Site Manager 8 Release Notes

8.0.5973 - 2021-06-10

Fixed

Fixed install failure on platforms which have never had a version 7 Site Manager Agent installed and which don't support SHA2 driver hashing
Fixed Kerberos domain trusts causing a crash/hang in Site Manager server startup
Fixed adding Metered license keys giving incorrect error message about upgrading
Fixed the Scheduled Activity page always showing 'Active' button for Backup Definitions with no computers
Fixed creating Backup Definitions without encryption producing a password length error
Fixed the Agent not running on some systems on startup

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Changed

Update Agent backup engine to Macrium Reflect 8 version 8.0.5963. See here for details
Added extra code to delete write-test files on Repositories
Added additional information to errors in the UI caused by JavaScript
Changed intra-daily forecast to show intra-daily frequency as hours and minutes instead of just minutes
Improved Scheduled Activity computer results table to show icons for all result types
Added an option to use Repository credentials in the Restore wizard rather than pre-filling the credential fields
Added an Revert button to the password field when editing the password in the Repository wizard
Updated password fields to clear on click and use a fixed length of password characters to reduce any possible information leakage
Updated Backup Definitions wizard to produce an error if the AES encryption type is changed to a type which requires a longer password
Site Manager browser logout is now temporarily disabled during support log generation (ctrl-shift-s)

Fixed

Fixed Site Manager not allowing login via Microsoft accounts ([email protected] etc)
Fixed backups being stuck in the running state in Scheduled Activity view if Site Manager is restarted during backup
Fixed daily email not considering backups with warnings as successful when generating list of computers without backups
Fixed weekly triggers using an interval other than 1 from displaying the incorrect dates in the Schedules page in some cases
Fixed the Scheduled Activity page always showing backup definitions with no computers as disabled regardless of slider selection
Minor layout fixes on Licenses page
Fixed Agent generating a warning that all backup sets have been deleted when using a 'Keep 1' retention rule and running the purge before backup
Fixed the Computers page showing an 'Unlicensed' warning on computers using Virtual Machine Server Agent licenses
Fix unusual crash if a background cleanup task triggers, runs and completes within 1 second of midnight
Fix an Agent crashing on service shutdown if a log file changes during shutdown
Fix missing ReflectTheme.dll in MIG component installation

Added

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