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Difference between 7.2 and 7.7

cmpadakicmpadaki Posts: 2
edited April 28, 2015 9:51PM in SQL Backup Previous Versions
What are the major difference in features between SQL Backup 7.2 and 7.7? Also do both the versions support Windows 2012 and SQL Server 2012?

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Chandrika
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    peteypetey Posts: 2,358 New member
    From the release notes:

    7.3
    • Upload a copy of backups to a SQL Backup Pro Hosted Storage account with the backup wizards or using the COPYTO_HOSTED keyword.
    • Track the progress of uploading backups to hosted storage from the In Progress tab and cancel the upload if required.
    • View results of copying backups to hosted storage or a network location from the Activity History and Backup Properties.
    • Manage off-site backups from the SQL Backup Pro Hosted Storage website.

    7.4
    • When backing up or restoring, you can use WITH ERASEFILES_PRIMARY and ERASEFILES_SECONDARY to manage existing backup files.
    • When restoring transaction log backups, you can use WITH DELAY to specify a minimum age for backups.

    7.5
    • When backing up, you can use the USEQUEUEDCOPY keyword to place backup files in the transaction log copy queue providing additional retries.
    • Allow reading of password from a text file, as an alternative to storing it in a SQL Server Agent Job.
    • Improved upload performance for backups to Hosted Storage

    7.6
    • This release addresses a security vulnerability identified in SQL Backup 7.4 and 7.5.

    7.7
    • Support for backing up and restoring SQL Server 2014 databases
    • SQL Backup UI and the SQBHostedStorageClient.exe now run on .NET 4 only platforms
    Peter Yeoh
    SQL Backup Consultant Developer
    Associate, Yohz Software
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