Summary of Release Notes (v2.3 and earlier)

This new version has a host of new features and enhancements as detailed below:
(If this is your first introduction to StoreGrid, a comprehensive list of StoreGrid's features may be more relevant)

Issues fixed in StoreGrid v2.3 SP1 (Build No. - 2302008040515)

1. Backup server license gets disabled when StoreGrid gets bound under multiple IP addresses when the backup server has multiple NIC cards.

2. StoreGrid skipping open files even when Volume Shadow Copy is enabled.

3. StoreGrid skips Outlook .pst files even when VSS is enabled.

4. StoreGrid stoping while backing up NTFS permissions of folders/files for which StoreGrid doesn't have read permission.

5. StoreGrid skipping files with long file names.

6. High CPU usage in the backup server while starting a replication schedule.

7. Files shown as skipped in the replication reports while replicating "Deleted File" notifications, though the notifications are actually replicated.

8. Backup server not showing the added MSPEUs though it reports that the license was applied successfully for partners who had their backup server migrated from 2.1 to 2.2

9. Server side backup email report shows "Failure" in subject while the email content shows "Success".

10. Error while creating a new Fixed Slab invoice plan.

11. Web console not displaying the build details in "About Us" link in server-only installations.

New Features In StoreGrid 2.3

1. Mailbox/Folder Level Exchange Backup and Restore in 32 bit environment.

   PLEASE NOTE: StoreGrid can backup only up to Group level in 2007 Exchange Server (64 bit) machines. StoreGrid doesn't support backing up Mailboxes in 2007 Exchange Sever (64 bit). Click here for more details

2. All Databases Backup of MS SQL Server.

3. Automatic StoreGrid update from backup server.

4. SSL connectivity between client, backup server and replication server.

5. NTFS File Permissions Backup.

6. Importing backup data from backup server to replication server.

7. Authentication of Backup Server with Replication Server.

8. Customer level disk space allocation in the backup server.

9. Advanced filters for selecting files/folders to backup.

10. Same Machine Backup: Backing up to local/external drives in Client Only installation. This feature is only for Local to Remote Server Migration purposes. You cannot restore from Same Machine Backup data.

11. Testing SMTP server settings and connectivity.

12. Testing backup server connectivity from client.

13. Deletion of Primary Server data in replication server.

14. Moving backup data when changing the client backup location in the backup server.

15. Skipped file(s) report in backup server.

Enhancements in StoreGrid 2.3

1. Significant backup performance enhancement especially for large number of small files.

2. Significant Replication performance optimizations.

3. Reestablishing client connection automatically after network interruption.

4. Optimized Event Sharing protocol.

5. Upgraded the SQLite version to 3.5.4 to reduce chances of database corruption.

6. Web console user interface enhancements.

7. Prorating invoices for partial billing periods.

8. In-built Mapped Network Drive Support for client backups.

9. Aborting backup and restore processes from client and backup server.

10. Versioning of backup data with Intelli-Delta disabled.

11. Limiting the number of client rescheduling attempts to connect to backup server in case of backup failure.

12. Multiple simultaneous restores at the client.

13. Limiting the number of client attempts to delete backup data in backup server.

14. Propagating backup delete operations from backup server to replication server.

15. Cleaning up idle sessions in the backup server.

16. Precompiled installation binaries for Linux and Mac.

17. Resuming replication from where it left off, even within a file.

18. Rebuilding sgbackup.db file from backup data.

Bugs fixed In StoreGrid 2.2.5

1. Have made enhancements to significantly improve the performance of the backup process. Performance improvement could be up to 60%, especially when backing up large number of small files.

2. Made enhancements to reduce backup server CPU usage during simultaneous replication of multiple backups.

3. Added a Vembu logo in the email reports. For branded builds, the partner logo will appear.

4. Application level Keep Alive is now enabled by default to prevent early closure of the network connection between the StoreGrid client and the backup server.

5. Fixed the client authorization issues in the client and the server. If the client is not present in the backup server and 'Auto Authorization' is not enabled, then the Authorization page will now show the right error messages. Also, once authorized, the user will be automatically redirected to the login page.

6. Fixed an issue related to not sending email reports when a few files are skipped during backup.

7. In the SP edition, the feature that automatically applies the StoreGrid server licenses to other StoreGrid servers in the same network has been disabled.

8. Fixed the issue where a client connecting with a new IP address would get rejected if its previous connection from a different IP could not be cleaned up in the backup server. With this release, the previous connection will be cleanup forcefully and the new connection would be established.

9. Now you can update the encryption key to the old value after Client Disaster Recovery

10. Fixed the issue with updating the used space in the client side backup report when there are large number of backups scheduled. Also fixed an issue in updating the disk space usage in the server side reports after deletion of a full backup.

11. Improved error recovery in Volume Shadow Copy enabled backups

12. Disabled the harmless 'Error:0' message from the tray.

13. Added an alert in the Edit Backup Server List of Edit Backup Schedule page to indicate that changing the backup server will create fresh backups on the new server and that user should rather do a Local to Remote migration.

14. Fixed the reports for backup schedules in partially completed status.

15. Added an UI alert indicating that changing backup location on the server will change only for subsequent backups.

16. Added an UI alert indicating that space allocation may have to be done both at the server and the client levels.

17. Added an alert message for Suspend/Resume backup action.

18. Fixed the issue in the UI related to editing a customer with 'Auto MSPEU' allocation setting.

Bugs fixed In StoreGrid 2.2.1
(over v2.2, please scroll down to see a list of new features in v2.2)

1. Fixed the issue of StoreGrid client exiting while listing files with wide characters.

2. Fixed the issue of StoreGrid displaying invalid file size while backing up files greater than 4 GB when Volume Shadow Copy is enabled.

3. Fixed the bug in StoreGrid client reset password when the backup server system name and the backup server name in the client are different.

4. Fixed the issue of Replication failure if the Trial Customer's auto-authorization is configured as "Denied".

5. Email SMTP server configurations related to SMTP authorization are now properly rendered in the StoreGrid WebConsole. The user name and password fields are still not rendered for security purposes.

6. Fixed the issue in receiving email reports when SMTP server adds more headers to the email sent by StoreGrid.

7. Fixed the security issue with the way StoreGrid was handling the backup encryption password.

8. New configuration option to allow backup database in the StoreGrid server to be stored in a separate hard disk other than the client backup location. This is useful to improve StoreGrid server performance including the StoreGrid server Webconsole performance.

9. More customization of server dashboard features (including setting dashboard refresh times) added.

10. Other minor bug fixes and performance tweaks.

New Features In StoreGrid 2.2

StoreGrid Server

1. Improved organization of the clients backing up to the server.

2. SP Edition only: Server Side management of all licenses (MSPEU based licensing).

3. Revamped 'Local To Remote Server Migration'; now additional full backups can also be done locally and migrated to the remote backup server.

4. Revamped replication management, flexible replication scheduling, CPU usage control and lots more.

5. Replication progress support in both the Backup Server and the Replication Server

6. Primary Server Disaster Recovery from Replication Server using StoreGrid webconsole.

7. SP Edition only: Invoice Generation based on Invoice Plans. You can assign the same plan across Customers.

8. Server Activities Dashboard (Current Active Clients Monitoring, Last 5 Successful/Failed Backups, Disk Space Monitoring, License Monitoring, etc.,)

9. SP Edition only: Trial Client Settings (Evaluation Period/De-Activation Period/Automatic Cleanup of De-Activated Client, etc.,).

10. Individual Client/Backup De-activation.

11. Local to Remote Server Data Migration (First backup taken locally,thereafter incremental backups done online)

12. Easy license management: Licenses can be centrally managed in one backup server, clients don't have to be applied licenses individually.

StoreGrid Client

1. Advanced Plugins for Exchange using ESE APIs.

2. Advanced Plugins for MS SQL Server using VDI APIs.

3. Volume Shadow Copy support for Windows XP, Windows 2003 Servers systems.

4. In StoreGrid Service Provider Edition, there is no need to apply license keys in the client.

5. MySQL Plugin for windows

6. Restore progress window enhanced to show file based restore progress

7. Revamped Client Dashboard.

General

1. Secure(https) WebConsole.

2. Support for 64-bit Windows Operating Systems.