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SQL Safe Backup provides the following new features and fixed issues.
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2 New Features
Amazon
- SQL Safe now supports the Amazon AWS GovCloud S3 in the SQL Safe Management Console and SQL Safe Web Console.
Azure
- SQL Safe now supports the Azure Government Blob Storage in the SQL Safe Management Console, SQL Safe Web Console, SQL Safe CLI, and SQL Safe XSP.
Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM)
- SQL Safe now allows users to create striped files when backing up to TSM through the SQL Safe Management Console.
8.5.1 Fixed Issues
Restore
- For Restore operations, you can now Prioritize the Operation.
9.2.2 Fixed Issues
Availability GroupAccess Files
The SQL Safe Web Console will now prompt users for credentials to access the file system when the initial attempt fails.Status colour Green title SQLSAFE-13737
You can change the Database Owner for restored databases in Availability Groups.15109
InstanceBackup
13346Status colour Green title SQLSAFE-
Instances are listed in alphabetical order now SQL Safe Backup policies automatically performs a full backup operation when a differential backup operation fails due to a lack of a full backup.14031
12893 The storage options of the Backup again with different options to Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) are working properly now in the SQL SafeStatus colour Green title SQLSAFE-
You can register instances with the same name in different domains.13993
Policy
The selected options in the wizard are retained when you click back on the wizard.Status colour Green title SQLSAFE-14910
Restore
- Management Console.
12894 The High Level and Low Level text boxes of the Backup with different options to Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) are recognizing the data properly in the SQL Safe Web Console.Status colour Green title SQLSAFE-
The restore file list provides support for Cloud Storage.14676
SQL Safe Agent
SQL Safe BackupStatus colour Green title SQLSAFE-9555
The panel Upgrade Status displays now information properly the progress of a backup operations that are being performed without compression.when upgrading the SQL Safe Backup Agent.14931
SQL Safe Management Console
13892 Backup and restore operations performed in native file format can have timeout values modified through a registry key update.Status colour Green title SQLSAFE-
Percentage values are no longer included in the Result Text of backup and restore operations.Status colour Green title SQLSAFE-13225
The instance status is now displaying the information properly in the SQL Safe Management Console.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 GroupInstant Restore
9722 Resolved an issue that would prevent an InstantRestore operation from completing successfully.Status colour Green title SQLSAFE-
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Full (copy-only) backups are running normally on secondary replicas when the backup preference is set to "Prefer Secondary".14897
13350 The preferences set on either the SQL Safe Web Console or SQL Safe Management Console are kept the same when performing operationsStatus colour Green title SQLSAFE-
The Mass Agent Upgrade option works properly using AG Listener and AG Cluster nodes.14976
13891Status colour Green title SQLSAFE-
Users can now set long passwords for the deployed Backup Agents service account in the Agent Deployment option. Users can now apply changes to policies involved with Failover Cluster Instances.14906
Virtual Database
13842 The SQL Safe Management Console is no longer reporting a false failure when deploying the SQL Safe Backup Agent to a remote server.Status colour Green title SQLSAFE-
The issue of restoring virtual databases is solved now.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 CloudObject Level Recovery
13577 Users can now perform Object Level Recovery operations to a large backup file.Status colour Green title SQLSAFE-
Restore operations are performed successfully on Amazon Cloud Storage.14621
Availability GroupOperation History
13137Status colour Green title SQLSAFE-
The License Key Manager and Repository and Management Service Settings are now identifying and displaying properly the Availability Group Listener Name registered at installation The Database name of every operation performed is kept in the Operation History tab.14534
12154 The SQL Safe Web Console now displays times in the local time zone.Status colour Green title SQLSAFE-
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There are no delays when performing simultaneous Backup operations on Availability Group instances.14850
13848 Users can now edit SQL Safe Backup Policies which includes unreachable SQL Server instances and/or SQL Safe Backup Agents.Status colour Green title SQLSAFE-
The SQL Safe Agent is running properly on the Availability Group listener.14852
Azure CloudRepository
Improvements to the grooming operation.Status colour Green title SQLSAFE-11932
Restore operations are working properly on Azure Blob Storage.14704
BackupRestore
13489 Optimized the mc_GetRestorableDatabaseBackupsets stored procedure which is used to populate the list of backupsets in the SQL Safe Restore wizardStatus colour Green title SQLSAFE-
The Backup time and compression on TDE-enabled databases are working properly.14820
13839 SQL Safe Backup can now successfully restore large backup files that are stored in an Amazon S3 bucket.Status colour Green title SQLSAFE-
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Information about Pre/Post Backup commands is displayed now in the Option section of the Summary tab.14866
13804 Optimized the SQL Safe Backup Agent to prevent crashes in certain scenarios.Status colour Green title SQLSAFE-
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There is no FileStream error message for any Backup operations performed for any databases.14006
13893 The SQL Safe Management Console is now able to connect to the SQL Safe Management Service without any problems.Status colour Green title SQLSAFE-
The Mount VDB and Object Level Recovery operations are now working properly for Differential Backups.14684
PoliciesSQL Safe Scripts
12867 Removed the 3200 character limit when performing an operation through SQL Safe Backup.Status colour Green title SQLSAFE-
SQL Safe XSP
The Location Path is not altered when changing a Policy compression type.14328
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Users Users can now perform Object Level Recovery operations using the XSP commands.14840
8.5 New Features
Grooming
- The groom settings for SQL Safe Backup have been improved to allow users to granularly control the amount of operational history that is to be maintained by SQL Safe Backup. This improvement will provide users with more control on maintaining the size of the SQL Safe repository database.
IDERA Dashboard
- SQL Safe is now integrated with IDERA Dashboard 3.8.1.9.
New Installer
- The installer has been improved to allow the installation of all SQL Safe Backup components and the IDERA Dashboard in one single wizard.
SQL Safe Agents view
- The SQL Safe Agents tab now includes SQL Virtual Database properties.
Support
- SQL Safe now supports SQL Server 2017 CU4+ on a Windows operating system.
Virtual Database
- The Virtual Database page has been updated to allow users to easily manage the virtual databases that have been mounted. Users can quickly and easily identify which virtual databases are mounted on which SQL Server instance.
8.5 Fixed Issues
Administration
- In the SQL Safe Web Console, users are now able to select the account type and specify the session timeout for the account they are adding in the Manage Users option.
- In the SQL Safe Web Console, the user list in Manager Users is now viewable when the list spans several pages.
- In the SQL Safe Web Console, users are now able to Add Groups in the Manage Users option.
- In the SQL Safe Web Console, users can successfully configure the credentials to be used by the SQL Safe Management Service when connecting to the SQL Safe repository database.
Availability Group
- SQL Safe Backup Policies which include databases in an availability group are now accurately reporting the Backups did not start as scheduled status.
CLI Commands
- Users can now use the CLI commands for "restorelast" and “xp_ss_restorelast” to restore the latest backup without an associated backup policy.
Event Logs
- The SQL Safe Backup Service, by default, is no longer writing entries into the Windows Application Event log when policies are configured to have jobs created by the SQL Safe Backup Agent.
IDERA Dashboard
- In the SQL Safe Web Console, users are now able to perform backup operations successfully where the target location uses a UNC path.
Object Level Recovery
- The Object Level Recovery functionality is working properly now when the repository is hosted on SQL Server 2014+ instance.
Operation History
- In the SQL Safe Web Console, the instance column is now displaying the full instance name on the Operational History page.
Point in Time
- The point in time functionality is working properly when mounting a virtual database.
Policies
- Users can now add a database to an existing backup policy.
- In the SQL Safe Web Console, the filename is now auto-generated when enabling the option to delete backup files in the backup policy wizard.
- In the SQL Safe Web Console, the "Access Files As" option is now able to switch to default state after providing different credentials in Restore policy.
- When creating or editing a policy in the SQL Safe Web Console, the credentials specified for accessing the file system is now properly applied.
- In the SQL Safe Web Console, users can run now a policy manually.
- In the SQL Safe Web Console, restore policies are working properly when configured to connect to the SQL instance using SQL Server Authentication.
- Users can now supply a UNC path when creating or modifying a policy in the SQL Safe Web Console.
Restore
- In the SQL Safe Web Console, users can now perform the verify operation using the restore wizard.
- In the SQL Safe Web Console, the point in time selection is working properly now in the restore wizard.
- In the SQL Safe Web Console, users are now able to select multiple files for restore through the File System and Target Server options.
- The restore wizard now correctly selects the SQL Server instance based on the user selection on the Databases tab when the Repository option is selected.
- The restore wizard now displays the list of instances in a sorted order on the Databases tab when the Repository option is selected.
SQL Safe installation
- Users can now successfully install SQL Safe Backup while using quotes (") in their service account passwords.
Upgrade
- Upgrading will use the existing installation directory rather than using the default path of C:\Program Files\Idera\SQLsafe.
- The SQL Safe Agent Components can now be upgraded through the SQL Safe Management Console.
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- edit successfully existing policies.
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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