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SQL Safe provides the following new features and fixed issues.

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3 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. 

8.2 Fixed Issues

• When performing backup and restore operations, users are now able to specify Microsoft Azure Blob Storage as the location for their backup and restore files.
• Copying policies is now available from the Policy tab. Users can now copy preexisting policies and modifying their settings before copying them. 
• The installer has been improved to allow the installation of all SQL Safe components and the Idera Dashboard in one single wizard. 
• Users can now perform striped backups to tape devices using Tivoli Storage Manager.
• SQL Safe is now integrated with IDERA Dashboard 3.0.  

8.3 Fixed Issues

• Users do not experience error messages anymore when performing the bulk "Backup Again" operation in the Operation History tab.
• Users can now sort the databases list of the backup wizard according to Database Name, Last Backup, or Space Used. 
• The Restore Wizard now updates the point-in-time date accurately after clicking the Apply option. 
• "Restore again" and "Restore with different options" are now available for Instant Restore operations in the Operation History tab 
• Links from "Databases with failed backups" and "Databases with failed restores" in the "My Environment" section of the Home tab now direct to the correct information in the Operation History tab.
• Users can now access a tool tip that provides the complete name of SQL Server instances and databases displayed in the bar graphs of the Home tab
• SQL Safe now supports TSM (Tivoli Storage Manager) 7.1.1.1.
• Users can now use wildcards such as %, _, [ ],[^] to find their information more quickly through the filters
• Users can now perform the "Restore again" operation as a bulk operation in the Operation History tab without experiencing error messages. 
• When upgrading to a new version, users can now select previous SQL Safe display names or create a new one.
• 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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