SQL Clone 3 release notes
Published 10 F 2017
July 22, 2019 - SQL Clone 3.2.2
This release of SQL Clone includes the following enhancements and bug fixes:
Features
Fixes
- Fix an issue with creating images as a standard user
July 17, 2019 - SQL Clone 3.2.1
This release of SQL Clone includes the following enhancements and bug fixes:
Features
Fixes
- Restored the SQL Data Catalog integration. If SQL Data Catalog is installed on the same machine as SQL Clone Server, it will automatically be detected. Otherwise, the address of SQL Data Catalog can be configured by the user
- Improved error handling when trying to create image from a distributor database
June 27, 2019 - SQL Clone 3.2.0
This release of SQL Clone includes the following enhancements and bug fixes:
Features
Fixes
- Fixed an issue affecting communication between the Clone server and the web UI (e.g. displaying instance information)
June 19, 2019 - SQL Clone 3.1.9
This release of SQL Clone includes the following enhancements and bug fixes:
Features
Fixes
- Not getting SQL Clone Server logs when Agent and Server is on the same machine but running under different user accounts
- Added check to make sure masking set file is not passed to New-SqlCloneSqlScript command
June 4, 2019 - SQL Clone 3.1.8
This release of SQL Clone includes the following enhancements and bug fixes:
Features
Fixes
- Fixed Sql error when clone template has TRANSACTION block
- Cannot create an image when using SQL Server authentication
May 17, 2019 - SQL Clone 3.1.7
This release of SQL Clone includes the following enhancements and bug fixes:
Features
Fixes
- Internal improvements and updates
May 16, 2019 - SQL Clone 3.1.6
This release of SQL Clone includes the following enhancements and bug fixes:
Features
Added additional details to some VSS errors
Removed Data Masker vNext from Clone.
Fixes
- Hide permissions and licensing navigation in app sidebar if user does not have access to them
- Confirm image creation page should display size of modification scripts
April 23, 2019 - SQL Clone 3.1.5
This release of SQL Clone includes the following enhancements and bug fixes:
Features
Fixes
- Fixed erroneously returning the content of clone template scripts, which could expose scripts unintentionally and reduce UI performance
- Fixed a rare issue that prevented deletion of temporary logins during clone creation when running scripts
March 25, 2019 - SQL Clone 3.1.4
This release of SQL Clone includes the following enhancements and bug fixes:
Features
Fixes
- Fixed an issue with accessing SQL Clone with permission granted purely via AD group membership
March 22, 2019 - SQL Clone 3.1.3
This release of SQL Clone includes the following enhancements and bug fixes:
Features
Fixes
- Fixed an issue where the web UI would fail on trying to create an image from backup
March 20, 2019 - SQL Clone 3.1.2
This release of SQL Clone includes the following enhancements and bug fixes:
Features
- Settings sidebar menu moved to left menu pane in Web UI
- Admins can rename SQL Clone Machines from Powershell. (Automation scripts will need to be updated if associated machine name is changed)
Fixes
- Script runner fix for Begin Transaction and Commit Transaction statements
February 20, 2019 - SQL Clone 3.1.1
This release of SQL Clone includes the following enhancements and bug fixes:
Features
Fixes
- Internal improvements and updates
February 7, 2019 - SQL Clone 3.1.0
This release of SQL Clone includes the following enhancements and bug fixes:
Features
- Improved clone creation time for databases with many files (e.g. FILESTREAM) for images created with this version onwards
Fixes
January 23, 2019 - SQL Clone 3.0.9
This release of SQL Clone includes the following enhancements and bug fixes:
Features
Fixes
- Fixed a rare issue when downloading SQL Clone logs (ObjectDisposedException)
- Prevented files being omitted from images created from live databases where drive letters differ in case
- Fixed an issue with clone creation where the clone's status cannot be discovered
- Improved reliability of image volume formatting during creation
- Fixed an issue with agent clone monitoring when the clone is deleted at a specific moment
January 10, 2019 - SQL Clone 3.0.8
This release of SQL Clone includes the following enhancements and bug fixes:
Features
- Button for showing feedback form is now vertical and moved to bottom left.
Feedback form is now shown in a modal.
Currently used capacity (i.e. the sum of the largest image's size from each source database) is now displayed in Settings -> Licensing.
Fixes
- Improved detection and messaging around invalid directory permissions.
- Fixed an issue when an image creation could fail because of diffrences in case in a file path.
December 13, 2018 - SQL Clone 3.0.7
This release of SQL Clone includes the following enhancements and bug fixes:
Features
- Environment information (agent version, machine name, user name and OS version) is now included in logs for each operation.
Fixes
- Fixed SQL Clone Server installation for .NET Framework versions from 4.6.1 to 4.7.1
December 5, 2018 - SQL Clone 3.0.6
This release of SQL Clone includes the following enhancements and bug fixes:
Features
- Added "Images by source" view on the dashboard.
- Added total number of clones and images to dashboard groups.
Fixes
- Limited modifications uploaded through the UI to a maximum of 1MB to avoid browser limits (PowerShell is not affected).
November 28, 2018 - SQL Clone 3.0.5
This release of SQL Clone includes the following enhancements and bug fixes:
Features
- Can now create an image from a live database that has replication enabled
Fixes
- Fixed an issue where the SQL Clone Agent might incorrectly interpret an image as unavailable, and detach its clones
November 27, 2018 - SQL Clone 3.0.4
This release of SQL Clone includes the following enhancements and bug fixes:
Features
- Integrated with Data Masker vNext to mask images at creation time.
Fixes
- When reordering files in the clone template form, the file currently being dragged is no longer invisible
November 22, 2018 - SQL Clone 3.0.3
This release of SQL Clone includes the following enhancements and bug fixes:
Features
Fixes
- Fixed an issue where the Clone agent might incorrectly interpret an image as unavailable, and detach its clones
- Fixed an issue where the classification check doesn't run for default instances
- Fixed an error during image creating when formatting the VHD could fail
October 31, 2018 - SQL Clone 3.0.2
This release of SQL Clone includes the following enhancements and bug fixes:
Features
- When an image is stored on a local path rather than a network share, the machine name is shown on the dashboard as well as the path
Fixes
- Increased timeout for detaching database
October 25, 2018 - SQL Clone 3.0.1
This release of SQL Clone includes the following enhancements and bug fixes:
Features
- Modification script events are now logged during the image creation operation.
- Clicking on the toast notification text now redirects user to the activity page
- Added filter by 'online' and 'offline' along with reverse condition '!' for clone state to the 'is:' prefix.
- Hovering over truncated text now shows full text.
- A tool tip explaining why you cannot delete the image is shown when hovering over a disabled delete image button on the dashboard.
Fixes
- Powershell documentation link at the bottom of PowerShell settings page now opens in new tab
- Create template form now closes on first attempt
- Image and clone count in Dashboard Summary should no longer wrap when 'Smooth edges of screen fonts' is turned off in windows
- Remove button in permissions should no longer wrap
October 15, 2018 - SQL Clone 3.0.0
This release of SQL Clone includes the following enhancements and bug fixes:
Features
SQL Clone 3 introduces the new dashboard and activity view to the web UI to help you better manage your images and clones:
- View your images grouped by file system location and your clones by SQL Server instance, as well as the seeing clones of each image.
- Search for images and clones by name, size, number of clones, and date.
- Order your search results by name, date, or size to find the largest or oldest images and clones.
- Reset clones back to their original state to aid testing scripts and experimentation.
- See history of image and clone creation, deletion, and reset, including the user responsible and success or failure.
- Download logs to help investigate errors and check Data Masker and SQL script output.
Important notes
- You will need to re-enter your SQL Clone serial number after upgrading. Provided you have a valid subscription (or support contract for legacy versions), your existing serial number from v1/v2 will work.
- SQL Clone Agent now requires .NET Framework 4.7.2 (was previously 4.6.1). On agent machines with an internet connection, this will be downloaded and installed automatically after upgrading, without requiring user intervention. On machines without an internet connection, you will need to manually install .NET Framework 4.7.2.
- You will also need to manually upgrade the PowerShell cmdlets on any machines on which you are using them after upgrading.
- The obsolete Get-SqlCloneBackupLocation cmdlet was removed (use -SqlServer and -BackupFileName parameters to New-SqlCloneImage instead).
- The obsolete -SqlScript parameter to New-SqlCloneImage was removed (use -Modifications parameter instead).
- You will no longer see images and clones which failed to create on the dashboard. Error information and logs can be found on the Activity page in the UI. If you have PowerShell scripts which performed cleanup after failure, they may need to be updated, as cleanup is no longer required.
- SQL Clone Agent now enforces membership of the sysadmin fixed role on instances on which it operates to avoid operations failing part way through due to insufficient SQL Server permissions.
- SQL Clone Agent installer download is now at /download/agentinstaller instead of /api/installer.
- SQL Clone PowerShell cmdlets installer download is now at /download/powershellclient instead of /api/powershellclient.
Fixes
- Activity icon now stops spinning when it should in Internet Explorer 11.
- Activity feed only shows clone activity for clone-only users.
- Fixed all groups starting open on the dashboard, instead of just the first.
- Compatibility with Classification capability from latest SQL Data Privacy Suite EAP release.
- Images and Clones count in dashboard's Summary can now display up to 4 digits.