v0.7.0-beta

Features (4)

• Include the OS release info in backup directory names #791
• Shrink or expand last partition when a partition oriented backup was restored #750
• Allow to specify for partition oriented backup which partitions should be restored #749
• Use a temporary backup directory #628

Enhancements (6)

• Add "device" parameter for Pushover Notifications #802
• Check for a new release with option -U #796
• For a partition oriented backup check if the same partitions were saved in a previous backup #793
• Exclude systemd journal from tar backup #789
• Add sfdisk sanity check #728
• Support F2Fs #722

Bugfixes (0)

For a complete and detailed list of issues in this release see here

v0.6.9

Features (2)

• Add an extensionpoint for notifications #612
• Support Ubuntu #553

Enhancements (5)

• Issues when restore or update is called in a RO directory #653
• Restore fails because sfdisk format changed in Bullseye #659
• Export useful variables for extensions #598
• Checking for hard link capability doesn't give enough time for the test link to be created #571
• Regenerate UUID and PARTUUID during restore #683
• Ask to install missing packages #705

Bugfixes (2)

• ??? RBK0034E: Datei /usr/local/etc/raspiBackup.conf.new nicht gefunden. #616
• Option -m with a parameter string, e.g. "some test" aborts raspiBackup #607

For a complete and detailed list of issues in this release see here

v0.6.8.1

Bugfixes (1)

• Restored system of Bookworm misses files #692

For a complete and detailed list of issues in this release see here

v0.6.8

Features (3)

• NVMe support for CM4 #412 (was already available inofficially as 0.6.7.1)
• Pushover support for notifications #550
• Slack support for notifications #551

Enhancements (7)

• Write message when there is no version and sha set in code #536
• Create something like DEFAULT_FINAL_COMMANDS #535
• Write backup tool messages also on screen and in message file/email #531
• Disable progress messages (option -g) if raspiBackup is executed in background #527
• Catch cleanup errors and let raspiBackup fail #520
• Automount creates /media/pi directory with ACLs and aborts raspiBackup #516
• Restore aborts if usbmount is installed #515

Bugfixes (2)

• Backup mount point not stored in backup #513
• RBK0273E received because @eaDir exists in backup dir on a Synology #530

For a complete and detailed list of issues in this release see here

v0.6.7.1

This release is raspiBackup v0.6.7 with NVMe support included.

Note: It's not officially published given the number of users as of now is only one. Next official release of raspiBackup will base on this release. Thank you very much to the donator of a full blown CM4 with NVMe storage which allowed me to add and test the CM4 support.

If you want to use this release visit this page and follow the instructions.

v0.6.7

Features (2)

• Add a "restore completed" and "restore ready" extension point #420
• Use hardlinks for option -m #471

Enhancements (8)

• raspiBackup.msg not being created on new install? #437
• Reject unsupported environments unless confirmed with option --unsupportedEnvironment #435
• Create different Logfiles for Backup and Restore #432
• Allow to customize color codes for console and html in eMail #360
• Add config option which causes raspiBackup to initiate a reboot when the backup finished #449
• Make sure services stopped are restarted when CTRL-C is used #221
• Execute post plugins even there was a backup failure #454
• Remind user in a message during startup Smart Recycle Strategy will be used #472

Bugfixes (11)

• Make lookup for meta data files more robust #415
• Restore with option -g misses progress indication for root partition #406
• Check whether pv is installed if option -g is used #405
• Restore terminates with RC112 for a Bullseye backup with no error message #400
• Some files were not deleted when raspiBackup was uninstalled #397
• Fixed freespace calculation for restore #475
• Allow to update raspiBackup version to latest version even a beta is available #468
• No free space even the source is smaller than the target #475
• QNAP umounts a dynamic mounted backup partition too early #478
• Option -U -S should also be possible for current release if beta is available #468
• Refuse a restore of a backup image to the active system #480

For a complete and detailed list of issues in this release see here

v0.6.6.1

Features

• No UUID update if option -0 is used during restore of -P backup #289

Enhancements

• Finnish language support #364. Chinese and French language support added later on.
• Restructure log and message handling #335
• Make reminder check more robust #317
• Telegram message - better highlight when backup failed #297
• Tag Telegram messages with emojis when there are some important informations as done in eMail subjects #294
• Enable raspiBackup installer and raspiBackup for additional languages #346

Bugfixes

• Restart stopped services before backup version cleanup started #338
• Messagefile has extension .log.msg when option -L is used #310
• No access to /media/pi after restore #351
• Installationsscript wird abgebrochen #345

For a detailed list of issues in this release see here

v0.6.6

Features

• Backup any number of partitions for USB boot mode systems, not only the first two partitions
• Dynamic mount of backup partition

Enhancements

• Multiple additional consistency checks in installer and raspiBackup
• For rsync backup mode any filesystem on the backup partition which does not support Linux ownerships and fileattributes and will create a crappy backup is refused (in particular NTFS). dd and tar backup mode still accepts NTFS.

Bugfixes

• Call post plugins when raspiBackup finishes unsuccessfully
• Reject any pathnames with spaces

For a detailed list of issues in this release see here

v0.6.5.1

This release fixes some minor issues in v0.6.5 primarily with eMail coloring and includes some small enhancements.

Bugfixes

1. eMail colouring doesn't work with sSMTP
2. Problem with mail colouring when using postfix
3. Backup finished unsuccessfully when upgraded to v0.6.5. RBK0225E: Invalid eMail "root"
4. sed errors at the end of a sucessfully backup run and raspiBackup.log is then missing

Enhancements

1. Remove trailing / from -d option
2. Add option -U to allow update of installer to latest available revision
3. For dd restore check whether the image will fit on the SD card

See here for the detailed list of fixes and enhancements.

v0.6.5

Note

When upgrading from a previous version of raspiBackup with option -U the new options will not be merged automatically into the local configuration file. The new configuration update feature has to be started manually when raspiBackup was upgraded to 0.6.5 with following command:

sudo raspiBackup.sh --updateConfig

For details about the configuration update see this page.

New features

1. Support smart recycle backup strategie (7/4/12) - also known as grandfather-father-son rotation scheme git issue
2. Send notifications via Telegram git issue
3. Support UUID usage in /etc/fstab and /boot/cmdline.txt. UUIDs are primarily used in Ubuntu images. git issue
4. Update local configuration file when raspiBackup is updated with option -U git issue

Enhancements

1. Messages are colored on console and in eMail git issue
2. Add option to enable sending a mail when backup starts git issue
3. Masquerade a lot of sensitive information in debug log
4. Use better default buffer size for dd git issue
5. Add option to force change of PARTUUID and UUID during restore git issue
6. Enable normal backup with more than 2 partitions git issue
7. If option -P is used check there is no external root partition used git issue
8. Validate email address syntax git issue

Bugfixes

1. Cleanup previous log files or separate log lines from next run git issue
2. raspiBackup disregards -f option git issue
3. Backup test reminder message not written git issue
4. Option -1 doesn't work any more git issue
5. Shrinking root partition doesn't work any more git issue
6. Boot devices not detected git issue
7. Exclude for logging raspibackup files in /var/log has double leading slash git issue