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This new version has a host of new features and enhancements as detailed below:
(If this is your first introduction to StoreGrid, a comprehensive list of StoreGrid's features may be more relevant)

Release Notes for StoreGrid 4.1 [Hyper-V Backup]

Build Number: 4102011110720
Date: 9 November 2011

New Features in StoreGrid v4.1

Support for backing up Hyper-V Virtual Machines - Hyper-V Virtual Machines can now be backed up using StoreGrid. StoreGrid needs to be installed in the Hyper-V Server and it can then centrally backup all the VMs running in that Hyper-V server.
WHMCS Provisioning Integration With StoreGrid - With the integration of WHMCS provisioning APIs with StoreGrid, an action in WHMCS (like subscribing a customer for a service) in WHMCS can trigger an event in the StoreGrid backup server (like creating that customer account in the backup server).

Enhancements in StoreGrid v4.1

Bandwidth Throttling can now be disabled during weekends
For Exchange Mailbox backup, backup can be configured to upload the previous Mailbox and delete its dump while the next Mailbox is being dumped in the Exchange Server. This will save dump space required for Exhange Mailbox backup. Currently all the Mailboxes have to be first dumped before upload to the backup server can start.
SGTrash Management enabled for Amazon AMI builds - StoreGrid will move version files that have exceeded retention policy to a SGTrash folder in the storage location in the backup server.
Server side MySQL DB and query optimizations to improve performance and resource utilization.
Added skipped file report during server side restore.
Option to include MCAL usage cost into customer invoicing
Group notes can be added/edited via API for Reseller/Customer/Client.
Mutliple Email addresses can be added for Consolidated Email report via API.
Option to not ask encryption password when deleting a backup job in the client machine through StoreGrid's Centralized Client Management feature in the backup server.
Recovering data from SGTrash through StoreGrid utility.
Sending Email reports from backup server (on backup/restore success/failure etc.) to Customer and Reseller as well. Currently only the Server Admin gets the emails.
Uncompressed size of files included in Backup Reports
Adding MCALs to remote backup server and backup server health through remote server management.
Excluding reports of deleted client from backup status report
Filter delete performance improvement and removing empty directories after filter delete

Minor Enhancements and Bug Fixes in StoreGrid v4.1

Adding an event when MCAL balance is low for the Server and Customer.
Issue in updation of backup used space after filter delete operation is fixed.
Reseller level branding themes for the backup server web console cannot be now enabled by a reseller when its disabled by the server admin.
Issue where reports of two day prior backups sent in daily consolidated customer report has been fixed.
The backup will be reported as 'Failed' when the root folder configured for backup is missing from the client machine.
Fixed the issue where continuous backup causes high CPU usage in backup server during retention cleanup.
Hiding Export data option at reseller/customer/client level login.
Fixed an issue where unicode files where getting skipped when the files were open even with VSS enabled
Fixed the issue where StoreGrid client would abort backup if another application had run Copy Only Full Backup on the SQL Server that is been backed up by StoreGrid.
Fixed the issue where the file/folder tree listing hangs when the number of files is several millions
Fixed the issue where backups run outside the backup window when two backups are configured in a client machine with the same start time.
Fixed issue in generating On-Demand invoicing when the time zone specified in the web console is different from that of the backup server machine OS
Issue in SharePoint backup where dumping site-collections with "https" extension fails if already an identical site-collection with "http" enabled is fixed

Release Notes for StoreGrid 4.0 [BMR, P2V, P2P supported]

Build Number: 4002011071521
Date: 25 July 2011

New Features in StoreGrid v4.0

Support for Disk Image Backup and Bare Metal Restore (BMR) on all versions of Windows. The image backup can be restored even to a machine with a dissimilar hardware (P2P).
Support for conversion of Physical Disk Image to Hyper-V or VMWare Virtual Machine image (P2V).
Reseller Level Branding of backup server for rebranded server installations - customers accessing the backup server can now see the reseller specific branded user interface
Integration of StoreGrid Invoicing with WHMCS
Backup data can now be exported from the backup server in encrypted format itself and imported into the client for restore.
Centralized Management Console to monitor multiple backup servers - can centrally view the backup reports and invoices from the different backup servers.
User activity log report to log user activities in the backup servers.

Enhancements in StoreGrid v4.0

List of files backed up in a backup job can now be optionally included in the backup completion notification email.
Ability to abort a restore job from both client and backup server
Newly designed menu for easier navigation in web console UI.
Add Backup from backup server with a System Generated Password is now supported through CCM.
The time at which the automated consolidated customer email report is sent can now be configured in SGConfiguration.conf file.
StoreGrid client now checks if other third party backup software is also running in the client machine for SQL and Exchange Server Backups. Backups will be aborted if both applications run backups out of sequence.

Minor Enhancements and Bug Fixes in StoreGrid v4.0

Fixed the issue where invoice was getting calculated on average usage instead of total bandwidth usage.
Issue where custom SSL certificates would get over written during upgrade with default certificates is now fixed.
Fixed the issue where backup status would be wrongly reported as failed when deleted DBs where present in the SQL Backup. Now the deleted backups would be skipped and the backup would be reported as success with the message that deleted DBs were skipped.
Fixed the issue where usage would be wrongly updated in MCAL utilization history report for new clients with one or more plugin based backups.
Restore failure due to 0 KB ori file is now handled. If the ori file is a 0 KB file, a full backup of the file will be run.
Fixed the issue where multiple emails were mistakenly sent from the backup server for missed backups.
Fixed the issue in authenticating backup server with replication server.

Release Notes for StoreGrid 3.5 SP3 [with Centralized Client Management feature]

Build Number: 3502011041520
Date: 15 April 2011

New Features in StoreGrid 3.5 SP3

Supports Centralized Client Management feature to manage client settings and backup schedules from the backup server.
Support for maintaining a local copy of the backup for plugin based backups.

Enhancements in StoreGrid 3.5 SP3

Ability to do Client Disaster Recover directly from local drive backups (without the backup server).
Option for the clients to reset their backup server web access password.
Support for configuring the Email SSL settings from the web console itself.
Support for backing up Microsoft SQL Server databases with Unicode names.
Performance improvement in filter based deletion of backed up files.
Performance improvements in backup, restore and replication processes.

Minor Enhancements and Bug Fixes in StoreGrid 3.5 SP3

Incorrect MCALs count issue in server dashboard page is fixed.
Backup failure issue under certain cases while backing up over SSL is fixed.
Listing Exchange Server log files in Exchange Server restore tree is made optional.
The *.edb files dumped for Exchange Server Information Stores with same names in Exchange 2000/2003/2007 are not uploaded to the backup server issue is fixed.
Dump process failure issue for Exchange 2010 databases if the DB name contains more than one continuous white spaces is fixed.
StoreGrid will be by default installed as a Windows service on local system account in Microsoft Windows Vista and above OSes.
While restoring the whole Mailbox store data, public folder will also be restored now.
Memory leak issue under certain failures is fixed.
Issue of scrambled content in Email reports is fixed.
Issue where old events and alarms are sometimes not properly cleaned up is fixed.
Issue when sometimes processing deleted files in replication server is fixed.

Release Notes for StoreGrid 3.5 SP2 [with VMWare Guest OSes backup feature]

Build Number: 3502010122919
Date: 07 January 2011

Applicable to: Windows & Linux OS, Client and Server installations

New Features in StoreGrid 3.5 SP2

Supports backup of VMWare Guest OSes.

Enhancements in StoreGrid 3.5 SP2

For backup server, following report pages are directly retrieved from MySQL database to reduce load on StoreGrid process and faster report rendering.
1. Client backup status report.
2. Consolidated client backup status report.
3. Client information report.
4. Server dashboard.
5. MCAL utilization history report.
6. Added MCAL details report.
Supports adding and removing databases by editing that backup schedule for MySQL Server database backup.
Allowing to provide for minimum fixed price slab in sliding scale invoice plan.
Events and alarms web console page is modified for faster rendering.

Bug Fixes in StoreGrid 3.5 SP2

Issue where Synthetic Backup is not scheduled if the backup schedule is aborted is fixed.
The issue where other re-seller's alarm and event details are listed for a re-seller's login session is fixed.
Issue where Exchange Server Mailboxes are not listed in Exchange 2010 DAG member Exchange Servers issue is fixed.
Fixed the issue where mails are not restored if the folder name contains Unicode characters.
Fixed the issue where StoreGrid crashes when backing up an empty mailbox folder.
Issue where Client backups sometime hang when backing up through SSL based socket.

Release Notes for StoreGrid 3.5 SP1 [with Exchange Mail Level Restore feature]

Build Number: 3502010111115

Applicable to: Windows Client only installations

New Features in StoreGrid 3.5 SP1

Supports Mail Level Restore from restored Exchange Server mailbox (.pst files) data.

Enhancements in StoreGrid 3.5 SP1

Client Disaster Recovery page is re-designed to support recovering backup configurations for both authenticated as well as auto-authetnicated clients.

Bug Fixes in StoreGrid 3.5 SP1

Fixed Exchange Server restore issue when locally restored Exchange Server backup data is separately loaded and restored to the Exchange Server.
Fixed MSSQL Server restore issue due to incorrect order of restoring log files, in some cases.
Fixed issue in editing and continuing plugin backup schedules after recovering plugin backup schedules through Client Disaster Recovery.

Release Notes for StoreGrid 3.5

Build Number: 3502010102621

New Features in StoreGrid 3.5

Synthetic Full Backup of Files: During incremental backup schedules, StoreGrid client automatically runs a Synthetic Full Backup of a file if its backed up version file is larger than a certain percentage of its initial full backup. During Synthetic Full Backup, changed data with respect to the earlier Full Backup or Synthetic Full Backup alone is uploaded. Version files uploaded after a Synthetic Full Backup contain modified data with respect to the last Synthetic Full Backup and are therefore much smaller.
Synthetic Full Backup of Exchange Server: Instead of running Additional Full Backup of the Exchange Server to limit the number of incremental backups in the backup server, StoreGrid can now optionally run Synthetic Full Backups. During Synthetic Full Backups, only the data that is changed after the previous Full Backup or Synthetic Full Backup alone is uploaded and not the entire the Exchange Server data.

Enhancements in StoreGrid 3.5:

Further performance enhancements for backing up Unicode files.
Support for cleaning up multiple alarms at a time.
Ability to choose the parent folder and exclude sub folders or files while configuring file backups.
Adding client name and backup name in Windows Events.
Improved the performance in files tree listing during client side restore when large number of files exist in a folder.
StoreGrid client can now backup the site collections of Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010.

Bug Fixes in StoreGrid 3.5:

Issue when backing up large files in Nexenta Open Solaris OS fixed.
Made changes to automatically include the missed libraries while installing StoreGrid in Linux.
Fixed the issue where sometimes tickets were not created in ConnectWise PSA when Email reports were also enabled in the backup server.

Release notes for StoreGrid v3.2 SP2

Build Number: 3202010090902
Date: 20 September 2010

New Features in StoreGrid 3.2 SP2:

Supporting integration with ConnectWise and Autotask: StoreGrid can integrate with ConnectWise and Autotask PSA (Professional Services Automation) applications. Currently StoreGrid can push major events like backup/restore/replication process status and alerts (such as disk space shortage, trial client expiry) to the PSA services. More features integration with PSA is coming. To get more details StoreGrid's integration with these PSA , refer the following online documentation:

ConnectWise: http://account.vembu.com/help/32/sp/PageHelp/connectwise-psa-configuration.html

Autotask: http://account.vembu.com/help/32/sp/PageHelp/autotask-configuration.html

Enhancements in StoreGrid 3.2 SP2

Supporting backup of My Pictures, My Music and My Videos folders as one-click backup schedule in Windows Vista and above OSes. In prior StoreGrid versions, these folders will be backed up along with My Documents folder backup schedule.
Fixed database connection related issues in StoreGrid backup server.(MySQL Server gone away, crash issues)
Enhanced the built-in CheckAndUpdate utility for recovering StoreGrid Backup Server's MySQL database from backup data alone. This utility now recovers Reseller and Customer account details as well automatically.

Minor enhancements and bug fixes in StoreGrid 3.2 SP2

The issue where StoreGrid backup server crashes when the internal client configuration file (sgclient.txt) is corrupted is now fixed.
Fixed the issue where StoreGrid crashes sometimes when trial client cleanup process runs.
Outlook archive folders not backing up if configured to non-default location is fixed.
Fixed issues with backing up files with Unicode file name.
The issue in running retention cleanup of replicated deleted files is fixed.
Fixed the issue where Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 mailboxes were not listed when the Exchange server was migrated from lower version.
Issue in backing up Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 data if the Exchange server is upgraded from Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 is fixed.
Restored "All Public Folders" items was not accessible to all users in the Exchange Server, instead it was accessible only to profile user and this issue was fixed.
Issue in listing & backing up Microsoft Exchange Server mailboxes if Microsoft Exchange Server contains more than one default store, is fixed.
Showing different email report time due to DST changes issue is fixed.
Issue in restoring all Microsoft Exchange Server databases from locally restored data to Exchange Server is fixed.
Consolidated customer report shows 100% success rate for failed backups issue is fixed.
Several other minor fixes

Release Notes for StoreGrid 3.2 SP1

Build Number:3202010060914
Date: 14 June 2010

Bug Fixes in StoreGrid 3.2 SP1

Fixed issues in backup server replicating to S3.
Fixed the issue in Outlook backup while backing up outlook.pst file if the pst file is in non-default location.
Fixed the issue where bandwidth used details were wrongly updated.
Issue where backup server not able to send emails to multiple email IDs was fixed
Fixed the issue where StoreGrid client would crash when the entry in the registry was corrupted
Fixed the issue in backing up Exchange 2010 when the Exchange was migrated from Exchange 2007
Issue fixed where replication sometimes is not resumed automatically once the backup completed successfully.

Release notes for StoreGrid v3.2

New Features in StoreGrid 3.2

Migration of v2.5.5 Server and 2.5.1 Client installations to v3.2: StoreGrid v3.2 supports all the features included in v3.0 and v3.1 (listed below) along with migration of v2.5.5 Server and v2.5.1 client installations to v3.2. StoreGrid backup server and replication server running v2.5.5 can now be upgraded to v3.2 and clients running v2.5.1 to StoreGrid v3.2.

Release notes for StoreGrid v3.1 SP2

Build Number: 3102010083121
Date: 04 September 2010

New Features in StoreGrid 3.1 SP2:

ConnectWise: http://storegrid.vembu.com/online-backup/sp-help/PageHelp/connectwise-psa-configuration.html

Autotask: http://storegrid.vembu.com/online-backup/sp-help/PageHelp/autotask-configuration.html

Enhancements in StoreGrid 3.1 SP2:

Supporting backup of My Pictures, My Music and My Videos folders as one-click backup schedule in Windows Vista and above OSes. In prior StoreGrid versions, these folders will be backed up along with My Documents folder backup schedule.
Fixed database connection related issues in StoreGrid backup server.(MySQL Server gone away, crash issues)
Enhanced the built-in CheckAndUpdate utility for recovering StoreGrid Backup Server's MySQL database from backup data alone. This utility now recovers Reseller and Customer account details as well automatically.

Minor enhancements and bug fixes in StoreGrid 3.1 SP2:

The issue where StoreGrid backup server crashes when the internal client configuration file (sgclient.txt) is corrupted is now fixed.
Fixed the issue where StoreGrid crashes sometimes when trial client cleanup process runs.
Outlook archive folders not backing up if configured to non-default location is fixed.
Fixed issues with backing up files with Unicode file name.
The issue in running retention cleanup of replicated deleted files is fixed.
Fixed the issue where Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 mailboxes were not listed when the Exchange server was migrated from lower version.
Issue in backing up Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 data if the Exchange server is upgraded from Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 is fixed.
Restored "All Public Folders" items was not accessible to all users in the Exchange Server, instead it was accessible only to profile user and this issue was fixed.
Issue in listing & backing up Microsoft Exchange Server mailboxes if Microsoft Exchange Server contains more than one default store, is fixed.
Showing different email report time due to DST changes issue is fixed.
Issue in restoring all Microsoft Exchange Server databases from locally restored data to Exchange Server is fixed.
Consolidated customer report shows 100% success rate for failed backups issue is fixed.
Several other minor fixes

Enhancements in StoreGrid 3.1 SP1:

Support for Exchange Server 2010 database level backup and restore.
Option for Enabling/Disabling SGTrash Management through StoreGrid configuration file – by default StoreGrid moves version files that have exceeded retention policy to a SGTrash folder in the storage location in the backup server. This can now be disabled (so that the files are just deleted and not moved to SGTrash) in the backup server by changing the appropriate tag in the SGConfiguration.conf file of StoreGrid.
Configure email Settings with NTLM SMTP authentication supported email servers - StoreGrid can now be configured to send email reports via Exchange Server 2003 and above versions, which support only NTLM authentication type by default.
Uniform Discount Invoice Plan can now be created with a fixed rate for the initial x GB for the first slab and then the regular per GB slabs. Fixed rate can be specified by entering 0 in the per GB field for that slab.
In the backup server web console, added links for Reseller, Customer, Client and Backup names under "Client Activity [Current]" section in Server Dashboard page.

Bug Fixes in StoreGrid 3.1 SP1:

Exchange Server 2010 mailboxes not listed in some cases.
After Client Disaster Recovery, Exchange Server backup schedule shows "No new or modified files found for backup" message.
Large latency between the completion of Exchange Server backup data dump and uploading of the dumped files to the backup server when large number of files are dumped in Exchange Server.
Outlook Express is not backed up in Windows XP SP3 when StoreGrid is installed as a service.
Outlook (pst) files in non-default location doesn’t get backed up.
Issues in backing up Unicode file/folders.
The number of established socket connections on SSL backup port 32007 increases in the backup server over a period of time.
Hidden files and folders are not displayed in the "Add Backup Schedule" page tree list in linux clients.
Reports of all the clients available in the 'Consolidated client backup status' report for customer level login in the backup server, instead of for just that customer.
Replication to S3 storage failed with errors "The specified bucket is not empty, hence cannot be removed."
Replication Server sometimes crashes when time based retention cleanup process runs.
Backup performance affected when processing deleted files/folders notification.

New Features in StoreGrid 3.1

Bare Metal Restore of Windows 2008, Windows 7 and Window Vista: StoreGrid can backup the entire image of the client machines running Windows 7, Windows 2008 & Windows Vista Business, Enterprise, and Ultimate editions. The backed up image can be restored to the same machine or to a machine with very similar hardware as the original client machine.
Backup and Restore from local drives: StoreGrid client can now backup to a local drive and also restore from it, without having to connect to a backup server.
SharePoint Server Backup: StoreGrid client can now backup the site collections of SharePoint Portal Server 2003 and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007.
Publishing StoreGrid Events as Windows Events: You can now configure StoreGrid to also generate Windows Events when StoreGrid Events are created. This will help Service Providers to monitor StoreGrid events through third party applications that can monitor Windows Events.
Customization of StoreGrid's Email notifications: The Emails generated by StoreGrid can be now customized. Service Providers can now send their own customized messages embedded in StoreGrid's Email notifications to their customers.
Reseller Level Invoicing: Invoicing is now possible at Reseller level also.
Customer Invoicing based on Uncompressed File Size and Transferred Data Size - The backup server can now be configured to invoice customers based on the uncompressed size of the data and the size of the data transferred (uploaded during backup and downloaded during restore). Prior to v3.1, customer invoicing was based only on the size of the backup data used in the backup server.
Bandwidth Throttling during Replication: The maximum bandwidth that a backup server can use while replicating to a replication server can now be throttled. The bandwidth throttling settings can be set at the replication server or at the backup server.
Enabling/Disabling Reseller Management: Reseller Management in Backup and Replication servers can now be enabled or diabled during StoreGrid fresh installation in the server. For existing StoreGrid v3.0 server installations, Reseller Management can be be disabled by changing the StoreGrid configuration file after migrating to v3.1.
Client Registration from Client Web Console: Users/Customers can now register their client machines under the appropriate customer account in the backup server from the client web console itself. The StoreGrid backup server now sends a unique Customer 'Passkey' to the Customer through email when the customer's account is created in the backup server. Using this unique passkey, users (customer) can register the client machines under that Customer account in the backup.

Enhancements in StoreGrid 3.1

Support for backing up Exchange Server cluster.
New mailboxes can now be added to an existing Exchange Server Mailbox Backup through client web console.
Connectivity check can now be run from the backup server to replication server in the backup server web console.
Additional full seed backups can now be run from the client to a locally attached drive before importing them into the backup server.
Ability to abort a live backup from the client web console.
Ability to limit the number of clients backing up under a customer account in the backup server.
Added a search capability in the backup server to search by backup/client/customer/reseller name.
Monthly Charges and Taxes can now be added to the invoice plans.
Exchange Server Backup data can now be optionally restored in the uncompressed state on the server side. This data can then be applied into the Exchange Server manually through third party application. Prior to v3.1, the restored data will be in compressed state and therefore required StoreGrid Client to apply it into the Exchange Server.
Ability to suspend, abort MSSQL Server and Exchange Mailbox backups while its dump is in progress.
The speed of the replication process performance is improved in the backup server.

Minor enhancements and bug fixes in StoreGrid 3.1

No MCALs will be used for the clients' automatic software update connection to the backup server.
Adding Microsoft SQL Server instance name from client's web console, if StoreGrid couldn't detect the MSDE/SQL Server Express Instances.
Displaying client's NAT & local IP address details in the backup server's client information web console page.
Ability to edit the invoice plans currently in use.
Issue in backing up Outlook Express filter settings issue is fixed.
Additional full backup data with file versions is supported for seed backup at backup server.
StoreGrid client exits, if the restore data location doesn't have space for restore data issue is fixed.

New Features In StoreGrid 3.0

Comprehensive Reseller based management in StoreGrid server - Master Service Providers (MSPs) who take their backup service to the customers through resellers can group the client machines and the customers under their respective Reseller accounts in the backup server. Just like a Customer account, a Reseller account can be configured and managed for backup location and space, client license units, bandwidth throttling, authentication etc..
Users can access and download their backups from anywhere - With the access to the backup server, users with Reseller, Customer or Client access to the backup server can now log into the backup server web console from any machine, run a server side restore and download the restored files from backup server.
StoreGrid Server Web Portal with Reseller/Customer/Client access - Resellers, Customers and Clients present in the backup server can now be provided access to the backup server. A Reseller logging into the backup server's web console can access all Reseller related details and all the Customers and Clients under that Reseller. Similarly a Customer can access the details of that Customer and all the Clients listed under that Customer. End user (Client) can access their backups, run restore and download the restored files, if needed through their web access to the backup server.
StoreGrid Server Replication to Amazon S3 - StoreGrid backup server can now be replicated to Amazon's S3 Cloud storage for backup data redundancy.
Clustering and Load Balancing of StoreGrid Servers (Backup/Replication Servers) - StoreGrid Backup Server installations can now be configured into a cluster. New client machines connecting to the cluster will be automatically assigned a backup server instance to which the client will then run its backups to. As the clients machines grow, new backup server instances can be dynamically added to the cluster to handle the increased load without any changes on the client side.
Web Services API to access StoreGrid - StoreGrid's internal data and functionalities can now be accessed via Web Service based APIs. These APIs can be used to integrate third party applications, like billing software or monitoring systems with StoreGrid.
Advanced Alarm based Management of StoreGrid Events - StoreGrid can now generate Alarms based on the Events it generates, for better monitoring.
3DES Encryption Support for encrypting backup data.
Automatic Disk Allocation for Clients based on Customer Storage allotted - Clients under a Customer can now share the disk space allocated to the Customer in the backup server; each client doesn't need to be allocated disk space individually.
Database Sharding to enhance scalablity of backup server - With the v4.1, each backup is stored in a separate database in the external database of the backup server, providing higher scalability and performance of the backup server.
User with Read-Only access for StoreGrid client installations - Read-Only user accounts can now be created to access the client web console. 'Read Only' users logging into the client machine can force an existing backup schedule to run or do restores. They will not be able to add new backup schedules or change existing schedules.

New Features In StoreGrid 2.5.5

Support for MySQL database (instead of SQLite) for Backup Server and Replication Server backend.

Enhancements in StoreGrid 2.5.5

Restore process optimized for bulk restore with large number of directories and files.
StoreGrid monitor script added for Linux installations to monitor the StoreGrid process.

Release Notes For StoreGrid 2.5.1 SP2

Enhancements In StoreGrid 2.5.1 SP2

Supporting incremental backups for system state backup in Windows 2008.
Added an option where the client backup status report in the backup server will show only the latest status of each backup.
Added the feature where Exchange Server user details can be specified through the client web console for Mailbox backup.
Added the feature where Microsoft SQL Server instance name can be specified through the client web console when StoreGrid is unable to automatically detect the Microsoft SQL Server instance.
Resume from where it left off after an interruption during the replication is now made more efficient.
Performance improvements when backing up files in large number for folders.

Major Bug Fixes In StoreGrid 2.5.1 SP2

High CPU utilization issue fix during retention cleanup process.
Fixed the issue where client sometimes runs a full backup to the backup server after local to remote server migration.
Fixed the issue where sometimes StoreGrid crashes when restoring files with Unicode names.
Fixed the issue in backing up Exchange Mailbox folders with display name ending with a dot(.).
Fixed the issue in displaying erroneous restore status and restore report for Exchange Server, Exchange Mailbox and SQL Server backups.
StoreGrid reports success message when it is unable to start the Exchange Server 2007 Mailbox dump process issue is fixed.
In incremental Exchange Server Mailbox backup schedules, the issue of dumping large amount of data for a selected folder, if the folder contains large number of sub-folders, is fixed.
Fixed issue in backing up a sub-folder under Exchange Server public folders when a sub-folder is chosen individually for that backup.

Minor Bug Fixes In StoreGrid 2.5.1 SP2

Invalid backup space usage issue fixed in the replication server.
Sometimes older versions not cleaned up for system state backup issue is fixed.
Directory monitoring and retention of deleted files option is now disabled for run once backup types.
Fixed issue in displaying the exact mount status [Mounted/Dismounted status] of the exchange database(s) in restore report after the completion of the exchange restore process.

Enhancements In StoreGrid 2.5.1 SP1

Performance improvement in the retention cleanup process in the backup server.
Performance improvement in incremental backup schedule when the backup set contains very large number of files.
Performance improvement in backing up empty folders during incremental backup schedules.

Major Bug Fixes In StoreGrid 2.5.1 SP1

Backup server fails to replicate backup data to the replication server due to the socket connection timed out issue fixed.
StoreGrid client takes full backup, if the client's day light saving time (DST) changes issue is fixed.
StoreGrid client crashes when backing up Exchange Server Mailbox public sub-folders.
StoreGrid gives error message when listing Exchange Server Mailbox folders, if Exchange Server runs with IPv6 option.
Re-attaching archived backup data back to the backup server through service side Local to Remote Server Migration issue is fixed.
Exchange Mailbox sub-folder items getting dumped again in incremental backup issue is fixed.
Restoring Exchange Server backup schedule from where it left off issue is fixed.
Problem in listing MySQL databases in Linux, FreeBSD OSes, if database files stored in non-default location, issue is fixed.
In the client side consolidated backup report dashboard page, success rate for latest schedule will be shown.
The alert settings webconsole page hanging in StoreGrid Professional Edition issue is fixed.
Fixed the issue in updating the SQL Server backup schedule status from active to idle state, if the backup server connection was timed out.

Minor Bug Fixes In StoreGrid 2.5.1 SP1

The client's backup schedule with VSS option fails as the StoreGrid VSS writer is not listed when taking backup. This issue is fixed.
StoreGrid backup server skips files during replication process issue is fixed.
Showing higher transfer rate for file transfer with bandwidth throttling option is enabled issue is fixed.
Listing Exchange Server MailBox folders fails with MAPI_E_INVALID_PARAMETER error in some Exchange Server system issue is fixed.
Plugin backup schedule success email report's subject line is incorrect, in some cases, issue is fixed.
In some cases, not inserting the renamed/deleted files details in the backup server database issue is fixed.
StoreGrid intermediate files not cleaned up for backup schedules configured with Directory Monitoring option enabled, issue is fixed.
StoreGrid Windows installation hangs in Windows 2008 OS, if system contains more number of disk drives issue is fixed.
Software update issue fix for 2.3.5 clients for non-English builds.
Opening webconsole with systems default web browser application in StoreGrid system tray.

New Features In StoreGrid 2.5.1

Backing up and restoring files or folders with Unicode names is now supported.

Enhancements in StoreGrid 2.5.1

Backing up multiple mailboxes with the same (display) name is now supported.
High CPU utilization and occasional internal sgserver.db database file corruption issue in backup server is fixed.

Minor changes and bug fixes in StoreGrid 2.5.1

Issue in restoring files with filenames containing specific set of characters when backup is encrypted is fixed.
Fixed the issue where sometimes replication seems to be in progress in the backup server but actually gets stuck without replicating the files.
If additional full backup is configured with monthly schedule option, the backup may be additionally scheduled on that day of the week in the next month, for example, schedule configured to run additional full backup on 4th Sunday may be scheduled on 3rd Sunday of the next month. Also, if the additional full backup was configured to schedule on particular days, around end of the month, the full backup mistakenly occurs on that day of the week in the next month's first week. Both of these issues were fixed in this build.
Client side filter delete of files doesn't work for the backups stored in client's old backup storage location [and the client's backup storage location is changed] issue is fixed.
Issue where files were not listed for restore when additional full backup is migrated into backup server through Local to Remote Migration is fixed.
Issue in showing the schedule details in client side backup schedule view page & edit backup schedule page, if monthly full backup is configured, is fixed.
Advanced filter options configuration in Internet Explorer web browser issue is fixed.

New Features In StoreGrid 2.4

Bandwidth Throttling - Limiting the maximum bandwidth a StoreGrid client can use.
Advanced Retention - Retention based on age of the version files and retention of deleted files both based on the version count as well as age of the deleted files.
Exchange Server 2007 Mailbox backup - Backing up Exchange mailbox in 64 bit Exchange server.
Windows 2008 System State Backup - Support for backing up System State in Windows 2008 machines.

Enhancements in StoreGrid 2.4

Resume Restore from where it left off - Resume restore from where it left off after an interruption.
Automatic software update of backup server from replication server.
Backup location settings at Customer level - currently the backup location can be specified at server and client levels only.
Email notifications for missed backup.
Restore performance improvements.
MSPEUs added and usage history in backup server.
Option to edit local dump location for the plugin based backups (MS SQL Server/ Exchange Server/ Exchange Mailbox).
Support for manually moving of backup data location in the backup server; user can then update the settings through the web console.
Consolidated list of all backup locations with the used space has been added in the Server Settings page in the backup server web console.
Added new email filter option to not send Emails when there is no files to replicate.
Option to allow unlimited number of attempts when a backup fails due to space, license etc for non-plugin based backups.
Option to configure time interval to reschedule a backup every 5/10/15/20/25/30 minutes, whenever an attempted backup is incomplete because of a network error, server crash etc.

Minor changes and bug fixes in StoreGrid 2.4

Keep all previous installation settings during upgrade installation.
Enhanced Advanced port configuration in a Windows installation setup to display separate dialog window.
The local dump location can now be configured while creating system state backup schedule in the client webconsole.
Moved MySQL Server database(s) backup configuration to separate screen "Backup -> Create MySQL Database Backup".
Fixed the issue in taking incremental backup of Exchange Mailbox user subfolders.
Removed backup space validation when editing client settings in replication server.
Filter delete of folder should also delete the references to the folder from the DB so that the emtpy folder doesn't get listed in restore tree.
Option to select the months of the year when you configure the full backup of plugin backups(MS SQL Server/Exchange Server/Exchange Mailbox).
Option to select days of the week when you configure the additional full backup for file and folders backup.
Upgraded Apache to v2.0.63 in the Windows Installation setup. This has fixed 'StoreGrid webserver start issue in non English OS' issue.
Upgraded PHP to 5.2.6 in the Windows, Linux and FreeBSD installation setup.
Skipped file count displayed in the server side backup progress window.
Fixed in the issue in sending the false Email report while successfully deleting the backup data using 'Backup Data only' option.
Fixed the issue in displaying the backed up files with double quotes in the 'List of backed up files' in the client side backup report.
Fixed the issue in navigating the files/folders with double quotes in the restore tree.
Enabled auto refresh of 'List Backups for Restore' page.
Fixed the logic issue in displaying the pie chart of used/available space on the Server Dashboard page.
Fixed the issue in editing the File/Folders Filter settings, if the number of filters configured for backup is large.
Fixed the issue in backing up Exchange Mailbox user folder/subfolder name with special characters like double quote("), forward slash(/), backward slash(\), question(?), colon(:), asterisk(*), lesser than(<), greater than(>), pipe(|) and empty space( ) at the end of the folder name.
Supporting Microsoft SQL Server 2008 database backup.
StoreGrid can now run with backup operator privilege to avoid access denied issue while reading files for backup.
In Windows, default filters have been added to remove System Volume Information, Windows, RECYCLER folders and pagefile.sys file for the full drive backup schedules.

New Features In StoreGrid 2.3.5

Single page all backup status report: Status report of all backup schedules will now be available in a single page in the backup server web console. The report indicates backups that have completed successfully, failed, partially completed and missed. The report can be customized through user defined filters and can be scheduled to be sent in an Email on a daily or weekly basis.
Backup Window: StoreGrid client can now be configured not to backup during certain hours of the day.
Consolidated Customer Report: A consolidated report of all backup schedules of all clients under a customer along with disk space usage details can now be automatically generated on a daily, weekly or monthly basis and sent to the customer’s Email ID.
On Demand Invoicing: Invoices can now be generated on demand for a specified billing period.
Email alerts for license expiry and disk space shortage: StoreGrid backup server can now be configured to send Email alerts for license expiry and disk space shortage. Replication server can be configured to send Email alerts for license expiry.
Windows Mail backup.

Enhancements in StoreGrid 2.3.5

The number of versions to be kept for a file can now be set to zero when Intelli-Delta backup option is disabled. The backup server will then just store the latest version of the full file. When the file changes, StoreGrid will backup the entire file and replace the existing file with this latest version.
Added a filter option to include or exclude files/folders by providing the complete name or by giving the complete path in Advanced file/folder backup filters.
Email notifications can now be sent to different Email addresses based on the status. For example, backup notification Emails can be configured to be sent to one Email address when the backups fails and to another when the backup completes successfully..
Reports of the delete notifications (when backups, clients or customers are deleted) sent from the backup server to the replication server will now be available in the backup server.
Specific calendar months can be selected while configuring additional monthly full backups.
Included details of skipped folders in the backup reports in the client as well as in the backup server.
Restoring folders/files by specifying the complete path instead of selecting from file/folder tree listing.
Displaying all client details (like client’s OS type, client’s plug-in type, client build/version number, license type etc.) in the backup server.
Incremental backup is now supported for MySQL backup in Linux. In earlier StoreGrid versions, it was supported only in Windows.
New options added in Silent Installation for:
1. Whether given Windows login credentials (for running StoreGrid as a service) should be verified or not
2. Enabling/disabling SSL port
3. Specifying the SSL backup port

Minor changes and bug fixes in StoreGrid 2.3.5

Replication progress window will now show activity as the backup server is gathering files for replication or when it is replication directories. As the backup server is gathering the files, the total file/folder count will increases. As the directories are replicated, the number of directories replicated so far will be displayed in the progress window.
Updated the restore progress window to show the number of files listed for restore when StoreGrid is initiating the restore process.
Fixed the issue where editing a backup with files/folders containing special characters (like &, ‘, “ etc) failed.
Fixed the issue where the backup report would show status as partially completed but 100% backed up when a few files were skipped in a large backup set.
Software update will now be enabled by default. In 2.3, it was disabled by default and have to enabled manually after installation.
Fixed client side software update reports.
If a peer is added using the IP address in the Add/Delete peer page, the IP will be added as entered. In earlier versions, StoreGrid does a DNS lookup on the IP and adds the peer with the lookup name and not the IP address.
StoreGrid sometimes exiting or hanging when mailbox is corrupted are fixed.
Cleaning up the dump location when StoreGrid is aborted during mailbox backup.
Limiting the number of attempts to reschedule the backup when mailbox backup fails.
Fixed the backup progress window to correctly update the status during mailbox backup.
Fixed the issues with installing StoreGrid builds in 64 bit Ubuntu machines.
Removed the MSPEUs shortage alert from the server dashboard in the replication server since MSPEUs are not relevant to replication server.
Enabled auto refresh of ‘List of Backup Schedules’ page.
Fixed the issue where ‘Keep Alive’ packets were not sent over SSL connection.
Enabled auto refresh in server dash board page.
Fixed automatic reconnection failure issue when the client is sending keep-alive messages to the backup server.
Fixed the issue where the data location path goes in a loop when configuring backup of ‘Document settings’ in Windows Vista.
Fixed the issue where replication sometimes doesn’t start.
StoreGrid will now automatically recover the backup configuration (.sbc) file in the backup server if the file is corrupted.
Listing files and folders in ascending order in Restore Page.

Issues fixed in StoreGrid v2.3 SP1 (Build No. - 2302008040515)

Backup server license gets disabled when StoreGrid gets bound under multiple IP addresses when the backup server has multiple NIC cards.
StoreGrid skipping open files even when Volume Shadow Copy is enabled.
StoreGrid skips Outlook .pst files even when VSS is enabled.
StoreGrid stoping while backing up NTFS permissions of folders/files for which StoreGrid doesn't have read permission.
StoreGrid skipping files with long file names.
High CPU usage in the backup server while starting a replication schedule.
Files shown as skipped in the replication reports while replicating "Deleted File" notifications, though the notifications are actually replicated.
Backup server not showing the added MSPEUs though it reports that the license was applied successfully for partners who had their backup server migrated from 2.1 to 2.2
Server side backup email report shows "Failure" in subject while the email content shows "Success".
Error while creating a new Fixed Slab invoice plan.
Web console not displaying the build details in "About Us" link in server-only installations.

New Features In StoreGrid 2.3

Mailbox/Folder Level Exchange Backup and Restore in 32 bit environment.

PLEASE NOTE: StoreGrid can backup only up to Group level in 2007 Exchange Server (64 bit) machines. StoreGrid doesn't support backing up Mailboxes in 2007 Exchange Sever (64 bit). Click here for more details
All Databases Backup of MS SQL Server.
Automatic StoreGrid update from backup server.
SSL connectivity between client, backup server and replication server.
NTFS File Permissions Backup.
Importing backup data from backup server to replication server.
Authentication of Backup Server with Replication Server.
Customer level disk space allocation in the backup server.
Advanced filters for selecting files/folders to backup.
Same Machine Backup: Backing up to local/external drives in Client Only installation. This feature is only for Local to Remote Server Migration purposes. You cannot restore from Same Machine Backup data.
Testing SMTP server settings and connectivity.
Testing backup server connectivity from client.
Deletion of Primary Server data in replication server.
Moving backup data when changing the client backup location in the backup server.
Skipped file(s) report in backup server.

Enhancements in StoreGrid 2.3

Significant backup performance enhancement especially for large number of small files.
Significant Replication performance optimizations.
Reestablishing client connection automatically after network interruption.
Optimized Event Sharing protocol.
Upgraded the SQLite version to 3.5.4 to reduce chances of database corruption.
Web console user interface enhancements.
Prorating invoices for partial billing periods.
In-built Mapped Network Drive Support for client backups.
Aborting backup and restore processes from client and backup server.
Versioning of backup data with Intelli-Delta disabled.
Limiting the number of client rescheduling attempts to connect to backup server in case of backup failure.
Multiple simultaneous restores at the client.
Limiting the number of client attempts to delete backup data in backup server.
Propagating backup delete operations from backup server to replication server.
Cleaning up idle sessions in the backup server.
Precompiled installation binaries for Linux and Mac.
Resuming replication from where it left off, even within a file.
Rebuilding sgbackup.db file from backup data.

Bugs fixed In StoreGrid 2.2.5

Have made enhancements to significantly improve the performance of the backup process. Performance improvement could be up to 60%, especially when backing up large number of small files.
Made enhancements to reduce backup server CPU usage during simultaneous replication of multiple backups.
Added a Vembu logo in the email reports. For branded builds, the partner logo will appear.
Application level Keep Alive is now enabled by default to prevent early closure of the network connection between the StoreGrid client and the backup server.
Fixed the client authorization issues in the client and the server. If the client is not present in the backup server and 'Auto Authorization' is not enabled, then the Authorization page will now show the right error messages. Also, once authorized, the user will be automatically redirected to the login page.
Fixed an issue related to not sending email reports when a few files are skipped during backup.
In the SP edition, the feature that automatically applies the StoreGrid server licenses to other StoreGrid servers in the same network has been disabled.
Fixed the issue where a client connecting with a new IP address would get rejected if its previous connection from a different IP could not be cleaned up in the backup server. With this release, the previous connection will be cleanup forcefully and the new connection would be established.
Now you can update the encryption key to the old value after Client Disaster Recovery
Fixed the issue with updating the used space in the client side backup report when there are large number of backups scheduled. Also fixed an issue in updating the disk space usage in the server side reports after deletion of a full backup.
Improved error recovery in Volume Shadow Copy enabled backups
Disabled the harmless 'Error:0' message from the tray.
Added an alert in the Edit Backup Server List of Edit Backup Schedule page to indicate that changing the backup server will create fresh backups on the new server and that user should rather do a Local to Remote migration.
Fixed the reports for backup schedules in partially completed status.
Added an UI alert indicating that changing backup location on the server will change only for subsequent backups.
Added an UI alert indicating that space allocation may have to be done both at the server and the client levels.
Added an alert message for Suspend/Resume backup action.
Fixed the issue in the UI related to editing a customer with 'Auto MSPEU' allocation setting.

Bugs fixed In StoreGrid 2.2.1
(over v2.2, please scroll down to see a list of new features in v2.2)

Fixed the issue of StoreGrid client exiting while listing files with wide characters.
Fixed the issue of StoreGrid displaying invalid file size while backing up files greater than 4 GB when Volume Shadow Copy is enabled.
Fixed the bug in StoreGrid client reset password when the backup server system name and the backup server name in the client are different.
Fixed the issue of Replication failure if the Trial Customer's auto-authorization is configured as "Denied".
Email SMTP server configurations related to SMTP authorization are now properly rendered in the StoreGrid WebConsole. The user name and password fields are still not rendered for security purposes.
Fixed the issue in receiving email reports when SMTP server adds more headers to the email sent by StoreGrid.
Fixed the security issue with the way StoreGrid was handling the backup encryption password.
New configuration option to allow backup database in the StoreGrid server to be stored in a separate hard disk other than the client backup location. This is useful to improve StoreGrid server performance including the StoreGrid server Webconsole performance.
More customization of server dashboard features (including setting dashboard refresh times) added.
Other minor bug fixes and performance tweaks.

New Features In StoreGrid 2.2

StoreGrid Server

Improved organization of the clients backing up to the server.
SP Edition only: Server Side management of all licenses (MSPEU based licensing).
Revamped 'Local To Remote Server Migration'; now additional full backups can also be done locally and migrated to the remote backup server.
Revamped replication management, flexible replication scheduling, CPU usage control and lots more.
Replication progress support in both the Backup Server and the Replication Server
Primary Server Disaster Recovery from Replication Server using StoreGrid webconsole.
SP Edition only: Invoice Generation based on Invoice Plans. You can assign the same plan across Customers.
Server Activities Dashboard (Current Active Clients Monitoring, Last 5 Successful/Failed Backups, Disk Space Monitoring, License Monitoring, etc.,)
SP Edition only: Trial Client Settings (Evaluation Period/De-Activation Period/Automatic Cleanup of De-Activated Client, etc.,).
Individual Client/Backup De-activation.
Local to Remote Server Data Migration (First backup taken locally,thereafter incremental backups done online)
Easy license management: Licenses can be centrally managed in one backup server, clients don't have to be applied licenses individually.

StoreGrid Client

Advanced Plugins for Exchange using ESE APIs.
Advanced Plugins for MS SQL Server using VDI APIs.
Volume Shadow Copy support for Windows XP, Windows 2003 Servers systems.
In StoreGrid Service Provider Edition, there is no need to apply license keys in the client.
MySQL Plugin for windows
Restore progress window enhanced to show file based restore progress
Revamped Client Dashboard.

General

Secure(https) WebConsole.
Support for 64-bit Windows Operating Systems.