AhsayCBS (DIY) v9.9.0 Release Notes (16-Apr-2024)

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

  • 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.

This release contains the major features listed below:

Enhancements

Key Features

  • Support for Dropbox for Business (ref: T-22989)
  • Online File Restorer (ref: T-22039)

API

  • Add ListRestoreDrills.do API for Restore Drill (ref: T-38006)

Administrative Management

  • Add Custom Option to change the time for sending the Administrator's Consolidated Report (ref: T-16752)
  • Change Ownership feature for backup users among System Admin/Sub-Admins (ref: T-18048)
  • Support "SSL.com" SSL Certificate (ref: T-37799)
  • Support reload certificate without update connector when update certifcate (ref: T-38242)
  • Allow Input/Update Passwords for Backupsets (ref: T-38299)

Backup Destinations

  • Support configure Backblaze destination without selecting "All" in "Allow access to buckets" (ref: T-37682)

Customization

  • Custom Option to build Backup Client Installer for specific OS Platform (ref: T-17939)
  • Enhanced customization settings for QNAP OBM Installer (ref: T-38278)

General / Miscellaneous

  • Update download link for AhsayMobile in AhsayCBS > Download (ref: T-29722)
  • Support non-English Online Help (ref: T-29824)
  • Enhanced listing performance for Backup / Restore Summary Logs (ref: T-31971)
  • Reduced size of logs.db in AhsayCBS system folder (ref: T-36548)
  • Reduce duplicated "Userhome unavailable" system log in AhsayCBS (ref: T-37182)
  • Generate User Change Log for Recycle Bin settings change (ref: T-37302)
  • Add Duration column in AhsayCBS > Monitoring - Backup / Restore Logs (ref: T-38177)
  • Generate User Change Log for Deduplication settings change (ref: T-38234)
  • Add logging for Restore Error in AhsayCBS Monitoring - Backup / Restore Logs > Activities Log (ref: T-38255)
  • Set run retention as enabled when retention policy is enabled for the backupset (ref: T-38572)

Application Specific Backup/Restore - Microsoft365

  • Support Backup for Microsoft 365 History version files (ref: T-37542)
  • Remove MS Teams Protected API request form (ref: T-37949)
  • Optimize Restore UI Listing for Larger Index (~200GB) (ref: T-38385)
  • Add option to restore original file only from latest snapshot for M365 Backup (ref: T-38474)
  • Handle for Retirement of RBAC Application Impersonation (ref: T-38927, Microsoft Tech Community)

Windows System/System State/Bare-Metal Backup

  • Add Restore Wizard for Linux Bare Metal Restore in Download Page (ref: T-38072)

System Maintenance

  • Remove 'net-tools' requirement for AhsayCBS (ref: T-38721)

Reports

  • Add Recycle Bin settings in Backup Report > Backup Set Settings > Others (ref: T-37303)

Security

  • Enhanced Security for 2FA implementation (ref: T-37407)
  • Security Patchset Q1/2024 (ref: T-38324, 38861, 39090)

Users Experience

  • Automatically create a folder if it does not exist in Temporary Directory path for Restore Drill (ref: T-38225)

Bug Fixes

API

  • GetBackupJobReportSummary.do returns incorrect value for NumOfErrorEntries (ref: T-38607)

Backup Destinations

  • Restore drill for Backupset is stuck in Pending status for 6 days (ref: T-38495)

Customization

  • Build option appeared in Custom CBS Installer even disabled branding feature (ref: T-37897)

General / Miscellaneous

  • System Error is displayed after auto update "The process cannot access the file because another process has locked a portion of the file" (ref: T-35495)
  • Unable to delete multiple Backup users at once (ref: T-37770)
  • Completed Backup job is still running in Backupset tab (ref: T-38184)
  • Backup Error Log message are not in wrap within the box in Activities log (ref: T-38228)
  • OBR triggers client host limit exceeded error (ref: T-38463)
  • Deduplication block size was adjusted to 128k-512k after upgrading to 9.7.2.22 (ref: T-38489)
  • License page gets error "Parameter OnetimePasscode is null/empty" when pressing [Update] with 2FA enabled SysUser (ref: T-38890)
  • License check flip flop between HTTP and HTTPS ports causing license error (ref: T-38921)
  • Meter License cannot update, getting "License key incorrect. Please try again." error due to incorrect Backupset in users.xml (ref: T-39062)
  • 2FA asking to be registered again on the clients after upgrade (ref: T-38419)

CloudFile & File Backup/Restore

  • CloudFile Backup from OneDrive getting null error after account authentication (ref: T-39035)

Application Specific Backup/Restore - Microsoft365

  • Restore gets multiple incomplete zip files (ref: T-38075)
  • M365 Outlook and OneDrive Backup encounters "Fail to reload", "503 Service Unavailable" and "Read timed out" (ref: T-38589)
  • Files missing in Restore UI (ref: T-38608)
  • M365 Restore getting "No Backup jobs are found" error (ref: T-38953)
  • Restore Filter for keyword and date not working (ref: T-39131)
  • M365 Backup Stuck at retrying Backup items (ref: T-39069)

Reports

  • Failed to send email reports due to error "Can't send command to SMTP host... Connection closed by remote host" (ref: T-26078)
  • Quota report does not send when both shared and user quota is set, only exceeded user quota limit (ref: T-38222)
  • Restore through OBR generates a blank Restore report (ref: T-8462)
  • Backup report not generated due to client log still uploading but Backup job marked as ended when running send Backup report routine job (ref: T-38693)

Replication

  • Replication started over after restarting CBS with data reuploaded to S3 (ref: T-38457)
  • Configuration and system files not being replicated (ref: T-39009)

Systems Maintenance

  • Restore drill job temp disk full due to not cleans up after report generation (ref: T-37826)
  • ACB - Failed to start AhsayACB service after installation (ref: T-38550)
  • AhsayCBS gets "Java heap space" error and became inaccessible (ref: T-39333)

Product Abbreviations:

  • AhsayACB - ACB
  • AhsayOBM - OBM
  • AhsayOBR - OBR
  • AhsayCBS - CBS
  • AhsayACB & AhsayOBM - OBC
  • AhsayMobile - MOB
  • Mobile Backup Server (AhsayMobile) - MBS
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