SQL Safe Backup Releases

Released: Feb 16, 2024

Updates in v9.2.2

Features

  • Restore
    • You can now prioritize restore operations.

Fixes

  • Availability Group
    • You can now change the Database Owner for restored databases in Availability Groups.
  • Instance
    • Instances are now listed in alphabetical order.
    • You can now register instances with the same name in different domains.
  • Policy
    • The selected options in the wizard are now retained when you click back on the wizard.
  • Restore
    • The restore file list now provides support for Cloud Storage.
  • SQL Safe Agent
    • The panel Upgrade...

Released: Oct 20, 2023

Updates in v9.2.1

Features

  • Instances
    • Registered instances are now stored centrally for all users.
  • SQL Safe Agent
    • When upgrading the SQL Safe Agents you can now also install the Extended Store Procedure.
  • SQL Safe Backup Operations
    • Users can now perform SQL Safe Backup operations on online and offline databases. Offline databases are shown as 'Skipped' in the Status column of the Operation History panel.

Fixes

  • Availability Group
    • Full (copy-only) backups are running normally on secondary replicas when the backup...

Released: Jul 11, 2023

Updates in v9.2

Features

  • Amazon S3
    • The 'On-Premise' storage option is now available when performing backup operations.
  • Instances
    • Users can now move their registered instances from the 'User Preferences' to the 'SQL Safe Repository'.
  • Policies
    • Users can now import/export their policies.

Fixes

  • Amazon S3 Cloud
    • Restore operations are performed successfully on Amazon Cloud Storage.
  • Availability Group
    • The License Key Manager and Repository and Management Service Settings are now identifying and displaying properly the...

Released: Jul 16, 2022

Updates in v9.1

Features

  • Microsoft Azure
    • Added new Authentication Methods: Key and SAS (Shared Access Signature Service URL).
  • Backup in Desktop Console
    • Users can now run Pre/Post-Backup Commands.
  • Upgrade
    • Added a new wizard to upgrade SQL Safe Agents.

Fixes

  • Amazon S3 Cloud
    • Restores of backup files with FILESTREAM files are working properly now.
    • Users can now rename the bucket properly.
  • Availability Group
    • Full and Differential backups are working properly on Availability Groups.
  • Azure Cloud
    • Backup operations to...

Released: Jun 9, 2022

Updates in v9.0

Features

  • Added new User Interface features including:
    • UI Scaling - Support for 4K monitors and scaled fonts.
    • A new dark mode theme.

Released: Nov 14, 2020

Updates in v8.7.x

v8.7.2

Updated Apr 19, 2022

Features

  • Amazon S3 Cloud
    • The StorageClass parameter is now available when backing up to Amazon S3 Cloud (AWS S3).
  • SQL Safe Repository
    • Users can now record the cluster details in the SQL Safe Repository.

Fixes

  • Azure Cloud
    • Backup and Restore operations are allowed on Azure File storage and Azure Blob storage.
  • Backup / Restore
    • Backup and Restore operations of a database from an Untrusted Domain server are successful.
    • Backup and Restore operations are allowed from...

Released: Dec 17, 2019

Updates in v8.6.x

v8.6.1

Updated Mar 26, 2020

Features

  • Added compression support for transparent data encryption (TDE) backups.
  • Support for change data capture (CDC) on restore.

Fixes

  • Minor enhancements and bug fixes.

v8.6.0

Updated Dec 17, 2019

Features

  • Redesigned cloud backups and restores
    • With improved manageability, resiliency, and scalability.
    • For Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3) and Azure Blob Storage.
  • Support for Microsoft Windows Server 2019.

Fixes

  • Minor enhancements and bug fixes.

Released: Aug 2, 2019

Updates in v8.5.2

Features

  • Updated web console - Added advanced settings when registering new agents.
  • Updated desktop console - Added native backup format support.
  • Improved user experience for transaction log backup operations.

Released: Oct 2, 2018

Updates in v8.5.1

Features

  • Support for government cloud storage for Amazon S3 and Microsoft Azure Blob Storage.
  • Write striped backup files to TSM servers from desktop console (in addition to web console).
  • Support for SQL Server 2017 on Windows.
  • Support for Transport Layer Security (TLS) 1.2.
  • Improved web console.
  • Performance improvements and bug fixes.

Released: Mar 16, 2017

Updates in v8.4

Features

  • Added complete SQL Virtual Database functionality.
  • Added support for SQL Server’s native backup format.

Fixes

  • Fixed bugs to improve quality and stability.