SQL Safe provides the following new features and fixed issues.
8.0 New Features
Web Console Application
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 the same capabilities as the desktop application. Actions such as adding new SQL Server instances, backing up, restoring, or performing other operations depend on the role assigned to the respective user.
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.
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.
7.4 Fixed issues
You no longer need to restart the InstantRestore service when adding a new drive to a server.