Fab's AutoBackup 7 Pro - a must have tool for techs

[GTP]

Thank you lol
Imma try it now hahah

 

[fabs]

Here's a preview :

 

[GTP]

Hmmm
Is it possible to make the Action Boxes smaller or and draggable?

add: is the "What do you want to do?" text really needed? I mean we know what we want to do hahahahah.

 

[fabs]

For now, it's not.
Edit : first attemps to make this doable => it's more buggy than anything else. I'm not sure this is worth the hassle

 

[NJW]

Is it possible to make the Action Boxes smaller or and draggable?

It's a utility program, not a picture frame.

 

[fabs]

add: is the "What do you want to do?" text really needed? I mean we know what we want to do hahahahah.

Right, at least for PRO users who are supposed to know what they're doing. Next release will show hat only for Home & Office version.

 

[GTP]

It's a utility program, not a picture frame.

Then why offer the option in the first place?

 

[fabs]

Then why offer the option in the first place?

Just because the customizable logo alone was not enough for some.

 

[NJW]

Then why offer the option in the first place?

Exactly my thought.

Just because the customizable logo alone was not enough for some.

Your software, your choice, of course. The custom logo is of no interest for me either, but I wouldn't stop buying updates because you included it.

On the other hand, custom branding has the advantage of appearing on printed Software and Printer lists.

 

[HCHTech]

We do backups and restores over the network all the time, but I have never tried a transfer over the network. Is this possible? If so, do I "pull" or "push" the transfer, and do I have to share the windows and/or user folder of whichever end of the chain is not the computer where Fabs is running? Something like that?

 

[fabs]

This is

We do backups and restores over the network all the time, but I have never tried a transfer over the network. Is this possible? If so, do I "pull" or "push" the transfer, and do I have to share the windows and/or user folder of whichever end of the chain is not the computer where Fabs is running? Something like that?

This is no how it works.
There's no way to make transfers like that across the network.
If you don't have something like a NAS or a shared folder on a server, then you'll need to backup from the old machine to a shared folder on the new one. Once completed, go to the new rig, start Fab's in restore mode, select backup in shared folder (which is local here) and restore the files.

 

[HCHTech]

This is no how it works.
There's no way to make transfers like that across the network.

Ok, thanks - I've got a replacement coming up where there is a ton of data (bigger than any external I have) and the machine going away has a RAID0 setup, so I can't pull the drive(s). Just looking at options to avoid moving the data twice. Honestly, I think I'll just transfer it folder-by-folder over the network.

 

[JoelM]

I recently tried using Fabs to only move the email and email accounts for a client. I use Fabs regularly with most everything selected. In this case the customer only wanted the email.
I unselected everything and then selected all the pst files. I thought this would also grab the email accounts. When I opened outlook on the new machine after running the Fabs restore none of the accounts were there. I wound up manually recreating all 4 email accounts and then choosing to connect them to the existing pst files manually.
If I ever need to do this again is there something else I should have selected in the Fabs backup interface to have it copy the email accounts in addition to the pst files?

 

[fabs]

I recently tried using Fabs to only move the email and email accounts for a client. I use Fabs regularly with most everything selected. In this case the customer only wanted the email.
I unselected everything and then selected all the pst files. I thought this would also grab the email accounts. When I opened outlook on the new machine after running the Fabs restore none of the accounts were there. I wound up manually recreating all 4 email accounts and then choosing to connect them to the existing pst files manually.
If I ever need to do this again is there something else I should have selected in the Fabs backup interface to have it copy the email accounts in addition to the pst files?

Beware of preinstalled office 365 apps that come with windows 10. They do not work the same way and do not migrate restored stuff. To prevent this, always uninstall those apps from win 10 system and use installer got from office 365 website.

 

[JoelM]

Beware of preinstalled office 365 apps that come with windows 10. They do not work the same way and do not migrate restored stuff. To prevent this, always uninstall those apps from win 10 system and use installer got from office 365 website.

I believe they were the full install. However doing it the way I did should the accounts have come over also or is there something specific I need to be sure I select to get the accounts in addition to the pst files?

 

[Sky-Knight]

Using the downloaded 365 is a waste of time, use the deployment kit!

 

[fabs]

I believe they were the full install. However doing it the way I did should the accounts have come over also or is there something specific I need to be sure I select to get the accounts in addition to the pst files?

As soon as the OST/OST are linked to an account, account is exported too. To ensure that accounts were exported, then look for registry files within outlookpst\mapi folder in the backup.
Were you moving from outlook 2010? I've noticed that newest outlook versions do not migrate accounts from it too.

 

[Sky-Knight]

Ouch yes, I didn't think about that. Outlook 2010 lost ALL support last month. You can still migrate I think, but you have to use the ODK and deploy an older version of M365 services.

I just did some Outlook 2010s, but I'm using the ODK and deploying semi-annual 32bit, which hasn't changed since spring... but will soon. Current 64bit is an entirely different mess and it wouldn't shock me if MS dropped support for 2010.

 

[fincoder]

As soon as the OST/OST are linked to an account, account is exported too.

I've wondered about the outlook account transfer myself, no option in Fabs to select/deselect it, it just magically seems to work most of the time. Does your code explicitly look for account settings that are linked to the discovered PST/OST files?

I've often wondered why OST files are transferred at all considering they only hold temporary data, but if the OST files are not selected the account settings wouldn't be transferred?

I would like the option to transfer all Outlook account settings and only PST files. Would save data and time.

 

[fabs]

I've wondered about the outlook account transfer myself, no option in Fabs to select/deselect it, it just magically seems to work most of the time. Does your code explicitly look for account settings that are linked to the discovered PST/OST files?

Yes, it looks for account settings and list PST/OST directly linked to them. Then, it also looks in default locations for other files that have not been listed yet.

I've often wondered why OST files are transferred at all considering they only hold temporary data, but if the OST files are not selected the account settings wouldn't be transferred?

Said like this, it does not seem to make any sense. That what I thought either before I finally added it. The reason: slow connections! These files take lots of GBs and it take a while for Outlook to rebuild them, struggling with low bandwidth.