====== v9.1.0.0 Release Notes (25-Jan-2022) ======
** 1. In this release, all Log4j binaries has been removed. Refer to [[public:announcement:cve-2021-44228_log4j|Ahsay Advisory - Log4j vulnerability (CVE-2021-44228)]] for more information. **
==== Limitation / Known Issue of This Version ====
=== Deployment / Upgrade ===
*For multi-domain SSL certificates added to CBS before v7.17.0.30, users are required to re-add the SSL certificates to CBS v7.17.0.30 or above, before the certificates can be used on sub-admins accounts.
==== Note ====
*1. Besides the availability of re-branding option, the license key must have valid maintenance in order to build any v9 branded AhsayCBS/OBM/ACB installer.
*2. If you've customized cbs.css in the previous version, please manually redo the CSS customization upon upgraded to this latest version.
This release contains the major features listed below:
===== Enhancement =====
==== AhsayCBS ====
=== Application specific Backup - Office365 ===
* Change Office365 "Term Store Admin" related log message from hide to warn (ref: ELB-667-16980, QHR-979-69511, T-28405)
* Support Restore Deleted Public Folders in ECP to original or alternate organization (ref: T-22827)
* Provide informative error message in restore log when user is deleted or not existing in Office365 (ref: T-22828)
* Enhance warning message when attempt to restore Personal Sites with "Allow custom scripts" disabled (ref: T-23593)
* Option to exclude unlicensed Office365 accounts when creating backup sets using the default menu page (ref: OZI-560-57703, PPO-204-41502, SQH-974-42474, T-25934)
* Support to list and backup files in same directory when large file with more than 1 version exists (ref: T-26027)
* Fix to restore file under OneDrive when OneDrive folder is selected in Office365 backup set (ref: T-32363)
=== Backup Destination ===
* Support of OpenStack Wallaby (ref: T-30758)
* Accept bucket name with dot (".") in AWS S3 destination (ref: T-31700)
* Added new Aliyun Region - oss-cn-wulanchabu (ref: T-27745)
* Added new Aliyun Region - oss-cn-guangzhou(ref: T-29529)
* Added new Wasabi Region - US Central 1 (Texas)(ref: T-29060)
* Added new Wasabi EU West 1 (London), AP Northeast 1 (Tokyo), AP Northeast 2 (Osaka) (ref: BDG-857-47346, T-32745)
=== Customization ===
* Enhancement - Remove Google+ from Social Media Link (ref: T-32517)
=== General / Miscellaneous ===
* Removal of Log4j dependencies (ref: T-33227, [[public:announcement:cve-2021-44228_log4j|Ahsay Advisory to Log4j vulnerability (CVE-2021-44228)]])
* Enhanced handling to Shrink Data block files (ref: AHK-239-77269, BXK-760-99444, EHQ-112-58844, LKO-413-79371, VTB-189-46125, YYP-886-83124, T-31408)
* Enhanced Index handling Logic for Backup (ref: T-25664)
* Enhanced Error handling for Backup (ref: T-29834)
* Enhanced Retry Logic for Backup (ref: T-25774)
* Enhanced Performance - Space Freeing up (ref: T-30795)
* Support of Delta File Streaming to Destination (ref: T-29973)
* Increased the size of Data Block File from 32MB to 64MB (ref: T-31192)
* Add display of Meter License usage in AhsayCBS Administrator Console (ref: T-31631)
==== AhsayOBM / AhsayACB / AhsayMobile ====
=== Key Enhancements ===
* In-File Delta v3 - Restore Performance Tuning (ref: T-29507)
* File Listing Performance Tuning (ref: T-29553)
* Support of Backup Data Deduplication (ref: T-30679)
=== Application specific Backup - Cloud File ===
* Support files with duplicated name on Google Drive & Google Cloud Storage (ref: T-24981, T-25874)
=== Application specific Backup - MS Exchange (Mail-Level) ===
* Support Restore Deleted Public Folders in ECP to original or alternate organization (ref: T-22827)
* Update to show accurate item info in the overwrite prompt when restoring Exchange 2016 Mail items (ref: T-19447)
=== Application specific Backup - Microsoft SQL ===
* Enhanced Differential Backup for VSS Mode (ref: T-31135)
* Enhanced Restore from Backup for VSS Mode (ref: T-31136)
=== Application specific Backup - Hyper-V ===
* Hyper-V Application Aware Backup (ref: T-30253)
* Hyper-V Backup Logic Revamp (ref: T-30088)
* Hyper-V Backup File Size Reduction
* Hyper-V Run-Direct Performance Tuning (ref: T-30582)
* Enhance VSS Backup and Restore for Hyper-V 2016 (ref: T-28997)
=== Application specific Backup - Office365 ===
* Change Office365 "Term Store Admin" related log message from hide to warn (ref: ELB-667-16980, QHR-979-69511, T-28405)
* Support Restore Deleted Public Folders in ECP to original or alternate organization (ref: T-22827)
* Provide informative error message in restore log when user is deleted or not existing in Office365 (ref: T-22828)
* Enhance warning message when attempt to restore Personal Sites with "Allow custom scripts" disabled (ref: T-23593)
* Support to list and backup files in same directory when large file with more than 1 version exists (ref: T-26027)
* Fix to restore file under OneDrive when OneDrive folder is selected in Office365 backup set (ref: T-32363)
* Option to exclude unlicensed Office365 accounts when creating backup sets using the default menu page (ref: T-27421)
* Update to show accurate item info in the overwrite prompt when restoring Office365 Mail items (ref: T-19447)
=== Application specific Backup - VMWare ===
* VMWare Application Aware Backup (ref: T-32281)
* VMWare Backup File Size Reduction (ref: T-29741)
* VMWare Backup & Restore Performance Tuning (ref: T-30113)
* VMWare VDDK v7.0.2 update (ref: T-30903)
* Remove support of non-VDDK backup (ref: T-31480)
=== File Backup ===
* Enhanced handling of move/update permission for File backup (ref: T-32373)
=== Backup Destination ===
* Support of OpenStack Wallaby (ref: T-30758)
* Accept bucket name with dot (".") in AWS S3 destination (ref: T-31700)
* Added new Aliyun Region - oss-cn-wulanchabu (ref: T-27745)
* Added new Aliyun Region - oss-cn-guangzhou(ref: T-29529)
* Added new Wasabi Region - US Central 1 (Texas)(ref: T-29060)
* Added new Wasabi EU West 1 (London), AP Northeast 1 (Tokyo), AP Northeast 2 (Osaka) (ref: BDG-857-47346, T-32745)
=== Restore / Decrypt ===
* Added "Make a copy" option for File Backupsets for overwrite file(s) in Restore (ref: T-31794)
* Enhanced Error handling for Restore (ref: T-29664)
* Enhanced Retry Logic for Restore (ref: T-31792)
* Enhanced File Listing Logic for Restore (ref: T-32368)
* Enhanced handling backupset shows backup date out of the retention period on the Restore Screen and no data can be restored from the date (ref: IMI-780-22053, KLO-837-45913, OUJ-189-23033, UED-258-37258, T-15668)
* Performance Tuning for Merging Delta Files (ref: T-27123)
* Support Backup source path contains "." or ".." in Windows Environment (ref: T-30588)
=== General / Miscellaneous ===
* Removal of Log4j dependencies (ref: T-33227, [[public:announcement:cve-2021-44228_log4j|Ahsay Advisory to Log4j vulnerability (CVE-2021-44228)]])
* Enhanced handling to Shrink Data block files (ref: AHK-239-77269, BXK-760-99444, EHQ-112-58844, LKO-413-79371, VTB-189-46125, YYP-886-83124, T-31408)
* Enhanced Index handling Logic for Backup (ref: T-25664)
* Enhanced Error handling for Backup (ref: T-29834)
* Enhanced Retry Logic for Backup (ref: T-25774)
* Enhanced Performance - Space Freeing up (ref: T-30795)
* Support of Delta File Streaming to Destination (ref: T-29973)
* Allow Data Integrity Check and Retention Policy to run even Backupset Data Migration (v6) is not completed yet (ref: T-32288)
* Increase size of Block file from 32MB to 64MB (ref: T-31192)
* Support Login with 2FA for LinuxCLI & FreeBSD OBM (CLI) (ref: CGT-434-10972, T-30300)
=== Reporting ===
* Added option to compress client Backup Log files (ref: QVY-730-98117, RJY-493-34942, XGF-688-59682, T-19770)
=== Synology / QNAP OBM ===
* Updated Digital Signature for QNAP OBM Installer (ref: T-24969)
* Synology OBM support longer top level domain name for AhsayCBS (ref: LSV-872-73268, T-32516)
=== User Experiences ===
* Reorder the Country List in 2FA setup wizard (ref: XNI-311-98697, T-29411)
* Follow setup in Quick Start Wizard to save single destination config when destination pool was added to Destination Visible to Users (ref: T-32729)
===== Bug Fix =====
=== Backup Destination ===
=== File Backup ===
* OBC - File backup gets error "[ERROR] Invalid Volume "%": \ (volume shadow copy is assumed)" when Google Drive application is running. (ref: IVQ-340-49247, T-32657)
* OBC - Application crashes when running file backup (Problematic frame: # C [KERNELBASE.dll+0x34f99]) (ref: AKL-868-35181, AVK-929-45953, T-32265)
* OBC - File backup gets error "[MigrateV6Index.downloadV6Index] Failed to download v6 index" (ref: DOY-941-36496, T-32494)
=== Application specific Backup - Cloud File ===
* OBC - Correct "Can Edit" to "Can View" File Status after restored files from OneDrive for Business to Original location (ref: T-31222)
* CBS, OBC - When backup Files and folder with '\' in the filename, "Failed to getInputStream of file" error is hit (ref: T-30105)
* CBS, OBC - When backing up files/folders with special characters in Google Cloud Storage backup set, RuntimeException error is returned (ref: T-24643)
* CBS, OBC - Failed to backup special characters for MS Azure Cloud File backup set with InputStream error (ref: T-26264)
=== Application specific Backup - MS Exchange (Mail-Level) ===
* OBM - Unable to backup the folder permission for Exchange 2016 Mail level backup set (ref: T-19296)
* OBM - Outdated sub-index files retained in backup destination (ref: PCG-655-64690, T-32557)
=== Application specific Backup - Office365 ===
* CBS, OBC - Office365 Run on Server backup gets error "[SharePointManager.listDirectFromCloud] Failed to create a new folder iterator." (ref: MZZ-848-45727, PQF-649-62177, T-32410)
* CBS, OBC - Office365 SharePoint "Data Syncronization Check" backup stuck after running for 1.5 hours (ref: TWZ-844-15239, T-32492)
* CBS, OBC - When performing Office365 restore using first backup job, Delta of second backup job is also downloaded (ref: T-29165)
* CBS, OBC - Incorrect Statistics warning appears when the user runs a DIC job for Office365 backup set (ref: T-29225)
* CBS, OBC - Additional mail uploaded when user select only one mail (ref: T-29403)
* CBS, OBC - Multiple warning log "423 Locked", "404 Not Found" during restore for document library with Require Check Out setting (ref: T-29609)
* CBS, OBC - When selected Site Collections or Public Folders shortcut with their nodes deselected, child items are always selected (ref: T-24073)
* CBS, OBM - Failed to list/backup Office365 mail items under folder with Unicode 005C \ in name (ref: T-16250)
* CBS, OBM - After directory deleted in backup job, restore explorer still show the deleted directory as an empty folder (ref: T-27607)
=== Reporting / Email report ===
* CBS - In-File Delta Module disabled warning message is not shown in French Backup Report (ref: DPP-628-13140, T-32472)
* CBS - Progress of New, update, delete files are logged only in client logs but not to PDF report (ref: VMT-626-70297, T-28848)
=== Replication ===
* When replicating 1GB file to OpenStack, "Exception=java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: Java heap space" replication error is returned (ref: T-25554)
Product Abbrieviation:
* AhsayACB - ACB \\
* AhsayOBM - OBM \\
* AhsayCBS - CBS \\
* AhsayACB & AhsayOBM - OBC \\
* (AhsayMobile) Mobile Backup Server - MBS