v5.7.0.0 Release Notes (20-Sep-2023)

This release contains the major features listed below:

Enhancements
Backup Destination
  • CBP, CBL - Enhanced exception handling for Backblaze Destination (ref: T-25218)
  • CBP, CBL - Support for ListObjectsV2 API for S3 Destination (ref: T-36616)
  • CBP, CBL - Support Immutable Storage mode (WORM) on S3 Destination (ref: T-37029)
  • CBP, CBL - Support adding existing Azure container as destination (ref: T-37368)
Application Specific Backup/Restore - Microsoft365
  • CBP, CBL - Add Search function in Restore UI for M365 Backupsets (ref: T-36767)
  • CBP, CBL - Merge all Sub-Index Files into One Single index (ref: T-35885)
  • CBP, CBL - Restore Performance Tuning for Document versioning (ref: T-36275)
  • CBP, CBL - Backup Performance Tuning for Sharepoint Sites & Mails (ref: T-36573)
  • CBP, CBL - Restore Performance Tuning for Sharepoint (ref: T-35837)
  • CBP, CBL - Support for M365 Archive Mailbox (ref: T-37145)
Application Specific Backup/Restore - MS Exchange Mail
  • CBP - Merge all Sub-Index Files into One Single index (ref: T-35885)
Application Specific Backup/Restore - Others
  • CBP - Support for Oracle 19c Standard Edition (ref: T-36680)
Application Specific Backup/Restore - VMware
  • CBP - Remove SFTP/SSH connection for VMware ESXi / vCenter Backupsets (ref: T-35618)
  • CBP - Support for ESXi Server 8 and vCenter Server 8 (ref: T-36601)
File Backup/Restore
  • CBP, CBL - Support to restore file where the folder contain duplicated files (ref: T-36900)
Index
  • CBP, CBL - Enhanced mechanism for cleaning up outdated Backupset Index files (ref: T-35475)
  • CBP, CBL - Better handling the checking incomplete metafolder during Data Integrity Check & Periodic Data Integrity Check (ref: T-37191)
General / Miscellaneous
  • CBP, CBL - Update default Deduplication Block Size to 128KB-512KB for non-VM Backupset types (ref: T-36081)
  • CBP, CBL - Support for Restore Drill (ref: T-29093)
  • CBP, CBL - Enhanced Bandwidth control to limit the max traffic rate over the effective period (ref: T-36745)
Operating Systems
  • CBP - Support for Ubuntu 22 (ref: T-37208)
  • CBP - Support for Ubuntu 23 (ref: T-37571)
  • CBP - Support for Debian 12 (ref: T-37577)
Performance
  • CBP, CBL - Restore Performance Tuning (ref: T-34267)
  • CBP, CBL - Enhanced Data Integrity Check to run on Separate Process (ref: T-33462)
Reporting / Email report
  • CBP, CBL - Enhanced logging for Shrink Block in Data Integrity Check & Periodic Data Integrity Check (ref: T-36710)
Security
  • CBP, CBL - Support for enforced automatic time-out if the account is idle for “x” time (ref: T-30950)
  • CBP, CBL - Support for Immutable Backup (ref: T-30667)
  • CBP, CBL, CBH - Bundled Tomcat 8.5.87 (ref: T-36734)
User Experiences
  • CBP, CBL, CBH - Allow copy/paste in the 6-digit column blocks for 2FA (ref: T-33529)
Bug Fixes
Backup Destination
  • CBP - Backup gets “Failed to transfer file” in Backblaze destination (ref: T-36671)
  • CBP - Backup getting “Error closing message content input stream” in S3 compatible destination (ref: T-36716)
General / Miscellaneous
  • CBP - Correct prompt message for Hyper-V module “No space in between the words “run” and “Microsoft”” (ref: T-37397)
  • CBP, CBL - Backup takes a very long time (~1-2 days) on deleting temporary files (ref: T-36288)
  • CBP, CBL - Application language changes after selecting a backup set by typing on keyboard in Space Free Up Utility (ref: T-36258)
  • CBP, CBL - Recycle bin pop-up will appear again even after recycle bin has already been disabled (ref: T-36812)
  • CBP, CBL - Cannot change the deduplication block size value (ref: T-37478)
Application Specific Backup/Restore - Hyper-V
  • CBP - Backup gets error “java.lang.NullPointerException” (ref: T-36970)
  • CBP - Log message should throw error instead of hide for “Cannot list VM. Reason=Cannot list host” (ref: T-37165)
  • CBP - Restored VHD file cannot be mounted on Windows, booting the disk loads repair screen (ref: T-37285)
  • CBP - Restore job stuck and logs keep on showing “Heap size” and “Physical memory” messages (ref: T-36980)
Application Specific Backup/Restore - Microsoft365
  • CBP - Backup gets error “Error=Operation is not valid due to the current state of the object. 400 Bad Request” for file history versions (ref: T-37120)
  • CBP - Backup gets error “Failed to resolve backup source shortcut paths. Error=[ExchangeOnlineManager.getGroupSiteUrl]” (ref: T-36397)
  • CBP - Backup gets index error on subindex files (ref: T-36614)
  • CBP - Backup gets error “Failed to retain backup file to retention” (ref: T-36711)
  • CBP - Data Integrity Check failed with error “[StackOverflowError] null (ref: T-36747)
  • CBP - Incorrect Backup Statistics (ref: T-36763)
  • CBP - Local Restore could not proceed with the file download (ref: T-36765)
  • CBP - Backup gets ”[OnShallUpload_Watcher] Failed to handle same file, sPath=… Attempted to perform an unauthorized operation. 403 Forbidden“ (ref: T-36803)
  • CBP - Backup stuck at transferring backupInfo.db (ref: T-36833)
  • CBP - Group Sites Backup gets “Skip backup… as target site collection is not found” and no files are backed up. (ref: T-36892)
  • CBP - Backup gets error “ListItem is available but descriptor stream is null.” and “Attempted to perform an unauthorized operation. 403 Forbidden” (ref: T-36991)
  • CBP - Restore gets error “No restorer can associate” (ref: T-37121)
  • CBP - Restore gets error “No backup jobs are found” (ref: T-37127)
  • CBP - Backup gets warning “Error=Operation is not valid due to the current state of the object. 400 Bad Request” (ref: T-37231)
  • CBP - Restore getting empty folders and takes a long time to load restore screen (ref: T-37246)
  • CBP - Restore performance issue in small data sets (ref: T-35155)
  • CBP - Backup gets error ”[z] Failed to migrate index. Reason = Not in GZIP format“ (ref: T-36529)
  • CBP - Restore gets error “cannot be cast to com.ahsay.cbs.obs.access.user.backupSet.restore.MS365RestoreFileBean” (ref: T-37495)
  • CBP - Restore gets error “Reason = ”[ListRestoreTask.doRestore] Fail to deserialize List meta”“ (ref: T-37312)
  • CBP - Backup gets error “Fail to work on tblListItem, Reason=[SQLITE_ERROR] SQL error or missing database (no such table: sqlite_sequence)” (ref: T-37140)
  • CBP - Restore report shows completed successful but no files restored (ref: T-37166)
  • CBP - Backup gets error “Fail to process %Site% … Reason=org.sqlite.SQLiteException: [SQLITE_TOOBIG] String or BLOB exceeds size limit (ref: T-37210)
  • CBP - Restore gets warning “Fail to create Document” during restore of Sharepoint to alternate site (ref: T-36407)
  • CBP - Backup gets error “Failed to get backupCmd 'Office 365/Public Folders'” (erf: T-37322)
  • CBP - Backup gets error “Err=org.sqlite.SQLiteException: [SQLITE_CANTOPEN] Unable to open the database file (unable to open database file)” (ref: T-36264)
  • CBP - Sharepoint Restore list is empty after upgrading from v8 (ref: T-36659)
  • CBP - Backup gets error ”[OnShallUpload_Watcher] Failed to handle selected source, sPath=Office 365/Chats. Reason=null” (ref: T-36762)
  • CBP - Backup gets error “[OnShallUpload_Watcher] Failed to handle same file, sPath=… Reason='404 page not found” (ref: T-36764)
  • CBP, CBL - Backup gets error “[OnShallUpload_Watcher] Failed to handle same file…Failed to find start part” (ref: T-37038)
  • CBP, CBL - OneDrive Restore gets error “[StackOverflowError] null” (ref: T-37176)
  • CBP, CBL - Backup set asking for app password (ref: T-36348)
Application Specific Backup/Restore - Windows System / System State
  • CBP - Windows System backup does not trigger WBADMIN (ref: T-36754)
Application Specific Backup/Restore - VMWare
  • CBP - Application crashed during Backup (ref: T-37286)
Application Specific Backup/Restore - Others
  • CBP - MySQL Backup getting “unknown variable 'set-gtid-purged=OFF'” error (ref: T-36562)
  • CBP - MySQL Restore using restore.sh getting “Not in GZIP format” error (ref: T-36694)
CloudFile & File Backup/Restore
  • CBP - CloudFile Backup cannot complete and gets stuck on the first backup (ref: T-36339)
  • CBP - Google Cloud Storage CloudFile Backup gets error “com.ahsay.afc.cloud.h: Failed to access destination “GoogleCloudStorage-1”” (ref: T-36627)
  • CBP - File Restore gets error “Failed to initialize RemoteBDB.Cloud…Please run backup/DIC before this operation…” (ref: T-36638)
  • CBP - CDP Backup gets error “[SQLITE_CONSTRAINT_UNIQUE] A UNIQUE constraint failed” (ref: T-36816)
  • CBP - Unable to enable OpenDirect on Windows 10 22H2 OS (ref: T-36832)
  • CBP - File Restore missing snapshots older than 5/28/2023 (ref: T-37298)
  • CBP - Restoring to another machine is getting an error “Data of file %path% is corrupted” (ref: T-37515)
Index
  • CBP - Backup gets error “Failed to check integrity of destination ”“ Error: unsupported method” (ref: T-36574, T-36571)
  • CBP - Data Integrity Check and Backup getting “javax.crypto.BadPaddingException: pad block corrupted” error (ref: T-36793)
  • CBP - Backup getting error “Failed to migrate v6 index. Reason = [MigrateV6Index.downloadV6Index] Failed to download v6 index after retried 10 times” (ref: T-36792)
  • CBP - Backup gets error “NotInGZipFormat” (ref: T-36969)
  • CBP, CBL - Failed to complete Data Integrity Check with Rebuild Index option enabled (ref: T-37125)
  • CBP, CBL - Data Integrity Check do not delete corrupted blocks in cloud storage destination (ref: T-36563)
Security
  • Q3/2023 Security Patch Set (ref: T-36586, T-36721, T-37233)

Product Abbreviations:

  • CloudBacko Pro - CBP
  • CloudBacko Lite - CBL
  • CloudBacko Home - CBH
  • CloudBacko App - MOB
  • Mobile Backup Server (CloudBacko App) - MBS