I searched the forums before posting, but some of these issues have not been reported (for CB3.0 at least).
First, a question: why has the option to compress cbu backups been removed?
Now some issues:
I am unable to mount cbu files as a drive. I tried from both the Manage screen and from the Restore screen. CB3.0 says “an error occurred” but there is no log or detailed error message. I noticed that this was reported previously in another thread.
Happily, the Restore function works correctly - I am able to browse and restore from cbu files (even compressed CB2.2 cbu files) … I just can’t use 3.0’s nifty drive mount feature.
CB3.0 appears to happily create zip files larger than 4GB which are corrupt and cannot be opened. I tried a large backup - roughly 40GB of mostly uncompressible music and video - and after a couple hours CB produced an impossibly small 4.12GB zip file. I know that zip has a 4GB limit, but a backup program should handle this intelligently, either by splitting the backup into multiple zip files or by offering Zip64 (and telling people that they need a Zip64 client to restore!).
Ditto for ISO format. I used the same 40GB … CB3.0 happily copied it all into a 40GB ISO file (which could never be burned to any media) and then failed at the finish - presumably writing the ISO directory although, again, there was only “an error occurred” with no detail. Again, a backup program should handle this intelligently, asking what kind of media the ISO is intended for and splitting the backup if it exceeds the media size.
I tested CB 3.0.171317.130.
Computer 1 is a 32-bit Pentium IV HT (threads enabled) with 4GB of RAM, XPpro SP3.
Computer 2 is a 64-bit i3-350 with 6GB of RAM, Windows 7 Home.
All OS patches for both systems are up to date.
I had the same results on both computers. I wasted several hours creating (test) backups that didn’t work. If I were a newbie and the backups were real I think it would be quite annoying - perhaps to the point of abandoning the software.
Hopefully, these issues will be addressed in a coming update. If nothing else, fail and tell the user that their backup is too large to be fit into the selected format. Meanwhile I’ll be returning to CB2.2 so I can make compressed cbu backups.
George