Release History - Ahsay™ Cloud Backup Suite

31-Aug-2015
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Ahsay™ Cloud Backup Suite, v7.3.0.0 (31-Aug-2015). 

This is a beta version of Ahsay™ Cloud Backup Suite. The beta software has not been released for sale, distribution or usage for the general public. It is provided "as is" without warranty or support of any kind. Migration or upgrading of previous version of the software and/or data of the previous version to the beta software, and/or migration or upgrading of the beta software and/or data of the beta software to later versions are not supported.


  •  Limitation of the beta version 

    • Migration from previous version of AhsayOBS/RPS/RDR to this version of AhsayCBS is not supported
    • Only English, Traditional and Simplified Chinese are supported
    • API is not supported
    • Backup/restore of MS Exchange DAG is not supported
    • Backup/restore of MS HyperV Server cluster is not supported
    • Backup user login to AhsayCBS web console is not supported
    • System user is not supported

    This release will contain the major features listed below

    •  AhsayOBS 
      •  Advertisement 
        1. N/A - No updates have been made in this category
      •  API 
        1. N/A - No updates have been made in this category
      •  Application specific backup 
        1. N/A - No updates have been made in this category
      •  Backup Destination 
        1. Enhancement - Support of AhsayOBS as a cloud destination (ref: T-9892)
        2. Enhancement - Centralize management of AhsayOBM/AhsayACB which backup to public cloud as well as AhsayOBS
      •  Customization 
        1. N/A - No updates have been made in this category
      •  Deployment 
        1. Enhancement - One single AhsayCBS installation package for AhsayOBS, AhsayRPS and AhsayRDR
      •  External applications / systems 
        1. Enhancement - Upgraded bundled Tomcat to v7 for solving cross-site scripting vulnerability (ref: WXJ-660725, HHF-250-84479, T-7388)
      •  File backup 
        1. N/A - No updates have been made in this category
      •  General / Miscellaneous 
        1. (Key Feature) - New interface design
          • Consolidate AhsayOBS, AhsayRPS and AhsayRDR in a single interface for easy management
          • Display of various system setting and status in System Panel
          • Dashboard for announcement and backup status for all users (ref: QBD-706118, T-3078)
          • Reporting of replication status (ref: NUS-918989, GUR-663637, CDV-825232, EQH-822572, KAH-356318, BXU-687462, UQM-903448, T-3331)
          • Reporting of redirection status
        2. Enhancement - Scalability enhancement for supporting large amount of concurrent backup
        3. Enhancement - Support setting bandwidth limit on AhsayOBS for a particular user by time period (ref: NYQ-271527, MMM-534458, EZU-782579, MWQ-435218, HAV-726082, XXP-202764, QFC-873690, VDB-975-64088, DLC-394-47434, RCN-990-59847, SFD-179-71121, YQN-459-75137, T-2800)
        4. Enhancement - Include the end trial date in the Trial Ending Reminder email (ref: JWQ-913257, T-2981)
        5. Enhancement - Add a second password box for confirmation when changing AhsayCBS web console passwords (ref: T-3093)
        6. Enhancement - Support managing AhsayCBS system alerts by SNMP (ref: NQR-880-64237, T-7247)
        7. Enhancement - Support of Java 7 (ref: HHF-250-84479, T-9990)
        8. Enhancement - Send a link for user to reset password instead of sending the new password to user (ref: T-10607, T-10688)
        9. Enhancement - Add encryption option for sending email to contact person for enhanced security (ref: T-11096)
        10. Bug fix - AhsayCBS does not support SMTP server with over 1024 bit SSL certificate with error "Could not convert socket to TLS" (Workaround is provided for DHE > 1024 bit) (ref: NLW-104-17243, T-10647)
      •  Group Policy / Reseller Panel 
        1. (Key Feature) - Revamp group policy design for easier management
        2. Enhancement - Enable checking of backup quota on uncompressed size by group policy
      •  High availability / Load balancing 
        1. N/A - No updates have been made in this category
      •  License / Billing module 
        1. N/A - No updates have been made in this category
      •  Operating systems 
        1. N/A - No updates have been made in this category
      •  Replication 
        1. Enhancement - As large files are now split to small files in the backup/replication process, there will be no more need to re-replicate large files if there is network issue during replication (ref: IAF-913963, ITC-182405, UPO-511593, OCL-256377, EAH-394674, MVX-529672, NIA-869344, JQB-293829, AFC-643432, FER-919125, ODV-200599,AHL-446821, T-4721)
        2. Enhancement - Speed up replication by offloading part of the changed file listing compilation logics to AhsayRPS (ref: T-10073)
      •  Reporting / Email report 
        1. (Key Feature) - New design of consolidated reports with UTF8 Support. Report in PDF format will be sent as attachment in email. (ref: ZZZ-987665, LLL-506443, HRN-936322, WWW-890618, CUL-169886, JXS-196761, ROD-181409, ZGZ-662885, IBG-461060, WOP-963740, TCS-854202, OQL-979568, EPB-374340, VHX-195889, IRG-707546, ZTK-279930, SUP-834-25262, HPT-127-86807, AMJ-225-47858, VKE-128788, T-2496, T-7440, T-11096)
      •  Restore / Decrypt 
        1. N/A - No updates have been made in this category
      •  System maintenance 
        1. Enhancement - Audit trail for all administrative activities (ref: T-2487)
        2. Enhancement - Support monitoring of free disk space on AhsayOBS (ref: KYR-709229, T-3670)
      •  User experiences 
        1. (Key Feature) - New interface design
        2. Enhancement - Allow sorting of "Login name" and "Job status" on AhsayCBS log page (ref: MUW-882406, T-2788)
        3. Enhancement - Add 'Status' dropdown and checkbox on web console for easy status modification (ref: T-5055)
        4. Enhancement - Support more timezones (ref: PVF-163047, WLW-973-88765, JBA-312502, VIZ-798719, QSS-595423, UDM-870445, ZDL-314738, WWI-219521, UOW-818-50511, CQO-194-62262, IDM-294-21532, ZTO-784-24518, XRJ-874077, REA-804-90669, NDZ-715134, QJH-320-85086, ZGB-338-38094, T-2514,T-3117, T-3425, T-4729, T-4780, T-6479, T-7006, T-7113, T-7326, T-9140, T-9383)
    •  AhsayOBM / AhsayACB 
      •  Advertisement 
        1. N/A - No updates have been made in this category
      •  Application specific backup 
        1. Enhancement - Support backup without spooling
          • Microsoft Exchange server
          • Microsoft SQL
          • Oracle on Windows
          • IBM Lotus Domino/Notes on Windows
          • MySQL on Windows
        2. Enhancement - AhsayACB now supports Windows System Backup and IBM Lotus Notes backup
        3. Enhancement - Support running Microsoft Exchange Mail Level backup on 64-bit platform without the need to start the backup by running batch file
        4. Enhancement - Simplify the backupset creation by Backupset Creation wizard
        5. Enhancement - Provide user with option to encrypt image file in temp dir for StorageCraft ShadowProtect backup (ref: T-4220)
        6. Enhancement - Support perform VMware VDDK backup for VM on NFS datastore (ref: UVD-927-65987, MVZ-657-61090, T-8640)
        7. Enhancement - When backup of a MSSQL database is stopped, continue to backup other databases (ref: T-9083)
        8. Enhancement - Messages of log start and using temp directory is logged multiple times for Windows System Backup, Windows System State backup, MySQL, IBM Lotus Domino and Notes backup (ref: T-9087)
        9. Bug fix - When MS Exchange Server backup is running, other backup job has "UNKNOWN IPC=BACKUP_EXCHANGE_RUNNING_STATUS" error
        10. Bug fix - Should not allow to select In-File delta type when backup MS Exchange transaction logs (ref: JGE-740354, T-2127)
        11. Bug fix - De-selected DBs in MySQL Backup Source are NOT deleted from AhsayOBS after re-backup (ref: T-6921)
        12. Bug fix - Unable to make any changes to the backup source of IBM Lotus Domino Backup Set (ref: NHT-378499, T-7146)
        13. Bug fix - MS Exchange Server schedule backup completes with log sequence error (ref: POF-261731, T-7475)
        14. Bug fix - Fail to create VMware vCenter backup sets if set the host to the second or following IP addresses (ref: T-9467)
        15. Bug fix - AhsayOBM treat VM as being removed when the vCenter loses connection to ESXi server. As a result, the corresponding VM data on AhsayOBS will be moved to the retention (ref: MJO-725-90266, T-10159)
        16. Bug fix - Should backup suspended VM in non-VDDK mode if snapshots were created after VM suspension (ref: T-11634)
      •  Auto upgrade agent 
        1. N/A - No updates have been made in this category
      •  Backup Destination 
        1. (Key Feature) Support backup to cloud storage
          • AhsayOBS (as a cloud storage)
          • Amazon S3 (Standard and Reduced Redundancy Storage)
          • AWS S3 Compatible Cloud Storage
          • CTYun
          • Dropbox
          • FTP
          • Google Cloud Storage
          • Google Drive
          • Microsoft Azure
          • Microsoft OneDrive
          • Microsoft OneDrive for Business
          • OpenStack (SWIFT)
          • Rackspace
          • SFTP
        2. (Key Feature) Support backup to multiple destination
      •  Customization 
        1. N/A - No updates have been made in this category
      •  Deployment 
        1. N/A - No updates have been made in this category
      •  File backup 
        1. Enhancement - Add an option to backup locally instead of upload to AhsayOBS for CDP backup (ref: KVT-136735, VEB-451409, PEV-393860, T-2667)
        2. Enhancement - CDP supports all backup set types
        3. Bug fix - Java crash with "Problematic frame: [libc.so.6+0x]" error at start of backup job on a Linux machine
        4. Bug fix - Empty folders not removed when deleting folders (ref: T-9100)
        5. Bug fix - Duplicate "incorrect delta file checksum" message (ref: T-11631)
      •  General / Miscellaneous 
        1. Enhancement - Support of Java 7
        2. Bug fix - Encryption is not default if hide encryption setting in New Backup Set Wizard by Policy Control (ref: YLK-696794, T-7053)
        3. Enhancement - Send a link for user to reset password instead of sending the new password to user (ref: T-10607, T-10688)
      •  Group Policy / Reseller Panel 
        1. Bug fix - If set Policy Control to hide the encryption setting in AhsayOBM->[New Backup Set Wizard], the encryption setting of the backup set created does not follow the default setting (ref: T-7053)
      •  License/Billing Module 
        1. Enhancement - Do not count quota for backup running on ESXi free version (ref: T-10309)
      •  Operating systems 
        1. N/A - No updates have been made in this category
      •  Reporting / Email report 
        1. N/A - No updates have been made in this category
      •  Restore / Decrypt 
        1. (Key Feature) Simplify the restoration process by Restore wizard
        2. Enhancement - Support restore of MS Exchange 2013 Database from Alternate Location (ref: T-8340)
        3. Enhancement - For MSSQL backup, if the backup of one database is interrupted, allow backup of other databases to continue (ref: T-9083)
        4. Enhancement - Restore guest VM to another VMware ESXi host (ref: T-9847)
        5. Bug fix - For HyperV backupset, when restore to alternate location, the name of the restored VM folder is restored as VM ID instead of proper folder name (ref: T-9299)
        6. Bug fix - Restore symbolic links to a location which exists a physical file/folder with same name causes restore error, and vice versa (ref: T-11049)
      •  System maintenance 
        1. Enhancement - Automatic upload of AhsayOBM / ACB log files to AhsayCBS (ref: EHA-685500, PRV-294584, HWS-125727, PZT-535844, UZF-979201, NLU-665607, FAN-572315, VNN-997-41989, T-2513)
        2. Bug fix - Local Index is corrupted when there is not enough disk space for Local Copy (ref: LTN-600460, T-7121)
      •  User experiences 
        1. (Key Feature) New interface design
        2. Enhancement - Only show backup set with "Run backup set.." selected in schedule on Windows system tray (ref: EXM-985070, PRN-825912, WAG-623731, MJY-898765,KOV-292502, IPB-386696, USM-903967, POC-496099, T-2894)
    •  AhsayRPS 
      •  Customization 
        1. N/A - No updates have been made in this category
      •  Deployment 
        1. Enhancement - One single AhsayCBS installation package for AhsayOBS, AhsayRPS and AhsayRDR
      •  External applications / systems 
        1. N/A - No updates have been made in this category
      •  General / Miscellaneous 
        1. (Key Feature) Reporting of replication status (on AhsayCBS System Panel) (ref: NUS-918989, GUR-663637, CDV-825232, EQH-822572, KAH-356318, BXU-687462, UQM-903448, T-3331)
      •  Operating systems 
        1. N/A - No updates have been made in this category
      •  Replication 
        1. (Key Feature) Support replicate to cloud storage
          • AhsayOBS (as a cloud storage)
          • Amazon S3 (Standard and Reduced Redundancy Storage)
          • AWS S3 Compatible Cloud Storage
          • CTYun
          • Dropbox
          • FTP
          • Google Cloud Storage
          • Google Drive
          • Microsoft Azure
          • Microsoft OneDrive
          • Microsoft OneDrive for Business
          • OpenStack (SWIFT)
          • Rackspace
          • SFTP
        2. Enhancement - Lower memory footprint and lower CPU utilitization required
        3. Enhancement - The need to resynchronize is minimized
        4. Enhancement - Resynchronization now works at backupset level instead of system level
        5. Enhancement - Support of pausing/resuming of individual backup set replication selectively without requiring resynchronization
        6. Enhancement - Users can choose to replicate different backup sets selectively
        7. Enhancement - Replication of different backup sets can be run concurrently
        8. Enhancement - Bandwidth control of replication is supported at individual/all backup set level
        9. Enhancement - As large files are now split to small files in the backup/replication process, there will be no more need to re-replicate large files if there is network issue during replication (ref: IAF-913963, ITC-182405, UPO-511593, OCL-256377, EAH-394674, MVX-529672, NIA-869344, JQB-293829, AFC-643432, FER-919125, ODV-200599,AHL-446821, T-4721)
        10. Enhancement - Speed up replication by offloading part of the changed file listing compilation logics to AhsayRPS (ref: T-10073)
      •  System maintenance 
        1. N/A - No updates have been made in this category
      •  User experiences 
        1. (Key Feature) New interface design
    •  AhsayRDR 
      •  Customization 
        1. N/A - No updates have been made in this category
      •  Deployment 
        1. N/A - No updates have been made in this category
      •  External applications / systems 
        1. Enhancement - Support bundled Tomcat to v7 for solving cross-site scripting vulnerability (ref: QUX-692-91478, XJI-527-22203, T-10189)
      •  General / Miscellaneous 
        1. (Key Feature) Reporting of redirection status (on AhsayCBS System Panel)
      •  License / Billing module 
        1. N/A - No updates have been made in this category
      •  Operating systems 
        1. N/A - No updates have been made in this category
      •  System maintenance 
        1. N/A - No updates have been made in this category
      •  Traffic redirection 
        1. N/A - No updates have been made in this category
      •  User experiences 
        1. (Key Feature) New interface design

    Keys:

    • AhsayCBS - Ahsay Cloud Backup Suite
    • AhsayOBS - Ahsay Offsite Backup Server
    • AhsayACB - Ahsay A-Click Backup Manager
    • AhsayOBM - Ahsay Online Backup Manager
    • AhsayRPS - Ahsay Replication Server
    • AhsayRDR - Ahsay Redirector