HELIOS Software has announced two new backup software tools to enhance Apple Time Machine backups to HELIOS EtherShare UB+ network volumes.

HELIOS Image Builder and HELIOS Browser together offer customised backup disk images and status monitoring for automated and secure server-based backups of Mac clients in any networked environment.

The new HELIOS Image Builder lets admins limit the size of each backup disk image to optimise the disk utilisation of the HELIOS EtherShare backup volume. Creating individually sized backup disk images enables network admins to use a single HELIOS EtherShare volume to back up many Mac clients. The ability to set the segmentation size of a Time Machine backup disk image provides optimised integration with server-based backup solutions.

HELIOS Image Builder also adds encryption support for backup disk images, to secure backup of confidential and mission critical data. Now unauthorised users, including system administrators handling backup systems, cannot access or retrieve content without a valid password. HELIOS EtherShare UB+ based backups with encryption support provide a major improvement to data protection and security, especially for mobile MacBooks used by executives.

The HELIOS Browser application supports system administrators with quick status overviews for easy administration of Time Machine based network backups of all Macs within any network. The dashboard includes complete information about when backups were started and completed. Special warnings advise if backups are overdue. HELIOS Browser frees admins from having to visit every single Mac workstation to perform a backup overview.

Since HELIOS EtherShare UB+ volumes are detected by Apple's Time Machine and utilised as backup disks for networked Mac workstations and mobile MacBooks, fail-safety and data integrity are further increased because the Time Machine backup disk images can be integrated into the server backup system itself. HELIOS tools were created specially to help admins optimise performance in such an environment.

The new HELIOS TM tools for EtherShare UB+ are available for FREE download from the HELIOS WebShare server: http://webshare.helios.de. User: tools, Password: tools, open Sharepoint: HELIOS Tools, select and download the HELIOS TM Image Builder and HELIOS TM Browser folders. Additional information about EtherShare and its Time Machine support is available.

For more local information and pricing see http://www.databasics.com.au/helios/