[BlueOnyx:26420] Re: 5209R/5210R/5211R: "Easy-Backup" has been released!

[Michael Stauber]

Hi all,

We're happy to announce that the PKGs for "Easy-Backup" (BlueOnyx 5209R, 
5210R and 5211R) have just been published on NewLinQ.

Product page in the BlueOnyx shop:

https://www.solarspeed.net/easy-backup.html

Detailed manual of Easy-Backup:

https://www.blueonyx.it/easy-backup


So what is Easy-Backup?
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In the shop it replaces the product "Automated Backup" and it allows you 
to cleanly export all relevant data from your BlueOnyx and store it on a 
remote server for recovery.

By default Easy-Backup does a full backup the first time around and then 
incremental backups on each subsequent run. So when you have several 
days of accumulated (yet space savingly stored) backups available, you 
can choose if you want to restore the latest backup, or from an older 
version.

Easy-Backup consists of a CLI component as well as a GUI and the GUI 
lets you manage the general configuration as well as restores. Even 
siteAdmins and regular users can be granted the right to restore their 
data from the backups themselves.


In a nutshell:
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Just counting the Easy-Backup CLI command: It is CMU on steroids and 
without +20 years of accumulated crud and cruft and a built using modern 
components, standards and procedures.

The GUI then brings it to levels we've never had available before.

The usage of "duplicity" to store remote backups incrementally? A dream 
come true: Incremental backups, restoreable via the GUI (and 
command-line, of course), even by siteAdmins and Users.


Compatibility of backups between BlueOnyx versions?
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Easy-Backup supports BlueOnyx 5209R, 5210R and 5211R. Any Easy-Backup 
export generated on one of these supported platforms can be imported on 
the same platform AND any other supported BlueOnyx platform.


Can this be used for migrations between BlueOnyx versions?
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*Yes!* You can easily backup from an older BlueOnyx (5209R or 5210R) and 
import that backup set on a BlueOnyx 5211R. Easy-Backup will make all 
the necessary adjustments, no matter in which direction (old BlueOnyx to 
a newer one or back!) you "migrate". Just point the target server to the 
remote storage server and then import the latest backup.


Which Bundles is Easy-Backup part of?
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- All Packages Bundle
- BlueOnyx Enterprise Edition
- BlueOnyx Professional Edition

And of course it is also available as a stand alone product:

https://www.solarspeed.net/easy-backup.html

If you have any questions, please let us know. Thank you!

-- 
With best regards

Michael Stauber