Filion) is the
zip analog of BackupPC_tarCreate. BackupPC_zipCreate can be used to
create a zip archive of any portion of a backup.

See the ChangeLog for a complete list of changes.

Craig Barratt

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