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Site Manager 8 Release Notes

8.1.7570 - 2023-07-10

Fixed

• Fixed Remote Sync (FTP) issue where configurations containing folders with white space would fail to sync
• Fixed degraded upload speed performance for Remote Sync (FTP, FTPS and SFTP)
• Fixed potential for delays and a crash in the support submission process
• Fixed repository browser listing and description issues
• Fixed mounted image content downloads
• Fixed potential UI crash in verification page when verifying golden images
• Fixed recovery agent restore activation when triggered from the repository browser
• Fixed deployment media out of date notification
• Fixed rare crash caused by device defined invalid data
• Fixed crash for servers with no associated domain

Changed

• Improved Remote Sync (S3) timeout logic during finalization stage

8.1.7551 - 2023-06-14

SiteDeploy

• SiteDeploy has been added to Site Manager, see Macrium Website for details
• A trial of SiteDeploy may be started by visiting the Licenses -> SiteDeploy page

Added

• Added repository information to computer details panel on computers page

  • Number of backups and backup sets
  • Dates of oldest and most recent backups
  • Total size of all backup files
  • Percentage of total storage and used storage taken up by backups from this computer

• Added Rescue Media information to computer details panel on computers page

  • Type of Rescue Media required
  • Number of drivers harvested with pop-up to show detailed list

• Added Boot Media Agent to Rescue Media

  • Connects automatically to Site Manager
  • Communications are encrypted with AES-256 with bidirectional authentication
  • Gathers hardware information and identifies known Agents
  • Computers booted into the Recovery Environment are now shown in the Remote Restore page
  • Allows restores to be started from within the Site Manager UI
  • Administrator and Restore Operator users can login to allow quick access to repositories from the Recovery Environment
  • Shows hardware and allows the manual loading of drivers

• Added power management options

  • Automatically shutdown/reboot/suspend computers after scheduled backups
  • Optionally shutdown/reboot/suspend computers as part of a Run Now backup

• Remote Syncs can now be set to "per folder upload" mode.

  • Each folder will be committed to the server once upload has completed rather than waiting until all folders have been uploaded
  • This improves behaviour on network disconnection in that the sync will only rollback to the last folder checkpoint
  • Less temporary space may be used on the remote end of the sync as each folder will release temporary space when it commits
  • This should be used only if there is no requirement for backups from multiple computers to be kept at strictly in sync with each other

• Added ability to show tags for computer in the Run Now dialog as an optional column

• Add ability to start a Run Now backup from the computers page

• Added permissions check for remote syncs upon saving sync settings and starting a remote sync

• Added an option to enable secondary domain enumeration

• Added an option to enable cross domain searching on a per provider basis

• Local and domain admins will be able to log into Site Manager, only if access rules have not been set up or upon first startup of Site Manager, if added this access rule will need removing manually if you no longer require it

• Added an option to make remote syncs upload each folder in a repository separately

• Added screen resolution and dark mode theme selection to Agent in Recovery/Deployment Media

• Added IP addresses and subnets as optional columns in the Deployment Targets / Remote Restore computers page

• Added event log events for when a computer is rebooted or has VSS restarted via the computers page

Changed

• Update Agent backup engine with changes made for Macrium Reflect 8 version 8.1.7469. See here for details

• The menu structure for Site Manager has been overhauled

  • The Site Configuration section has been renamed to "Backup"
  • Scheduled Activity has been renamed to Active Backups
  • A Deployment section has been added for SiteDeploy
  • The Licenses page has been split into Backups and SiteDeploy sections

• Updates to login system

  • Searching for multiple domains in the local forest can now be disabled in the Settings -> Security page
  • Cross-domain searching is now disabled by default and can be enabled on a per-domain provider basis
  • The default admin login rule for the local and connected domain login providers is now shown the the roles configuration page and may be deleted

• Updated defaults for CPU priority in line with Reflect 8.1 changes

  • As the speed improvements to Reflect may cause higher CPU use, all definitions have been changed to use lower priority by default
  • The original priorities can be restored automatically by setting a registry key. Contact Macrium support if this is needed

• First run wizard is now more guided and offers the option to activate trials

• Trials of backups and SiteDeploy now do not activate automatically and can be manually activated from the licenses page

• The restore wizard and computers page now use Reflect-style disk views

• Overhauled rule selection page on Backup Definition wizard to be clearer and easier to use

• Updated repositories, schedules, logs and verification pages to bring them in line with other UI pages

• Improved installer error messages when starting or stopping services

• Restarting Site Manager will now automatically reload / redirect as needed

• Last backup information in the computers page now shows if it was a Full, Differential or Incremental backup

• Changing system / security settings will now only trigger a Site Manager restart when necessary

• When running a backup via the Run Now option on the Active Backups page, retention rules can be optionally applied

• Computers will now show when they are booted into the recovery environment in the computers page

• Added ability to click through more things in the dashboard page

• Remote Syncs can be toggled on and off in the Active Backups page

• Remote sync wll now perform additional checks that the remote end has sufficient permissions

• Driver harvester standalone exe is now included in rescue media and can copy drivers back onto rescue media for immediate use

• Updated region pre-sets for Remote Sync S3 (Wasabi)

• Increased timeout period for Remote Sync S3

• Rescue media page will now show how many drivers of different types have been injected into each Rescue Media

• Show the backup error as an optional column in the logs page

• Improved the UI idle time setting in Settings -> Security to allow for a toggle to deactivate

Fixed

• Fixed a newly connecting agent not showing any backups already in progress in the Site Manager UI
• Fixed bug where 'Repository Uncontactable' notifications would be sent by email even when not set
• Fixed FTP retry and timeout issues in Remote Sync
• Fixed Remote Sync file renames not working in xlight FTP server
• Remote Sync errors due to repositories becoming unavailable are now reported more clearly
• Fixed the daily export repo changes report having some inaccuracies
• Fixed the Site Manager launcher not working under Windows Server 2022
• Fixed plain text connection and auto authentication mode not working for email under some circumstances
• Fixed variable replacement in emails incorrectly expanding all backup levels to "Full"
• Fixed newer private key files not working for HTTPS certificates
• Fixed emails always sending all data from the last 7 days in the first email sent after reboot
• Fixed computers that have never connection being tagged as "64-bit"
• Fixed XP clients failing backup if some automatically created folders don't exist
• Fixed emails showing SQL log backups as differential
• Fixed dynamic disks being shown as MBR
• Fixed large numbers of tags not wrapping in the computer details row expansion
• Fixed copy schedule failing if a password was configured in the source schedule
• Fixed inconsistent time formats being used in backup summary emails
• Fixed failed Rescue Media builds appearing as successful in the Event Log
• Fixed lockup on schedules page when accidentally creating a schedule trigger which repeats every 0 days
• Fixed "Repository Uncontactable" emails being sent even when disabled in email settings
• Fixed issue with agent passphrases with spaces in being corrupted on upgrade
• Fixed display issue in forecast when Run Now Remote Syncs are cancelled
• Fixed changes to Agent disks not appearing in the computers page until the browser is refreshed
• Fixed bug where some log lines could be dropped from the details panel of a running backup. Full logs were not affected
• Fixed failed SiteDeploy Golden Image imports showing in the event log but not the Golden Images page
• Fixed a bug where attempting to restore an image file from the root folder of a repository failed
• Fixed Repository Uncontactable Windows event log events showing an incorrect '%1' message
• Fixed Remote Sync activity not showing in the Forecast widget if there are no scheduled backups
• Fixed problems connection to FTPS servers using TLS 1.3 during Remote Sync
• Fixed a bug where two error messages would display in the notification widget if a backup is attempted on a system already running a backup
• Fixed a bug where the "Exclude Removable Disks" Backup Definition rule could accidentally force some non-removable disks to be included in a backup when they should not be
• Fixed deletion of a Golden Image or Backup file failing on a MIG protected volume on a remote system due to MIG-enabled delete requesting more permissions than needed
• Numerous minor UI bug fixes and changes

8.1.7449 SiteDeploy Only - 2023-04-03

Added

• New SiteDeploy functionality for deployment to bare metal computers
• See Macrium Website for more details
• Golden image management
• PXE deployment media
• Sysprep answer file injection

8.0.7327 - 2023-01-24

Fixed

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