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What's new in P5 7.2.2

Apr 16, 2024
  • Fixed container garbage collection when job is stopped.
  • Added file statistics in job record for dry-runs as well.
  • Fixed GUI sorting on description field. (Bug#1938)
  • Fixed backup of Windows client. (Bug#1941)
  • Keep archive stub-files with same protection/mask as original.
  • Fixed archive overview. (Bug#1952)
  • Fixed volume statistics for empty volumes.
  • Reduced memory usage during restore/verify.
  • Fixed sync to client w.r.t generating hardlinked files. (Bug#1958)
  • Fixed crash during sync for large number of files.
  • Fixed LTFS restore of older versions of files. (Bug#1942,1845,1605)
  • Fixed deletion of files in sync mirror mode. (Bug#1958)

New in P5 7.2.1 (Feb 19, 2024)

  • Assure S3 bucket idle timer is always honoured.
  • Fixed container online retrieval for Glacier/Deep-Archive restore.
  • Fixed handling timeouts for filewalker. (Bug#1936)
  • Fixed pool in use error. (Bug#1935)

New in P5 7.2 (Feb 6, 2024)

  • S3 Object Archive to LTO/LTFS: addresses LTO storage via the S3 interface by adding LTO and LTFS support to a vast array of S3-compatible software.
  • Server-wide incremental archiving: uses INC+ archive for effective file-level de-duplication for archived data.
  • P5 Data Mover improvements: filter-based query facilitates the migration between storage pools based on an arbitrary query on the Archive Index. Job history helps to monitor very large and lengthy migration operations.
  • Positional search in the Archive Index: enhanced 'positional' search in backup and archive indexes.
  • NanoPure Media support: high quality LTO media certified by MagStor.

New in P5 7.1.7 (Nov 27, 2023)

  • Fixed upload to cloud buckets with default object lock set.
  • Workarround handling of "ALL" placeholder in backup task.
  • Fixed calculation of up/dowload streams for objectstore access.
  • Fixed container volume used size after migration. (Bug#1816)
  • Fixed starting Sync jobs from the CLI. (Bug#1849)
  • Improved restore collection speed for very large indexes. (Bug#1855)
  • Added utility to fix missing volume clone index records. (Bug#1857)
  • Improved handling for container staging area overfill.

New in P5 7.1.6 (Nov 8, 2023)

  • Fixed linking cycle paths when longer than 256 chars on Windows. (Bug#1094, Bug#1464)
  • Fixed Sync on Windows for UNC paths. (Bug#1699)
  • Skip disabled volumes from all migration operations. (Bug#1743)
  • Fixed migration of imported LTFS volumes - missing date written. (Bug#1737)
  • Fixed verify for volume-spanned files on LTFS volumes. (Bug#1759)
  • Fixed restoring migrated files. (Bug#1752)
  • Fixed REST PoolCreate call lacking CONTAINER type. (Bug#1748)
  • Fixed backup index save for indexes > 4GB on Windows. (Bug#1741)
  • Fixed partial restores. (Bug#1676)
  • Avoid importing wrong time stamps from foreign LTFS indexes (Bug#1782)
  • Improved handling of disabled volumes during restore/migration.
  • Fixed calculation of blocked volumes for progressive backups.
  • CLI volume-based restore uses original paths. (FR#1776)
  • Fixed "invalid argument" problems that appeared for some SAN/NAS mounted file systems. (Bug#1756)
  • Added support for SNI for S3/compatible cloud providers.

New in P5 7.1.5 (May 30, 2023)

  • Fixed further problem with import of Xendata LTFS with with large index generation numbers. (Bug#1664)
  • Fixed problem with reading streams on Windows. (Bug#1669)
  • Fixed usage of interpunction characters in path passed as alternate archive index root. (Bug#1665)
  • Fixed size of imported LTFS volumes. (Bug#1697)
  • Fixed random "database is locked" errors during lookup table creation in preparation for backup. (Bug#1653)
  • Fixed occasional incomplete restores. (Bug#1676)
  • Allow parallel migration for P5-volumes. (Bug#1689)
  • Fixed container management for extremely short retention times and occasional backup jobs. (Bug#1681)
  • Invalidate volume-clone records during move-migration.
  • Fixed "file truncated" problems on Windows. (Bug#1710)
  • Fixed volume imports to avoid duplicates. (Bug#1713)
  • Fixed index-recover from VTL's and regular P5 tape volumes.
  • Fixed save to LTFS on Windows of files with offending and special characters in file names. (Bug#1731)
  • Fixed access right problems for files on Windows. (Bug#1684)

New in P5 7.1.4 (Mar 7, 2023)

  • Fixed file deletion after archive. (Bug#1639)
  • Fixed inode optimization for backup.
  • Fixed recover volume from clone. (Bug#1633)
  • Improved container management w.r.t. backup of moved files.
  • Fixed restore for files missing index path.
  • Avoid descending into __CYCLES when linking new sync cycle.
  • Fixed migration report about required volumes w.r.t. size/count of files to be migrated. (Bug#1638)
  • Fixed restore from an UNC path that led to infinite loop. (Bug#1628)
  • Added [cli::index::connectdirs] utility.
  • Added [cli::index::prunedirs] utility.
  • Fixed Windows preview generation for UNC paths. (Bug#1654)
  • Fixed Sync with Verify on Windows. (Bug#1367)
  • Fixed block transcoding/crash for Synthetic Backup or DataMover.
  • Fixed saving sparse files on Windows. (Bug#1657)
  • Worked around import of improperly formatted LTFS tapes originating from Xendata. (Bug#1664)
  • Fixed dangling CLI sessions that prevented restarts. (Bug#1648)

New in P5 7.1.3 (Jan 17, 2023)

  • Added some CLI index/volume management calls.
  • Fixed rare cases where increment would save too much.
  • Improved cleanup of expired containers.
  • Improved handling of old file versions in backup.
  • Fixed occasional file-size calculation problems on Windows.
  • Fixed simultaneous restore from container and other media.
  • Backup index purge now always purges elements and addresses.
  • Added MiB/GiB/TiB and friends.
  • Fixed broken B2Go server connections.
  • Fixed UNC path backup on Windows.

New in P5 7.1.2 (Dec 13, 2022)

  • Fixed backup of root (/) filesystem.
  • Fixed backup/archive to containers from remote clients.
  • Better handle session expiry for long running CLI commands.
  • Corrected handling of snapshot time during restore (Bug#1617)
  • Fixed restore of files saved on tape media to remote clients having interleaved blocks (i.e. saved using parallel streams).
  • Adjusted timeout for saving of backup indexes to object stores.
  • Fixed restore of spanned LTFS files.

New in P5 7.1.1 (Nov 27, 2022)

  • Fixed LTFS archive of filenames beginning with a tilde. (Bug#1588)
  • Added forceExpiryTime to force progressive strategy for VTL volumes that are mirrored on the cloud.
  • Added forceFilewalkerTwoPass to force walking the filesystem twice, first time to collect all new/changed files, second time to collect files that need be unconditionally saved.
  • Fixed config DB lookup for description key. (Bug#1590)
  • Fixed (rare) case when initial backup may save too much when applying some seldom used hard-wired config options.
  • Fixed restore of archived items stored directly on the cloud (not within our container or VTL). (Bug#1592)
  • Fixed LTFS error EDABGEN on Windows. (Bug#1599)
  • Fixed LTFS writing/flushing index at EOM. (Bug#1585)
  • Fixed restore of excess files to remote clients. (Bug#1601,1600)
  • Fixed (rare) index writer thread errors. (Bug#1606,1598)
  • Fixed rest errors. (Bug#1594,1595,1596)
  • Fixed compatibility with pre-7.1.1 clients. (Bug#1604)

New in P5 7.1 (Oct 4, 2022)

  • P5 Data Mover: an extension of the P5 Archive module, which offers policy-based moving and copying of archived data between tape, cloud and disk.
  • Multi-factor authentication: provides an added layer of security.
  • MHL checksum manifest of LTFS archived data: ensures that the source data has been saved and recovered without any alterations.
  • UNC path support: enables easy access to network source and target storage.
  • Improved database design: The data model for the archive and backup indexes has been revised and simplified by removing tables and indexes that were necessary in the past for compatibility with older versions. This reduction in complexity provides greater security and scalability.
  • Browser-GUI improvements for large/complex installations: Thanks to improved database design, new query functions are possible that are particularly effective for very large P5 installations containing many objects. For example, with installations containing several thousand LTO volumes, admin tasks in the browser are even quicker and more efficient than was previously possible.

New in P5 7.0.7 (Jul 5, 2022)

  • Propagates DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH env setting to LaunchDaemon setup on macOS.
  • Fixed handling for S3 Intelligent Tiering.
  • Removed media volume block sizes > 512K.
  • Fixed verify of zero-length files stored on LTFS.
  • Fixed auto-restart during delegated syncs.
  • Added (unsupported) option for handlig data-forks only.
  • Stringent check for backup plan ID during container backup.
  • Cleanup expired containers with all refd. files deleted.
  • Fixed broken synthetic save.
  • Selection for restore avoids creating large temp tables.

New in P5 5.4.3 (Mar 9, 2017)

  • Fixed switching of snapshots w.r.t. GUI browser position.
  • Added [ArchivePlan incrlevel] CLI command.
  • Added [Pool enable|enabled|disable|disabled] CLI commands.
  • During restore, recognize admin users as privileged.
  • Added cli::index::fixmedia index utility command.
  • Fixed server-restore of B2Go workstation data.
  • Improved cancellation of cloud archive jobs.
  • Fixed excessive CPU usage for cloud archive jobs.
  • Fixed encrypted-data backup/archive from clients.
  • Fixed volume migration and synthetic backup.

New in P5 5.3.2 (Mar 16, 2016)

  • CLI restores now corectly select the right timed-instance of the file at the given path.
  • Fixed situations in Archive index when same paths are being moved and re-archived again.
  • Fixed mail delivery to better handle various security-related mailer setups.
  • Fixed finder-info restores on Xinet volumes when files are being relocated into completely empty directories.
  • Fixed handling of parametrized preview and/or metadata user-defined scripts for archive jobs.
  • Fixed handling of clone volumes where we could require both the volume and its clone during
  • the verify passes.
  • Skip generating previews where internal preview generator was implicitly disabled and the provided user-defined preview generator decied not to make previews for certain file types.
  • Fixed detection of Linux devices for high LUNs and for DDP.
  • Fixed search GUI on Windows.
  • Fixed recognition of non-Mac streams within Helios volumes.
  • Corrected test mail sending when the “New Notification” event was removed from the list of configured events.
  • Archive job inventory file is now automatically ZIP'ed if larger then some predefined value. The default size above which the file is zipped is 16MB. This can be controlled by the config option:
  • ns_section ns/server//module/job
  • ns_param maxInventorySize 16777216
  • Removed traces of Growl from the notifier code.
  • Fixed rare race-condition in indexer for backup operation related to backups with enabled file-prescan.

New in P5 5.2.2 (Oct 7, 2015)

  • Fixed lookup selection when generating entries for root.
  • Fixed query expression when selecting/sorting nodes on backup time column.
  • Fixed sync cycle management during cycle purge.
  • Improved notifications for index saves and archive jobs. They were wronlgy reported as regular
  • backup jobs.
  • The CLI [ArchiveSelection addfrom] now properly honours incremental setup.
  • Added new CLI [ArchiveSelection addfile] and [ArchiveSelection addfileabs] commands.
  • Recompiled Linux Sqlite package in 32bit to allow 64bit file offsets.
  • Fixed cross-platform character conversion introduced in V5.2.1 by changes for special archive
  • restores.
  • Fixed B2Go template propagation to local workstation.
  • Fixed large-file support for V4-compatibility indexes.
  • Fixed FinderInfo issues for restores on Helios volumes when operating in 64bit mode.
  • Fixed B2Go automatic update when several workstations start updating the same time (overlap).

New in P5 5.2.1 (Aug 13, 2015)

  • Fixed remote update of older (i386) Mac OSX clients.
  • Fixed handling of volumes to backup containing blanksin their mount points.
  • Ignore previous configuration of the user-definedmail script; always use our own mail sender(s).
  • Improved browsing for archive indexes to exclude files located on unknown (recycled) volumes.
  • Fixed browsing P4 backup index.
  • Fixed changing index option in P4 backup index.
  • Fixed file version restore in P4 backup index.
  • Fixed timing problem with Firefox browser withinrestore option window.
  • Fixed Windows B2Go client login problem.
  • Fixed setting old volume to suspect after automaticallyrecycling it during a running job.
  • Improved Windows installation procedure.
  • Improved volume import to allow continuation of theimport in case of job error or cancellation.
  • Volume mode can now be manually re/set to Migrated.
  • Added compatibility for CLI restores to allow restoringfiles at the original (physical) path if no relocation was requested, as for version 5.1 and below.
  • Added log traces for per-job activation and completioncallbacks.
  • Fixed restore relocation for archive jobs on Windows.
  • Fixed default hint for relocation path for archiverestores in GUI.
  • Fixed id/path translation for remote archive restores.
  • Removed UUID (GUID) handling for ZFS filesystems sinceit resulted in occasional duplicates thus yielding two or more different filesystems having the same UUID.
  • Fixed occasional crashes when restoring from archive.

New in P5 5.1.9 (Mar 24, 2015)

  • Fixed indexing of saved resources when the names contain multibyte characters.
  • Fixed incremental archive over CLI if the files being archived were not found in the index already.
  • Fixed handling of multibyte international chars and special escaped charachters when browsing and/or querying archive and/or backup indexes.

New in P5 5.1.8 (Mar 11, 2015)

  • Fixed resource reservation and volumes to drives assignment in cases of unbalanced resources for cloning (no such VolumeResource error).
  • Fixed further problems with file times on Windows due to Daylight Saving Time switch.
  • Fixed reappearing duplicate folder entries in the index.
  • Fixed incremental archive verify job not to error if the incremental archive saved no files.
  • Fixed CLI [RestoreSelection findentry] to correctly return number of entries found and placed in the selection object.
  • Fixed P4 to P5 conversion of archive indexes containing empty metacolumns (name of the metacolumn was empty string)
  • Limited visibility of files containing credential info.
  • Fixed post-archive deletion logic to delete directories if configured so.
  • Fixed remote filesystem list sorting on name, size and modification times.
  • Fixed restore of files containing double-wildcards in the file or directory name.
  • Fixed handling of Win volumes and directories in post-archive tasks.
  • Fixed CLI incremental archive of singleton files.
  • Fixed speed issues when migrating volumes.

New in P5 5.1.7 (Nov 18, 2014)

  • Fixed Windows repeating root index entries.
  • Fixed incremental save of VSS file systems on Windows.
  • Fixed migration from one cloned pool to another.
  • Fixed restore from multiple file systems simultaneously.
  • Fixed Backup2Go retention of workstation snapshots.
  • Worked around Windows Daylight Saving Time bug.
  • Improved backup preparation speed.
  • Improved restore preparation speed.
  • Improved GUI index browsing speed.
  • Improved GUI index search speed.
  • Improved cancellation response for backup jobs.
  • Added experimental FreeBSD 9.2+ port (64bit only).
  • Added new CLI command [RestoreSelection volumes].
  • Added new CLI command [RestoreSelection entries].

New in P5 5.1.6 (Sep 9, 2014)

  • Added new CLI command [Job inventory].
  • Added timed-cache for user/password checking on Linux CLI dispatcher thread.
  • Fixed handling trailing blanks in CLI paths.
  • Fixed potential memory overrun in block generator.
  • Set the default TMPDIR to our private temp directory.
  • Fixed handling of “mount -bind”-ed Linux filesystems.

New in P5 5.1.5 (Jul 26, 2014)

  • Added fixed 3-months job-log inspection interval plus user-defined, up to 3 months interval selector.
  • Fixed cases in backup when two or more backup plans, some with filters and some not, are saving
  • the same directory structure.
  • Fixed UTF-8 and some special characters processing for CLI operations. Currently just the backslashes in pathnames are unsupported.
  • Expanded standard PATH variable that is passed to callback scripts to include /bin dir on Mac OSX.
  • Corrected STK library drive serial ID detection.
  • Rewritten volume import to sequentially read the whole volume, check all blocks and re-index.
  • Relaxed device-ID requirement when building lookup selection for backups.
  • Cloud Sync requires WingFS 2.0 release.

New in P5 5.1.4 (Jul 3, 2014)

  • Reduced memory consumption for backup when saving large number of clients simultaneously.
  • Improved check for simultaneous backup/archive of same folders in the case when one job
  • partially registers the directories to check and failing to de-register them in the case of error.
  • Worked around a bug in Facilis to enable using the Facilis file system.
  • Corrected recognizing and saving the deduplicated files on Windows.
  • Fixed CLI “Device inventory” to return only volume ids.
  • Added listing of mounted Windows volumes in file selection.
  • Fixed problem with saving VSS volumes on Windows.

New in P5 5.1.3 (May 1, 2014)

  • Added “onfilecreation” callback for CLI RestoreSelection.
  • Corrected labeling and mounting LTFS tapes in tape libraries.
  • Improved deadlock avoidance when multiple concurrent jobs are competing for devices during the process of unmounting a pool.
  • Corrected Sun device detection that got broken in the previous version.
  • Fixed backup snapshot deletion that may erroneously delete one of the previous snapshots that did not actually expire.
  • Fixed Linux SCSI driver to properly handle sense data.
  • Disabled waiting on available volumes for index save jobs.

New in P5 5.1.2 (Apr 1, 2014)

  • Changed relocation logic when restoring multiple elements as to avoid potential file collision.
  • Single elements are relocated with stripping their leading path and relocating directly into the relocation directory. Multiple elements are relocated with their leading path retained in the relocation directory.
  • Included support for Helios UB64.
  • Fixed indexing when some leading path parts of the saved files were not indexed completely and thus resulted in generation of hollow (help) nodes.
  • Testing scsi devices on Linux independently of “lsscsi”.
  • Fixed handling of filesystem mountpoints when saved together with the root filesystem in one plan.
  • Fixed creation of user-defined root nodes in archive.
  • Changed check of overlapping directories for archive plans from common client to common index.
  • Added checks for unreported EOM under certainunclear conditions, which may lead to loss of data by writing beyond the physical end of tape.
  • Corrected network throtteling when set to 100 %.
  • Further fix for job ids.

New in P5 5.1.1 (Feb 25, 2014)

  • Fixed job ids list in volumes.
  • Fixed volumes being set to suspect after automatic relabling.
  • Fixed browsing of P4 indexes.
  • Fixed return for CLI RestoreSelection findentry.
  • Fixed baremetal recovery W.R.T. index check for client localhost.
  • Workaround when encountering invalid UTF-8 sequences in filenames during Sync.
  • Fixed marking of deleted elements in backup index.
  • Set restore time for all files from archive databases so we can do some clever decisions for incr archives.
  • Implemented sorting for directory content display in GUI when sorting on custom columns.
  • Corrected check for licensed slots in library.
  • Fixed GUI sorting order to ignore case.
  • Fixed indexing of files during parallel device operations.
  • Fixed B2Go purge operations to better handle special/edge cases.
  • Enabled regular auto-restart of clients.
  • Improved Linux tape and library device detection. Requires “lsscsi” utility.
  • Workarround bug in some BTRFS implementation that do not allow creating of readonly snapshots.
  • Corrected GUI display of files in file system that have no streams.
  • Changed volume counters to allow sizes larger then 4TB.
  • Disabled checking of Google-Drive authentication prior mounting the drive.
  • Improved deadlock avoidance when multiple jobs and drives are mounting, unmounting and labeling tapes.

New in P5 5.1 (Jan 15, 2014)

  • Improved speed for various selections during backup, restore and volume migration.
  • Added automatic conversion of V4 installations.
  • Added V4 -> V5 archive index conversion utility.
  • Added read-only access to V4 backup indexes.
  • Fixed auto-update for B2Go workstations.

New in P5 5.0.7 (Dec 19, 2013)

  • Improved lookup selection handling to cover very large selections (> 1 GB).
  • Fixed database repage to limit the output database to 64K if the blocksize of the filesystem where the database is located exceeds the 64K limit.
  • Fixed volume migration.
  • Changed import of archive volumes to place each imported volume in its own separate index.
  • Fixed B2Go handling of reference snapshots.
  • Fixed reporting job IDs in volumes, for the first volume in the chain in case of backup/archive and for all but the last volume in case of restore.

New in P5 5.0.6 (Dec 19, 2013)

  • Fixed filesystem device ID handling to honour cases where device ID may be the same
  • 16-bit value for two different filesystem, thus invalidating incremental saves.

New in P5 5.0.5 (Dec 19, 2013)

  • Improved index performance, both archive and backup. During startup or latest before first archive and/or backup operation, the index conversion is attempted. The conversion routine locks the index for writing so all backup/archive jobs started while the conversion is still running, will stall.
  • B2Go backup stops if the available space on the filesystem where repository is pointing to drops below 10 %.
  • B2Go snapshot purge attempts to randomize order of the workstations being purged.
  • Assure no reference snapshots for HFS-based snapshot emulation in B2Go are purged or deleted.
  • Restore to relocated location now makes sure the place where to restore is created if not found.
  • Fixed occasional crash when accessing library.
  • Fixed browsing the index when data retention times are set beyond 2038.
  • Added support for Linux WingFS version. Needs WingFS Build 77 or later.
  • Fixed wizard file selection for Windows.

New in P5 5.0.4 (Sep 17, 2013)

  • Fixed incremental backup on Linux/Solaris
  • Added index correction routine for fixing visibility of directories for given snapshot.
  • Full backups now just add new addresses instead of adding all new elements into the index.

New in P5 5.0.3 (Aug 13, 2013)

  • Fixed handling of backup indexes that may get improperly closed.
  • Fixed generation of lookup selection when running increment backups for paths that have
  • Never been saved on media.
  • Fixed indexing of root directory.
  • Fixed ArchiveSelection for Windows.

New in P5 5.0.2 (Aug 13, 2013)

  • Corrected incremental backup and archive on Windows.
  • Improved autoinstallation for libraries that do no deliver serial numbers.
  • Corrected restore in Windows.
  • Corrected restore when selecting a folder structure in Windows.
  • Corrected display of bread crumbs when browsing the index of a Unix host on Windows.

New in P5 4.4.7 (Mar 11, 2013)

  • Fixed a seldom race condition when using cloning with multiple jobs where a new job interrupts the running ones due to incorrectly detecting and reporting disparate tape positions.
  • Added new CLI command “Job completed” which returns all completed jobs for last number of days.
  • Fixed leaking temporary files during preview generation on Xinet volumes.
  • Improved temporary directory cleanup on clients.
  • Fixed broken CLI command “SyncpPlan targetpath”.
  • Fixed queries with values holding ampersand characters.

New in P5 4.4.6 (Jan 22, 2013)

  • Enforce reindex of B2Go workstation repository in case there is some error while re-connecting linked directories during snapshot creation.
  • Omit processing of DesktopIndex file for Helios.
  • Fixed manual starting of archive plans.
  • Fixed auto-reschedule of archive plans in case some calendar events were modified.
  • Add weekly cleanup of temporary directory for clients that are not auto-restarted.
  • Ignore access to deleted elements in config iterators.
  • Fixed CLI [Job warning] and [Job failed] commands.
  • Fixed memory and handle leak in Windows.
  • Fixed clashing with other products due to opened tape library in a background (heartbeat) thread.

New in P5 4.4.5 (Oct 23, 2012)

  • Added recognition of Hyper-V on Windows.
  • Fixed long start-up times in case of disappeared disk storage.
  • Fixed the “kIOReturnNoResources” when communicating with the drive in OSX.
  • B2Go cleanup routine startup can now be disabled so users can schedule the routine
  • per CLI-call when they need.
  • Fixed CLI RestoreSelection command that restored only the last selected entries.

New in P5 4.4.4 (Sep 21, 2012)

  • Fixed Windows B2Go server problem ”-type l”.
  • Fixed saving of links on Windows when they already exist on the file system.
  • Optimized taking library inventory.
  • Changed policy when a volume is set to recyclable. Expired volumes are no longer considered for writing, regardless of their fill state.
  • Fixed impor of volumes from older configs which were marked DeletePending
  • Added scrollbars for FilePicker as to allow display of large fileserver volume collections.
  • Improved CLI restore for large number of singleton files.
  • Fixed virtual OS recognition for Parallel's hypervisors.

New in P5 4.4.3 (Jul 27, 2012)

  • Fixed autocorrection of OS path for installed devices on OS X.
  • Worked around OS deficiency leading to open error for devices when working with multiple
  • devices simultaneously.
  • Fixed mail notification on Windows.
  • Improved sorting on “Location” field in volumes list.
  • Worked around latencies in the file system on Windows that started appearing lately causing
  • problems with renaming temporary files after restore and at start-up when attempting to create
  • the “temp” directory.
  • Fixed remote client update on Unix that was broken due to changes/fixes for Windows.
  • Fixed job history listing that was returning insane values after applying 4.4.2 patch update.
  • Fixed timing issues in backup jobs waiting for the save index jobs that caused backup jobs
  • to wait forever.
  • Fixed conf database to properly handle volatile keys.
  • Fixed “Cannot create finder” problem due to a double-quote in the name field of the filter.
  • Fixed FS event handling on Linux.

New in P5 4.4.2 (Jul 3, 2012)

  • Fixed handling of volume barcodes that look like octal numbers.
  • B2Go autoUpdate now triggers on any SW version difference between the server and the client.
  • Allowed re-import of old pre-V4.4 databases by simply deleting
  • Fixed large-file copies between client and server that caused Sync to fail on larger directories.
  • Added cloned volume display in GUI.
  • Fixed updating to V4.4 with standalone tape-drives.
  • Added new commands to CLI ArchiveSelection and SyncSelection so users can register asynchronous job activation and completion callbacks.
  • Added new commands to CLI Server object to examine last begin, end and the next run of the workstation backup job.

New in P5 4.4.1 (Jun 25, 2012)

  • Fixed installation of tape libraries on Windows.
  • Fixed problem with replacting files with ^Z in their names to Windows machines.
  • Fixed submission of Archive jobs over CLI.
  • Removed some unsupported/unused CLI commands.
  • Relaxed restrictions on resource names so we can update older installations less painfully.
  • Fixed JS script eval on Windows Internet Explorer 9.
  • Removex Windows Internet Explorer 8 as a supported browser.
  • Fixed installing tape libraries and drives on Sun.
  • Fixed creation of new databases with/as root path on Windows.

New in P5 4.4 (Jun 8, 2012)

  • New Index Technology SQLite:
  • Working on the index is an investment in the future. It will open new possibilities for the future, such as accessing meta data from outside PresSTORE.
  • PresSTORE 4.4 is making a transition to SQLite, an up-to-date and scalable technology to manage its internal databases. The PresSTORE 4.4 configuration database has been moved to SQLite.
  • The next step will come with P5, when Backup and Archive indexes (catalogs) will also employ this new technology.
  • The two types of databases will currently coexist. In P4 Backup, the transition will happen over time, as the index is constantly rewritten. In P4 Archive, only a new Archive index will use the new technology. The transfer from “old” to “new” index will also be introduced with P5.
  • Easy Tape Library Installation:
  • The new LTO tape drive generation has significant cost advantages, especially for long time storage. Thus P4 ties in seamlessly with this technology, making the installation process faster and easier.
  • The automated tape library configurator makes installing libraries simple. Current tape library models can be added quickly, automatically recognizing model, slots and drives. This results in a solid, professional setup.
  • Display Storage Pool Capacity:
  • Admins can now easily see statistics from recent runs and whether upcoming jobs have sufficient storage space available.
  • The new overview option displays the capacity of storage pools for archive and backup jobs.
  • Customizable Overviews:
  • This new feature introduces customizable overviews with adjustable tables and filters. Especially in larger P4 installations, displaying information in a simple and easy manner can be crucial. An example would be the need to show only volumes of a certain pool, sorted by recycling date.
  • Job Report in a Timeline:
  • The amount of data, as well as the run time, is displayed in a timeline. This can help to identify a bottleneck early, such as sudden spikes in data, problems with network capacities, tapes or other hardware.
  • Simplified License Import:
  • Licenses can be imported easily through a license file and no longer have to be added manually.

New in P5 4.3.7 (May 30, 2012)

  • Now recognizes when running on a paravirtualized Xen guest OS.
  • Added configurable timeouts and connection settings over environmental variables for nsdchat utility.
  • Improved handlig of EOF on CLI connections on the server for named-pipe connections.
  • Fixed meta-data seach in Archive Index when conducted from the root of the index.
  • Fixed deadlock between CLI jobs and other jobs connecting to a client.
  • Added logging of external script errors into PresSTORE's system log, e.g. from preview generation.
  • Corrected detecting alerts form tape drives, e.g. cleaning.
  • Helped Tandberg fix setting EOM improperly rendering tapes being prematurely filled.
  • Tandberg has released a new Firmware.
  • Helped HP detect and fix a problem of writing partial blocks to tape, while reporting to have written them correctly, rendering faulty tapes and contents.

New in P5 4.3.2 (Dec 16, 2011)

  • Backup2Go: Improved usability - Bonjour support helps to select a Backup2Go server more easily.
  • Backup2Go: More restore options - Workstation restore for disaster recovery. Download backed up files or folders from any remote machine.
  • Backup2Go: More backup options - With a new backup option, workstation backups can be limited to certain time windows. Additionally, it is now possible to backup laptops depending on power source (battery/power adapter).
  • Backup2Go: Save repository to tape - PresSTORE Backup can save Backup2Go’s repository to tape. This Disk2Disk2Tape procedure takes the security of Backup2Go to a new level.
  • Backup2Go: Windows as Backup2Go Server - Backup2Go can now use Windows 2008R2 and Windows 7 as server platform.
  • Archive: Archive selection - The selection offers the option to collect multiple directories and files for a single archive process.
  • GUI: New overview pages - The overview page now completes the displayed information by also showing a summary of the installation, P4 Synchronize and P4 Archive.
  • Third Party Support - PresSTORE expands its third party support to Helios UB2 Support as well as JAMF Casper Suite.

New in P5 4.2.3 (Aug 8, 2011)

  • Renamed a shared library that would prevent server startup on Mac 10.7 (Lion) release.
  • Corrected stop-time handling for jobs repeating several times per day.
  • Fixed startup problems on some Macs where Bonjour library fails to initialize.
  • Resolves deadlock caused by the index backup job when there is a limit of clients per stream.

New in P5 4.2.2 (Aug 8, 2011)

  • Increased timeout on ZFS snapshot manipulation commands to cope with slow(er) configurations.
  • Fixed incremental backup that was re-saving files when only file metadata (not content) was changed.
  • Ignore and log files with bogus filepaths during snapshot merge in B2Go.
  • Improved handling of B2GO snapshots when snapshots are being modified and/or deleted from the outside.
  • Fixed GUI for installing new tape libraries.
  • Fixed Windows SCSI driver to handle iSCSI connections.
  • Worked around firmware bug for labeling new tapes for IBM LTO-5 drives.
  • Workarround symlink problems when merging B2Go snapshots.
  • Client auto-update is now allowed/set per default.
  • Fixed server-side adjusting of CPU throttle for B2Go.
  • Fixed file-picker for B2Go "Restore To ...".
  • Added provisions for using RDX and other removable drives.

New in P5 4.2.1 (Aug 8, 2011)

  • Fixed search in archive index when new date-pickers are not exposed in the GUI.
  • Fixed toggle of the post-script execution flag after the archive plan ends with error.
  • Fixed deletion of files in B2Go when same files are being created and deleted accross snapshots.
  • Fixed usage of paths with embedded blanks as B2Go repository.
  • Fixed sending email notifications on some platforms.
  • B2Go snapshot usage is now calculated on snapshot creation and cached on per-workstation basis.
  • Fixed broken Job monitor display when there are B2Go jobs running.
  • Fixed file-picker for B2Go "Restore To ...".

New in P5 4.2.0 (May 17, 2011)

  • Backup: Fool proof backup rotation
  • Extended security requires backup rotation. In case rotation is not performed by the user, backup now runs on any of the designated tapes. As a result the current backup is always available Backup and Archive: Restore selection
  • The restore selection offers the option to collect multiple directories and files for a single restore process in a floating window.
  • Archive: Metadata import
  • Selected metadata can be imported automatically by a script while archiving.
  • GUI: Improved usability and information in the browser interface
  • The job monitor now displays information about levels of backup and synchronize jobs. Storage administration is simplified by listing mounted volumes and logged-in users in the file picker..
  • Storage management: New job log for volumes
  • All job operations can now be viewed for each volume separately..
  • Backup2Go: Automatic software update for workstations
  • After PresSTORE has been updated on the sever, workstations will be updated automatically.
  • Backup2Go: Network filter
  • The new network filter allows for single workstations or groups to be backed up only when within a selected network.
  • Backup2Go: Display of used disk space
  • The workstation list now displays used disk space per workstation
  • Volume management: Using barcode as volume name
  • PresSTORE can now automatically use tape barcodes as volume names for labeling.

New in P5 4.1.6 (May 14, 2011)

  • Back-ported de-selection of the unique index path in archive, as partially supported option for rare expert users.
  • Fixed bug where we were unable to suppress preview generation during archive, even if there was no user-preview generator defined nor any sizes for pixel count (still images) or clip-length (movies) were specified.
  • Fixed migration of some older archive volumes.
  • Volume import can now be configured to sequentially scan the tape instead of using pre-calculated index found on the tape.
  • Force re-setting of target file mtime during Sync on Mac OSX 10.6 as the OS wildly re-sets modification time of restored files which were already copied, closed and their inode data set correctly.

New in P5 4.1.3 (Nov 30, 2010)

  • Fixed changing Host ID on multihomed linux hosts.
  • Fixed handling of full and increment backups done on different media pools.
  • Fixed "file truncated" errors while reading encrypted files from remote clients.
  • Fixed Solaris scatter-gather network write to limit the number of buffers sent in one write operation.
  • Improved job scheduler to cope with machines going into sleep mode.
  • Fixed client/server communication making the server properly send EOD packets at the end of data transfer.
  • Improved archive and backup index cleanup by heavily caching index layout in memory.
  • Improved network bandwidth throttle calculation to better handle very slow networks.
  • Fixed snapshot purge to skip deleting referenced directories.
  • Improved snapshot generation on non-ZFS filesystems to be more tolerant on stale symlinks.
  • Fixed read-mounting of ZFS snapshots.
  • Fixed linux crash on large SCSI-bus scans.
  • Extended the waiting time for libraries with elevators (like Tandberg T160).
  • Fixed Service Functions for Windows Service Manager.
  • Fixed volume migration.
  • Forbid starting the sofware on Unix systems without the "en_US.UTF-8" locale installed.

New in P5 3.2.4 (Apr 24, 2010)

  • Fixed bug in B2GO when snapshot deletion may delete random files in the server repository.
  • Do not write into B2GO repository if the underlying workstation directory is missing.
  • Added option of limiting concurrent number of B2GO template users. Currently only CLI manipulation is supported (see "Backup2Go maxrunning" CLI command).
  • Removed usage of nsproxy for VSS.
  • Corrected SFM translations for special characters.
  • Corrected SFM resoucre fork name case sensitivity (Permission denied error).
  • Allow logging of administrator users even when the generic template is set to disabled.
  • Fixed nsdchat CLI inventory command.

New in P5 3.2.0 (Oct 23, 2009)

  • An update from 3.1.x to 3.2 does not contain any bug fixes and is therefore not necessary.
  • If you are not experiencing an immediate problem with the software, an update is not recommended.

New in P5 3.1 (Jun 26, 2009)

  • Includes the new Backup2Go product. This is a completely new module
  • and customers will need to evaluate and purchase the module if they wish to use.