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Site Manager 8 Release Notes

8.0.6898 - 2022-07-25

Added

  • Added role-based login system
    • Users and Groups on a domain or local machine can be assigned roles which limit their access to Site Manager
    • Five fixed roles are available: Standard User (View only), Backup Operator, Restore Operator, Backup Manager, Server Manager
  • Added viBoot to Site Manager server installer - For more information, see the viBoot KnowledgeBase
  • Added power saving options to the run now backup wizard and scheduled backup wizard
  • Added Macrium Image Guardian information to repositories and added the ability to toggle MIG status
  • Added changed file sizes and counts for the last 24 hours/7 days to Repository status
  • Added CBT driver status to computer's details
  • Added 'reboot computer' maintenance action
  • Added computer tags for locally scheduled backups
  • Added an assortment of command line actions to both the agent and server
    • Debug and support options
    • Agent connection check
    • Agent driver gathering
    • Site Manager Server first time install options
    • Site Manager Server upgrade
    • Site Manager Server data export
  • Added a new driver harvester application to harvest drivers from computers with no agent installed
  • Added a standalone installer for Macrium Image Guardian
  • Backup log files will now be removed from Agent computers based on the Site Manager log retention setting
  • Added automatic deletion of backup logs on Agent computers according to the Site Manager server log retention setting
  • Agents connecting to Site Manager for the first time can now be automatically added to the computers table
  • Computers added using an IP address now cache that IP address for remote install

Changed

  • Update Agent backup engine to Macrium Reflect 8 version 8.0.6867. See here for details
  • Improved performance of Remote Sync
  • Existing FTP connect and response timeout values are now user configurable
  • The Rescue USB Builder now has a GUI interface as well as the command line interface
  • Additional event logs have been added for MIG status toggling and deleting backups from repositories
  • Remote sync logs are now created on a per sync basis
  • Improved the computers page table sorting and filtering
  • Improved the remote sync dashboard widget output
  • Improved remote install with further 'best effort' additions
  • Improved remote sync/S3 retry logic
  • Optimised Network share, FTP and S3 remote sync upload speeds
  • Additional remote sync config and summary logging
  • Improved settings saving to check for incorrect/impossible situations before save
  • Improved logs page layout and filtering
  • Improved handling of Repository connection failures during backup

Fixed

  • Fixed poor Agent performance with large numbers of backup logs
  • Fixed rare remote sync (FTP) crash
  • Fixed issue where multiple Remote Syncs in parallel could cause deadlock and lock up the user interface
  • Fixed bug where scheduled backups appeared unsorted
  • Fixed bug where a tooltip was hidden by the logs page
  • Fixed bug where sorting by activity was not working
  • Fixed bug where the domain would not be disabled when the username field included the domain
  • Improved CPU performance when creating rescue media
  • Fixed and improved an assortment of event logs
  • Fixed bug where AgentsActivity.log could be corrupted
  • Fixed bug that prevented existing remote sync configurations from being edited
  • Fixed poor performance in populating the repository with large numbers of files
  • Fixed some cases of Agents incorrectly reporting reboot required due to CBT being uninstalled
  • Fixed unusual comms failure if the target computer has a name that is a strict substring of the Site Manager server (e.g. SERVER vs. SERVER-SM)
  • Fixed the Agent service preventing ejection of a USB drive with a bitlocker locked partition
  • Fixed rare crash in Site Manager server when processing a VSS log over 4MB in size
  • Fixed AWS Storage Gateway Repository wizard issues with incorrectly revalidating credentials when being edited

8.0.6503 - 2022-01-12

Added

  • Added Windows Server 2022 version to Computers page display.
  • Added support for proxy servers to MultiSite connection (HTTP/S with CONNECT or SOCKS)

Changed

  • Update Agent backup engine to Macrium Reflect 8 version 8.0.6392. See here for details
  • Improved the MultiSite Remote View connection to be faster and more reliable
  • Added TCP keepalives to Agent connections to improve behaviour when connecting via NAT routing or firewall
  • Added re-evaluation of any Agent user scripts before connection and on hardware/IP change to facilitate VPN detection

Fixed

  • Fixed extensive startup delays for clients with 50+ inaccessible domain providers.
  • Fixed crash dump cleanup code not removing some old crash dumps
  • Fixed unusual crash on startup when Windows takes over 10 seconds to bind a listen socket during Windows startup
  • Fixed bug causing multiple event log events when an Agent with an active backup disconnects
  • Fixed MultiSite Remote View of the licenses page not working

8.0.6305 - 2021-11-01

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