Release notes

• CMC/Web
• 10843 Attempt to reconnect to the CMC server more frequently upon connection failure.
• Imaging
• 11082 Fix rare duplicated items in the backup history section of the imaging backup report.
• 10953 A new checkbox in the Imaging Engine Options UI to allow for creation of "quick" catalogues.
• 11019 Fix for very rare failure during imaging restore due to missing VSS snapshot info in the backup catalog.
• Settings/Logging
• 11143 Prevent job files from growing in size when job is often run manually.
• SQL Add-on
• 11005 A new parameter for the BA manual launcher to also run the scheduled backup.
• UI
• 10730 Fix manual activation and browse folders in Server Core
• 11136 Fix minor text display bug in German version.
• 11074 Automatically increase the size of Register button in Central Monitoring dialog in localized versions as necessary.
• 10514 If Windows Imaging component not installed reposition appropriate help link correctly.
• 11097 Localize "Enable TrueCrypt encryption" checkbox in second step of New Job wizard.
• 10963 Fix minor bug in UI due to which elapsed time did not stop ticking for completed Imaging jobs.
• Zip
• 10897 Fix rare handle leak in zip backup.

• Zip
• 10794 Fix error BA4023 - One or more files cannot be linked to any existing catalogue.
• 10859 Fix when failure to restore the file to the System Hidden Partition (100MB) may be reported with the wrong error message "Illegal character in path" instead of actual "Access Denied".
• Scheduling
• 10414 Fix to preserved customized backup labels if schedule is modified.
• Hyper-V
• 10142 Support backup of clustered shared volumes in the zip, file replication and rsync engines.
• Imaging
• 10876 Fix rare unhandled exception during VHD mount.
• Localization
• 10981 Fix string translation issue in media usage reports for some job types.
• UI
• 10126 Fix incorrect controls positioning when Restore Console Progress Window is re-sized.
• 10789 Minor UI fix in the dialog showing selections: show horizontal scrollbar if selections are too long.
• 10905 Fix rare bug causing crash while editing the job selections if BareMetal is selected.
• VSS
• 10863 Match *.* filespec against files without an extension.

• 9714: NEW - SBS Reporting Integration is now compatible with SBS 2011.
  

• 9900: Important fix for BA1875 unhandled exception "Value cannot be null" that randomly occurs for some larger mailbox backups.
• 9589: Notify the user when attempting to use Outlook 2003 to back up mailboxes from an Exchange 2010 Server, which is not currently supported.
  

• 9820: Important fix for tape-only bug that could potentially result in corrupted restored files. Errors may or may not be reported, but can include: "broken uncompressed block", "Illegal rep dist code", and "The data is invalid".
• 10006: NEW - Confirm that every file restores correctly using a CRC check.
• 10004: Increase the speed of tape restores by about 5-10%.
• 9819:  Fixed error in Restore Console where errors were incorrectly reported on files that were restored successfully. The restore report has also been enhanced.
• 9613: Fixed an error in the unzipping code that would occasionally drop a portion of the restored file, writing zeros instead of the lost chunk of data.
• 9930: Files with Unicode characters in the filename can now be restored without additional steps.
• 9834: Fixed UI glitch causing the progress bar to stop if an error was encountered during the restore process. Restore Console window is also re-sized correctly now.
  

• 9977: To avoid confusion, volumes that aren't NTFS are now shown in the files, folders and applications selections UI, though these volumes are not available for selection.

• 10035: Fixed major issue preventing the backup console from opening on upgrade or new install of v6.2.3. Workaround is to install Windows Backup.

• 9271: Added support in the Hyper-V Config Reporter for Server Core and Hyper-V Server (core) systems.

• 9685: Enhanced diagnostics to include information about disabled components and disk information.

• Important fix - 9229: Fixed potential process crash or BSOD during the cataloguing step of imaging jobs on some systems. Also fixes the same issue seen when starting the Hyper-V Granular Restore Console on affected systems.
• 9519: New integrated System recovery UI for selecting between ASR (ntbackup only), System State recovery (file replication, zip and 2008 R2 imaging), Bare Metal recovery (imaging only) or data only backups.
  

• 9668: Fixed incorrectly diagnosed "inactivity timeout" issue seen when backing up some large mailboxes for the 2nd or further time in a period.

• 9560: Fix for missing mailbox report section when configured in Rsync jobs.

• 7868: Fix issues with setting/displaying time on systems without AM/PM in the time format (e.g. where 24 hours is preferred time format).

• 9489: The %STATUS% variable now produces the correct status in post-scripts for ntbackup jobs where one or more files have been skipped.

• 9463: Fix bug causing problems when reinstalling the same version of BackupAssist if the install directory is changed on a reinstall, eg. from "C:\program files (x86)\BackupAssist V6" to "d:\my programs\BackupAssist V6"

• 9091: Allow the Block size to be overridden for zip-to-tape jobs if needed in advanced cases.
  

• 9420: Fix warning message "No full or copy backups are configured" that is incorrectly shown when the job is configured properly.

• 9521: Fixed bug in the Hyper-V Granular Restore Console preventing the use of the Microsoft Hyper-V API for mounting vhds on some Hyper-V systems.

• Important fix - 9268: ensure a reboot is requested if the vhd driver is upgraded during the install, fixes several catalogue-related errors (NOTE: not a fix for the BA2 crash during cataloguing)
• 9301: Fix rare problems during product upgrade that potentially require a license reactivation and service restart.
• 9438: EULA is updated including licenses for utilities distributed along side of BackupAssist.
  

• 9322: Fix a UI glitch which caused an incomplete view of imaging backup schedule time.

• Important fix - 9228: fix timeout issues causing incorrect BA1898 errors in mailbox backups.
• Important fix - 9418: fix BA1893 crash when using the latest Exchange MAPI versions (including 6.5.8190, 6.5.8211)
• 9313: Fix possible invalid character in catalogue file name.

• 8650: Fix compressed backup size not being reported correctly in NTBackup tape backup reports.

• 8887: Fix an intraday imaging backup restore error.
• 9248: Fix bug where mailbox restore fails if Restore Console is launched by the Backup User Identity
• 8914: Fix bug where specifically de-selected mailboxes are still selected for restore.
• 9290: Fix rare problem with CannotLogonUserException during mailbox restore
• 9070: Fix so the "From Backup Location" field updates after changing the backup location.
  

• 9294: Fix a bug causing Zip-To-Tape backup to hang on certain tape drives.

• 8916: Fix bug with detection of incompatible TrueCrypt installations.

• 9191: Fix glitches in tape append control.
  

• 9252: Fix error "Unable to find an entry point named 'GetVolumePathNamesForVolumeName'".

• Important fix - 8860: Fixed driver causing rare system crashes, including blue-screens, job execution and VM Granular Restore Console process crashes.

• New - 7198: Allow multiple zip backups to be appended to the same tape
• 8659: Enhance the schedule customization user interface to check whether at least one full backup has been scheduled.
• 8423: Fixed hung tape backup on certain tape drives.

• New - 7564: "Daily backup weekly rotating" schemes for File Replication, Zip and Imaging jobs to external hard disk/RDX/REV/Optical media/Tape. Full backups daily to the same medium, which are rotated weekly.
• New - 8027: Monthly/quarterly/yearly archive schemes.
• 8064: Add basic support for multiple backups a day for other engines using new variables in the backup path: %HOUR24%, %HOURTT%, %TIME24% and %TIMETT% (for example, for a job running at 3:24PM these variables convert to 15, 3PM, 1524 and 0324PM respectively).
• 8399: Raise the limit on the number of weekly backups in Daily-N-weekly scheme to 53.

• New - 8069: Allow multiple external hard disks to be connected at the same time and allow media preparation of these hard drives.

• New - 8112: button to launch a new Copy From Tape utility when tape restore fails using the Restore Console.
• 7887: Fixed bug where Restore Console does not show the correct restored file size if the file is not in the original source location.
• 8688: Fixed bug that would reset the alternate backup location back to the original backup location when entering an alternate restore location.
• 8592: Fix failed image backup restore from changed/renamed backup location.
• 8584: Improve restore speed from Zip backups stored on tape.
  

• 8237: Fixed a null reference exception during the catalogue creation phase following the creation of an image backup.

• 9114: Fixed unhandled exception that could occur if a VSS component file specification starts with \\?\GlobalRoot\

• 8653: Non-critical warnings are no longer displayed in the backup report if a mailbox backup is successful.
• 7079: Downgrade "Table is too large" from error to warning, since an overflow PST is automatically created in this case.
• 8695: Fixed BA4321 error in a large mailbox backup that runs for an extended period of time.
• 8706: Fixed BA4401 error during a large mailbox backup.
• 8728: Fixed bug in 6.1.2 that caused reporting results to be lost for some mailboxes.
• 8697: Fixed normal grouping period mailbox backup being skipped when the all-time grouping period is enabled.
• 8141: Fixed PSTs not being updated properly with old items if the all-time grouping period is enabled.
• 8721: Show a condition in the backup report if exbackup is killed due to inactivity or exit timeout.
• 8651: The "Export other items" step will no longer show up in the activity monitor if it is not required.
• 9058: Fixed bug related to the restoration of public folders when using the Restore Console.
  

• 8076: Can now test the Backup User Identity at any time (even if the fields aren't changed).
• 8683: Fixed bug causing "Perform manual export" jobs to fail after an upgrade from v5 to v6.
• 8623: Fixed bug causing File Replications jobs to fail when using the "Daily backup weekly rotating full" scheme.
• 8577: Fix rare NullReferenceException during license Activation/Deactivation.
• 8677: Fix rare NullReferenceException following an Exchange backup.
• 8671: Fixed rare NullReferenceException at BackupAssist.UI.ContentPanels.Job.Overview.JobNameAndSummaryControl.SetJob
  

• 8350: Add a tick symbol to the destination control to show when SSH tunnelling has been configured.
• 8844: Add extra logging for Single Instance Store.
• 7824: Allow restore from local directory.
• 8348: Check for valid IPv4 address when configuring an Rsync server.
  

• 8065: Allow monitoring fields to resize properly so that the currently processing file can be seen (File Replication and Rsync).
• 8685: Fixed an incorrect icon appearing in the legend of Optical disc backup schemes for Zip jobs.
  

• 7204: Jobs no longer fail if the secondary location isn't available. A warning will appear in the backup report instead.

• Important: 8627 Fix unlikely bug causing a BSOD or hard reboot in certain mounting scenarios on a Hyper-V host
• 8593 fixed bug causing mounting failure error "failed to mount valid VHD Unable to fix the VHD chain for this specified volume, parent not found", occurring for guests with vhd filenames with a capitalised .VHD extension
• 8500 Fixed potential unhandled NullReferenceException when unmounting an image backup in the Hyper-V Granular Restore Console
• 8491 Fixed potential unhandled XmlException when loading the Hyper-V Granular Restore Console

• Important: 8308 For application backup of SQL Server databases, Exchange databases and Hyper-V VHD files, don't use the last modified date and size to determine whether the files have changed since the last backup. Affects File Replication, Rsync and incremental Zip backups.
• 8351 Ensure the VSS Applications section of the report is only shown if any are backed up

• Important: 7948 On 2008 R2, ensure that the bare-metal restore option is available even if VSS applications are backed up, by allowing wbadmin to run the faster full volume backup when entire volumes are selected
• Important: 8462 on 2008R2 ensure that all Exchange storage groups on selected volumes are backed up. Llogs will not be truncated on storage groups that are not backed up.
• 8461 allow individual components of VSS applications to be selected on Vista and 2008.
• 8237 Fix a null reference exception during the catalogue creation phase following an image backup
• 8222 Fix BA2529 error when running image backups on certain Windows 2008 servers with Service Pack 2
• 8522 fix bug with "Select required volumes" button in VSS applications selection.

• Important: 8519 Fix detection of 32-bit Outlook (64-bit Outlook is not supported).
• Important: 8596 Fix detection of Outlook on machines using regional settings where the '.' character is not treated as a decimal point
• Important: 8141 Fix PSTs not being updated properly with old items if all-time folders backup is enabled.
• Important: 8440 Highlight failing mailboxes in the report and ensure warning messages are shown even if there are no error messages
• 8551 Improved handling of "-1 exit code" issues previously resulting in BA4399
• 8557 ensure the "root" exbackup.log from the install directory is included in diagnostics

• Important: 8297 fix memory leak in status monitor.
  
• Important: 8369 fix performance slow-down in v6 compared to v5
• 8566 add option to disable incremental recursion. Can help prevent certain kinds of errors.
• 8549 add option to disable preservation of hard links. Can help prevent certain kinds of errors.
• 7823 allow specification of an alternate backup location in the Restore Console.
• 8336 fix bug preventing backup of .nt_streams folders.
• 8464 fix unhandled exception if the rsync log file is locked when a job starts executing.
• 8367 make rsync.exe terminal services aware so it can run when data execution prevention (DEP) is enabled.

• 8547 updated the sections for setting mailbox rights for Exchange 2007/2010 and for the advanced Rsync options screen

• 7411 Hyphens are now allowed in email addresses, eg. mary-jane@company.com

• 8341 Fix made for continuous message logged by the service since 6.1.0, potentially contributing to a vss issue for imaging jobs

• 8235 Fix bug where the media usage report for File Replication jobs using TrueCrypt-compatible encryption was not showing the space saving from the Single Instance Store.

• 8101 Fix bug accounting for about a large proportion of reported exceptions, triggered by repetitive click on "Folders and Files" item in the edit job UI. Seen starting from BA v5.
• 8263 Fix Events screen to correctly show the most recent items at the top, and to show 500 items by default

• 8248 remove all temporary files left behind by file catalogue creation.
  

• Fixed missing and incorrect system state backup selection UI for File Rep, Zip, Ntbackup and Imaging jobs (case 8123)
• Fixed missing mailbox restore date selection UI in the BackupAssist Restore Console (case 8123)
• Fixed the installation of the Hyper-V Config Reporter shortcut and binaries (case 8306)

• New: SBS08 console backup integration with BackupAssist (case 6248)
• Rsync:
• Altered wording for the credentials section of the S3Rsync destination (case 6925)
• Allow encrypted rsync backups to be restored from the backup copy of the catalogue (case 7814)
• Fix unhandled exception when "test connection" button is clicked during a backup (case 7752)
• Mailbox: Reduce size of history files for mailbox jobs (case 7835)
• TrueCrypt: Media usage report was not being generated for File Replications jobs using TrueCrypt-compatible encryption (case 7816)
• VSS: fix bug which was preventing VSS working for file replication, zip and rsync engines in Windows XP Home (case 7934)
• Restore: fix permanently disabled Restore button when restoring mailboxes in the BackupAssist Restore Console (case 8130)

Known Issue in 6.1.0:

• Some users have reported a BA2529 error during Imaging backups on 6.0.3, caused by a different underlying issue that we haven’t fixed in 6.1.0. All users that have reported this so far have been using Server 2008 SP2. We’re working on a fix for this now and will release it ASAP.

• Hyper-V GRC:
• IMPORTANT: Various bugs when running on Server 2008, including error “The file or directory is corrupted and unreadable”
• Ask user before overwriting existing vhd/avhd files during export (case 7741)
• Handle IO problems during export to avoid unhandled exceptions (case 7741)
• WinImage:
• IMPORTANT: fix “No backed up volume detected” bug preventing file catalogue generation on foreign language OS’s (case 7885)
• IMPORTANT: fix incorrectly diagnosed BA2529 error caused by “The file or directory is corrupted and unreadable” error when mounting on some Server 2008 systems (case 7919)
• Add a minor warning if a selected VSS component contains a file that doesn’t exist (case 7759)
• Remove any duplicates from the wbadmin command line to avoid syntax errors (case 7759)
• Fix to ensure file catalogue can be created when backing up to NAS destinations (case 7769)
• Raise a backup condition if an unsupported partition type can’t be catalogued (case 7670)
• Handle case where catalogue can’t be created when the latest version can’t be determined (case 7826)
• Rsync:
• Seeding of encrypted rsync backups is failing (case 7749).
• Bug in encrypted rsync restores when the selected path has spaces (case 7739)
• Cleanup running rsync processes if a restore has been cancelled (case 7707)
• Hide some redundant warnings
• Prevent extra directory level from being created when restoring to a new directory (case 7744)
• Fix bug that was preventing restore of rsync backups when the user has used "browse for backups" to load the catalogue (only fixed for non-encrypted backups)  (case 7807)
• Mailbox backups:
• “Dummy session” issues causing backup to hang or result in -1073741819 exit code
• Avoid showing blank/unknown entries in the monitor and in backup reports (case 7345)
• Improve Outlook 2010 detection on 64bit machines (case 7877)
• Enhanced: Error messages now indicate the folder where problems occur, eg.
  • [Folder ‘Spam’] Message failed to backup

• Backup:
• Emailed HTML reports aren’t embedding images for some ntbackup jobs
• Report a major warning if a selected VSS writer has no components (case 7673)
• Avoid generating the file catalogue if the backup fails or is cancelled (case 7684)
• Cleanup destinations if a job fails or is cancelled (eg. unmount TrueCrypt volume, disconnect from FTP site) (case 7681)
• Improve detection of installed TrueCrypt (to ensure no conflicts) (case 7546)
• Fix so that ntbackup, file replication, zip and rsync jobs don’t run mailbox jobs when an exchange server has been added even though no mailboxes are selected for backup (case 7852)
• Ntbackup: fix bug preventing parsing of logs on Russian versions of Server 2003 (case 7487)
• Prevent NullReferenceException when saving the catalogue for an embedded mailbox backup (case 7711)
• Restore:
• IMPORTANT: Sharepoint restores enabled(case 7762)
• Delete temporary files after restore (case 7649)
• Restore file attributes in zip restores (case 7677)
• Misc:
• Licensing: bug causing keys to be accidentally repeated across separate actions
• Backup user Identity: bug on some foreign OS’s preventing the BUI from being changed even when the service is running as the default Local System account (case 7912)

• New: Server 2008 R2 ready, Exchange 2010 ready and SQL 2008 R2 ready.
• New: VSS application backup
• Back up Microsoft applications, such as Exchange Server, SQL Server and Hyper-V
• Back up any VSS-aware application that uses standard VSS backup methods.
• New: System State backup
• Individual System State backup on Windows XP, 2003, Vista, 7, 2008 and 2008 R2 using File Replication, Zip or Windows Imaging (Server 2008 R2).
• New: Restore Console improvements
• File and VSS application restore from any File Replication, Rsync, Zip or Windows Image backup
• System State restore from any File Replication or Zip backup
• Exchange mailbox and public folder restore.
• New: Internet backup improvements
• Fully ‘Cloud’ ready: back up to any Rsync cloud provider you choose, including Amazon S3 Rsync, RSync.net, or your own Rsync Server.
• Military-grade AES 256-bit encryption and file name obfuscation for backups stored on any Rsync server
• Exact file backups including NTFS security and attributes.
• New: Hyper-V backup and restore capabilities
• Use the new Hyper-V Config Reporter tool to create a HTML report of your Hyper-V Host setup and Guest VM settings
• Export a Guest VM drive volume to a .vhd file so you can easily rebuild a virtual machine
• BackupAssist VM Granular Restore Console now works with NAS backups.
• New: TrueCrypt-compatible encryption
• File Replication and Ntbackup jobs can now take advantage of our TrueCrypt compatible encryption container, providing industrial strength encryption for these job types
• Supports most backup destinations (excluding tape drive), and provides full backup and seamless restore using the BackupAssist Restore Console
• New: Integrated mailbox backups
• Add Exchange mailbox and public folder backups to any BackupAssist job.
• New: Import and export BackupAssist settings
• Save your BackupAssist job and global settings to a file that can be imported on any machine running BackupAssist v6.
• New: Zip Engine additions
• Schedule full, differential, incremental, and copy backups using the BackupAssist Zip Engine.
• New:SQL 2008 and SQL 2008 R2 support in our SQL Addon, both 32bit and 64bit versions supported