Thinking of Upgrading -- I have questions
I have version 2016 and am considering upgrading to 2020
1) Will 2020 import my backup setup/job/configuration or whatever it's called?
2) Why do they suggest I need professional help installing?
3) Will the 2020 version do everything the 2016 version does?
4) What advances to I get by upgrading? (I don't care about the cloud}


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Wow! I can't imagine a more complete & perfect reply.
I googled around some since I posted that message so I have one more question.
I saw somewhere if you only get the Standard (I think it was called) version you won't be eligible for updates.
I'm sure I'm updating to the lowest version, does this mean I won't get fixes?
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Jim, ATI comes in several flavours.
Standard = Perpetual license which gives you all updates / new builds for the duration that that version is current and supported, but doesn't allow upgrades to new versions.
Subscription which allows access to the same as standard but including upgrades to new versions that are released during the period of the subscription. The key point for subscription licenses is very simply that all major functionality ceases when the subscription ends apart from the ability to recover a backup created previously - it cannot be used to create new backups etc.
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Well, I've come back with another question.
Does v2020 still use the globally unique identifier (GUID) of the drive used for the backup task like v2016. It makes me tear my hair out. I swap backup drives with some regularity and store the alternate at the bank. And I occasionally buy a new drive. Because of this I have to keep creating a new setup each time.
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Jim, in essence, yes it does and still doesn't play nicely if swapping destination drives for a task. I believe that it uses the unique ID for the partition on the drive rather than the drive itself, but it should only be necessary to reselect the destination on the new drive for the task or else use the Move option.
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Thanks
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