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
- Added "Reset VSS" feature to Computers page under the Tools tab for each computer. This can be used to restart and repair VSS on the remote computer.
Changed
- Update Agent backup engine to Macrium Reflect 8 version 8.0.6161. See here for details
- Add additional support logging
- Renamed options in Add Computers wizard so that two entries no longer have the same title
Fixed
- Fixed error preventing the computers page from loading due to control characters embedded in backup failure messages
- Fixed the Repository browser and restore pages encountering issues with backups made on systems with non-capitalized NetBIOS names
- Fixed issue with the scheduler calendar displaying incorrect times for unusual weekly triggers where intervals were greater than 1 and the first backup happened in the week after the start date.
- Fixed some MultiSite connectivity issues
8.0.6078 - 2021-08-09
Changed
- Update Agent backup engine to Macrium Reflect 8 version 8.0.6036. See here for details
- Updated installer to not wait for service startup to prevent rollback on timeout
- Improved performance getting log details with MultiSite
- Improved performance with large numbers of Agents (Over 300)
Fixed
- Updated Remote Sync to take deletions into account when checking for appropriate disk space on the target
- Fixed deferred backup jobs running for computers that have never connected since the Site Manager service started up
- Fixed MultiSite API key changing when Network MAC addresses change too frequently - this was due to overly-eager hardware change detection
- Toggling scheduled backups on and off should no longer have long UI delays
- Fixed repeated passphrase change messages in the Event Log
8.0.6013 - 2021-07-05
Changed
- Allow extra time for Agent Reflect to launch on slower systems
- Add extra logging for Windows time and time zone changes
- Detect Agents running on Windows 11 and update Windows Version tags to include Windows 11
Fixed
- Removed spurious event log entries for failed configuration file loading when a file does not exist
- Fixed Copy Path function in Rescue Media page causing a JavaScript error
- Fixed default credentials not being used for Agent installs
- Fixed Remote Install working with default login credentials
- Fixed showing the user's display name in the top bar
8.0.5995 - 2021-06-22
Changed
- Update Agent backup engine to Macrium Reflect 8 version 8.0.5994. See here for details
- Split logging for Active Directory, Driver and Agent events into separate files
- Added a Password Confirmation dialog in the Settings > Email page when attempting to send test emails
- Improved Active Directory query performance on Agents
- Updated Azure repository configuration credentials page to match non-Azure repositories
Fixed
- Fixed emails not including backup log attachments or event name in the subject
- Fixed repository browser from preventing file deletion under limited circumstances
- Fixed intra-daily backup success notification settings resetting to follow backup success notifications on service restart
- Fixed slow shutdown caused by service shutdown while a repository scan was in progress
- Fixed Agent taking a long time to shut down when huge numbers of backup logs are present on the Agent
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
8.0.5965 - 2021-06-07
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
8.0.5934 - 2021-05-26
Added
- Update Agent backup engine to Macrium Reflect 8 and CBT release level (8.0.5928). See here for details
- Show clock and time zone information on the Site Manager header
- All times shown in the UI should now be in the Site Manager server's time zone, not browser time zone.
- Intra-daily backups available in Schedules page
- Intra-daily stealth mode (backup logs are not produced for successful intra-daily backups, a daily table of results is available in the Logs page instead)
- Additional notification options for intra-daily backups
- New computers page
- User-creatable tags
- Automatic tagging for Agents with problems, Active directory information and backup definition membership
- Sorting and grouping by tags
- New detailed information for each computer
- Backup by tag option in Backup Definitions
- Update wizard for adding new computers
- Full Active Directory browsing to locate new computers
- Added Universal Rescue Media (a single rescue media with multiple PE versions to allow for a single USB which can restore any computer)
- Added USB creation tool to Rescue Media page - this allows a USB boot device to be created from an ISO image without third-party software
- Added option to Remote Sync repositories to S3 compatible stores, including Amazon, Wasabi, Backblaze and any other manually configured S3 compatible server
- Added daily data export option to export CSV data from computers, licenses, backups, repositories (content and space usage) for audit and third-party integration purposes
- Dashboard updated to make status tiles clickable
- Added option to not show backup start/end notifications on Agents for scheduled backups
- Added option to use Wake-on-LAN in Run Now backups
- Added discovery and configuration of Domains in the same forest as the server's domain as login providers
Changed
- Added code to detect SHA2 driver hash capability
- Computers which cannot support SHA2 driver hashing will not have the CBT driver installed. If installed from an older Agent install, it will be removed on upgrade
- The Site Manager server now required SHA2 driver hashing. Installing or upgrading a Site Manager server install will fail on these platforms
- Microsoft hotfixes are available for platforms with these issues (Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2)
- More compact forecast display
- Computers page shows more detail on backups in progress
- Support upload (ctrl-shift-s) now allows download of support information in the browser
- Support upload (ctrl-shift-s) can now collect data from Agents directly
- Passphrase protected private keys can now be used for HTTPS certificates in the Site Manager server
- Changed Site Manager XML file names to look better in Backup Logs
- Updated repository connection code to show repository connection errors directly in Backup Logs
- Site Manager now sends IP addresses of Repositories on backup so that Agents which can't DNS resolve Repository names can use the IPs
- Added MAC and IP address columns to Computers page (hidden by default)
- Added Backup Comment column to Repository browsing, verification and remote restore pages
- Update columns in computers CSV export
Fixed
- Fixed case where an IP address change was not synced to the Site Manager server from an Agent with multiple NICs
- Improve handling if a repository goes offline during a remote sync
- Repository browser now lists all computers with backup image files, even if they have since been removed from Site Manager
- Remote Syncs that end with a warning now show correct yellow status and icons in notifications
- Remote Sync in the dashboard progress widget will now say which Repository is syncing
- Site Manager UI can show timestamps in a mix of Site Manager server time zone and Web Browser time zone - all times are now in the server's time zone
Older Releases
For release notes for version 7.3 and earlier, see the Archived Release Notes