Release Notes for BackupAssist v7

File Protection (Rsync)

• 23472 Resolved BackupAssist Rsync authentication failures that occur after firmware and software updates to Rsync servers and NAS devices that included an update to OpenSSH 7.0. Re-run "Register with server" for all jobs to take advantage of the improved OpenSSH 7.0 security.

21594: Fix exception when selecting dates in the "Run now" dialog, caused after applying certain security updates for Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5 (KB3023222/KB3023223/KB3023224).

CMC

• 19180 Fix bug causing next run time for a job to show incorrectly in the future in some circumstances

Server 2012 R2

• 19180 Fix bug causing next run time for a job to show incorrectly in the future in some circumstances

System Protection

• 18793 Improved retention of backup history for iSCSI and Data Container jobs, and other minor fixes and improvements

Installer

• 18428 Re-enable unattended installation using msi
• 18385 Fix missing trial period on some machines
• 19203 Updated EULA

Server 2012 R2

• 18063 Provide support for the Hyper-V Config Reporter on 2012 R2
• 17962 Fix UI issue preventing System Protection backup of ReFS volumes
• 18122 Remove false BA728 warnings for Hyper-V backups using System Protection, appearing only after applying MS update KB2919355

Central Administration

• 15398 Format activity progress string correctly before step has started executing.
• 15275 Fix word-wrap problem in activity monitor in Central Admin console. Calculate percent progress.
• 15358 Default sort Latest Reports by reverse date order (latest first)

CMC/Web

• 15287 Accurate "Next Run Time" value is included with old reports that are sent to CMC.

Exchange Granular Restore Add-on

• 17891 Fix warning popup buttons when EGR is already running
• 17861 Fix appointments restored with altered times (GMC_BA-620)
• 15316 Show job name in EDB extraction dialog.

File Protection (Rsync)

• 17588 Fix Single Instance Store for encrypted Rsync backups
• 11444 Enhancement to Rsync seed process

Image Catalog

• 17730 Fix intermittent error during catalogue creation in system protection backup
• 16168 Fix a rare exception during catalogue step in system protection backup (GMC_BA-0856)

Licensing

• 17874 Fix manual licence activation (GMC_BA-631)

Reports/Notifications

• 7149 Fix issue preventing display of html reports when control characters are output by job scripts.
• 15050 Fix scrollbar button in restore report viewer
• 16967 Fix mangled zip option text
• 16037 Fix blank Rsync destination details backup report

Selections/Exclusions

• 14167 Do not automatically select drive chosen as a destination in System Protection jobs.

SQL Add-on

• 17590 Improve reporting of "database in use" issues during SQL Restore (GMC_BA-0929)

System Protection

• 17459 Fix "bare metal" detection in Files and Folders selection UI for System Protection backups, when the Locale is set to a different culture than the UI language of the OS.
• 17802 Fix rare null reference exception in system protection backup. (GMC_BA-0968)

System Protection (Ntbackup)

• 15928 Fix rare issue with NTbackup causing backups to be incorrectly updated.

TrueCrypt

• 16489 Fix Truecrypt binaries not copied to network destination (GMC_BA-0864)
• 15219 Report Truecrypt container destination check error in more detail

UI

• 17702 Fix VSS snapshot status in job monitor (GMC_BA-0958, GMC_BA-0950, GMC_BA-0967)
• 17850 Fix email addresses and network paths not exported. (GMC_BA-630)
• 14741 Prevent unnecessary pop up when sending diagnostics from a machine without Windows Server Backup.
• 16410 Hide unavailable restore options
• 15817 Keep existing machine GUID when importing settings.
• 17507 File Protection and File Archiving schedules show "the following morning" hint when backup scheduled to start after midnight.
• 17628 Limit Zip Thread Count to range of control when loading settings.
• 14946 Improve error message about Windows firewall not running
• 15110 Add bigger icons for SQLRestore and LicenseManager, so they look nice on Win2012 Start screen.
• 17022 Don't hide BA console when showing the "License Required" popup
• 13135 Show detailed RecoverAssist Builder error
• 14353 Fix wrongly positioned wbadmin restore button.
• 15363 Fixed Reports not being available after all jobs are removed.
• 15671 Fix exception when double-clicking certain area on BA console restore screen.
• 15391 Fix data container check box status when data container is not available
• 13996 Add button to copy URL on Central Administration Setup dialog.
• 14861 Update trial expiry status every 24 hours

Exchange Granular Restore Add–on

• 17561 Fix Exchange Guest detection when running Hyper-V backups on a Server 2012 R2 server

Licensing

• 17626 Fix trial expired issue for first time installs in some rare circumstances

Licensing

• 17374 Fixed "trial expired" messages which affected a limited number of machines using some non-ascii characters in OS information.
• 17366 Fixed "trial expired" messages which affected a limited number of older 32 bit operating systems.

System Protection

• 17220 Fix important issues potentially causing corruption in backup history for iSCSI and Data Container backups

CMC

• 16856 Allow sending short/private backup report to CMC
• 17240 Fix temporary CMC error "Invalid URI: The format of the URI could not be determined" experienced by some installations

Installer

• 17162 Fix MSI installer to use request privileges when necessary, rather than requiring execution from an elevated command prompt.

Exchange Granular Restore Add-on

• 17248 Fix issue causing non-ascii characters from appearing correctly in some html emails after being restored.
• 17189 Fix some connection and impersonation issues due to incorrect Exchange CAS hosts being used in some cases.

Concurrent backups

• 16965 Enable concurrent backup for SQL and Exchange Mailbox Add-ons

Data Container

• 16976 Fix RDX drive not ejecting for data container backups (GMC_BA-594)

iSCSI

• 17020 Fix error restoring old system protection backups from iSCSI destination.

Reports/Notifications

• 17000 Fix reminder notification sent a day earlier.
• 16971 Write VSS Shadow Storage usage to log files before and after System Protection backups.
• 16762 Restore section in backup report summarizing what user can restore using this backup.
• 17047 Add previously missing Recovery section to the backup report of successful System Protection backup to RDX drive.

Restore Console

• 16909 Warn if a backup is running before starting a restore

Server 2012 R2

• 17183 Avoid unnecessary BA728 warnings when backing up Hyper-V using System Protection on Server 2012 R2

UI

• 17024 Fix console crash when attempting to edit or run removed job from Monitor panel
• 17034 Disable "Delete Job" button in job-specific context menu, when a job is running
• 17095 Fix console crash with error "NullReferenceException at CortexIT.VSSWrapper.BackupComponentsSnapshot.! BackupComponentsSnapshot()" (GMC_BA-0914, GMC_BA-610)
• 17098 Fix failed backups on Server 2003, Vista and some Server 2008 machines where PowerShell v1 is installed instead of PowerShell v2 (GMC_BA-0902, GMC_BA-0907, GMC_BA-0906, GMC_BA-0905)

• NEW: Support for Windows Server 2012 R2. This support includes the backup, restore and recovery of data and VSS applications, and non-CSV Hyper-V environments.
• NEW: Restore log file that contains a list of all files processed during a restore and the result for each file.
• NEW: Recovery options section for System Protection backup reports. This section explains the BIOS, EFI and Hyper-V guest recovery options for each System Protection backup

Central Administration

• 16484 Fix diagnostic submission from Central Administration when using IE 10

Data Container

• 16296 Provide new Data Container option allowing certain failures in System Protection backups to Buffalo NAS devices to be avoided

Destinations

• 16515 Additional logging for destination check in legacy system protection backup

Exchange Granular Restore Add-on

• 16574 Fix the error caused by repeatedly hitting Test button (testing logon credentials for Hyper-V guest hosting Exchange), while the initial test hasn't completed yet.

File Protection (Rsync)

• 15295 Fix restoring a single file with one or more apostrophes in its name.
• 15890 Clean up temporary files after an encrypted Rsync backup is cancelled.

iSCSI

• 16972 Ensure System Protection catalogues are removed when the backup is no longer available on the current backup device

Misc

• 16879 Fix rare error caused by corrupted backup report preventing the job from being selected in the list.
• 16850 Fix rare error in testing Authentication on Hyper-V guests with Exchange

Reports/Notifications

• 16009 Report more specific VSS errors in file protection and archiving backup reports.
• 16091 Fix the bug preventing problems with Hyper-V guests from being reported in File Archiving backups
• 16577 Fix error preventing generation of HTML backup report in some circumstances.
• 15809 Recovery options section for System Protection backup reports.

Restore Console

• 16302 Handle exception when backup is not accessible
• 15874 New option enabling creation of a restore log file containing a list of all files processed during a restore and the result for each file.

Server 2012 R2

• 15924 Support for Windows Server 2012 R2. This support includes the backup, restore and recovery of data and VSS applications, and non-CSV Hyper-V environments.

Service

• 16952 Important fix to enhance the stability of the service, especially with respect to running scheduled jobs

UI

• 16835 Improve documentation describing the Exchange Impersonation required for EGR restoration into live mailboxes.
• 16718 Disable embedded Exchange mailbox backup for System protection (imaging), File protection and File Archiving jobs. Option is still available in "legacy" System Protection (NTbackup) jobs
• 16178 Fix exception that occasionally happens when moving to the Destination screen for System Protection to Local Drive jobs
• 16798 Add text in Mailbox Protection job to highlight the limitation of this type of protection (Exchange 2013 not supported).
• 16958 Prevent jobs from being deleted while the job is running.

VSS

• 16615 Fix false alarm about disabled VSS service.
• 16154 Fix unnecessary error entries in Windows event log.

Zip

• 16899 Adjust the maximum number of threads allowed adaptively in Zip backups

Exchange Granular Restore Add-on

• 16136 NEW: Allow EGR for Exchange databases from within backups of Hyper-V guests. Both the Exchange Granular Restore Add-on license and Hyper-V Granular Restore Add-on licence are required.

Central Administration

• 16163 Fix bug preventing diagnostics submission from BACA when running on some older browsers

Licensing

• 16330 Improve information provided for some common activation errors.
• 16184 Prevent activation with incorrect license keys

Reports/Notifications

• 16460 Fix backup report status for File Archiving jobs when one or more files fail to be compressed.

Restore Console

• 15492 UI improvements to make restore progress in Restore Console more informative.

System Protection

• 15873 Hide unnecessary System Protection warning messages

UI

• 14875 Fix minor UI bug with section headers shown in black color instead of blue.
• 16364 Fix an error caused by VSS timeout outside of 5..60 minutes scope in Windows Settings dialog.
• 15494 Make "Customize schedule" and "Select a new schedule" buttons more discoverable in UI.
• 16178 Fix exception that occasionally happens when moving to the Destination screen for System Protection to Local Drive jobs

Exchange Granular Restore Add-on

• NEW: 16044 Direct Exchange Injection: Restore mail items directly into a live Exchange Server.

Central Administration

• 15908 Improve appearance of Central administration on certain browsers

CMC/Web

• 15685 Improved handling of corrupted web responses due to faulty proxy configuration

Destinations

• 15004 Improvements to authentication of backup connections to NAS.

File Protection (Rsync)

• 15985 Improved recovery in case of error, and include default ServerAliveInterval to help avoid some problems when encryption is enabled (GMC_BA-0568)

Reports/Notifications

• 15331 Detect specific VSS errors from Wbadmin output, allowing users to troubleshoot using specific online knowledgebase articles
• 16073 Enhance VSS applications report section to highlight guest failures\issues
• 14997 Detect incompatible 4kb sector size with System protection backups and issue appropriate error message
• 16000 Hyper-V backup failures due to guests now report the names of the problem guests in the backup report.
• 14116 Add destination details in the report under the "Backup Job" section, and only show the destination check report if it is not successful
• 15705 New option for user to define media usage threshold so that warning is issued when threshold is exceeded.
• 15919 Show backup end time in backup report list

Restore Console

• 11657 Restore from CSV backup fails unless intermediate backup location is present

Scheduling/Schemes

• 9768 Allow user to specify media rotation day for Weekly backups. Calendar only shows rotations when scheduled, not every day. (GMC_BA-0824)

Settings/Logging

• 15897 Fix verification of the Backup User Identity when importing settings.

TrueCrypt

• 10110 Improvement ensures that TrueCrypt container is dismounted after a TrueCrypt backup (GMC_BA-0496)

UI

• 15971 Alert user that Data container will be required for granular restore from RDX backups
• 15379 Tidy up media text for S3Rsync destination
• 13020 New option to allow user to specify BackupAssist temporary working directory, which may be of particular benefit for encrypted rsync backup jobs.
• 12500 Fix rare exception when browsing backup reports
• 15947 Alert user that Data container size cannot be changed after it is created
• 14996 Enhanced "Create a new backup job" UI to highlight the capabilities of each protection type, and add new "Learn about Backup types" content
• 15673 Fix a rare exception when creating a backup job.
• 16111 The VSS timeout setting has been moved to Windows settings in BackupAssist

RecoverAssist

• 15620 Fixed issue with missing DLL when booting 32bit Windows 7 Recovery Environment  (GMC_BA-0553)

• 15675 NEW: RecoverAssist now includes an option to add third party diagnostic tools for use within a recovery environment

Reports/Notifications

• 15611 NEW: Backup reports now show the backup start and end time as well as the backup engine type.

• 15263 Fixed situation whereby CMC reports for scheduled backups are not sent to the CMC if the job is run manually prior to the scheduled backup time. (GMC_BA-0812)

Central Administration

• 15536 Fix duplicate machine error when adding a machine with imported BackupAssist settings to Central Administration (GMC_BA-0825)

Exchange Granular Restore Add-on

• 15730 EGR is not supported on Server Core systems. A warning is issued when attempting to launch EGR on Server Core

File Protection

• 15648 Fixed situation whereby BA804 "Skipped alternate data stream for some files - not supported by destination" warning is falsely issued. (GMC_BA-0831)

Installer

• 15766 Fix broken DataPath functionality for using an alternate path to store BackupAssist configuration data

Restore Console

• 15556 Fixed issues when restoring from System protection backups when original backup destination drive letter has changed since the last backup.

SBS Integration

• 15352 Fixed rare exception in System Protection backups on certain SBS 2008 machines (GMC_BA-0813)

UI

• 15736 User can click on URL directly in the popups advising on Exchange Servers support.

• 15704 Restore console now allows for a list of backed up files to be saved on Server core machines (GMC_BA-0839).

VSS

• 10716 Allow user to modify VSS timeout setting from within BackupAssist console

• 15735 Improved how BackupAssist runs in the presence of incompatible VSS providers

NEW: Exchange Granular Restore Add-on

• Now in full release (add-on license required)
• The Exchange Granular Restore (EGR) console allows you to preview and restore mail items from System Protection, File Protection and File Archiving backups. This means that the same backup you use to protect your Exchange Server can be used to restore individual mail items.
• 15456 Fix to avoid error when opening an .edb file from within a Data container VHD.
• 15627 Fixed rare problem where Exchange backups were not listed when viewing Exchange Granular Restore page
  GMC_BA-0830
• 15603 Fix excessive service memory consumption problem when upgrading catalogues to version 7.1.0 or 7.2.0
• 15503 Exchange mailbox add-on job creation wizard now states which versions of Exchange are supported by the Exchange mailbox add-on

Central Administration

• 14857 NEW: Hyper-V Granular Restore Console and SQL Restore Console can now be launched when running BackupAssist remotely from the Central Administration console .

Data Container

• 15646 Data container is now supported on Server 2008 based operating systems (including SBS 2008) and Vista.
• 15464 Improved performance of System protection backups to Data containers on Linux-based NAS devices.
• 15638 Fix error occurring when exporting settings for Data Container and TrueCrypt-compatible jobs

File Protection

• 14827 Skip and warn about symbolic links in File Protection jobs

Hyper-V

• 15598 Fix detection of SMB3 paths for Hyper-V backups.

System Protection

• 15460 Fixed a catalogue error on certain French machines. (Case: GMC_BA-0819).
  GMC_BA-0819

iSCSI

• 13446 Fix to avoid issue whereby backup job would fail because Backup target is missing (Case: GMC_BA-0802).
  GMC_BA-0802
• 13106 Remove automatically assigned drive letters after mounting an iSCSI target.

Restore Console

• 15488 New pop up to confirm cancellation of a restore
• 14623 Prevent Restore of mailboxes into Exchange 2013 server
• 15052 Fixed problem whereby Restore Console UI was not updating display of alternate backup location

UI

• 15707 Fixed exception error in UI when re-selecting File protection destination choice as Rsync.
• 15487 Restore reports can now be generated and viewed from within the Backup Console -> Restore section.
• 15299 Fixes to Data container settings UI behaviour

Zip

• 15489 Zip backups kept in secondary local destination using ‘Keep local copies of your backups’ option, are now catalogued and available in the restore console

• Fix to avoid a mounting error when restoring a Server 2012 backup from a Data Container on a Linux based NAS with sparse files enabled.

• Enhancements to improve support for proxy servers when sending CMC reports and other web requests

• Exchange Granular Restore (EGR) console allows you to preview and then restore mail items from System Protection, File Protection and File Archiving backups. This means the same backup you use to protect your Exchange Server can be used to restore individual mail items.
• Note: The BETA period is set to expire on 24th August after which the EGR functionality will cease to function. To continue using EGR, you must upgrade to the latest version of BackupAssist that contains the full version of EGR.
• Existing backups will be upgraded to be compatible with EGR

• Server 2012 Deduplication
  • Support for backup of deduplicated files in Non-optimized mode. Note that the whole file will be copied as deduplication is undone when the file is copied.
• Hyper-V replica support
  • Support for backup of primary Hyper-V replica virtual machines.
• ReFS support
  • Support for ReFS formatted drives as a backup source and destination for all backup types
  • File protection backups will not use Single Instance Store as this is not supported by ReFS
  • System protection does not support incremental backup of an ReFS formatted drive
• Storage spaces
  • Support for Storage Spaces as a backup source and destination
• SMB 3.0
  • Support for SMB 3.0 shares as backup source and destination for all backup types
  • System protection to an SMB 3.0 share does not support backup history without the use of the Data Container backup destination option.
  • System protection does not support VSS applications with storage on SMB 3.0 shares, and cannot backup open files on an SMB 3.0 share.
  • File replication, Zip and Rsync backups support backing up of Open files and Hyper-V guests on an SMB 3.0 share.
• CSV support
  • Support for VSS applications using Server 2012 CSV storage, with all types of backups and destinations.

• System protection backups can now be made to a Data container, except for iSCSI destinations.
• Data Containers enable backup portability, and bring support for backup history for imaging backups to NAS and RDX drives.

• Enhanced capabilities to synchronize job info up to the CMC server, using an updated CMC protocol
• Any change in the software that affects the “next run time” for a job will cause CMC to be updated automatically, such as enabling/disabling a job, deregistering or reregistering it with CMC, changing the schedule or deleting it
• This means that CMC users shouldn’t need to perform any unnecessary manual maintenance on the jobs in their CMC portal
• Also includes more streamlined UI that allows user to subscribe a job with CMC during job creation.

• 14446 Fixed issue whereby computer name was not updating in the Centralized Administration console when a computer is renamed.
• NEW: 14768 Remote restore. BackupAssist Restore console can now be launched from within the Centralized administration console. SQL and Hyper-V Granular restore console not yet supported remotely.
• 14816 New lightweight remote console client installer that does not require any BackupAssist license.

• UI
  • 14690 Backup reports older than 6 months are now archived and not displayed in the reports page.They can be viewed via the new “View archived reports” link in the reports list.
  • 15270 Fixed adding and subtracting columns in computers panel in Central Administration console.

• Miscellaneous
  • 14881 SBS 2011 report integration. Prevent auto-enabling of report integration when it is explicitly disabled by the user
  • 15290 Fix intermittent iSCSI System protection backup errors on some machines
  • 14807 Fix to prevent TrueCrypt/ VHD container size from being set to ‘0’
  • 14269 Fixed inconsistent behaviour of new job wizard with regards to Backup User Identity

• Rsync
  • 15103 Improved message when Rsync is unable to determine space usage on the destination

• Exchange
  • 10515 Improved notification regarding supported versions of Outlook. 32bit versions of Outlook 2003, 2007 and 2010 are supported. 64bit Outlook and Outlook 2013 are not supported
  • 14822 Time filters added to restore page.
  • 14856 Exchange restore now has 3 options: Entire Exchange database restore, Restore of mailbox backup PST and Exchange Granular restore (BETA)

• System protection
  • 14202 Fixed System protection backups ‘freezing’ when RDX cartridge runs out of space. Oldest backup is removed before backup retries. Location of oldest backup is now listed in backup report.

• Restore
  • 15303 Fixed “Differencing error #1” error when restoring from System protection/imaging backup on pre-Windows 8/2012 operating systems
  • 15152 Fixed case whereby Restore console sometimes shows staging disk as CSV Hyper-V guests restore target.
  • 15216 Fixed restore issue where NTFS permissions were lost when restoring to the root of a volume

• TrueCrypt
  • 13700 Use all available space setting will now allow for 100MB of free space

• SQL add-on
  • 14744 Fixed UI exception when attempting to progress past the SQL server selection step without adding an SQL server

• Email server support
  • 12256 Added specific TLS server support for sending email. Now works with Office 365 and other hosted Exchange solutions.

• CentralAdmin
  • 14596 Fix incorrect report link in job monitor
  • 14668 Ensure licensing information is accurate to within 1 minute when refreshed.
  • 14243 Improve reliability of Remote Console
  • 14716 Fix possible delay in machines list, introduced in 7.0.1
• FileRep
  • 13192 Add an error which describes the failure to create TrueCrypt container on network media where the amount of available space cannot be determined (BA4205). Error description has suggestion of how to alter the job in order to avoid the error.
• Imaging
  • 14202 Imaging to an RDX target no longer freezes if available space is low
• RestoreConsole
  • 14558 Fix corrupted file in restore of encrypted file protection backup GMC_BA-0783
  • 14552 Allow historical restore reports to be viewed
• Scheduling/Schemes
  • 14640 Fixed Rsync scheme description for Full Archive
• SQL Add-on
  • 9298 Report warning when no SQL databases are backed up. GMC_BA-355
• UI
  • 14689 Allow reseller logo to be displayed in the core UI
  • 14586 Fix minor UI issue on splash screen
  • 14614 Fix minor bug in UI where title text if shifted to the left if long description text is used.
• Zip
  • 14483 Fix backup file naming in Zip and legacy system protection backups. GMC_BA-0526

• CentralAdmin
  • Removed double scroll bar on all jobs screen
  • Fixed some IE10 specific presentation bugs
  • No longer using loading cursor when waiting for user text input
  • Fixed minor styling problem
  • Ensure session timeout works correctly on all browsers
  • Fix some IE8 JavaScript issues
  • Prevent activation of Central Administration via HTTPS if certificate is not provided.
  • Fix layout issues in Central Administration Setup dialog when HTTPS certificate name is too long.
  • Update to latest version of JavaScript framework
  • Add new "Comments" field for free text against each machine being monitored
  • Fixed problem preventing BACA from see the new name when the remote computer name changes
  • Fix bug causing duplicate entries to show in the machines list after some edits.
• Destinations
  • Update optical disc burning library
• Exchange Mailbox Add-on
  • Add the error "Mailbox Protection is not available for Exchange 2013". Show it upon attempts to backup Exchange 2013.
• FileRep
  • Fix misleading error message when iSCSI destination is full.
• Hyper-V GRC
  • Update to RealSCSI driver, version 1.1.142
• Image Catalog
  • Fix BA2524 warning in imaging backups on certain non-English Windows operating systems.
  • Fix important issue preventing cataloguing for image backups on some pre-Windows 7 systems
• Imaging
  • Fix important issue preventing CSV backup on 2008 R2 with System Protection
  • Imaging to an RDX target no longer freezes if available space is low
• Installer
  • Uninstall correctly deactivates any BA license on the machine.
• Licensing
  • Fix issue preventing activation in some rare cases
• Misc.
  • Fix issue preventing use of some valid users as Backup User Identity (previously showing "Backup user account must be a member of local administrators group" error)
• Remote Control
  • Fix issue causing Remote Console to connect to the local machine instead of the requested remote machine
• Reports/Notifications
  • Fix issue causing duplicate maintenance notifications to be sent during some daylight savings transitions
• Settings/Logging
  • Improve logging efficiency, and possibly prevent some service errors
• SQL Add-on
  • Fixed issue causing a UI crash when attempting to setup or edit SQL add-on job selections
  • Fix failed SQL backup when a server is selected for backup multiple times
• UI
  • Fixed display issue for zip encryption thread count setting option
  • Fix minor issue, where long problem description may be partially cut inside the popup dialog.
  • Hide not relevant Imaging options in Windows Settings on Windows 2003.
  • Upon user attempt to create Recovery media show user-friendly message explaining why it is not possible on the platform where RecoverAssist is not supported.
  • Add new hyperlink on Exchange backup screen
  • Don't have scrolling in the title page of Welcome Screen.
  • Add auto-scrolling for small-resolution monitors when screen doesn't fit.
  • Introduce Previous and Next buttons into Report Viewer to make navigation across list of reports more convenient.
  • Fix text truncations in the buttons on the initial New Job Wizard page.

• New: Central Administration
  • Remote management via your browser, available for every BackupAssist V7 install
  • Manage multiple machines in a LAN environment
  • Https available for your security
  • Includes powerful Remote Control tool for remote use of the BackupAssist Console
• New: Support for new operating systems and applications
  • Windows Server 2012 and Windows 8 support
    • Full support for the enhanced Windows Backup imaging engine, including the new VHDX standard
    • Most BackupAssist features are already supported (Hyper-V CSV support on 2012 not yet available)
    • Support for new Server 2012 features is coming soon
  • SQL Server 2012 support for:
    • All job types via VSS backup and restore
    • The SQL Add-on
• New: Enhanced usability and a fresh new UI
  • Intuitive navigation, organized around easy-to-understand backup concepts
  • UI features accessible via quick access "tabs" for Backup, Restore and Recover
    • Backup tab allows you to create and manage jobs, monitor backups and view backup reports
    • Brand new Restore tab helps you to discover backups for your restore scenario, and recommends the best restore tool
    • RecoverAssist functionality is available via the new Recover tab
    • Additional tabs for the Remote tools like Central Administration, and for access to Settings
  • Job types offer just what you need:
    • System Protection helps you get maximum protection for your Entire System
    • File Protection allows you to replicate your files pretty much anywhere, including to Rsync servers (with the BackupAssist for Rsync Add-on)
    • File Archiving jobs are the easiest way to create long term archives, and even to Tape (with the Zip to Tape Add-on)
    • And Exchange Mailbox Protection and SQL Server Protection allow you to complete your protection of your most critical applications (with relevant Add-ons)
• New: Upgraded VHD support
  • VHD mounting functionality is now fully exposed to Windows tools like Disk Management and diskpart
  • Includes VHDX support on Server 2012 and Windows 8
  • Enhances imaging catalogue generation and the Hyper-V Granular Restore Console
• New: Improved VSS Diagnostics
  • A powerful set of VSS configuration details are now gathered into diagnostics, allowing a detailed analysis of VSS issues and a faster prognosis by BackupAssist support
  • Additionally, diagnostics now include detailed disk, volume and operating system information, now supporting Server 2012 and Windows 8 as well as Server Core and SBS variants
• CMC/Web
• 12908 Fix bug occasionally preventing CMC from receiving some reports
• 13967 Fixed communication issue between BackupAssist and CMC resulting in failure to report backup jobs completion.
• FileRep
• 13999 Fix failed File Replication and RSync backups when backing up certain folders to NAS.
• Help
• 11469 Fixed some broken help links
• HyperV
• 10828 Hyper-V VSS nodes in the file-selection control are now listed by their guest name, rather than GUID, together with an indication of whether they're online or offline backups.
• Imaging
• 13855 Fix imaging backup involving 2 or more unmounted volumes with the same volume label.
• 14012 Allow Exchange consistency check timeout to be changed in order to avoid template error on SBS machines.
• Installer
• 13538 fixed missing company name in BackupAssist's "Programs and Features" entry
• 11683 New DiskUsage command-line tool is included in the installation; it generates a report of media usage for a given directory.
• 11159 fix accidental removal of the uninstall start menu option after doing a repair
• Mailbox
• 11446 Improved wording for "Network errors", allowing for potential issues with CAS name resolution
• Misc
• 12248 Fixed NullReferenceException which could be raised when editing a backup job.
• 10386 Fixed error where specifying a compressor thread count of more than ten caused a range exception on editing the job.
• 12226 Server restarts no longer reset the media swap day, or the job creation date, for Imaging jobs to USB drives using the 'Daily backup weekly rotating full' scheme.
• 13479 Improved Backup User account permissions check and errors reporting.
• 12233 Text report notification for failed backups is now properly generated.
• Ntbackup
• 11092 Fixed Prepare Media dialog for backups into TrueCrypt container.
• Reports/Notifications
• 13613 Reports for cancelled jobs now show the cancelled icon (red '-'), rather than the error icon (red 'x'), in keeping with the rest of the application.
• Restore Console
• 13279 Improved disconnection handling of iSCSI targets after restores
• 13980 Fixed variables substitution in Backup directory location for backups into TrueCrypt container.
• 13596 Fixed "unknown user name or bad password" error when restoring from some NAS imaging jobs
• Rsync
• 12927 Fix for bug preventing backup of share folders when "use full path" in unchecked.
• Service/CPU/Mem
• 13716 Improvements to service stability, CPU and memory usage.
• SQL Add-on
• 9298 Report warning when no SQL databases are backed up.
• TrueCrypt
• 8264 Fix potential download error "Remote name could not be resolved: 'solomon'"
• UI
• 13296 fixed broken folder browser on some R2 systems
• 13452 Remove obsolete "Use legacy component" element from Email Server Settings screen
• 13602 Prevent multiple Folder Browser dialogs from being opened simultaneously
• 13738 The 'Check Selections' dialog, which lists specific backup file selections that are missing from the machine's filesystem, now allows multiple selection of list entries and removal from the job with a single operation.
• 10226 Fix BA console crash when cancelling job destination change
• 13994 Introduced Backup User account permissions check at the time of Backup User Identity definition.
• VSS
• 12325 Allow BackupAssist to run in the presence of incompatible VSS providers.