DATASTOR Shield™ Scalable Protection Server 9.0 Release Notes

This document contains the release notes for DATASTOR Shield™ Scalable Protection Server version 9.0. The latest update is 9.0.3965.1 and was released on August 2, 2024.

RESOLVED ISSUES

Below is the list of issues that have been resolved in each publicly released build.

Resolved in build 9.0.3965.1 - August 2, 2024

Fixed bug that caused SRLaunch dialog to close unexpectedly within the System Recovery Environment (SRE)
Fixed issue to address false positive on missing items during level 1 verify
Fixed issue with blob verify using -node option that was skipping unreferenced items
Fixed vaulting error with stores on UNC paths
Enhanced Checkup Error Reporting to not report benign Duplicate Item Errors
Enhanced Quarantined Blob validation/repair/expire
Enhanced Vault/Copy logic using pre-scan for restore-points vs. on-the-fly scan to better handle long vault/copy runtimes
Enhanced findkey command to work with multiple input files
Enhanced handling of missing folders during scan
Enhanced index performance very large archives
Enhanced index verify handling
Enhanced logic to save dataset and volume information subset files for vaulting
Enhanced relative date range handling for verify using Timespan usage
Enhanced vaulting logic to removed local archive index and now just using data set index from Vlm installation folder and various other optimizations
Enhanced vaulting to use new optimized blob index
Added -showoffline quickscan option
Added automatic rebuild of archive operation index
Added critical section to multithread sync trace statement
Added flag for vault vs. copy global index handling
Added history command for manual processing of history files
Added logic to AiqUtil to continue processing when missing item cannot be added to .zip during export
Added logic to clean up index after purge
Added logic to create target path when saving index, if it's missing
Added logic to not automatically delete duplicates when merging arrays under certain conditions
Added logic to repair missing items when processing latest catalog during level 2 verify
Added makendx command that recreates an ndx file from restore point index
Added relative date range handling for store verify tasks
Added selectline command to filter files and folder from archive catalog
Added store task -device advanced option for setting StoreGroups
Added store task -time advanced option for setting rolling date range
Added tracing when checking for blobs within un-optimized index
Added updatendx command
Added validatendx command
Updated System Recovery Environment ISO images
Various other stability and performance improvements

Resolved in build 9.0.3785.1 - February 5, 2024

This is a recommended upgrade for Cloud and Tape Vaulting users which fixes critical issue resulting in missing items during Vaulting

Added -listdir command option to archive index command to list restore-point files and folders
Added /getsettings service start parameter to retrieve CloudAccount and VolumeTag info to bootstrap certain DR scenarios
Added AWS datacenter support for Calgary, Zurich, Tel Aviv, UAE, Melbourne
Added Setup /PostInstall cleanup operation to remove startup setting from .config files which may have legacy .Net 2.0/3.5 settings
Added logic to remove foreign CloundAccount and VolumeTag folders from local system cache drive
Added logic to remove orphaned vault volumes that do not need to be tracked
Added new -subst option for drive letter substitution during restore (command line only)
Added option to disable index file sharing via flags field in the store Config.xml
Added option to disable non-fixed drive scan for storage volume scan on Windows 2008 OS
Added recording of volume information for remote computers
Added command line shortcuts for updating tape volume properties
Added support for new Extendible Subscription license key type
Added verbose output frequency to archive index command
Enhanced Export Settings logic to automatically clean up extra files and folders form CloudAccount folder location
Enhanced blob validation handling during store purge
Enhanced vault dataset restore to use global index, if present, for local blob existence check
Enhanced default Export Settings .zip chunksize to use 256 MB for cloud accounts only
Enhanced default backup network connection retry limit and interval to better handle a Windows OS update requiring reboot of the Archive Manager
Enhanced service termination logic to abort all active threads on Service Stop
Fixed critical issue resulting in missing items during Vaulting under certain conditions
Fixed issue resulting in Access Violation from buffer overrun under certain conditions
Fixed issue where xml processing terminated when Volume Label element of the restore-point catalog contained '<>' characters
Fixed issue where stdout handling of filenames with unprintable chars for archive index command
Updated default tape minimum reserved space to 10240 MB for tape volumes for better handling of low space conditions
Various other stability and performance improvements

Resolved in build 9.0.3500.1 - May 1, 2023

This is a required upgrade for Cloud Vaulting users. Amazon AWS has deprecated a particular security protocol with end-of-line targeted for some point soon after June 30, 2023. This release uses the upgraded security protocol. All users of the Cloud Vaulting service must upgrade before June 30, 2023 to avoid interruption of the Cloud Vaulting service. The protocol change affects both storing data to cloud storage and accessing data from cloud storage. The data itself that is stored in the cloud is not affected by the protocol change.

Added FreeSpaceWarningLevel, FreeSpaceErrorLevel configuration file overrides to daily Checkup Report
Added logic to disable error reporting after 100 errors when indexing a restore point
Added logic to use legacy version of aiqRemote.exe when running on Windows 2003 32-bit systems
Enhanced runtime and storage usage when backing up current configuration info during Setup
Enhanced detection of currently installed C++ runtimes during Setup
Enhanced ArchiveIQLaunch launch error handling
Enhanced check for free space logic on remote protection plans
Enhanced checkup report to better detect duplicate archives
Enhanced handling of change journal processing
Fixed status progress for store Copy, Verify, Purge operations
Fixed large array/index handling (>70M records)
Improved conversion overflow detection
Updated cloud support to address deprecated AWS API
Updated Archive Manager to .Net Framework version 4.8 (automatically installed - requires internet connection)
Updated for Microsoft C++ runtime support to 2015-2022 (14.32.31332) while maintaining compatibility for Windows XP/2003
Various other stability and performance improvements

Resolved in build 9.0.3224.2 - September 16, 2022

Critical Fix for Store Copy Task, which under certain conditions, fails to copy restore-point metafile information to destination Store. After the Copy Task runs the synchronized restore-point information will now correctly show in the destination Store Calendar view for a given Archive.

Resolved in build 9.0.3224.1 - July 25, 2022

Added 'Data Migration' property page and DE FR IT translations
Added (Errors and Warnings) to subject line for Forward on Error checkup report
Added /minimal option export settings option to excluded roll-over logs and the VLM cache
Added Deep Archive and Glacier IR support to Cloud Account Explorer
Added Restore Details Option to Cloud Account Explorer
Added Support for GLACIER_IR and DEEP_ARCHIVE
Added TickCountAsString64 for large timespans
Added Wasabi data centers: Toronto, Frankfurt
Enhanced export option to store minimal VLM cache info (excluding .bak and extraneous .dat files) to reduces export size
Fixed App crash in Cloud Account Explorer
Fixed checkup report stats for level 3 verify
Fixed checkup report unexpected termination when Archive Manager service is not running
Fixed checkup report uninitialized finish time to report N/A
Fixed handling partially uploaded configuration file
Fixed issue Loading Tape in Library from Volume Set node
Fixed issue with quarantined items -restore option failing on command line parse
Improved Forward-On-Error report to only include detected errors and warnings in report
Improved LTO 7,8,9 handling of ERROR_NOT_READY status code with QTM drivers when Tape is bay
Improved handling of corrupt configuration files
Updated Glacier Settings -> Migration Settings
Updated Inactive Archive criteria from last restore point < Yesterday-Midnight to < One-Week-Ago
Updated default export configuration chunk size 256 MB
Various other stability and performance improvements

Resolved in build 9.0.3094.1 - March 15, 2022

Updated System Recovery Environment (SRE) to WinPE base version to Windows 11
Fixed SRE issue with target volume assignment wasn't cleared when subsequently unchecked
Fixed SRE issue displaying Access Denied message in restore log related to posting EventLog message
Added to SRE display of restore boot mode on launch of SRE
Added to SRE informational message when restore boot mode (UEFI or Legacy-BIOS) is different from restore-point
Added to SRE explicit partition conversion to MBR for to handle issue with previous GPT partitions
Added to SRE Advanced Options to Restore Confirm page
Added to SRE option to save restore logs to restored system drive
Added to SRE option to secure erase target partition before restore
Added to SRE option to use existing partition layout for faster slip-stream restore
Added to SRE command line boot mode override /UEFI or /Legacy to force restore boot mode
Added to SRE informational message during restore when partitions are being cleared
Added to SRE bytes processed to running status for restore
Disabled SRE Boost restore option when running restore with 1 CPU
Fixed issue with CriticalSection initialization to resolve issue with processing Quarantined Items
Fixed issue with object initialization for MapppedVolumes
Fixed issue with race condition on adding Cloud inventory which caused Cloud Gateway service to hang
Fixed issue erroneous file-not-found handling when uploading segments
Fixed issue with license activation/validation that occasionally fails
Fixed issue with Access Violation for -level 3 random content validation (not commonly used)
Added support for new Amazon (Jakarta) datacenters
Added support for new Wasabi (London, Paris, Osaka) datacenters
Added support for new API for disk partition layout
Added retry logic for reading/writing configuration file to address rare file contention issues
Added refresh Verify Task Advanced Setting to refresh indexes (level 2,3)
Added repair missing and random node selection to Verify Task Advanced Settings
Improved content synchronization logic for Copy Task to eliminate coherency issues when Copy Tasks are terminated early
Updated Copyright to 2005-2022
Various other stability and performance improvements

Resolved in build 9.0.2983.1 - November 24, 2021

Added code to save support end date with initial activation
Added datastor website contact to notice for failed activation
Added debug print to report activation PIN failure
Added logic to always check SupportExtension override for activated keys
Added logic to handle initialization of DataSetInformation table for volume inventory
Added LTO 9 tape drive & media support
Added option to save local dataset segment catalog
Added quick scan option to generate fileset groups (used for direct-to-tape)
Added ReservedFreeSpace store config parameter to override minimum free space required for very large object store volume
Added support creating object store on Azure MAFS, and added -fs override for unknown file system types
Added support end date status message on Pro About page
Added support for getting end date from activation server and including in Checkup Report
Added support for Wasabi Cloud Storage
Added validate license check during software upgrade
Fixed bug with phone activation generating "activation failed. Call technical support."
Fixed download url typo
Fixed file system type check when loading object store parameters
Fixed 'Forward on errors to:' field not being persisted
Fixed issue handling older version encrypted tapes
Fixed issue with creating Catalog path when saving segment catalog
Fixed issue with recording S/N for Tape library in cases where tape drive is also Quantum branded.
Fixed issue with using "index" setting for enable/disable of search index
Fixed license auto-reactivation logic
Improved low space handling on cache drive
Various other stability and performance improvements

Resolved in build 9.0.2824.1 - June 18, 2021

Added logic to track archive operation code during multi-process archiving
Added Quantum tape identification to include "Quantum" plus either "Ultrium" or "LTO" to address support issue on some older Quanutm LTO tape models
Added logic to identify all tape drives and tape libraries (changers)
Added logic for detecting vmware virtual machine
Added check for vmware virtual machine
Added logic for validating software license as part of the Software update check
Added LicenseAlreadyInUse and VersionNotLicensed activation error codes
Added LicenseAlreadyInUse and VersionNotLicensed alerts
Added HTML help files for all languages
Added override of DefaultCacheVolumeCapacityGB
Added Signature V4 mods to support additional data centers
Added logic update/record license validation
Added quick scan option to search for segment numbers in .ndx and index*.dat files
Fixed issue related to VSS Snapshot error: Security must be initialized before any interfaces are marshalled or unmarshalled. It cannot be changed once initialized.
Fixed issue where free space remaining reported is different that actual (computed) space remaining
Fixed issue reverse iteration logic when deleting files and folder using -mirror restore (regression)
Fixed issue reporting tape drive information
Fixed issue during debug scan for medium changers
Fixed issue with check for Quantum software compatibility during license add
Fixed issue with expiration restore back from recycle bin
Fixed issue with MultipleDeleteObject from cloud with v4 header
Fixed up reference to obsolete EU data center
Improved reporting of tape device properties
Improved Tape media full handling so that media with with less than 1/128 capacity is now treated as "full"
Updated Data center support to include expanded set of locations
Removed old-style bucket name query
Improved CoInitialize / CoInitializeSecurity usage to address error handling and standardized MULTITHREADED usage
Improved impersonation with dynamic cloaking on Windows 8 or greater
Improved exception handling
Updated translations for Spanish, Italian, Japanese and Chinese
Updated Copyright 2021
Various other stability and performance improvements

Resolved in build 9.0.2593.1 - October 30, 2020

Added Cloud Storage key types for cloud vaulting service
Added DATASTOR_LCID environment var for Setup language selection override
Added EFI boot mode detection for System Recovery
Added explicit Eval days to banner
Added logic for improved monitoring of cache and write throttling when vaulting to cloud
Added logic to improve LTO Tape free space utilization with registry overrides
Added logic to require Quantum LTO Tape for OEM software release
Added logic to test access rights to Store for improved security against ransomware attacks
Added -repairmissing option to ARCHIVE/OBJECTSTORE VERIFY commands to repair missing information from configured backing store
Added rolling base year logic for keys with hard end-dates
Added system information and detection including boot mode for improved system recovery
Added trace statement to display expected record reference address
Added trace statements to track EDB check times
Added Windows 10 Dev Kit Support for WinPE 10 plus additional drivers for System Recovery
Disabled saving partial archive history results to reduce Task.history size and improve UI performance
Fixed handling of errors with file exclusion dialog
Fixed issue restoring files to long paths in multi-threaded restore mode
Fixed issue with clean up of bcd boot info temp files
Fixed issue with verifying and rebuilding task history files when corruptions are detected
Fixed link selection handling in System Recovery wizard
Fixed pre-req message for Server 2016 / 2019 software install
Improved handling of Boot Mode detection using new SystemInfo.xml file stored with restorepoint
Improved handling of ReportEvent errors on WinPE based systems during System Recovery
Improved logic for handling large Task.history file parsing
Improved LTO Tape reformat logic for compatibility with Quantum tape drivers to clean multi-partitioned tapes used with LTFS
Replaced default SRE to use UEFI based boot files
Updated -showlongpaths option to 220 chars for reporting long path during file system scan
Updated Spanish, Italian, German, French, Setup translations
Various other stability and performance improvements

Resolved in build 9.0.2370.1 - March 21, 2020

Added "HPE RDX" to supported RDX models
Added breadcrumb of Product Name to logfile banner
Added exclusion of Delivery Optimization Files to System Exclusions
Added feature to auto-repair missing blobs from a configured backing store
Added feature to exclude unneeded volumes referenced by Computer System plan system state
Added feature to perform multi-threaded level-3 verify
Added feature to rebuild archive task history if corrupted or missing
Added -histogram option to scan for reporting file size distribution
Added -local switch for dataset delete to remove local segments without requesting cloud delete
Added logic for faster store delete
Added logic for quarantining Task History files
Added logic to increment the reference count of deleted duplicate elements
Added reference for MSSQL 2019
Added usage for -partitions for erase volume command
Fixed errors reported when indexing catalogs with records for user encrypted files and folders during level 2 verify
Fixed issue where Content Cache was not correctly expiring data
Fixed issue with blocky rendering of startup task options when Display Scaling reset to value other that 100%
Fixed parameter usage for usesecureconnection
Fixed issue to replace absolute path with relative Configurations paths for SystemExcludes.xml plan file
Fixed issue where DataSet folder was not removed for dataset delete operation
Fixed issue where not all files for a point-in-time are deleted or restored from the recycle-bin
Improved handling for removing system files
Improved large sparse block file handling (for files like Windows Search Windows.edb)
Improved log message when reading corrupted history file
Improved messaging for low free space conditions
Improved 'RequestAction' to handle potential race condition on cloud request
Improved retry handling of ERROR_CRC and ERROR_SEM_TIMOUT
Lowered boost multiplier to use less CPU resource by default
Mods for better tracking of usage of security streams
Mods for loading XML fragments and converting to canonical form
Mods for tracking ObjectIds, Security stream, Long paths
Removed diagnostic messaging for affirming base blob resolution (DIAG_EVT)
Updated to copyright and patents notices
Updates to eval, support, product and purchase URL's
Updates to Help.chm

Resolved in build 9.0.2045.1 - May 1, 2019

Fix for v1 scheduler fails to end task, switched logic to v2 scheduler
Added Checkup Report notice for "hidden" plans
Added Checkup Report list of configured plans
Fixed issue with region date/time setting causing inconsistency in Checkup Report
Fixed issue with XML Checkup Report export using region setting for data/time values
Fixed issue with missing items XML Checkup Report export
Added better handling for reporting Offline media
Added reference identification for MSSQL 2017
Added support for 'Lenovo RDX' branded device
Fixed objectstore copy -item with compounding address stores
Mods for automated blob repair from backing store
Fixed link to Release Notes

Resolved in build 9.0.1800.1 - August 29, 2018

Fixed issue where content validation during backup is reporting zero byte 'size error' when running a Protection Plan that targets older version 8.0 formatted Stores (newer version 9.0 formatted Stores are not impacted by this issue). This is a recommended upgrade for users of build 9.0.1500.1 or later with Stores created with version 8.0 or earlier which had never been upgraded to the version 9.0 format (not common).

Resolved in build 9.0.1650.1 - April 2, 2018

Sets default schedule task priority to 'Normal' for improved backup performance
Added aiqutil command option to bulk update schedule task priority
Fixed issue with intermittent restore failures on large files introduced in build 9.0.839.1 (to address this issue users of build 9.0.839.1 or greater should upgrade to build 9.0.1650.1 or later)
Fixed issue with code signing SRE component
Various other product stability enhancements
Synchronized SRE with this release

Resolved in build 9.0.1500.1 - November 2, 2017

Added support for LTO8 Tape Format (including support for M8 up-formatted media)
Added support for bandwidth throttling for Store Copy tasks
Improved Checkup Report to better show summary statistics, highlight partial or incomplete archives, better handle read-only archives in error state
Fixed issue with Checkup Report of Task Scheduler Refussed Request (0x800710e0) and Task Alread Running (0x0041301) errors
Various other product stability enhancements

Resolved in build 9.0.1315.1 - May 1, 2017

Windows Server 2016 setup and installation support (including updated translations for French, German, Italian)
Fixed issue with inconsistencies creating a store vault (for tape or cloud)

Resolved in build 9.0.1221.1 - January 27, 2017

Fixed issue where SQL 2016 databases were not detected

Resolved in build 9.0.1130.1 - October 28, 2016

Fix for issue: 'Unable to contact the update server at this time. Please try again later.'

Resolved in build 9.0.1109.1 - October 7, 2017

Updated translations for French, German, and Italian

Resolved in build 9.0.1101.1 - September 29, 2016

Disabled multi-threaded restore for older platforms (Windows 2008 R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1 and older) due to system hang issues - see also https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/2740374
Checkup Report enhancements
- New option to email the Checkup Report to add alternate recipients when errors or warnings are detected by the daily Checkup Report. This is helpful, for example, to automatically send the Checkup Report to a ticketing system or escalate the issue to management.
- A new summary section at the top of the report will highlight key stats like how many plans are configured to run and how many actually ran and if there were any errors encountered during the last run. The compact summary is designed for quick review, so if everything is running normally, there’s no need to dive into the full report.
- The Servers not Reachable section is a short list of servers that are configured, but not reachable during checkup report generation and do not have any plan results within the last 24 hours. These may need immediate attention.
- Elapsed plan runtime has been added to the Protection Plan Summary section. Plans with unusually long or short runtimes can be more quickly identified.
- The Store section now includes statistics for Total Managed data, New and Changed content and New stored data as well as a column showing total quarantined items, content repaired, and new quarantined items. A sudden increase in quarantined items can be an early indication of issues with storage or network devices.
- The Store Task section includes a short description of the work done; content verified, disk space reclaimed from a Purge tasks, or bytes copied to another store; useful for confirming certain tasks are completing their expected workload.
- A new Archive Summary section shows the status of every archive and includes information about the last known restore point and current status: Available, Verified, Unavailable, etc. Archives older than a day (midnight on the previous day) are highlighted to better show those that may be unexpectedly out-of-date.
Fixed issue where SRE was not correctly detecting BIOS boot environment on dual boot images
Fixed issue where SRE percent complete control triggered exception
Added common Intel Pro v21.0 Ethernet Drivers to 32 bit and 64 bit SRE ISO images
Disabled "Press any key to boot from CD/DVD" for SRE boot
Improved cache usage for plan histories
Improved support for ReFS managed volumes and stores

Resolved in build 9.0.986.1 - June 6, 2016

Improved error handling for multi-part restore
Added path size and filename size counters and max values for tracking long path names
Fixed issue where Copy Task was reporting file size errors for encrypted files
Fixed x64 boot failure. Removed DotNet package which was causing BSOD on some systems
Fixed x64 SRE startup failure. Added correct platform version for SREWizard and aiqremote64.exe

Resolved in build 9.0.906.1 - March 23, 2016

Improved suspend/resume handling for Copy and Verify tasks during Purge operations
Fixed issue where "Waiting on access to the store" message was not being cleared after purge completes
Fixed issue where an unexpected overwrite of index was detected
Improved report of errors and warnings during Verify task
Added recheck of Quarantined Items and restore/repair during Verify task
Added read retries for non-eof zero length reads which was causing blobs to be quarantined under certain conidition (not common)
Fixed issue where large missing.catalog results were not being displayed
Improved Purge task performance when deleting content under exclusive store lock
Improved handling of corrupt catalogs and reference files during Purge task
Disabled rebuilds of Index2 during verify to improve baseline store Verify performance
Reverted redirect URL's for SRE and product Update to us bypass redirection. This was causing SRE and Update failures.
Added new System Recovery Environment (SRE) based on WinPE 10 (Windows 10) for improved bare metal device detection and handling
Fixed issue where erroneous restore point index updates were being reported during Store Verify task
Fixed SRE crash when getting drive layout on WinPE 10
Fixed issue with baseline store Copy task running out of memory under certain conditions
Added recycle bin cleanup report to Purge log
Improved Purge log to more clearly show space reclaimed
Fixed issue where certain extended Ascii codes in filenames were being filtered out
Fixed issue where DEL chars in filenames were being filtered out. The DEL char is a valid Windows file name character

Resolved in build 9.0.839.1 - January 11, 2016

8.0 purge tasks returning error after upgrade to 9.0
Delta blobs with missing base are not quarantined when using MFT Fast Content Scan
Updated translations for German, French and Italian
Incorrect where-to-buy link
Enhancement: Add Activated On section to the UI to easily identify customers that are in support
Cannot quarantine blob - bad syntax
Repaired quarantined items in version 8 store not getting green flag
Fix for terms referencing SSL which should say 'Use secure connection'
RunTimePhase pass-through parameters need translation
Fix for "Everything" plan failing with file not found errors
Fix API not supported on Windows 2000
Enhancement for large file multi-part threaded restore
Fix for Change Journal being checked on non-NTFS volumes
Fix for excluded volumes that were still being selected for volume snapshots
Fix for Store marked as converted after warnings
Fix for bad chars written to XML
Some controls not loading all translated text

Resolved in build 9.0.717.1 (first 9.0 public release) - September 11, 2015

146 issues have been resolved since version 8.0

What's New in 9.0?

Below is a list of the enhancements that have been added to the version 9.0 release since the 8.0 release of the software.

Performance Enhancements*

New Store architecture significantly improves performance of store tasks and protection plans.
Store Purge tasks run up to ten times faster that in previous versions of the software.
Store Copy and Verify tasks run up to four times faster than in previous versions of the software.
Protection Plans run up to 30% faster than in previous versions of the software.
Previous-version ("legacy") stores can easily be converted by clicking a button on the store's Property page

*Please see important upgrade information in the Installation and Upgrade Notes section below.

Slipstream Restore

A new Scheduled Restore task-type allows for keeping a mirror image of a computer (or VM) for standby recovery or DR testing.

Windows Scheduler 2.0 Integration

Allows for advanced triggers, actions, and conditions to be configured for scheduled tasks.
Scheduled tasks can be executed from Powershell scripts.
A task can be configured to wake a computer from sleep or hibernation, or a task can be attached to a specific system event. For example, a Purge task could be configured to run when disk space gets low.

Standalone Tape Drive Support

Allows for vaulting to standalone tape devices with similar capability as the current tape autoloader support.

LTFS Integration

Use LTO tape for storing archived data.
Use LTO tape as a restore target.

Volume Sets

A new tape grouping called a Volume Set lets you group tapes together. Vaulting tasks are associated with Volume Sets rather than tape devices as in previous releases of the software. More than one vaulting task can target a volume set.

Storage node redesign

The layout of the Storage node in the Archive Manager user interface is more logical.

Installation and Upgrade Notes

You must be running version 5.0 or later DATASTOR Shield™ Scalable Protection Server prior to upgrading.

Download DATASTOR Shield™ Scalable Protection Server to a folder on your hard drive and then double-click the downloaded file to begin the installation/upgrade.
Follow the installation/upgrade wizard prompts to completion.

Important upgrade information

To take advantage of the new Store architecture, existing stores must be converted. To convert a store simply open its Properties page from the Archive Manager user interface and click the Improve storage performance button and then the Convert now button. The Improve storage performance button is only visible for stores that have not been converted or have only been partially converted.

Stores with Store Copy tasks must be of the same architecture. In other words, if you convert one store then the other must be converted too. Also, if the source and destination stores are on different Archive Manager servers the following applies: Whereas in the past it was recommended to pull data from the source store, with the new architecture it is recommended to push the data to the destination store. This is because the data is verified prior to copying and the verification is fastest if done locally. Once a store task has been created the source and destination stores cannot be swapped so a new task must be created.

A new System Recovery Environment (SRE) 9.0 image file must be used for system recovery (BMR) after store conversion. To download the 9.0 SRE image, open Archive Manager, then 'Save System Recovery Environment'. If you have previously downloaded one of the 8.0 SRE image files, you will have to remove the SRE image files from the SRE folder before the new 9.0 SRE image file becomes available for download. Please use Windows Explorer to navigate to the software installation folder, then the SRE subfolder. Move or delete the 8.0 SRE image files, then return to 'Save System Recovery Environment' and the SRE 9.0 image file will become available for download.

Minimum System Recommendations

Windows Server 2008 R2, CPU 2 GHz or faster CPU, 8 GB RAM, 60 MB disk space for installation