Novabackup

NovaBackup (also stylized as NovaBACKUP) is an annual software subscription service developed by NovaStor that enables data backup and recovery across physical and virtual computers on Microsoft Windows operating systems.^[1]

Overview

NovaBACKUP uses the proprietary NBD file extension and is backwards compatible, meaning backups from older versions of NovaBACKUP (after version 8) can be restored with the latest version of the software. For version 7 and 8, the backups can still be restored, but the file extensions need to be updated to .NBD to do so.^[2]

Multiple NovaBACKUP editions are available. Versions built for SMB users support backups for PCs, laptops and servers, including support for Exchange/SQL and virtual machines.^[3]

NovaBackup is targeted toward small and medium-sized businesses and can create file backups as well as image backups.

History

Version	Month	Year	Notes
16.1	July	2014	Supports Active Directory restores from Server 2012 and Server 2012 R2, Disaster Recovery Backup Encryption from Central Management Console and Holiday Scheduling for backups.
16.0	May	2014	Virtual dashboard supports VMware and Hyper-V backups. Supports VMware host-to-self and host-to-host replication and Hyper-V replication management and monitoring. Supports granular single mailbox restore for Microsoft Exchange Server and single file restore for virtual machines.
15.0	November	2013	Support for Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2 operating systems. Removed file cache requirement for local Microsoft SQL, Exchange, Hyper-V and VMware backups. Added encryption option for Disaster Recovery backups. Introduced NovaBACKUP NAS product line.
14.5	April	2013	Support for Microsoft Exchange Server 2013, UEFI Secure Boot, single file restore for Disaster Recovery image backup, and the ability to restore to dissimilar hardware and dissimilar drive/partition sizes.
14.1	December	2012	Introduced Cloud Backup connectivity with 2GB of free online storage.
14.0	October	2012	Support for Microsoft Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012. Starting including one year of premium phone support with all server backup products.
13.1	July	2012	Multi-core processor optimization and compression methods introduced. Data retention functionality added to allow for control over the size, space and efficiency of data storage files.
13.0	April	2012	True Universal Restore and virtual machine backup for Hyper-V and VMware. Complete image backups for seamless restoration to dissimilar hardware introduced.