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This build includes many fixed issues, including the following updates.

7.4 New features

Support for SQL Server 2014

Idera SQL Safe 7.4 now supports SQL Server 2014

Support for SQL Server Express

Idera SQL Safe now supports SQL Server Express in all its editions and versions. 

Availability to use the SQL Safe Backup Agent to schedule policies

Users can now choose between using the SQL Safe Backup Agent for scheduling backup, restore, and log shipping policies or the SQL Server Agent as another option for scheduling these policies. Previous versions only allowed to use the SQL Server Agent to schedule policy jobs but now the user can choose the SQL Safe Backup Agent as a scheduler for these jobs too.

Centralized license management in the Management Service

License Management has now been centralized in the SQL Safe the Management Service which is in charge of keeping track of those SQL Server instances that are licensed for backup operations. The user specifies which instances they want to license through the License Management view in the Management Console and the Management Service will contact the respective Backup Agents for licensing. 

The new License Management view allows users to add multi-instance license keys with no expiration date. On this view users can see which instances are licensed and which ones are only registered but not licensed yet. Users can manage licenses on this view and select those instances that they need to be licensed.

New Upgrade Installer

Users can now access upgrade production installers from our Customer Support Portal. These installers are different from the trial installer, which now generates a trial license for unlimited instances with a 14-day expiration key on a fresh install.

Support on Always On Availability Groups

SQL Safe now supports SQL Server Availability Groups and allows you to perform backup and recovery strategies on your primary and secondary replicas.

7.2.1 New features

Improved backup performance

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SQL Safe 7.1 is SQL Server 2012 RC0 compatible. This version of SQL Safe is not certified against newer builds of SQL Server and should not be used with these builds in a production environment. Idera provides experimental support while you use your installation in a testing environment to ensure the features you rely on most are working as or better than expected.

7.4 Fixed issues

You no longer need to restart the InstantRestore service when adding a new drive to a server.

7.1 Fixed issues

• Users who have a case-sensitive SQL Server user name no longer finds SQL Safe failing to create a job. This issue was the result of SQL Safe adding the characters in an all lowercase format.
• SQL Safe now prompts for a user name and password if a user runs the SQL SafeCmd DELETE command when they do not have access to the remote file system.
• This release fixes an issue that caused some users attempting to upgrade to SQL Safe 7.0 to receive a message stating that a previous version already exists.
• An issue preventing the backup service from starting after some users upgraded to SQL Safe 7.0 is resolved.
• Restore policies no longer become out of sync with the database for users who have multiple data files.
• An issue occurring during an upgrade that prevented backups from starting is resolved. In the job history, this issue logged an error stating, "The process could not be created for step 1 of job X (reason: The system cannot find the file specified). The step failed."
• A data format issue that caused some users to see a number of their policies as "Not Loaded" is fixed. All policies should successfully appear after any SQL Safe version upgrade.
• SQL Safe now prompts the user to sync policies after changing SQL authentication details for a SQL Server.

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