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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
Added
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