Product Features

• Easy setup and administration - save time and effort
• Fast, flexible and powerful scheduling
• Backup to multiple devices
• Email reminders and notifications
• Exchange Server Backup - Information Store and Mailbox-level
• SQL Server Backup
• Increased reliability over NTBackup
• Verification, encryption and compression
• Cost-effective solution - save money

Easy setup and administration - save time and effort

• Configuration Wizard - gets you running quickly
  Install and configure BackupAssist easily, and be up and running with a backup strategy in around 10 minutes.
• Intuitive Administration Console
  Fast and easy to use, providing quick access to all configuration settings. Online help readily available.
• Easily choose your directories and files to backup
  Choose the files you wish to backup from within the BackupAssist user interface. On Windows NT, you can select directories to include (this replaces the old command-line syntax of NTBackup) with ease, and on Windows 2000/XP/2003, you can choose files and directories to include and exclude, on both local and network drives, just like in the more expensive backup software.
• Prepare media easily
  BackupAssist allows you to prepare backup media on Windows 2000/XP/2003 in one click, replacing the tedious 10 step process outlined in knowledge base article 295159. On Windows NT, clear instructions and screenshots are given on how to format and erase your media. It doesn't get much simpler than this!
• Run scripts before and after backups (for advanced users)
  BackupAssist will allow you to run custom scripts before and after backups. This enables you to take advantage of the BackupAssist scheduler to perform backup related tasks - such as exporting data from accounting packages to disk (in preparation for the backup).
• Fine-tune backup settings
  BackupAssist allows you to fine-tune your backup settings, such as backing up the system state, verifying the backup, using hardware compression, and ejecting the tape after backup.
• Automatic network drive mapping for backing up remote machines
  Before each backup, BackupAssist will map your network drives so that you can backup data from remote machines. This feature is automatically activated when you configure BackupAssist, and you can fine-tune your mapped drive settings from the Administration Console easily.
• Quick view of job status and history
  BackupAssist allows you to quickly view the status of previous backup jobs, telling you quickly which backups succeeded and which backups failed.

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Fast, flexible and powerful scheduling

• Automatic scheduling of backups
  No need to spend time writing complex scripts and batch files, set up scheduled tasks or "at" jobs, etc. BackupAssist provides a GUI that allows you to change the necessary options.
• Choose from predefined media rotation schemes
  BackupAssist gives you a choice of proven, industry best practise media rotation schemes that will suit any organization. Implement a tape rotation strategy at the click of a button.
• Customized backup strategies - power for advanced users!
  For power users: you can tweak settings to exactly match the needs of your organization. Schedule full, differential or incremental backups, and choose to overwrite or append tapes. Even devise your own tape rotation strategy if you wish! BackupAssist gives you this power from within the user friendly interface.
• Calendar view of media rotation
  See at once the backup schedule for any month using the calendar view.

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Backup to multiple devices

• Compatible with most backup devices
  By using standard Windows drivers, BackupAssist is compatible with most backup devices. You can perform backups to tape, hard drive, REV™ drive, CD/DVD, NAS and file.
• Create multiple backup jobs
  If you have more than one backup device, you can perform multiple backup jobs to each of them. The user-friendly interface makes it easy for you to add and remove backup jobs at the click of a button.

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Email reminders and notifications

• Receive daily email reminders
  Simple instructions can be emailed to you every day, telling you which tape or disk to use according to your selected media rotation scheme. There's no need to remember complicated schedules, plus the probability of human error is significantly reduced.
• Receive status of backup jobs by email
  By emailing the status of each backup job to your mailbox, BackupAssist lets you know, quickly and simply, whether the backup succeeded or failed. Check the previous night's backups from your desk; you'll never be caught out by backup failures.

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Exchange Server Backup

• Online Exchange Server backups
  Perform backups of Exchange Servers on your network from the BackupAssist administration console. Backups can be performed with the servers are running, allowing Exchange Servers to be operational 24/7.
• Exchange Server backups (no additional cost)
  Unlike many backup software packages, the Exchange Server backup functionality comes standard with BackupAssist for no additional cost. Backup and restore the Exchange Server Information Store. More Info...
• Individual mailbox backup (optional Exchange Mailbox Add-on)
  Restore individual mailboxes and mail messages with our brick-level backup solution. More Info...

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SQL Server Backup

• Online SQL Server backups
  With the SQL Server Add-on, BackupAssist will will log into your SQL Server and perform backups of the SQL Server database. There's no need to stop the SQL Server in order to perform the backup, so the SQL Server can be operational 24/7.

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Increased reliability over NTBackup

• Email notification of Backup results
  Whenever a backup is performed, a detailed log is mailed to you so you know the exact status of the backup. If for some reason a backup fails (eg. faulty tape), you will be notified so that you can take corrective action.
• Reminder emails sent to your secretary or office administrator
  Reminder emails are sent whenever a tape is to be changed in your tape drive. The email clearly states which tape is required in the drive, thereby minimizing the risk of human error (the wrong tape being put in on the wrong day).
• Check backup results remotely
  For small businesses: If a backup fails, you can also send an email to your offsite computer technician, so that they can remotely monitor backup results.
• Open file backups
  Windows Backup will skip over open files. BackupAssist will detect these skipped files, and manually back them up as an additional step. Read more about our open file backup here.
• No need to mess around with Removable Storage Management
  BackupAssist removes the pain associated with RSM by interfacing with it directly. There's no need for batch files, or creating services (as described in knowledge base article 239892)
• Overcomes numerous bugs in Windows Backup
  BackupAssist overcomes several problems associated with Windows Backup in regards to scheduling and Removable Storage Management.

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Verification, encryption and compression

• Verification of backup data
  Verify that the backup was written correctly to the backup media for greater reliability.
• Encryption of backup data
  Encrypt backups with a password key, providing a higher level of security for your backup data.
• Compress backup jobs
  BackupAssist features several compression algorithms, such as zip and 7z, allowing more data to be written to the backup media.

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Cost-effective solution - save money

• No frills, bells or whistles - just a smart choice
  We've designed BackupAssist to meet the needs of most small to medium businesses and organizations. Compared with more expensive products, you're not paying for features that you don't need, making BackupAssist the smart choice.
• Interfaces with Windows Backup
  BackupAssist interfaces with Windows Backup to deliver a reliable backup system. Because it uses existing Microsoft technologies that come standard with Windows Operating Systems, the BackupAssist solution is substantially cheaper than many standalone backup programs.

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