Release Notes:
PerfectBackup Manager version 5.5.3.3 (31-Aug-2009).
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- N/A - No updates have been made in this category
- Application specific backup
- Enhancement - Disable the option for Oracle restore files to "Original location"
- Auto upgrade agent
- N/A - No updates have been made in this category
- Deployment
- N/A - No updates have been made in this category
- Documentation
- N/A - No updates have been made in this category
- File backup
- Bug fix - Retry sending block error for subsequence backup after a successful job and setting changes (ref: CYQ-868971, ZMR-225592)
- Bug fix - Persistent 'String index out of range: -10248' message when running a backup (ref: UMC-136045, UUU-812694)
- General / Miscellaneous
- Bug fix - BackupSet with blank Name is allowed to be created with New Backup Set Wizard
- Group feature / Reseller panel
- N/A - No updates have been made in this category
- License/Billing Module
- N/A - No updates have been made in this category
- Operating systems
- N/A - No updates have been made in this category
- Reporting / Email report
- N/A - No updates have been made in this category
- Restore / Decrypt
- N/A - No updates have been made in this category
- System maintenance
- N/A - No updates have been made in this category
- User experiences
- Bug fix - Two lines of "Original location" appeared on Restore / Decrypt Files Wizard.
PerfectBackup Manager version 5.5.3.2 (13-Jul-2009).
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- N/A - No updates have been made in this category
- Application specific backup
- N/A - No updates have been made in this category
- Auto upgrade agent
- N/A - No updates have been made in this category
- Customization
- N/A - No updates have been made in this category
- Deployment
- N/A - No updates have been made in this category
- Documentation
- N/A - No updates have been made in this category
- File backup
- Bug fix - Strange "Crypto" error happens randomly on files on 32bit Linux (ref: QNT-856752,KKA-797375, LLL-512966, MMC-175439, UDE-352285, 3281)
- Bug fix - AhsayOBM 5531 - Local Copy backup do not work (ref: 3915)
- Bug fix - AhsayOBM 5531 - Seedload backup do not work (ref: 3915)
- General / Miscellaneous
- N/A - No updates have been made in this category
- License/Billing Module
- N/A - No updates have been made in this category
- Operating systems
- N/A - No updates have been made in this category
- Reporting / Email report
- N/A - No updates have been made in this category
- Restore / Decrypt
- N/A - No updates have been made in this category
- System maintenance
- N/A - No updates have been made in this category
- User experiences
- N/A - No updates have been made in this category
PerfectBackup Manager version 5.5.3.1 (2-Jul-2009).
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- N/A - No updates have been made in this category
- Application specific backup
- Bug fix - OBM 5530 - Scheduled MS Windows System Backup will attempt to upload all data within backup source (ref: 3822)
- Auto upgrade agent
- Bug fix - Autoupdate feature does not work for OBM clients on Windows Server 2008 (ref: BMA-315829)
- Customization
- Bug fix - Some characters of Czech language is not properly shown in the properties.xls (ref: LLL-507839)
- Enhancement - Missing "ShadowProtect System Backup" option in the "edit-application-setting.bat file (ref: FFF-290339)
- Deployment
- N/A - No updates have been made in this category
- Documentation
- Enhancement - Shadow Protect System backup doc for setting temp directory to the drive other than backup source
- File backup
- Bug fix - OBM v5530 Error="Cannot open Data fork name Too many files open (ErrorCode:-42)" on Mac OSX (ref: SSS-726751, TQS-584010)
- Bug fix - Non-user-friendly error message when files specified in the backup source are removed during backup (ref: YIZ-145271)
- Bug fix - Security context is not backed up on SE Linux
- Bug fix - OBM 5514 dies if network/internet connection is unavailable (ref: NUE-891187)
- General / Miscellaneous
- Bug fix - Change retry period to 6 hr
- License/Billing Module
- N/A - No updates have been made in this category
- Operating systems
- N/A - No updates have been made in this category
- Reporting / Email report
- N/A - No updates have been made in this category
- Restore / Decrypt
- Bug fix - OBM5530 restore of a 50GB VM image file fails
- System maintenance
- N/A - No updates have been made in this category
- User experiences
- N/A - No updates have been made in this category
PerfectBackup Manager Version 5.5.3.0 (22-May-2009)
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- N/A - No
updates have been made in this category
- Application specific backup
- Enhancement - Unable to get email address from
multiple Exchange domains (ref: LXK-746436,
FFF-280703)
- Enhancement - Win2008 bare metal backup/restore integration
(ref: RRR-720390)
- Enhancement - StorageCraft ShadowProtect bare metal
backup/restore integration (ref: RRR-720390)
- Bug fix - OBM 5510 MSSQL scheduled backup not able to run
every hour (ref: UDU-895253)
- Bug fix - SQL2008 backup issue - PerfectBackup Manager cannot backup
SQL2008 databases (ref: PPP-648638)
- Bug fix - Two Exchange backup jobs running concurrently and
cause error (ref: NTO-175755)
- Enhancement - Locate the problematic file in case of error
-43 during MAC backups (ref: JRG-468933, AAA-103915,
ZMO-943552,
PCK-679087)
- Bug fix - Problems Encountered with backup of MySQL on
Netware (ref: LFO-832754)
- Bug fix - MSSQL DB backup error: OBM cannot detect MS SQL
Server instance
- Bug fix - Oracle Window to Linux remote spool, files missing
and structure incorrect
- Bug fix - Oracle “null?backup errors (ref:
HPM-931325, ZTA-108275, TSE-184260, GUH-723242)
- Bug fix - OBM unable to create mail-level backup set on
Exchange 2000, Window 2000 (ref: N/A)
- Bug fix - OBM failed with "null" error when running
mail-level backup on Exchange 2007
- Bug fix - OBM "Remove temp files after backup" option not
available (ref: N/A)
- Bug fix - OBM failed with "null" error when running
mail-level backup on Exchange 2007 (Windows 2008)
- Bug fix - OBM v5.5.1.0 - Scheduled Maillevel backup cannot
run - 'ObmJW.exe' is missing (ref: AAA-117185,
MWW-893308,
CCC-169303,
ZQY-380952,
CPB-339608,
AZI-580174,
III-397506,
DMN-274503)
- Bug fix - OBM crash when selecting the Public Folder in the
backup source of Exchange Mail-Level
- Auto upgrade agent
- Enhancement - scheduler service account reset after
auto update from 52 to 55 (ref: JQV-179939)
- Bug fix - AUA log growth dramatically if the AUA option is
set to "Prompt for install"
- Customization
- Bug fix - Branded OBM still showing original wording
in configuration report (ref: EEP-602268)
- Bug fix - OBC 5514 - After installing brander OBS, the
scheduler is not installed (ref: EVD-541776)
- Enhancement - Add supported language "Hebrew" to ACB
& OBM
- Deployment
- Bug fix - Directory "Documents and Settings"
created in Linux
- Bug fix - ACB v5.5 Unistall doesn't remove the whole .acb
folder (ref: PAU-817102)
- Documentation
- N/A - No
updates have been made in this category
- File backup
- Enhancement - OBM doesn't timeout in 6 hours (ref:
VOZ-927176)
- Enhancement - Store hostname as CDP backup and logout
reminder setting
- Bug fix - OBM attempt to backup files following SymLink even
when set to skip symLink
- Bug fix - CDP does not backup new files that are moved to the
backup source (ref: KPW-548265)
- Bug fix - Wrong parameters using in properties file
- Bug fix - problem with creating a new backup set after an old
one has been removed.
- Bug fix - OBM will stop scanning backup source if the network
connection is lost (Mac OS X only)
- Bug fix - Cannot show or modify backup settings on the first
OBM backup set. (only the first one)
- Bug fix - OBM problem with backup of pipe files.
- Bug fix - CDPservice terminated abnormally (ref: PPP-627453,
XXX-909621,
NAP-234918,
PBE-426771,
ZZZ-992217,
YRY-814426,
OTZ-725890,
FPH-370865,
FZR-260040,
WWW-868251)
- Bug fix - OBM5510- "Will delete CDP backed up file" is shown
in the client log for client without CDP module (ref: EEP-873394,
RRR-720892)
- Bug fix - ACB-CDP enabled: Incremental/Differential delta
files cannnot be generated
- General /
Miscellaneous
- Bug fix - OBM/ACB script issues when branded folder
name contains space (ref: DET-549470,
LJM-666512,
PGG-312801)
- Bug fix - Configurator unable to login if using new password
created on OBS
- Bug fix - ACB 5508- Misleading message Error="null" when the
specified temp directory does not exist (ref: GGG-309005)
- Enhancement - Variable network retry interval for OBM (ref:
ERY-169217)
- License/Billing
Module
- N/A - No
updates have been made in this category
- Operating systems
- Bug fix - Hostname issue for Scheduled backup on
Mac (ref: DDD-209424, POY-201892, DET-549470, FDL-359022)
- Reporting / Email
report
- Bug fix - OBM report successful while failing to
upload on Large amount of files (ref: AMT-731338,
XVC-891753,
OOO-596766)
- Restore / Decrypt
- Enhancement - Add SYNC option to ACB/OBM,
ie."Delete extra files" option (Restore)
- Bug fix - incorrect decrypt GUI statistics
- Enhancement - Add search function on restore/decrypt to
ACB/OBM (ref: QBH-761540,
BFC-291647,
DOU-264678,
383,
LDD-798303,
XWE-618395,
III-386832,
SBU-531617,
WVK-850816,
ORO-725960,
JIP-440286,
FUA-711903)
- Bug fix - Cannot restore to original location (ref:
HHH-369633,
BBB-139834,
AAA-104216,
TEV-632493,
ZAA-125134,
FFF-303861,
MMM-524327,
DDD-219413,
ANU-389676)
- Enhancement - add switch to the script file so that no
reconfirmation prompted for overwriting previous file
- Bug fix - OBM restore.bat still restoring the permission set
when set to false.
- Bug fix - The "Delete Extra Files" option no available on the
restore.bat and decrypt.bat file
- Bug fix - The "Delete Extra Files" option no available on the
restore.sh and decrypt.sh file
- Bug fix - [System State] "Null" error when using decrypt.bat
to decrypt the system state backed up data.
- Bug fix - [File Backup] "Null" and permission error when
using decrypt.bat to decrypt the backed up data.
- Bug fix - ACB Decrypt.bat returns null error
- Bug fix - OBM 5228 - Restore issue with Windows 2008 system
backup
- Bug fix - Add option to apply or not apply file permissions
by Decrypt.bat (ref: RPR-681897)
- Bug fix - Exchange Restore Utility Buffer Issue (ref:
NNN-573789)
- System maintenance
- Bug fix - Incorrect statistic for "Estimated Total
Restore Time" during restore
- Bug fix - Timezone issue with bundled JRE (ref: UUU-814005,
OOO-589983)
- User experiences
- Bug fix - OBM foreign language retention area
setting is missing the "day(s)" section (ref: RRR-718376)
- Enhancement - The "focus" of the Login Interface on ACB/OBM
is on the "Password" field
- Bug fix - Problem with translation while the mouse pointer
rollover the application (ref: BOT-774108)
- Bug fix - "Backup Schedule" cannot be translated in ACB (ref:
JJJ-422134,
BBB-136275)
- Bug fix - OBM v5.5 for Netware properties problem
- Bug fix - "Remove retention files for overlap policy"
checkbox can't be stay selected (ref: SKA-132724)
- Enhancement - OBM 5508 restore UI only able to show delta
size, not the actual size when restore
- Bug fix - ACB "off-line backup" interface layout incorrect.
- Bug fix - OBM on Mac OSX showing account folder partial
selected even when there is nothing selected
- Bug fix - OBM: Linux issue connecting with AD account
Version 5.2.7.0 (10-Jul-2008)
This
is a patch release of
PerfectBackup Manager that contains minor enhancements and
bug fixes (listed below). All v5.2.x users are recommended to upgrade
to this release.
- PerfectBackup Manager
- Integration
with other applications (e.g. Microsoft Exchange, Oracle, Microsoft SQL
Server)
- N/A
- No
updates have been made in this category
- Backup
(core backup logics and scheduler)
- Enhancement (5.2.6.3) - Speed up changed backup
file list
generation process by eliminating unnecessary event handlers and
generating change list using a single pass. You can expect a 10% - 20%
speed improvement.
- Bug fixed (5.2.6.3) - Fixed the the problem of
PerfectBackup Manager failed to
detect changes in file permission for files that has permission setting
of the same size
- Bug fixed (5.2.6.4) - Fixed a bug introduced in
5.2.6.3 which
causes updated backup files to be classified as pairs of new and
deleted files for non-file backup sets (e.g. Exchange, Oracle backup
sets). This causes backup files to be uploaded to the PerfectBackup server in full and
then deleted from the server immediately in each backup job. All affected
users are recommended to upgrade to 5.2.6.4 to fix this problem..
- Bug fixed (5.2.6.5) - PerfectBackup Manager will now exclude
all Solaris door files from backup set automatically
- Bug fixed (5.2.6.7) - Removed the
message of "[warn] Path
"C:\permission test\test.txt" cannot get File Permission, reason=The
operation completed successfully. " when backup file
permission is disabled. (ref: KFZ-832156)
- Bug fixed (5.2.6.7) - Removed the message of
"[warn] Path
"\\192.168.101.25" cannot get File Permission, reason=The system cannot
find the file specified."
& "Warn 2008/06/25 02:51 Path "\\" cannot get File Permission,
reason=The system cannot find the file specified." when backing up
mapped drives on Windows 2000.
- Restore
- N/A - No
updates have been made in this category
- Auto
upgrade agent
- N/A - No
updates have been made in this category
- Customization
- N/A - No
updates have been made in this category
- GUI
/ Reporting / Logging
- Bug fixed (5.2.6.3) - Suppressing the encryption
key dialog when PerfectBackup Manager is re-installed (ref: WUP-993630)
- Bug fixed (5.2.6.4) - Add logic to detect backup
operations were
stopped for any unforeseeable reasons and log an error message to
the server to generate a failed backup report
- Administration
/ Maintenance / Deployment (e.g. monitoring,
installer)
- N/A - No
updates have been made in this category
- General
- Bug fixed (5.2.6.2) - Undisclosed security bug
fix (ref: BBB-139889, FWL-789244)
- Bug fixed (5.2.6.5) - Add support of wildcard SSL
certification on the server
Changes after 5.2.6.0
- (5.2.6.2) Bug fixed - Undisclosed security bug fix
- (5.2.6.3) Bug fixed - Suppressing the encryption key dialog when PerfectBackup Manager is re-installed
- (5.2.6.3) Enhancement - Speed up changed backup file list
generation process by eliminating unnecessary event handlers and
generating change list using a single pass. You can expect a 10% - 20%
speed improvement.
- (5.2.6.3) Bug fixed - Fix the the problem of PerfectBackup Manager failed to
detect changes in file permission for files that has permission setting
of the same size
- (5.2.6.4) Bug fixed - Add logic to detect backup operations were
stopped for any unforeseeable reasons and log an error message to
PerfectBackupOBS to generate a failed backup report
- (5.2.6.4) Bug fixed - Fixed a bug introduced in 5.2.6.3 which
causes updated backup files to be classified as pairs of new and
deleted files for non-file backup sets (e.g. Exchange, Oracle backup
sets). This causes backup files to be uploaded to PerfectBackupOBS in full and
then deleted from PerfectBackupOBS immediately in each backup job. All affected
users are recommended to upgrade to 5.2.6.4 to fix this problem..
- (5.2.6.5) Bug fixed - Add support of wildcard SSL certification on PerfectBackupOBS
- (5.2.6.5) Bug fixed - PerfectBackup Manager will now ignore all Solaris door file from backup set automatically
Version 5.2.6.0 (25-Apr-2008)
This is a patch release of
PerfectBackup Manager that contains minor enhancements and
bug fixes (listed below). All v5.2.x users are recommended to upgrade
to this release.
- PerfectBackup Manager
- Integration
with other applications (e.g. Microsoft Exchange, Oracle, Microsoft SQL
Server)
- N/A - No
updates have been made in this category
- Backup
(core backup logics and scheduler)
- Enhancement
- Changed
mssqlXX.dll to add an additional of 5 seconds delay after the file has
been spooled to allow a larger buffer for SQL server to complete
- Enhancement
- Added support of HP-UX without throwing out errors (though it is still not possible to backup file attribute (mode, GID, UID)
- Enhancement
- Added
support of SunOS on Sparc CPU without throwing out errors. It is now
possible to backup file attribute (mode, GID, UID) on SunOS on Sparc
(but not Sparc 64-bit v9)
- Enhancement
- Added support of OpenBSD
- Bug
fixed - Fixed the problem of failure to spool some backup files for
MSSQL because closing the handle to SQL server would cause
backup file to be deleted by SQL Server
- Bug fixed - SQL2000 databases backed up twice.
- Bug fixed - Fixed the problem of failure to read the file permission for Win Vista and Win 2003
- Bug fixed - Fixed the problem of failure to use HTTPS on IBM JVM
- Bug
fixed - Fixed the problem of crashing when backing up a file/folder
that the current Windows account does not have accessed to
- Bug fixed - Fixed the problem of getting NullPointerException when trying to backup the
system partition c drive in Windows 2000 and Windows Vista x64
- Bug fixed - Error Message is shown (Path c:\pagefile.sys" cannot get
File Permission. cannot get File permission) when trying to backup
files in c drive
- Restore
- N/A - No
updates have been made in this category
- Auto
upgrade agent
- N/A - No
updates have been made in this category
- Customization
- Enhancement
- It is now possible to configure PerfectBackup Manager to suppress the encrypting
key dialog prompt with pre-defined encrypting key when creating a new
backup set on customization portal
- GUI
/ Reporting / Logging
- Bug fixed - PerfectBackup Manager is now compatible with Network Magic on Lanovo Notebooks
- Administration
/ Maintenance / Deployment (e.g. monitoring,
installer)
- N/A - No
updates have been made in this category
- General
- N/A - No
updates have been made in this category
Version 5.2.5.0 (15-Feb-2008)
This is a patch release of
PerfectBackup Manager that contains minor enhancements and
bug fixes (listed below). All v5.2.x users are recommended to upgrade
to this release.
- PerfectBackup Manager
- Integration
with other applications (e.g. Microsoft Exchange, Oracle, Microsoft SQL
Server)
- Enhancement - Added the support
of Oracle 11g (e.g. Remove the "Oracle 11g......" not supported error
message)
- Enhancement
- Added the support of Personal Oracle or Oracle running on
Windows XP
- Enhancement
- Removed the "Function
only supported for transaction logged databases" error message when
restoring non-loggged databases to stop raising false alarm
- Enhancement - Displaying a
warning message on the backup report when the backup source does not
exist.
- Enhancement
- PerfectBackup Manager is now compatible with ShadowProtect Server Edition
- Bug
fixed - Fixed the problem of SQL
Server backup file is mysteriously deleted straight after they are
backed up. We have introduced a 5 second delays between each database
backup to solve this problem.
- Bug fixed - Fixed the problem
of SQL
database not generating a warning message "Skip deleting
backup
file .....". This message will only appear if OBM tries to delete a SQL
database which is selected by the backup source and exists as a
database on the SQL server.
- Bug fixed - Fixed the problem
of Exchange brick level backup for mail residing at the ROOT directory
of the Exchange tree.
- Bug
fixed - Fixed the problem of backing up Notes.ini again when
listing backup files to avoid getting "Permission denied" error.
- Bug fixed - Fixed the problem
of backing
up notes.ini again when listing databases to avoid getting "Cannot open
destination file: /???/notes.ini.YYYY-MM-DD-HH-MM-SS-000.ADD. Reason:
Permission denied"
- Bug
fixed - Fixed the problem of getting "The parameter is incorrect" when
backup files on a network drive.
- Bug fixed - Fixed the problem
of database name being removed from backup report for
MSSQL Backupset.
- Bug fixed - Fixed the problem
of backup being stopped when OBM is not able to find a file on Mac
Machine.
- Bug
fixed - Fixed the problem of getting "Cannot backup DB file: notes.ini"
when backing up Lotus Domino on Linux.
- Bug
fixed - Fixed the problem of getting "Cannot spool mail file:
xxxx" when backing up non-recoverable database file in Lotus
Domino on Linux.
- Backup
(core backup logics and scheduler)
- Enhancement
- When scheduled backup are not supposed to run on a computer,
disable the logout reminder as well.
- Enhancement
- Speed up in-file delta block generation for file size that is slightly (within 100 bytes) larger than a multiple of in-file delta block size
- Bug fixed - Logout reminder now working fully under Vista
- Bug fixed - Fixed the problem
of NTFS permission not being backed up for files that administrator has no read access to
- Bug fixed - Fixed the problem
of skipping
updating file permissions when unable to read from system, with a
"warn" type log entry like this: '[2007/10/25 11:03:29] [warn] Path
"D:\Temp\user_guide.pdf" cannot get File Permission. Reason=Access
denied.' In order to avoid reporting this message for users do
not have the
right to read file permissions, a "Backup File Permissions" option is
added for skipping reading file permissions.
- Bug
fixed - Fixed the problem of files being copied over and over again when
LocalCopying to a SAMBA mapped drive which doesn't have a highly
precised last modified time.
- Restore
- N/A - No
updates have been made in this category
- Auto
upgrade agent
- N/A - No
updates have been made in this category
- Customization
- N/A - No
updates have been made in this category
- GUI
/ Reporting / Logging
- Enhancement - Showing hidden files on backup source panel on Mac OS X
- Administration
/ Maintenance / Deployment (e.g. monitoring,
installer)
- N/A - No
updates have been made in this category
- General
- N/A - No
updates have been made in this category
Version 5.2.4.0 (08-Oct-2007)
This is a patch release of
PerfectBackup Manager that contains minor enhancements and
bug fixes (listed below). All v5.2.x users are recommended to upgrade
to this release.
- PerfectBackup Manager
- Integration
with other applications (e.g. Microsoft Exchange, Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server)
- New feature - Confirmed to backup Lotus 8 (32-bit) correctly
- Bug - Fixed the problem of Lotus
backup agent not flushing transaction logs after backup
- Bug - Fixed the problem of Lotus
backup agent crashing intermittently
- Enhancement - Replaced LinuxUtil
with NixUtil to support PerfectBackup Manager running on Linux PPC
- Backup
(core backup logics and scheduler)
- New
Feature - Support backup of SELinux settings of each file
- Enhancement
- File permissions are now backed up correctly on Solaris and BSD
systems
- Enhancement - NixUtil uses ISO_8859_1
character encoding for filename with incorrect character set
information to enhance compatibility
- Enhancement -
Backup of Mac resource fork file no longer requires a temporary dump
file
- Bug
- Fixed the problem of PerfectBackup Manager not running on old Linux systems (e.g.
Redhat 6.2) with GLIBC_2.2 installed
- Bug - Fixed
the problem of getting "Callback 0x5" error when backing up Exchange server
with username / password entered in the "Network resources
authentication of Windows" field
- Bug - Fixed the
problem of seed loading not generating backup files for folders object
if folders are not being selected directly from the backup
source
- Bug - Fixed the problem of backup files
being missed from backup if backup sources contain a folder which is a
prefix of another backup source selected folder. For example, if both
"D:\Temp\" and "D:\Temp Dir\" are being selected in backup source,
files in "D:\Temp Dir\" won't be backed up. (ref: HTV-825944)
- Bug
- Fixed the problem of backing up mapped drive with non-english
characters (ref: RLN-872418)
- Bug
- Fixed the problem of getting "NullPointerException" when running both
manual backup and scheduled backup at the same time
(ref: UKP-289313)
- Bug - Fixed the problem of
local copy files always being treated as moved files in Mac OS X.
- Bug - Fixed the problem of not being able to backup files in "C:\" on NetWare, only files in "SYS:" or "VOL:" can be backed up.
- Bug - Fixed the problem of command line configurator not setting the "Run scheduled backup on this computer" option correctly.
- Bug - Fixed the problem of OBM always using "localhost" as hostname on FreeBSD and Linux
- Restore
- Enhancement - File
permissions are now restored correctly on Solaris and BSD systems
(ref: VDH-120610)
- Auto
upgrade agent
- Bug - Fixed the problem of the process of AuaObmJW.exe disappeared
unexpectedly in some cases (this can be resolved by upgrading PerfectBackup OBS
to this release, enabling auto upgrade and restarting the AutoUpgradeAgent
on the client machine).
- New
Feature - Auto upgrade agent will now update itself before updating
PerfectBackup Manager. The version number of AUA is now 1.0.2.0.
- Customization
- N/A - No
updates have been made in this category
- GUI
/ Reporting / Logging
- Enhancement - Added
Polish localization to GUI
- Administration
/ Maintenance / Deployment (e.g. monitoring,
installer)
- Enhancement - Allow custom
post-install script to run by accepting the
upload of [ $APP_HOME \ bin \ post-install.bat ] to customization portal
- Enhancement - Digital Signature for Windows Installer is updated
with the latest capicom.dll 2.1.0.2, which should be capable to handle the
latest digital certificate format.
- Bug - Fixed the problem of Windows Installer not showing non-english (e.g. Icelandic) characters correctly
- General
- N/A - No
updates have been made in this category
Version 5.2.2.6 - 5.2.3.x
This is an internal release.
Version 5.2.2.5 (25-Jul-2007)
This is a patch release of
PerfectBackupOBM that contains minor enhancements and
bug fixes (listed below). All v5.2.x users are recommended to upgrade
to this release.
Version 5.2.2.4
(21-Jun-2007)
This is a patch release of
PerfectBackupOBM that contains minor enhancements and
bug fixes (listed below). All v5.2.x users are recommended to upgrade
to this release.
Version 5.2.2.3 (3-May-2007)
This is a patch release of PerfectBackupOBM and PerfectBackupOBS that contains minor enhancements and bug fixes (listed below). All v5.2.x users are recommended to upgrade to this release.
-
PerfectBackupOBM
- New feature - Full brick level backup support for Microsoft Exchange 2007 (required 32-bit PerfectBackupOBM, not supported for x64 PerfectBackupOBM) *
- Bug - Fixed the problem of missing backup set in [Decrypt Files Wizard]
- Bug - Fixed the problem of getting NullPointerException after interrupting system state backup
- Bug - Fixed the problem of scheduler being stopped when users log out of Mac OS X
Notes:
- Both PerfectBackupOBS 5.1.x and PerfectBackupOBS 5.2.x will replicate backup data to PerfectBackupRPS 5.1.0.8 with no problems.
Known issues in this release
- All known issues in the section v5.2.1.0 still apply here.
- * Full brick level backup support for Exchange 2007 is only supported on 32-bit platform because Microsoft has discontinued MAPI support on x64 platform and it is not possible to do backup/restore for individual email properly without using MAPI.
Version 5.2.2.1 (21-Mar-2007)
This is a patch release of PerfectBackupOBM and contains many enhancements and bug fixes (listed below). All v5.2.x users are recommended to upgrade to this release.
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(Key feature) Support of Windows Vista for PerfectBackupOBM
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(Key feature) Support of Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 for PerfectBackupOBM (x64 version only)**
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PerfectBackupOBM
- New feature - Added Turkish, Greek and Hungarian GUI support
- New feature - Added support of Windows/Linux x64 platform
- Enhancement - Rewrote all Linux, FreeBSD & Sun Solaris installation scripts to fix old installation problems
- Bug - Fixed the problem of scheduled Lotus backup set failing to run on Linux
- Bug - Fixed the problem of failing to backup network mapped drive when the top directory of UNC path contains no files
- Bug - Fixed the problem of brick-level backup failing because of authentication failure
- Bug - Fixed the problem of PerfectBackupOBM failing to backup files larger than 2GB on Linux
- Bug - Fixed the problem of PerfectBackupOBM failing to report files not backed up on Linux
- Bug - Fixed the problem of PerfectBackupOBM failing when backing up many files (the error is "[AFTDataFile.Row.write] Seeking Negative Offset")
- Bug - Fixed the problem of incorrect "Another backup scheduler is running" when starting up backup scheduler upon fast operating system reboot
- Bug - Fixed the problem of pre/post command-line tools failing on Windows 95/98/ME
- Bug - Fixed the problem of Outlook Express shortcut not showing on Windows 95/98/ME
- Bug - Fixed the problem of branding disappeared when using a lease license type
- Bug - Fixed the problem of incorrect prompt being displayed when logging out of user session while backup from another user session (or scheduled backup) is running.
Notes:
- Both PerfectBackupOBS 5.1.x and PerfectBackupOBS 5.2.x will replicate backup data to PerfectBackupRPS 5.1.0.8 with no problems.
Known issues in this release
- All known issues in the section v5.2.1.0 still apply here.
- * SystemState backup is not working on Windows Vista because Vista on longer support SystemState backup
- * Logout backup reminder not working on Windows Vista because Vista has removed the option of blocking system shutdown process
- ** This release only supports backup of information storage or database of Microsoft Exchange Server 2007. Brick-level (or mail-level) backup for Exchange 2007 will be available in v5.2.3.0
- We have changed the default setting of AutoUpgrade agent to stop providing auto upgrade from PerfectBackupOBM v5.1 to PerfectBackupOBM v5.2 because there are still some unknown, unresolved and not reproducible issues when auto upgrading from v5.1 to v5.2
Version 5.2.1.0 (24-Jan-2007)
This is a major release of PerfectBackupOBM. All enhancements and bug fixes are shown below.
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(Key Feature) Full support for Microsoft Exchange individual email, calendar, contacts, tasks, and etc.
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PerfectBackupOBM
- New feature - Added a "Local Copy Only" backup set to be created, i.e. skip uploading backup set data to PerfectBackupOBS for selective backup sets
- New feature - Added support of Lotus Domino backup on Linux
- New feature - Hide encrypting key and password in Configurator
- New feature - Local copy now remove the .nozip extension
- New feature - Customized XML for OBM setting and UI
- New feature - Warn if no files exists in the backup set selected for backup
- New feature - Added file number to file browsing during backup
- New feature - Added the option of setting the default of "Run Schedule Backup on this Computer" when creating a new backup set
- New feature - Added the option of restoring files with restoring file access permissions
- New feature - Added entries of missed backup to [Backup Log] page
- New feature - AutoUpgrade Agent
- Robust auto upgrade agent which enables the delivery of updated software to selective users on selective hosts on selective OS platforms
- Option to prompt users before installing updated software (as in WindowsUpdate)
- Built on top of Apache ANT platform which allows further customization to be done easily by end users
- Bug - Better explanation in restore scripts (document)
- Bug - Skip backing up dev node on Linux
- Bug - Free trial can be enabled with standard edition license
- Bug - Fixed the problem of getting "PKCS7Padding not found" when running backup with encryption enabled on Turkish Windows
- Bug - Fixed the slow delta merging problem when restoring files with many delta files
Notes:
- Both PerfectBackupOBS 5.1.x and PerfectBackupOBS 5.2.x will replicate backup data to PerfectBackupRPS 5.1.0.8 with no problems.
Known issues in this release
- The new autoUpgrade agent can only upgrade PerfectBackupOBM running on Windows, Linux or Solaris from 5.1.x to 5.2.x automatically. Users running PerfectBackupOBM on Mac OS X and NetWare will have to upgrade PerfectBackupOBM manually to 5.2
- A bug identified between PerfectBackupOBM 5.1.0.6 and PerfectBackupOBM 5.1.0.8 is stopping auto upgrade agent to function as designed. Please upgrade installation running these releases manually to 5.2 if you are running these releases.
- Unknown intermittent hang up when running PerfectBackupOBS with replication module enabled. In 5.1.0.9c, PerfectBackupOBS is now programmed to running exslusively in UNSYNC to workaround this instability problem (will fix this in 5.2.3.0)
Version 5.2.0.5 (beta pre-release) (1-Dec-2006)
This is a pre-release of PerfectBackupOBS, PerfectBackupOBM 5.2 which contains a preview of the full release of 5.2.1.0. All features contained in this release are listed above in 5.2.1.0 section.
Version 5.1.0.9c (1-Dec-2006)
This is a maintenance release which contains many bug fixes and enhancements. All users running PerfectBackupOBS 5.0/5.1 should upgrade to this release as soon as possible.
- Bug - Fixed the problem of "[BackupSet.append] Uploaded file size incorrect" after a "Read timed out" error
- Bug - Fixed the problem of "javax.net.ssl.SSLException: java.net.SocketException. Connection has been reset" when backing up large in-file delta files
- Bug - Fixed the problem of slow backup speed when using PerfectBackupOBM under Mac OS X
Known issues in this release
- Undeleting backup files under the [File Explorer] page is now working (fixed in 5.2.1.0 already)
- PerfectBackupOBS is not retaining files under backup files using an advanced retention policy setting (fixed in 5.2.1.0 already)
- Unknown intermittent hang up when running PerfectBackupOBS with replication module enabled. In 5.1.0.9c, PerfectBackupOBS is now programmed to running exslusively in UNSYNC to workaround this instability problem (will fix this in 5.2.1.1)
Version 5.1.0.8 (2-Oct-2006)
This is a maintenance release which contains many bug fixes and enhancements.
- New feature - Added Portuguese and Lithuanian support to both PerfectBackupOBS/PerfectBackupOBM
- New feature - Added integrity checking module to PerfectBackupOBS when running a backup job
- New feature - Added integrity checking module to PerfectBackupOBS when running a rebuild user storage job
- Enhancement - Lowered the memory requirement of PerfectBackupOBS by removing inefficient objects from the code
- Bug - Force [Manage Log] -> [Backup Report] to show "error"/"warn" when there are errors/warnings in a backup job
- Bug - Fixed a performance problem when backing up a directory containing more than 100,000 files
- Bug - Fixed the problem of failing to delete files from the [File Explorer] web page
- Bug - Fixed the problem of retention policy hanging in the middle of the job
Version 5.1.0.7d (14-Aug-2006)
This is a maintenance release which contains some bug fixes and enhancements.
- Bug - Fixed the problem of PerfectBackupOBM crashing on Windows 95/98/ME
- Bug - Fixed the problem of "Error - XML document structures must start and end within the same entity" happening occasionally on PerfectBackupOBS
- Bug - Fixed a memory leak in PerfectBackupOBS
- Bug - Fixed the problem of incorrectly reporting 'Path "\\" does not exist!' when running a backup job
- Bug - Fixed the problem of incorrectly reporting "Removable drive not found" when running a backup job
- Bug - Fixed the problem of PerfectBackupOBS using 100% CPU when there are problems with the network during replication
- Bug - Fixed the problem of failing to restore some delta files from PerfectBackupOBS
Version 5.1.0.6b (7-Jul-2006)
This is a maintenance release which contains some bug fixes and enhancements.
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New feature - Use of HTTP keep alive for backup/restore traffic. Backup/Restore operations are now speeded up 4 - 10 times.
- New feature - Added Finnish support to both PerfectBackupOBS/PerfectBackupOBM
- New feature - Added Mac OS X resource forks and file info backup/restore support to PerfectBackupOBM
- New feature - Added a user prompt before running an off-line backup job to PerfectBackupOBM. With this feature, off-line backup no longer runs when a user hasn't logged onto his computer.
- Bug - Fixed the problem of backup of Exchange mailbox failing on Exchange server with different recipient policy.
- Bug - Fixed the problem of "Connection time out" when backing up using realtek network card
- Bug - Fixed the problem of Null pointer exception causing reading backup file error
- Bug - Fixed the problem of negative number causing error showing files on File explorer page of Web admin console
- Bug - Fixed the problem of wrong calculation of quota usage of In-file delta and Volume shadow copy on Software
- license page of Web admin console
- Bug - Fixed the problem of dead thread causing system slow and without releasing memory resources
- Bug - Fixed the problem of corrupting index file cause OBM showing NumberFormatException and skipping backup files
- Bug - Fixed the problem of adding new user feature not functioning on List Users page of Web admin console for brand new OBS (not yet has a user)
- Bug - Fixed the problem of rebuild header information due to corruption
- Bug - Fixed the problem of rebuilding index file corruption due to corruption
- Bug - Fixed the problem of report log corruption cause skip sending E-mail to client
Version 5.1.0.5 (5-Jun-2006)
This is a maintenance release which contains some bug fixes and enhancements.
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New feature - Allow Free trial account to go over 500MB within a 30 days trial period
- New feature - [File Explorer] page on PerfectBackupOBS is not shown in pagination format
- Bug - Fixed the problem of backup failing after running Exchange backup multiple times using GUI (i.e. The "CExBackup::backupFile:WriteFile: Error Number 0x6: The handle is invalid." error)
- Bug - Fixed the problem of backup failing when there are filenames containing control characters (i.e. getting XML while getting the list of files stored on PerfectBackupOBS while backing up)
- Bug - Fixed the problem of backup files size being doubled after upgrading OBS to 5.1.0.4
- Bug - Fixed the problem of PerfectBackupOBM fails to backup the "/" partition on Linux
- Bug - Fixed the problem of email reports characters being shown incorrectly in Outlook (because reports are in UTF-8 format)
- Bug - Fixed the problem of Exchange mail level backup module failing to backup email in Exchange 2003 Enterprise edition
- Bug - Fixed the problem of PerfectBackupOBS external GetBackupJobReport API generates invalidated XML documents
- Bug - Fixed the problem of PerfectBackupOBM SystemTray failing to prompt user for backup type when using the [Right Click] -> [Backup] menu
- Bug - Fixed the problem of PerfectBackupOBM failing to skip network path when path is inaccessible
- Bug - Fixed the problem of PerfectBackupOBS not showing "Start Backup" line in all reports
- Bug - Fixed the problem of PerfectBackupOBM failing to restore files using non-administrative accounts (getting "Unable to write to C:\Program Files\PerfectBackupOBM")
- Bug - Fixed the problem of PerfectBackupOBM scheduler failing to run on Windows 2003 because of missing DLLs
- Bug - Fixed the problem of PerfectBackupOBS generating "Block Corruption" message when backing up files with missing backup directory
Version 5.1.0.4 (15-May-2006)
This is the major release of PerfectBackupOBS.
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New feature - Incremental in-file delta backup
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New feature - Single mail level exchange backup (brick level exchange backup)
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New feature - NTFS/Linux access privilege backup
- New feature - Allow different quota to be set to different add-on modules on PerfectBackupOBS
- New feature - Allow broadcasting email messages to all users
- New feature - Add a shortcut to Outlook mail store folder to PerfectBackupOBM under the [Standard] node of the [Backup Source] panel
- New feature - Allow MySQL databases on other computers to be backup using the [Host] parameter
- Bug - Fixed the problem of PerfectBackupOBM crashes when viewing backup logs with lots of entries
- Bug - Fixed the problem of PerfectBackupOBM crashes when viewing backup logs with lots of entries
- Bug - Fixed the problem of installation failing when installing PerfectBackupOBM on Mac OS X 10.4
Known Issues:
- Non-English localizations have not be performed. All localizations will be completed in 5.1.0.5
- User's Guide and Administrator's Guide are not up-to-date. They will be available in 5.1.0.5
- If you are getting "0" quota on all add-on modules on the [Manage System] -> [Software License] page, please press the [Update] button again on the license page.
Version 5.0.2.1c (25-Apr-2006)
This is a maintenance release which contains some bug fixes and enhancements
- Bug - Fixed the problem of PerfectBackupOBS deleting all replicated files on PerfectBackupRPS when file paths are entered in the incorrect case
- Bug - Fixed the problem of PerfectBackupOBS storing corrupted backup files on the server (introduced in 5.0.2.0a)
- Bug - Fixed the problem of slow backup (introduced in 5.0.2.0)
- Bug - Fixed the problem of PerfectBackupOBS replication module sending the same files during a RE-SYNC process
- Bug - Fixed the problem of PerfectBackupOBS replication module ignoring data under PerfectBackupOBS user home located on an UNC path.
Version 5.0.2.0 (7-Apr-2006)
This is an unstable release. If you are using 5.0.2.0, 5.0.2.0a or 5.0.2.0b, please upgrade to 5.0.2.1 or above immediately. After the upgrade, please enable the [Manage Job] -> [Routine Job] -> [Rebuild User Storage] -> [Backup File Validation] -> [Verify all files] option and select [Corrupted File Action] -> [Move to retention area] to allow PerfectBackupOBS to perform integrity check on all backup files. Please remember to uncheck the [Verify all files] option after the [Rebuild User Storage] job has completed successfully (you use the [Manage System] -> [System Log] page to check the running status of the job) to avoid unnecessary integrity checking being performed on the same backup file more than once.
- Bug - Fixed the problem of replication stopping intermittently by rewriting the replication module (PerfectBackupRPS must be upgraded to v5.0.2.1)
- Bug - Fixed the problem of [Backup Set] -> [Backup Source] -> [Remove] on the web interface not working when the backup source entry contains non-ascii characters
- Bug - Fixed the problem of new trial users always created with 256kb bandwidth throttling
- Enhancement - The total throughput of replication has been increased 3 - 10 times.
Version 5.0.1.9
This is an internal release.
Version 5.0.1.8 (11-Mar-2006)
This is a maintenance release which contains some bug fixes and enhancements.
- Bug - Fixed the problem of backup running a lot slower (introduced in 5.0.1.6)
- Enhancement - Speed up backup operation (required to update both PerfectBackupOBM and PerfectBackupOBS)
Version 5.0.1.7
This is an internal release.
Version 5.0.1.6 (13-Feb-2006)
This is a maintenance release which contains some bug fixes and enhancements.
- Bug - Fixed the problem of "HTTP Status 500 - javax.servlet.ServletException: No getter method for property selectedSrcs of bean getSettingChangeReportForm" in setting change report
- Bug - Fixed the problem of file being uploaded by PerfectBackupOBM multiple times
- Bug - Fixed the problem of in-file delta checksum file using the temporary spooling directory as its path
- Enhancement - More debugging information has been added to the PerfectBackupOBM scheduler debug log file, ~/.obm/log/Scheduler/debug.log.
- Enhancement - PerfectBackupOBM network timeout has been reduced from 300 seconds to 120 seconds
- Enhancement - Auto Upgrade file of PerfectBackupOBM versio 4.6 has been upgraded from v4.6.2.1 to v 4.6.2.2
- Enhancement - The time required to generate the file list required by PerfectBackupOBM during backup has been significant reduced (up to 30% improvement)
- Enhancement - The memory required to generate the file list required by PerfectBackupOBM during backup has been significant reduced (using up to 60% less memory)
- Enhancement - The disk space required to generate the file list required by PerfectBackupOBM during backup has been significant reduced (using up to 30% less storage)
Version 5.0.1.5 (1-Feb-2006)
This is a maintenance release which contains some bug fixes and enhancements.
- New feature - Added getBackupJobReportSummary and AuthUser to PerfectBackupOBS external APIs
- Bug - Fixed the problem of "VSS_E_WRITER_INFRASTRUCTURE", "VSS_E_PROVIDER_VETO" or "Error during the last asynchronous operation" when using volume shadow copy
- Bug - Fixed the problem of backup scheduler not stopping after pre-configured number of hours
- Bug - Fixed the problem of "obm-delta.tmp" cannot be found on the server
- Bug - Fixed the problem of MSSQL backup set not using user defined username / password for backup authentication
- Enhancement - Added system property "java.net.preferIPv4Stack=true" to the startup script of PerfectBackupOBS
- Enhancement - Email subjects and contents are now under the same character set (email message body will no longer contain strange characters)
- Enhancement - Added client's computer name to the start of all backup job logs, e.g. "Start [ Windows 2003 (ComputerName), PerfectBackupOBM v5.0.1.5 ]"
- Enhancement - PerfectBackupOBS's system password is now stored in hashed, instead of in cleartext, format.
- Enhancement - Remove all <form> tags from all PerfectBackupOBS email reports
- Enhancement - Added Japanese and Slovenian support to PerfectBackupOBS and PerfectBackupOBM
Version 5.0.1.4 (11-Jan-2006)
This is a maintenance release which contains some bug fixes and enhancements.
- New feature - [List Users] page can now be grouped by alias as well as by login name
- New feature - downgrade the bundle JVM for PerfectBackupOBM to Java2 1.4.2_10
- Bug - Unable to Added trial user account when paid user account reaches the maximum under the OEM meter package
- Bug - Empty content is sent in file restoration report when no files are restored
- Bug - a scroll pane is added to the error message dialog to avoid long message dialog prompted to users
- enhancement - off-line backup is now default to disabled for new backup sets
- enhancement - enforce web restorer page to use Java 1.4.x or above plug-in
Version 5.0.1.3d (29-Nov-2005)
This is a maintenance release which contains some bug fixes and enhancements.
- Bug - Getting "User Interrupted" when restoring more than one file (bug introduced in v5.0.1.3)
Version 5.0.1.3b (25-Nov-2005)
This is a maintenance release which contains some bug fixes and enhancements.
- Bug - Fixed the "Unable to connect to backup server" problem when having backup set using filters (bug introduced in v5.0.1.3)
- Bug - Fixed the problem of unable to create an Exchange Backup Set (bug introduced in v5.0.1.3)
- Bug - Fixed the problem of unable to backup the SYS: volume under NetWare (bug introduced in v5.0.1.3)
Version 5.0.1.3 (22-Nov-2005)
This is a maintenance release which contains some bug fixes and enhancements.
- Bug - PerfectBackupOBM generates huge log files
- Bug - File restoration report contains funny characters
- Bug - Off-line notification is now enforced to be larger than backup interval
- Bug - PerfectBackupOBM fails to auto-upgrade to the latest release (This bug is introduced in v5.0.1.0-2. It is required to upgrade all existing prev 5.0.1.3 installations to the latest release manually by reinstalling new PerfectBackupOBM over existing installation)
- Bug - PerfectBackupOBM no longer generate null errors
- Bug - the subject of the email no longer reports as failed when there are no errors in the attached reports
Version 5.0.1.2 (10-Nov-2005)
This is a maintenance release which contains some bug fixes and enhancements.
- Bug - weekly rebuild user storage job resets all quota to zero
- Bug - SQL Server backup set setting doesn't upgrade to v5.0 setting
- Bug - backup set setting containing non-english characters becomes question marks(?) after editing custom retention policy setting
- Bug - Added Danish, French, German support to PerfectBackupOBS and PerfectBackupOBM
Version 5.0.1.1 (1-Nov-2005)
This is a maintenance release which contains some bug fixes and enhancements.
- Bug - backup set with root drives (e.g. C:\) as backup sources won't be considered as removed from the backup set
- Bug - error report email now has the zipped error report attached
- New feature - backup set name is added to the title of the backup job and restore job report
Version 5.0.1.0 (19-Oct-2005)
This is the major release of PerfectBackupOBS.
- New feature - company logo is now attached to all email reports as attachment
- New feature - volume shadow copy is now supported in Windows XP/2003
- New feature - off-line backup and logout backup reminder is now available
- New feature - a more flexible retention policy is now available
- New feature - backup account level bandwidth throttling is now available
- New feature - Clustered SQL Server is now supported
- New feature - System state backup is now available as a standalone backup set type
- New feature - In-file delta module is now available to all backup set types (all add-on modules can now use in-file backup feature)
- New feature - Warning emails are sent when 90% of backup quota has been reached
Version 4.6.1.9 (19-Oct-2005)
This is a maintenance release which contains some bug fixes and enhancements.
- Added Norwegian support
- Bug - Backup files in incorrect case will be corrected automatically to the correct case
- Bug - Replication module no longer hang up
Version 4.6.1.8
This is an internal release.
Version 4.6.1.7 (22-Sep-2005)
This is a maintenance release which contains some bug fixes and enhancements.
- Bug - All backup files are reported as having 1kb (or 0kb) size (this bug is introduced in v 4.6.1.6a)
- added backup block sequence number to the URL of backup traffic
- added checking of zipped file size (along with CRC) to make sure uploaded files contain exactly the same size
- added backup file integrity checking to [Rebuild User Storage] routine job. This allows backup administrator the option to check the integrity of all backup files stored on the server
4.6.1.6 (12-Sep-2005)
This is a maintenance release which contains some bug fixes and enhancements.
- Bug - It is now possible to delete files from the web interface
- Bug - Move file action now moves backup files, checksum file and delta file to new location
- Bug - PerfectBackupOBM Pre v4.5.0.4 can now connect to PerfectBackupOBS v 4.6.x
4.6.1.5b (1-Sep-2005)
This is a maintenance release which contains some bug fixes and enhancements.
- Bug - PerfectBackupOBS replication module no longer lock up PerfectBackupOBS occasionally
4.6.1.5 (23-Aug-2005)
This is a maintenance release which contains some bug fixes and enhancements.
- Added Italian localization to PerfectBackupOBS
- Enhanced properties.xls which allows OEM edition to be branded easily
- Bug - In-File detla is not used when "Maximum number of delta" is set to "Unlimited"
- Bug - Unnecessary directories traversal in PerfectBackupOBM when filter is used in a backup set
- Bug - PerfectBackupOBS replication module not replicating user homes and system home directory if they are not setup in the correct case
4.6.1.4 (15-Aug-2005)
This is a maintenance release which contains some bug fixes and enhancements.
- Added [Help] menu to PerfectBackupOBM
- Bug - Delete user now removes user completely from PerfectBackupOBS
- Bug - Performance bug which can lead to 100% CPU utilization introduced in v4.6.1.3
4.6.1.3 (1-Aug-2005)
This is a maintenance release which contains some bug fixes and enhancements.
- Bug - Hang up when replication module is enabled
- Backup is now interrupted when backup file uploaded partially has gone over backup quota already (previous release will interrupt backup only when the whole backup file has been uploaded)
4.6.1.2 (25-Jul-2005)
This is a maintenance release which contains some bug fixes and enhancements.
- Bug - "Current" backup job is not visible under the "Show Jobs View"
- Bug - Paid account cannot be created under OEM license
- Bug - File processing status can be greater than 100%
- Bug - Cannot backup an non-English Microsoft SQL Server engine
- Bug - In-File Delta option cannot be disabled on the web interface
- Added Czech localization to PerfectBackupOBS
4.6.1.1d (22-Jun-2005)
This is a maintenance release which contains some bug fixes and enhancements.
- Bug - The missing MSSQLJNI.dll problem is now resolved
- Bug - auto license key renewal is now working
- Bug - "Backup and Shutdown" now powers off the machine in Windows 2000
- Bug - "Another backup is still running" message is now showing only when backup is running
- Included Dutch texts into PerfectBackupOBS and PerfectBackupOBM (French, German, Icelandic version will be released in our next release)
4.6.1.1 (2-Jun-2005)
This is a maintenance release which contains many bug fixes and enhancements and all v4.5.x and v4.6.x users are recommended to upgrade to this release if possible.
- Bug - "The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process." is only reported when files are exclusively locked
- Include all Danish, Spanish, Swedish texts into PerfectBackupOBS and PerfectBackupOBM (French, German, Icelandic, Dutch version will be released in our next release)
- added auto license key renewal feature to PerfectBackupOBS
4.6.1.0 (17-May-2005)
This is the first stable release of v4.6.x series and all users are encouraged to upgrade to this release if possible.
4.6.0.3 (5-May-2005)
This is a maintenance release which contains many bug fixes and enhancements.
- Bug - PerfectBackupOBM now work with proxy implemented by Microsoft Internet Security & Acceleration Server (ISA)
- Bug - Backup MSSQL & MSExchange doesn't upload backup files
- Bug - Incorrect size reported on the web interface when backup files > 2GB
4.6.0.2 (25-Apr-2005)
This is a maintenance release which contains many bug fixes and enhancements.
- About Us Dialog added to PerfectBackupOBM
- Remove Window Authentication parameters from Backup Set Setup wizard
4.6.0.1 (22-Apr-2005)
This is a maintenance release which contains many bug fixes and enhancements.
- Bug - installation file for Linux now have permission 755
- Bug - password for new trial account created through free trial registration in PerfectBackupOBM is now stored hashed on the server
- Bug - scheduler now installed properly
- Bug - PerfectBackupOBM now works on Linux in XWindows mode
- Bug - scheduler now works for all backup set type
- Bug - SystemTray now works on 95/98/ME
- Bug - SystemTray "Backup", "Stop Running backup" now works
- Bug - PerfectBackupOBM can not backup all files by overriding NTFS access permission
- Bug - Free trial registration in PerfectBackupOBM can now connect to backup server using HTTPS
- Bug - Unexpected "null" error no longer appears
- added languages selection and hide URL properties to custom.xml
4.6.0.0 (11-Apr-2005)
This is a major release which contains many bug fixes and enhancements.
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(key) added in-file delta backup support
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(key) allowed all text strings within PerfectBackupOBM to be customized
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(key) added free trial registration wizard to PerfectBackupOBM
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(key) allowed free trial registration setting to be customized
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(key) added automatic license update feature to PerfectBackupOBS
- added shortcut to My Document, Favorite, Desktop to the backup source page in PerfectBackupOBM
- added the feature of restoring backup file to PerfectBackupOBM
- added a new installation wizard for PerfectBackupOBM on Windows and Mac OS X
- added [Save Setting], [Backup Now], [Restore Now] to the toolbar of PerfectBackupOBM
- added CD/DVD restore feature to PerfectBackupOBM
- added command line based backup file restoring feature to PerfectBackupOBM
- added command line based backup file decrypting feature to PerfectBackupOBM
- added % of quota used to PerfectBackupOBS [List Users] page
- added [Trial] user link to PerfectBackupOBS [List Users] page
- added GetUser external API to PerfectBackupOBS
- added the feature of allowing PerfectBackupOBM to be used by all users using a shared computer
- removed [Install], [CD/DVD], [Free Trial Registration] link from the web interface of PerfectBackupOBS
- fixed the bug which caused problems when restoring many files (e.g. 100,000) using the PerfectBackupOBM
- fixed the bug which allowed PerfectBackupOBM used lots of memory and disk I/O with generating backup file list. Backup file list generation should now run a lot faster.
- added all PerfectBackupOBM and PerfectBackupOBS resources to properties.xls file
- updated User's Guide, Administrator's Guide and FAQs for PerfectBackupOBS
- Bug - Unable to logon to PerfectBackupOBS with PerfectBackupOBM when using HTTP proxy with authentication
- Bug - MSExchange backup failed to run when individual exchange databases are selected (instead of selected by the whole storage group) in the backup source
Known Issues:
- not all non-English resources are included within PerfectBackupOBS and PerfectBackupOBM
- there are bugs with the replication module (will be fixed in v4.6.1.0)
- User's Guide, administrator's guide and FAQs are still in version 4.5 (will be fixed in v4.6.1.0)
All these issues will be addressed in v4.6.1.0
4.5.0.3 (1-Feb-2005)
This is a maintenance release which contains many bug fixes and enhancements. Users still on previous release are recommended to upgrade to this release.
- added command line (text mode) online file restore feature for Linux (telnet / SSH) users
- added the feature of allowing system tray icon and tool-tips to be customizable easily
- fixed the bug which incorrectly allow user to logon to the backup server using a login name in an incorrect case under Windows
- fixed the bug which caused problems when restoring files using Java 1.5.0 plug-in using HTTPS
- fixed the bug which caused problems when restoring files larger than 2GB in size
- fixed the bug which caused PerfectBackupOBM and PerfectBackup backup scheduler to hang up intermittently
- fixed the bug which caused OutOfMemoryError when backing up lots of files (e.g. 300,000 files)
- fixed the bug which caused replication to hang occasionally
- enhanced PerfectBackupOBM memory usage when backing up many files
- lengthened the timeout setting to make sure "Backup not yet finished" report is not sent when backing up many files
4.5.0.2
This is an internal release.
4.5.0.1 (5-Dec-2004)
This is a maintenance release which contains some minor bug fixes and minor enhancements.
- fixed the bug which caused Microsoft Exchange backup files not being uploaded to the backup server
- fixed the bug which caused the seed loading files not being generated correctly
- fixed the bug which caused the point-in-file file viewing not showing the correct listing
- fixed the bug which caused time zone setting not displaying correctly on OBM
- fixed the bug which caused Restorer applet not working with Java 1.5.0 or above
- added the feature of swapping backup file trees to disk (instead of keeping them in memory) to avoid excessive use of memory
4.5.0.0 (1-Nov-2004)
This is a major release which contains the following enhancement and bug fixes.
- added real time backup data replication support
- added point-in-time file viewing/restoring features
- added the user interface to restore local copy files
- added the option to setup encrypting key as the same as the password in the setup wizard
- fixed the bug which caused problems when restoring MySQL database with column names the same as reserved names (column names are now quoted within the backup file)
- fixed the bug which caused problems when backing up Microsoft SQL Server database containing "-" or starting with a number in its name
- reinstalling software no longer removes log files and configuration files
- fixed the bug which caused problems in PerfectBackupOBM LiveUpdate
4.4.4.6 (4-Aug-2004)
This is a maintenance release which contains some minor bug fixes and minor enhancements.
- added Spanish support
- fixed the bug which caused scheduler to stop working from time to time
- installer/restorer applets now detect whether Sun Plug-in is installed and use it automatically
- skip deleting backup files on the network drive when the network drive is inaccessible
4.4.4.5 (12-Jul-2004)
This is a maintenance release which contains some minor bug fixes and minor enhancements.
- added MySQL backup support
- downgraded bundled Linux JVM to JVM 1.4.1_05 because JVM1.4.2 is found to be quite buggy
4.4.4.4 (28-Jun-2004)
This is a maintenance release which contains some minor bug fixes and minor enhancements.
- corrected some Icelandic translation within the software
- downgraded bundled Windows JVM to JVM 1.4.1_05 because JVM1.4.2 is found to be quite buggy for PerfectBackupOBM
- fixed the problem of hourglass not showing correctly when selecting backup files
4.4.4.3 (20-Jun-2004)
This is a maintenance release which contains some minor bug fixes and minor enhancements.
- added Icelandic and German support
- fixed the problem of not being able to restore file from Danish file restorer
- remove bundled Solaris JVM from PerfectBackupOBM Solaris installation file
4.4.4.2 (06-Jun-2004)
This is a maintenance release which contains some minor bug fixes and minor enhancements.
- upgraded bundled Windows and Linux JVM to 1.4.2
- upgraded bundled JVM used by PerfectBackup Offsite Backup Server to 1.4.2
- increased maximum memory usage for backup job run by scheduler to 512MB
- modified users' time zone setting to include the time zone name
- fixed the problem of not being able to modify spooling directory in PerfectBackupOBM
4.4.4.1 (30-May-2004)
This is a maintenance release which contains some minor bug fixes and minor enhancements.
- fixed the decoding problems for XML character reference &#XXXX;
- fixed the setting of last modified timestamp of all files within all local copy zip flies
- fixed the problem of Danish characters ('ø' or 'æ') not showing correctly in system tray menu
- fixed the infinite loop problem when symbolic link contains recursive loop
- fixed the problem of backup reminder being sent incorrectly
- added missed backup report setting to [Manage System] ->[Routine Job] menu
- added CRC and original file size added to all local copy zip files
- backup obs.xml automatically
- log "Path does not exist" as [info] instead of as [warn]
- new user welcome email now uses jsp_*.properties resource message as its subject
- software license agreements within software installer are now customizable in /obs/jsp/applet/obi/SLA_*.txt
- PerfectBackupOBM now runs correctly on Java 1.4.2
4.4.4.0 (17-May-2004)
This is a maintenance release which contains some minor bug fixes and minor enhancements.
- added the feature of customization for website by style sheet
- added the feature of changing user's password from system console
- facilitated network mapped drive support for Windows (i.e. no longer with to modify Windows Services to logon parameter)
- added backup reminder report (i.e. sending email to users who have missed their scheduled backup)
- added hourglass to cursor when listing local file system from PerfectBackupOBM
- fixed the problem of restoring files from server running on non-standard TCP port (e.g. 80 or 443) problem
- added API to support adding user, listing user, modifying user and deleting user from external software
4.4.3.0 (Apr-2004)
This is a maintenance release which contains some minor bug fixes and minor enhancements.
- added Dutch and Danish Support
- fixed seed loading structure to use new backup file system structure
- fixed daylight saving problems, all file timestamps refer to GMT now
- upgraded to struts 1.1
- consolidated all languages to one source, users can now customize all text on the website
- enhanced logging from backup scheduler
4.4.2.0 (Feb-2004)
This is a maintenance release which contains some minor bug fixes and minor enhancements.
- default to use Java 1.3+ for PerfectBackupOBM
- fixed unexpected interruption of backup job when running under NetWare JVM 1.3
4.4.1.0 (Jan-2004)
This is a major release which contains the following enhancement and bug fixes.
- added Microsoft Exchange 2000/2003 backup support to PerfectBackupOBM
4.3.0.0 (Oct-2003)
This is a major release which contains the following enhancement and bug fixes.
- added Lotus Domino/Notes backup support
4.2.0.0 (Jul-2003)
This is a major release which contains the following enhancement and bug fixes.
- upgraded backup file system structure to avoid having too many directories under a single directory.
- fixed the deadlock problem in BackupFileSystem
- added Oracle backup support to PerfectBackupOBM
Keys:
- PerfectBackupRPS - PerfectBackup Replication Server
- PerfectBackupOBM - PerfectBackup Online Backup Manager
