SQL Backup 8.0 has been released

david connelldavid connell Posts: 172 Silver 1
edited November 1, 2019 10:21AM in SQL Backup
We're pleased to announce that SQL Backup 8 has been released. This is a major release and includes new features to make it easy to verify your backups.

http://www.red-gate.com/products/dba/sql-backup/

Improvements:
  • Support for SQL Server 2016
  • Improved support for AlwaysOn Availability Groups
    • Added backup options CHECK_PREFERRED_AG_REPLICA/SECONDARY_REPLICA_COPY_ONLY
    • Added file location tags<CLUSTER>,<AVAILABILITYGROUP>
    • Added support for Availability Group backup preference
    • Added support to apply COPY_ONLY when doing FULL backup on secondary replica
    • Added awareness of limitations of backup capabilities on secondary replicas
    • no longer require registry configuration to SkipChecks
  • Support for Email Encryption in server options
  • Improved support for removable storage media
  • Support for multiple DATETIME tags
  • Support for .NET4 & .NET 3.5

Other Enhancements
  • GUI Rebuilt with newer shared components
  • GUI New window appearance
  • GUI New product logo
  • GUI New product switcher - accessible from the product logo top-left
  • GUI Support for .NET4 & .NET 2
  • GUI Added Logging menu to Help menu
  • OLR Basic support for SQL Server 2008-2016
  • OLR Logging menu

Fixes
  • SB-5543: Full support for SQL Backup restoring from solid state storage devices
  • SB-5619: Engine installer sets the correct permissions for Windows 2012, if the startup account is not a sysadmin
  • SB-5670: CHECKSUM is being set when using fully required on 2016
  • SB-5673: using CHECKSUM and CONTINUE_AFTER_ERROR returns a warning on SQL 2016
  • SB-5685: Improve restore process
  • SB-5689: Restore from backup history works when transaction logs are needed
  • SB-5690: Support higher BUFFERCOUNT to reduce elapsed time to complete backup
  • SB-5692: Passwords stored in scheduled backup jobs are obfuscated not encrypted
  • SB-5694: SQL Backup installer works on .NET 2 & .NET 4 frameworks
  • SB-5697: Improved support for encrypt connections to SQL Server
  • SB-5700: Improved support for restoring transaction log files where the STOPAT value matches the time the transaction log backup was started
  • SB-5701: Paths can now support UNC, VolumeIds etc
  • SB-5702: Improved support for restoring on Advanced Format hard disks where the sector/byte is NOT 512 bytes
  • SB-5703: Reports back locking app for SQL Compact data file, when the error 'Get exclusive local data store access failed' is raised.
  • SB-5719: Can now enter passwords on touch screen devices
  • SB-5723: Services' ImagePath value is now enclosed in double-quotes
  • SB-5718: Timeout error reading sysdatabases now caught by SQL Backup
  • SB-5724: Run GUI in preference under .NET 4 over .NET 2
  • SB-5728: Relax permissions check in Restore Wizard
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