Release Notes: Redstor Pro v19.9

Enterprise Server Edition

1. To facilitate Full System Recoveries, the InstantData Service can now be installed and configured during backup.
2. • Enable this under Tools > Options > Advanced in the Agent...
     
     
   • ...or via Profiling in the Storage Platform Console.
     
3. If our Insight feature is enabled on a Group, a Scan button will be displayed on the toolbar in the Agents in that Group.
   • Alternatively, a scan can be run using File > Scan.
   
4. Our Profiling functionality boasts two new features:
   • Profiling will now expand inclusions that contain %DRIVES% for all local drives on Windows.
     For example, %DRIVES%/SomeFolder for a system with physical drives C, D, and E will expand to the following inclusions:
     • C:\SomeFolder
     • D:\SomeFolder
     • E:\SomeFolder
   • A warning will now be logged in the Agent if a profiled inclusion contains a wildcard character (*), which is not allowed. For more information, see FAQ 1143.
5. To assist customers in investigating access-related issues, the Agent logs will now show which user the service was running as when a task or issue occurred.
   Example: At 15:39:22 when a manual backup was started, the Agent was running as JACQUESLAPTOP$, i.e. the local user on the machine JACQUESLAPTOP.
   
6. When a VSS snapshot is created during a backup, a list of all available VSS providers will be logged to assist in troubleshooting and support. If a specific provider has been selected for use via Tools > Options > Advanced, this will be indicated.
   
7. InstantData is now accessible from the toolbar when the Restore tab is open.
   
8. Important notice: To allow us to implement valuable customer feedback, we will be suspending support for Oracle RMAN until further notice.

Control Centre (available for preview)

1. A new card shows which machines currently contain stale data, i.e. data that has not been accessed in 12 months or more.
   
2. To assist with space management, there is also a new card which shows volumes that are nearing capacity.
   
3. A third new card shows the most common file extensions present on every machine, sorted by number of files.
   

Storage Platform

1. It is now possible to set a default account size when configuring a Collection. This size will also be used as the default account size when creating a Group within this Collection.
   

Storage Platform Console

1. To accommodate our ever-growing list of new features, there is now a Features tab in the configuration dialog. The Licences tab now lists only plugins and agent licences.
   
2. Additional enhancements have been made to the Classic User view under User Access Management:
   • There are new columns displaying the user's email address and last login time.
   • The "Tenant URL" column is now called "Tenant Name".
   • When editing a Classic User, the Username field is now selectable to allow copying of the name.

Cloud to Cloud

1. We’ve launched cloud-to-cloud data management for Office 365! Backup and protect all your Mail, OneDrive and SharePoint data directly from Microsoft’s cloud to the Redstor cloud, all through an intuitive web interface. Read more here.
   

Resolved Issues