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SQL Safe provides the following new features and fixed issues.

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2 New Features

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Besides the desktop application, a new Web Application Console has been included that allows users to monitor their registered SQL Server instances and their respective SQL Safe operations. The web console provides most of 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

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• 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 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.

The main features of this Web Console Application are:

• Home tab - with a general status of the environment through alerts, summary information of SQL Safe operations, managed instances, and other important data. 
• Policies tab - with information about all SQL Safe policies existing in the users environment. 
• Operations History tab - with of all SQL Safe operations performed in the users environment and their current status.  
• Instances tab - with a general view of all SQL Server instances registered in the users environment. 
• Databases tab - with general information of the databases that belong to the SQL Server instances registered in the users environment. 
• SQL Safe Agents tab - provides information of all computers that host registered SQL Server instances and the details of related Safe Agents. 

Integration with the IDERA Dashboard

Version 2.0 allows you to register as many instances of your SQL Safe with your chosen IDERA Dashboard. The IDERA Dashboard provides a platform of services that allow an integrated user experience across multiple IDERA products.

User level permissions

SQL Safe Web Application now allows to assign three different roles to users: Administrator, User, and Guest. Each role has its own specific capabilities and/or restrictions. 

Support for EMC Data

SQL Safe now backs up and restores to/from EMC Data Domain.

8.0 Fixed issues

The collection service is no longer set to run as Local System by default and users no longer need to ensure this account has sysadmin rights in the SQL Server instance hosting the repository. They can specify the service account during installation. 

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