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SQL Safe Backup provides the following new features and fixed issues.
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9.2.2 New Features
SQL Safe 8.2 includes the following features in its web console:
Policies
- Administrators and users can now create backup, restore, and log shipping policies with the same capabilities as in the desktop console. The options for launching the Policy Wizards are available from the Home, Policies, Instances, and Databases tabs.
- SQL Safe now allows you to access and edit any policy from the Policies tab.
Cloud Storage
- SQL Safe now includes Amazon S3 Cloud as a storage option for backup and restore operations.
Enhanced Options in the Alerts section
- Alerts related to connection failures allow administrators and users to:
- Start/Restart SQL Safe Backup Agents
- Install/Upgrade the SQL Safe Backup Agents.
- Administrators and users are now able to create backup policies or add databases to existing policies in alerts notifying that databases have not been backed up.
Instances tab
- Administrators and users can now Start/Restart SQL Safe Backup Agents and/or Install/Upgrade the SQL Safe Backup Agents from the instances tab.
SQL Safe Agents tab
- Administrators and normal users are now able to edit the properties of the servers hosting SQL Safe Backup Agents.
- Administrators and users can now find the following options:
- Install/Upgrade the SQL Safe Backup Agents
- Enable/Disable SQL Safe Instant Restore
General Preferences
The General Preferences section of the Administration tab now includes the following options:
- The Agent Deployment section allows Administrators to specify the service account to be used for deploying Backup Agents.
- The Policy Data section lets Administrators specify a different path for the policy data files location.
- The Cloud Settings section allows Administrators to set their preferred configuration options for Amazon S3 cloud storage.
Saving Filtered Views
- Users can now save their preferred filters in the Policies, Operation History, Databases, Instances, and SQL Safe Agents tabs.
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As of this release, SQL Safe now requires .NET4.0 or higher and as a result it no longer supports Windows 2000. |
8.2 Fixed Issues
- SQL Safe currently shows backup operations progress even when the compression option is not selected.
- If a policy with a differential backup has a database with no previous full backup, SQL Safe takes first a full backup before executing the policy.
- SQL Safe no longer restores logins when the option Include database logins in backup file is selected for backup operations.
- SQL Safe accurately sends warning notifications for the Verify step of Backup + Verify Policies.
- SQL Safe has now improved the logic for calculating policy schedules and sending email notifications.
- SQL Safe currently considers the creation date of a new database before sending notifications for missed operations schedules.
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Restore
- For Restore operations, you can now Prioritize the Operation.
9.2.2 Fixed Issues
Availability Group
You can change the Database Owner for restored databases in Availability Groups.Status colour Green title SQLSAFE-15109
Instance
Instances are listed in alphabetical order now.Status colour Green title SQLSAFE-14031
You can register instances with the same name in different domains.Status colour Green title SQLSAFE-13993
Policy
The selected options in the wizard are retained when you click back on the wizard.Status colour Green title SQLSAFE-14910
Restore
The restore file list provides support for Cloud Storage.Status colour Green title SQLSAFE-14676
SQL Safe Agent
The panel Upgrade Status displays now information properly when upgrading the SQL Safe Backup Agent.Status colour Green title SQLSAFE-14931
SQL Safe Management Console
The instance status is now displaying the information properly in the SQL Safe Management Console.Status colour Green title SQLSAFE-15056
9.2.1 New Features
Instances
- Registered instances are now stored centrally for all users.
SQL Safe Agent
- When upgrading the SQL Safe Agents you can also install the Extended Store Procedure.
SQL Safe Backup Operations
- Users can perform SQL Safe Backup operations on online and offline databases. Offline databases are shown as 'Skipped' in the Status column of the Operation History panel.
9.2.1 Fixed Issues
Availability Group
Full (copy-only) backups are running normally on secondary replicas when the backup preference is set to "Prefer Secondary".Status colour Green title SQLSAFE-14897
The Mass Agent Upgrade option works properly using AG Listener and AG Cluster nodes.Status colour Green title SQLSAFE-14976
Users can now apply changes to policies involved with Failover Cluster Instances.Status colour Green title SQLSAFE-14906
Virtual Database
The issue of restoring virtual databases is solved now.Status colour Green title SQLSAFE-14365
9.2 New Features
Amazon S3
- The On-Premise storage option is now available when performing backup operations.
Instances
- Users can now move their registered instances from the User Preferences to the SQL Safe Repository.
Policies
- Users can now Import / Export their policies.
9.2 Fixed Issues
Amazon S3 Cloud
Restore operations are performed successfully on Amazon Cloud Storage.Status colour Green title SQLSAFE-14621
Availability Group
The License Key Manager and Repository and Management Service Settings are now identifying and displaying properly the Availability Group Listener Name registered at installation.Status colour Green title SQLSAFE-14534
There are no delays when performing simultaneous Backup operations on Availability Group instances.Status colour Green title SQLSAFE-14850
The SQL Safe Agent is running properly on the Availability Group listener.Status colour Green title SQLSAFE-14852
Azure Cloud
Restore operations are working properly on Azure Blob Storage.Status colour Green title SQLSAFE-14704
Backup
The Backup time and compression on TDE-enabled databases are working properly.Status colour Green title SQLSAFE-14820
Information about Pre/Post Backup commands is displayed now in the Option section of the Summary tab.Status colour Green title SQLSAFE-14866
There is no FileStream error message for any Backup operations performed for any databases.Status colour Green title SQLSAFE-14006
The Mount VDB and Object Level Recovery operations are now working properly for Differential Backups.Status colour Green title SQLSAFE-14684
Policies
The Location Path is not altered when changing a Policy compression type.Status colour Green title SQLSAFE-14328
Users can now edit successfully existing policies.Status colour Green title SQLSAFE-14840
SQL Safe Backup/Restore
Users can now perform Backup and Restore operations of more than one backup file from multiple locations.Status colour Green title SQLSAFE-14699
Backup and Restore operations are successful with SQL Server Multi-Subnet Clustering.Status colour Green title SQLSAFE-13044
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