Handy backup

The Handy Backup program is positioned as a solution for automatic backup (backup) and data synchronization for individual users, both on home PCs and professional workstations, as well as for servicing servers and networks of small businesses, individual offices, departments and divisions of large companies , network service providers, etc.

State Certification

Since June 1, 2016, Handy Backup software has been included in the Unified Register of Russian computer software and databases under number 1027.

The Handy Backup program is based on the client-server architecture, which allows organizing both local and network interaction between the user interface, the operating system, and the working algorithms of the program. At the heart of working with data is an extensive system of plug - ins that provide access to various types of data and information stores. The list of plugins supported by the program is constantly updated.

Enhanced Program Capabilities

Depending on the solution purchased by the user, all or part of the plugins supported by the current version of handy Backup are available to him directly out of the box. If necessary, the user can purchase additional plugins to expand the capabilities of his Handy Backup solution.

Network Architecture

Handy Backup network solutions consist of the Control Panel - a standalone software equipped with a graphical interface that is installed on the computer of the network administrator and Network Agents - small programs that provide communication between the remote machine on the network and the Control Panel.

• Network Agent operates under remote control from the Panel, providing backup and recovery of data on computers connected to the network
• If it is necessary to expand the operating network, the user can additionally purchase the required number of Network Agents

• full, differential, incremental, mixed (full + differential or full + incremental) backup, storing several versions of one copy of data
• creating disk images, including in the VHD virtual disk format, which allows loading the OS and reading data from the image
• Enterprise solution Handy Backup Server Network helps to perform centralized backup of server and workstation data
• schedule setting for automatic data copying, launching data copying tasks when a specified system event occurs
• 128-bit encryption - protect data from unauthorized access with a password
• ZIP- compression of the copied data - 9 compression levels
• saving backups to HDD , USB , FireWire to computers on the local network and to remote via FTP , FTPS, SFTP
• work with cloud storage Google Drive, Yandex.Disk, Dropbox, Mail.ru Hotbox and Icebox, Microsoft OneDrive , Amazon S3 and other services running the S3 protocol, Box, 4shared, etc.
• proprietary cloud backup storage service - HBdrive
• data search using the mask of the name and / or attributes of the file (folder) to include or exclude data of a certain type in the backup

• any files and folders on the local machine or connected over the network as shared resources
• Hard disk image - copying the operating system, service information, system registry, drivers, programs, settings and all user data
• mail from Web services that support IMAP (advanced settings, starting with version 7.11, allow you to connect to any mail server)
• Google Mail (Gmail) Account Data
• letters, contacts, settings of the mail client MS Outlook
• Microsoft Exchange Server Mail, Calendars, and Tasks
• 1C: Enterprise database file and SQL versions
• databases supporting the ODBC interface, such as MS Access , FoxPro, Interbase and others
• direct programmatic access to DBMS MySQL , MS SQL , MariaDB , DB2 , PostgreSQL , Oracle, Lotus Notes
• virtual machines, servers, Hyper-V and VMware arrays, VirtualBox virtual machine images
• contents of FTP, SFTP, FTPS servers, cloud services (either directly or via the WebDAV interface), websites, data of various CMS
• Windows registry
• settings and data of various applications: Firefox , Winamp , Windows Media Player , Total Commander , Adobe Photoshop CS5 and others.

• automatic data recovery from backup
• selective recovery of individual files, folders, databases or individual tables in databases
• restore with the ability to save the data path, or restore to a user-selected location
• data recovery without Handy Backup (the backup is stored in a native format that allows you to copy any file or folder using Windows anywhere)

• one-sided and two-sided synchronization - copying from one folder to another or two-sided copying to achieve identical contents of both folders
• setting masks for selecting files of various types or for filtering out temporary, system and other files

• task launch scheduler, which allows you to select the exact time, the launch interval from minutes to months, as well as run tasks when an event occurs in the system
• launching a task when a USB device connected to the task is connected to the PC (the slot to which the device is connected and the drive letter assigned to it are not important).
• starting operations in the Windows service mode, invisible to the user, without having to log in
• notifications by mail about the results of each task and about errors
• a window for detailed task reports, with the ability to send reports by mail once at a specific time
• task manager - the ability to run any other program in batch mode before or after performing a specific Handy Backup task
• work in command line mode for using the program as part of command packages or automation tools for the data operations chain

• Processor with a clock frequency of 300 MHz.
• 128 MB RAM
• 256 MB free disk space
• Compatible with operating systems Microsoft Windows 10 , Microsoft Windows 8 , Windows 7 , Windows Vista, as well as Windows Server 2008 (R2), Server 2012 (R2) and 2016 (it has the logos “Certified for Windows Vista”, “Compatible with Windows 7” and etc.).
• Compatible with Linux OS (tested for full compatibility with Ubuntu Linux 14.04 LTS, 16.04 LTS).
• Network solutions Handy Backup have the ability to use Network Agents for remote computers running Linux , supplied in the form of RPM and DEB packages

In the Russian version of PCMag ^[1] , a description of the Handy Backup architecture based on the use of plugins was published.

• Backup
• Handy Backup Server Network

• Official site Handy Backup
• Jon L. Jacobi. Review: Handy Backup is plain, powerful, and easy to use (unspecified) . pcworld.com (February 19, 2013). Date of treatment July 2, 2014.
• Yuri Merkulov. Overview of programs for data backup. Part 3. (neopr.) . IXBT.com (February 7, 2007). Date of treatment July 2, 2014.
• CPS has become a distributor of backup tools (neopr.) . PC World (December 1, 2010). Date of treatment July 2, 2014.