Bvckup 2 81.13 Released (March 15, 2021) Website / Download: https://bvckup2.com/update Release Notes
Bvckup 2 81.15 Released (June 23, 2021) Website / Download: https://bvckup2.com/update Release Notes Spoiler: Changes 81.15 Release 81.15 ⦁ Fixed an issue with program mode switching via command line. This has to do with the case when the program is switched to run as a system service [1], but the service cannot start due to an organization-wide security restriction that the local admin has no control over. Apparently it's possible. In this case the program ends up in a state where it has a service configured and all backup jobs stored in %ProgramData%\Bvckup2 folder, but it can't be switched back to the desktop mode, because the UI cannot start, because the service cannot start. So the only way to undo the mode switch is through the command line using "bvckup2 --switch-to-app ..." incantation. The issue was that the handler of this command would sometimes cancel the switch mid-run because it thought the UI was requesting it ... even if there was no UI connected. This is now fixed. Also, while at it, there's now a new shortcut command for this sort of emergency mode rollback - bvckup2.exe --to-desktop It is equivalent to bvckup2.exe --force --console %LocalAppData%\Bvckup2 [1] Service mode - https://bvckup2.com/support/forum/topic/799
Bvckup 2 81.16 Released (July 13, 2021) Website / Download: https://bvckup2.com/update Release Notes Spoiler: Changes 81.16 Release 81.16 ⦁ Resolved an issue with stream and security attributes retrieval during the scan phase for certain types of locked-down setups. Previously, the scanner relied on standard Windows API to query this information. As it turns out these APIs don't always observe and make use of SeBackupPrivilege held by the Bvckup2 process [1] and they fail with Access Denied. The fix was to re-implement them using Native API. ⦁ Put back an option for upgrading Personal licenses to the Pro level, now hidden by default. [1] https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/drivers/ifs/privileges
Bvckup 2 81.17 Released (August 24, 2021) Website / Download: https://bvckup2.com/update Release Notes
Bvckup 2 81.18 Released (September 6, 2021) Website / Download: https://bvckup2.com/update Release Notes
Bvckup 2 81.19 Released (October 12, 2021) Website / Download: https://bvckup2.com/update Release Notes Spoiler: Changes v81.19 Release 81.19 ⦁ Resolved an issue with modified files not getting updated when ... ... they are moved from a folder that gets deleted ... ... to a folder that gets created ... ... and with the job set to use destination snapshots. In these cases, files _will_ be moved and/or renamed, but they will _not_ updated until the next job run that re-scans destination. This issue was introduced in the original release 81 and it was due to a bug in a move detection logic in the planning module. When updating from 81.18 and earlier releases, all backup jobs that are set to use destination snapshots and perform file move detection will be forced to do an one-time destination re-scan. Alternatively, any accumulated discrepancies may be flushed out by running backup jobs manually with Ctrl-Go. Holding Ctrl down does the same thing as above - it forces an one-time rescan of the destination. ⦁ Resolved an issue with not acting on timeout while waiting for the post-backup command completion. The program would report the event, but won't actually stop waiting for the completion. ⦁ Resolved an issue with newly added backu
Bvckup 2 81.20 Released (November 1, 2021) Website / Download: https://bvckup2.com/update Release Notes
Bvckup 2 81.21 Released (November 18, 2021) Website / Download: https://bvckup2.com/update Release Notes Spoiler: Changes v81.21 Release 81.21 ⦁ Reworked handling of malformed file and folder names. Brought to you by https://bvckup2.com/support/forum/topic/1459, kudos to sjcnyc for reporting it. According to the Microsoft spec [1] file and folder names may not contain certain reserved symbols, e.g. : and ?, and they also may not ASCII symbols with codes between 0 and 31 decimal. In theory, there should be no case when a program would see any of these forbidden names when it, say, lists directory contents. In practice - you guessed it - it may, because it's still possible to create file/folders named like that. This requires using the so-called native (NT) API, but it's not terribly difficult. Prior to this release the program checked for one specific violation of the naming rules - when the name started with NUL character and would effectively appear zero-length. This case is notable because it's a quick and dirty way of concealing files from the common software and it's also a flag of malware presence. All other naming violations were checked, but weren't reported or acted on. Except for one place where the code _expected_ the name to be valid and would fail a self-consistency test if the name was malformed. This part is now reworked. The overly pedantic code was relaxed to allow for malformed files names and the scanning module now reports all invalid names as errors. These errors are non-critical, they don't cause the backup to be aborted. Additionally, this validation can be switched off if needed. [1] https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/fileio/naming-a-file#naming-conventions
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Bvckup 2 81.99.28 Pre-Release (November 29, 2021) Website Release Notes Spoiler: Changes v81.99.28 Pre-Release Pre-release 81.99.28 ⦁ Added support for verifying alternate streams [1] on folders ⦁ Fixed an stopping issue with verification code - it was panicking under certain conditions when seeing the end-of-file marker twice. ⦁ Fixed an issue with the scanner failing with "0xC0000004" - the scanner would flat out refuse to scan certain locations, because it received certain response from Windows that it didn't expect. ⦁ Switched to using new code signing certificate - an admin issue, just started using new certificate for signing all executables. In theory this should be completely transparent to everyone. In practice it may cause some obscure issues in edge cases, i.e. longer start-up times on Windows XP, but we'll deal with these on as-they-come basis. [1] https://bvckup2.com/wip/04102017
FYI. Bvckup 2 Release 81.27.0 released Oct 5, 2022. Release Notes | Download Bvckup 2 Release 81.27.0
The next release is nearly complete, up to the preview build 47 now. Here are some more interesting changes: # Block write verification (reading back all written blocks) - config and details # Backup verification (bitwise) - config, run-time and details # Faster delta copying using Blake3, now well into GB speeds - built-in benchmark # Completely revamped scanning module - faster and more flexible - details # IO throttling - config and explainer # Archiving of modified files - config # Alternate stream replication for folders # Direct UI access to 70+ advanced features - screencap # New UX for the backup configuration window - before and after # New delta copying progress bar - before/after and a write-up # Dark mode - screencap I'd suggest giving a preview build a try. It's just a couple of clicks.
Neat. One observation, if I shift select multiple backups, right-click command run, it will run the multiple backups in sequence in production version. In pre-release, right click command is not available. Not sure if that is intended behaviour at this point.
Once again. @angstrom When I download, the installer says bvckup2-setup-1.81.27.0.exe not 81.28 Edit@16:33hrs: I feel ignored, no replay so far. Dunno why developer is doing this.
OK you can't cause you or someone else fixed the link. Now it's working. Edit, by fixed I meant the link has the latest correct version 81.28
FYI. Bvckup 2 Release 81.28.0 released Oct 12, 2022. Release Notes | Download Bvckup 2 Release 81.28.0
