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SQL Backup Pro 8.0 release notes
Published 23 March 2017
Version 8.0.3 - September 12th 2016
Fixes
- SB-4646: Improved check for SQB V6 & stopped NULL Reference exceptions
- SB-4659: Allowed unrecognised backup formats)
- SB-5584: Fixed ActivityHistoryGrid Resynch
- SB-5739: {SA} TypeInitializationException @ MainForm.WndProc(…)
- Fix Menu Font
Version 8.0.1 - August 11th 2016
Fixes
- SB-5717: Fix LOG_ONERRORONLY and LOG_ONERROR options.
- SB-5729: Fix email address bug to support both ; and , as delimiters
- SB-5730: Fix SECONDARY_REPLICA_COPY_ONLY bug
- SB-5733: Fix default lock timeout issue
- SB-5734: Fix installer to support TLS 1.2 connections.
- SB-5735: Fix installer when upgrading from paths that were enclosed in double quotes in the services' ImagePath property.
Version 8.0.0 - July 6th, 2016
Features (Engine)
- Support for SQL Server 2016
- Improved support for AlwaysOn Availability Groups
- Added backup options CHECK_PREFERRED_AG_REPLICA/SECONDARY_REPLICA_COPY_ONLY
- Added file location tags<CLUSTER>,<AVAILABILITYGROUP>
- Added support for Availability Group backup preference
- Added support to apply COPY_ONLY when doing FULL backup on secondary replica
- Added awareness of limitations of backup capabilities on secondary replicas
- no longer require registry configuration to SkipChecks
- Support for Email Encryption in server options
- Improved support for removable storage media
- Support for multiple DATETIME tags
- Support for .NET4 & .NET 3.5
Features (Other)
- GUI Rebuilt with newer shared components
- GUI New window appearance
- GUI New product logo
- GUI New product switcher - accessible from the product logo top-left
- GUI Support for .NET4 & .NET 2
- GUI Added Logging menu to Help menu
- OLR Basic support for SQL Server 2008-2016
- OLR Logging menu
Fixes
- SB-5543: Full support for SQL Backup restoring from solid state storage devices
- SB-5619: Engine installer sets the correct permissions for Windows 2012, if the startup account is not a sysadmin
- SB-5670: CHECKSUM is being set when using fully required on 2016
- SB-5673: using CHECKSUM and CONTINUE_AFTER_ERROR returns a warning on SQL 2016
- SB-5685: Improve restore process
- SB-5689: Restore from backup history works when transaction logs are needed
- SB-5690: Support higher BUFFERCOUNT to reduce elapsed time to complete backup
- SB-5692: Passwords stored in scheduled backup jobs are obfuscated not encrypted
- SB-5694: SQL Backup installer works on .NET 2 & .NET 4 frameworks
- SB-5697: Improved support for encrypt connections to SQL Server
- SB-5700: Improved support for restoring transaction log files where the STOPAT value matches the time the transaction log backup was started
- SB-5701: Paths can now support UNC, VolumeIds etc
- SB-5702: Improved support for restoring on Advanced Format hard disks where the sector/byte is NOT 512 bytes
- SB-5703: Reports back locking app for SQL Compact data file, when the error 'Get exclusive local data store access failed' is raised.
- SB-5719: Can now enter passwords on touch screen devices
SB-5723: Services' ImagePath value is now enclosed in double-quotes
SB-5718: Timeout error reading sysdatabases now caught by SQL Backup
SB-5724: Run GUI in preference under .NET 4 over .NET 2
SB-5728: Relax permissions check in Restore Wizard