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Site Manager 8 Release Notes

8.1.7888 - 2024-02-22

Added
- Custom Roles feature added (See Settings > User Management > Roles)
- Drivers Management feature added
- Introduced schedule backup active hours to restrict start times of delayed backups

Changed
- Update Agent backup engine with changes made for Macrium Reflect 8.1 version 8.1.7847. See here for details
- Enable offline activation of special 'always offline' license keys for air gapped networks
- Daily Export now provides additional information
- Restores can be configured to install the latest Agent software after restore
- Optimized active directory domain searching on Site Manager service start up
- Updated Active Directory logins to avoid LDAP for domains the Site Manager server is joined to, increasing performance in some cases
- Added toggles to disable (and subsequently delete) unwanted email configurations
- Improved performance of recovery agent driver loader
- Added support for FTP MS-DOS style responses in Remote Sync
- Changes to log purging settings are now actioned at midnight (local time) to prevent accidental deletions
- Machine domain must now be provided to configure a repository or golden image store
- Optimized Agent communications to Site Manager (rate limiting)
- Updated backup definition to optionally allow multiple definitions to backup to the same folder, sharing backup sets and retention rules

Fixed
- Fixed recovery agent handle leak blocking CHKDSK drive reports
- Fixed TFTP server handle leak causing PXE media rebuild failures
- Fixed Remote Sync S3 (third-party store) timeouts on large bulk deletions of objects
- Fixed Remote Sync S3 (third-party store) retrying indefinitely on storage cap limit reached
- Fixed Remote Sync S3 temporary folder deletion when versioning is turned on
- Fixed recovery agent status showing 'Unrecognized Agent' during deployment
- Fixed rare crash when opening databases already open in third-party applications

8.1.7814 - 2024-01-05

Changed

• Update Agent backup engine with changes made for Macrium Reflect 8.1 version 8.1.7784. See here for details
• Improvements to Remote Sync S3 retry logic and logging
• Add support for MAL subscription licensing
• Add support for Agent computers with a standalone install of Macrium Reflect using a subscription license
• Added progress dialog when boot media agent is connecting to Golden Image store
• Improve stability of MultiSite connection
• Improved verification support for golden images

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