Feature REQUESTS

[Bespoken]

The target of my System Backup is a desktop PC on my network. That PC needs to be active (not asleep) when the backup starts. I have enabled a Pre-command in the Backup options to run a small .bat script that sends a WOL command to the desktop PC.

Unfortunately this does not work as the first thing that the backup task does is to check if the target location is available. This is done before the Pre-command is run, so the backup tasks fails as the desktop is asleep.

As a feature request would it be possible for the Pre-command to be run before the check for the target was made.

A workaround is to define a Windows Scheduled task with the .bat script to be run just before the Scheduled Backup. This workaround is messy as it requires two scheduled activities to be adjusted if the start time changes. Having everything under control of HBS would be ideal.

I cannot think of any downsides to the Pre-command being performed before the target check is made.

Please consider this request.

[Froggie]

Can't they both be done in a BATCH script run from Hasleo by the pre-Command...??

[Bespoken]

Can't they both be done in a BATCH script run from Hasleo by the pre-Command...??

No. The first thing that the backup task does is check if the target is available. If it is not the backup task fails. The Pre-command never executes.

[admin]

With the recent fix for the OneDrive exclusion I was wondering if the following would be possible:

• Exclude some folder like C:\Steam\ from the image backup.
  
• During delta restore you would have an option to keep C:\Steam\ untouched the way it is right now.
  

Realistically speaking I don't think it's possible because image restore works on block level.

But maybe it could be implemented somehow by watching over the changed blocks and prevent overwriting the data.
Or data could be moved to a temporary partition at the end and restored afterwards. But that could be a lengthy operation then.

That would be an awesome feature though, you could roll back your PC and keep excluded folders instead of them being purged.

This is a brilliant idea . However, as you pointed out, backup and restore operations are performed at the block level, which makes this quite challenging. We’ll need some time to properly digest this proposal.

[admin]

Can't they both be done in a BATCH script run from Hasleo by the pre-Command...??

No. The first thing that the backup task does is check if the target is available. If it is not the backup task fails. The Pre-command never executes.

tarting with version 5.9, backup jobs will no longer perform an initial availability check on the target drive. Rather, they will run the pre‑command prior to that check. Please note that this improvement currently applies only to backup schedules.

[Bespoken]

No. The first thing that the backup task does is check if the target is available. If it is not the backup task fails. The Pre-command never executes.

Starting with version 5.9, backup jobs will no longer perform an initial availability check on the target drive. Rather, they will run the pre‑command prior to that check. Please note that this improvement currently applies only to backup schedules.

Excellent. Thanks for the notice.

[rogerrabbit]

Hi,
I am using Hasleo Backup Suite since several month now and I am very happy with it.
It would be nice though, to have a context menu entry to unmount a mounted backup directly in the drive where the backup is mounted, instead of being obliged to go to back to the Backup Suite / Tools / Mount & Eject image. (I am coming from Macrium which had this feature).
Regards Roger

[rogerrabbit]

Sorry, forget it; an easy solution is to just let the Backup Suite window open when going to the drive where the backup is mounted !

[admin]

@rogerrabbit, thank you for your suggestion. Our current primary focus is on the implementation and enhancement of backup, restore, and clone functions. Some finer details will be addressed in subsequent work.

[xeroid]

Not a big deal, but since Hasleo has also been polishing other things other than bugs, I thought that I would throw this suggestion out there. When creating an emergency disk, there is no confirmation at the end that it has completed. The progress bar is at 100% and there is a tab that says "close", but I have seen other programs that a progress bar at 100% doesn't mean that it is totally finished, and I have also seen a close tab visible during processes running as well. I think that if you simply add "The operation completed successfully" in green fonts when the task is complete, just like HBS does when you complete exporting tasks, that would avoid any confusion of the process being completed, etc. 

Thanks!