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Macrium Site Manager Changelog

What's new in Macrium Site Manager 8.1.7984

Apr 15, 2024
  • Changed:
  • Update Agent backup engine with changes made for Macrium Reflect 8.1 version 8.1.7909. See here for details
  • Renamed drivers table "Path" column to "Source"
  • Harvested drivers show the driver name and Agent they were harvested from in drivers table
  • Improved Computer CSV export information (Includes last connection time and last successful full image backup time)
  • Site Manager will now automatically collect support data from connected recovery agents on Reflect failure
  • Added *Other Tasks* -> *Connect to Site Manager...* option to Reflect in Recovery Environments to allow users to alter Site Manager connection settings during automated restores or from Reflect created Rescue Media
  • The Driver Harvester tool now requires administrator elevation to ensure all expected drivers are collected
  • Fixed:
  • Fixed harvested drivers not being removed when an Agent is dropped
  • Fixed filtering and sorting of drivers page table
  • Fixed issue causing Agent driver data to be sent on every connection
  • Fixed agent required drivers not showing in the UI if multiple agents required the same driver
  • Fixed low disk space notifications triggering for offline repositories
  • Fixed rare crash in boot agent
  • Fixed scheduled activity failed/red status marker showing for disabled remote syncs
  • Fixed issue where file and folder backups were incorrectly listed as remote restore options
  • Fixed remote restore and repository browser indefinite first load
  • Fixed Site Manager page links for boot media status
  • Fixed PE agent only checking device Compatible IDs and not Hardware IDs when loading drivers
  • Fixed network share remote sync retry logic on network connection error
  • Fixed recovery agent could load empty or incompatible overwrite configurations, breaking communication to Site Manager
  • Fixed drivers database corruption and excessive thread usage when extremely large numbers of Agents connect
  • Fixed issue where a failing remote restore could produce and orphan a restore config

New in Macrium Site Manager 8.1.7814 (Jan 5, 2024)

  • Changed:
  • Update Agent backup engine with changes made for Macrium Reflect 8.1 version 8.1.7784. See here for details
  • Improvements to Remote Sync S3 retry logic and logging
  • Add support for MAL subscription licensing
  • Add support for Agent computers with a standalone install of Macrium Reflect using a subscription license
  • Added progress dialog when boot media agent is connecting to Golden Image store
  • Improve stability of MultiSite connection
  • Improved verification support for golden images
  • Fixed:
  • Fixed issue where PXE server wouldn't recognise some client requests
  • Fixed issue where download to CSV button was generating an empty CSV file
  • Fixed SiteDeploy license information text not collapsing
  • Fixed backup failure when attempting to back up a removable CompactFlash card with Windows installed on it
  • Fixed issue where Deployments would fail on multi-boot disks due to ReDeploy failing
  • Fixed false positive failure notifications for backups that take over an hour
  • Fixed recovery media's deployment dialog not opening when there was no golden images present
  • Fixed crash if Site Manager start up failed
  • Fixed navigation menu display issues when using the latest versions of Chrome
  • Fixed Wake on LAN to broadcast through all network interfaces on the server

New in Macrium Site Manager 8.1.7695 (Oct 16, 2023)

  • Changed:
  • Security Update - updated to libcurl version 8.4.0 (to fix libcurl CVE-2023-38545)
  • Security Update - updated image mounting driver to fix CVE-2023-43896
  • NOTE: Due to tightened security access, any image on a share on the same computer as the Site Manager server will require access by the local SYSTEM account to be browsed.
  • Update Agent backup engine with changes made for Macrium Reflect 8 version 8.1.7675. See here for details
  • Support submissions now include the deployment logs DB
  • Improved boot media agent support submission folder structure
  • Fixed:
  • Deployments could incorrectly skip the ReDeploy process
  • Fixed boot media agent support submission files persisting across exports
  • Remote Sync activity widget UI displayed upload progress during pre-upload processes

New in Macrium Site Manager 8.1.7660 (Sep 27, 2023)

  • Changed:
  • Update Agent backup engine with changes made for Macrium Reflect 8 version 8.1.7638. See here for details
  • The boot media agent will now show a message when disks have been found if there were none visible on startup
  • Improved performance when handling large numbers of progress updates from Agents
  • Fixed:
  • Fixed Reflect starting in Restore Only mode in some Rescue Media builds. Affected users should rebuild rescue media after upgrade
  • Site Manager configuration import could redirect the user to an invalid URL
  • SiteDeploy trial activation was producing a notification specific to backup trial activation
  • The 'Agent is not connected' modal failed to navigate to the Agent config tool when clicked
  • Corrected sorting by Status on the Computers page

New in Macrium Site Manager 8.1.7639 (Sep 4, 2023)

  • Fixed:
  • Fixed PXE media build failing
  • Fixed agent local scripts not appearing in Site Manager

New in Macrium Site Manager 8.1.7633 (Aug 29, 2023)

  • Changed:
  • Improved SiteDeploy licenses summary navigation menu UI
  • Optimised active directory login for users with local administrator rules
  • Improved logging for Agent updates
  • Fixed:
  • Fixed active directory computer description search
  • Fixed crash during Macrium Image Guardian popup

New in Macrium Site Manager 8.1.7613 (Aug 14, 2023)

  • Changed:
  • Update Agent backup engine with changes made for Macrium Reflect 8 version 8.1.7544. See here for details
  • Update Backblaze pre-configured regions
  • Fixed:
  • Some Active Directory users failed to login due to handling of special characters in Distinguished Names during LDAP queries
  • Updated time zone database to fix changes to Mexican daylight savings time
  • Subscription license keys supplied the wrong description
  • Command line interface for Site Manager and Agent fixes
  • Minor Agent and Recovery Agent UI fixes
  • Minor fixes to licenses page UI

New in Macrium Site Manager 8.1.7570 (Jul 10, 2023)

  • Fixed:
  • Fixed Remote Sync (FTP) issue where configurations containing folders with white space would fail to sync
  • Fixed degraded upload speed performance for Remote Sync (FTP, FTPS and SFTP)
  • Fixed potential for delays and a crash in the support submission process
  • Fixed repository browser listing and description issues
  • Fixed mounted image content downloads
  • Fixed potential UI crash in verification page when verifying golden images
  • Fixed recovery agent restore activation when triggered from the repository browser
  • Fixed deployment media out of date notification
  • Fixed rare crash caused by device defined invalid data
  • Fixed crash for servers with no associated domain
  • Changed:
  • Improved Remote Sync (S3) timeout logic during finalization stage

New in Macrium Site Manager 8.1.7551 (Jul 3, 2023)

  • SiteDeploy
  • SiteDeploy has been added to Site Manager, see Macrium Website for details
  • A trial of SiteDeploy may be started by visiting the Licenses -> SiteDeploy page
  • Added
  • Added repository information to computer details panel on computers page
  • Number of backups and backup sets
  • Dates of oldest and most recent backups
  • Total size of all backup files
  • Percentage of total storage and used storage taken up by backups from this computer
  • Added Rescue Media information to computer details panel on computers page
  • Type of Rescue Media required
  • Number of drivers harvested with pop-up to show detailed list
  • Added Boot Media Agent to Rescue Media
  • Connects automatically to Site Manager
  • Communications are encrypted with AES-256 with bidirectional authentication
  • Gathers hardware information and identifies known Agents
  • Computers booted into the Recovery Environment are now shown in the Remote Restore page
  • Allows restores to be started from within the Site Manager UI
  • Administrator and Restore Operator users can login to allow quick access to repositories from the Recovery Environment
  • Shows hardware and allows the manual loading of drivers
  • Added power management options
  • Automatically shutdown/reboot/suspend computers after scheduled backups
  • Optionally shutdown/reboot/suspend computers as part of a Run Now backup
  • Remote Syncs can now be set to "per folder upload" mode.
  • Each folder will be committed to the server once upload has completed rather than waiting until all folders have been uploaded
  • This improves behaviour on network disconnection in that the sync will only rollback to the last folder checkpoint
  • Less temporary space may be used on the remote end of the sync as each folder will release temporary space when it commits
  • This should be used only if there is no requirement for backups from multiple computers to be kept at strictly in sync with each other
  • Added ability to show tags for computer in the Run Now dialog as an optional column
  • Add ability to start a Run Now backup from the computers page
  • Added permissions check for remote syncs upon saving sync settings and starting a remote sync
  • Added an option to enable secondary domain enumeration
  • Added an option to enable cross domain searching on a per provider basis
  • Local and domain admins will be able to log into Site Manager, only if access rules have not been set up or upon first startup of Site Manager, if added this access rule will need removing manually if you no longer require it
  • Added an option to make remote syncs upload each folder in a repository separately
  • Added screen resolution and dark mode theme selection to Agent in Recovery/Deployment Media
  • Added IP addresses and subnets as optional columns in the Deployment Targets / Remote Restore computers page
  • Added event log events for when a computer is rebooted or has VSS restarted via the computers page
  • Changed
  • Update Agent backup engine with changes made for Macrium Reflect 8 version 8.1.7469. See here for details
  • The menu structure for Site Manager has been overhauled
  • The Site Configuration section has been renamed to "Backup"
  • Scheduled Activity has been renamed to Active Backups
  • A Deployment section has been added for SiteDeploy
  • The Licenses page has been split into Backups and SiteDeploy sections
  • Updates to login system
  • Searching for multiple domains in the local forest can now be disabled in the Settings -> Security page
  • Cross-domain searching is now disabled by default and can be enabled on a per-domain provider basis
  • The default admin login rule for the local and connected domain login providers is now shown the the roles configuration page and may be deleted
  • Updated defaults for CPU priority in line with Reflect 8.1 changes
  • As the speed improvements to Reflect may cause higher CPU use, all definitions have been changed to use lower priority by default
  • The original priorities can be restored automatically by setting a registry key. Contact Macrium support if this is needed
  • First run wizard is now more guided and offers the option to activate trials
  • Trials of backups and SiteDeploy now do not activate automatically and can be manually activated from the licenses page
  • The restore wizard and computers page now use Reflect-style disk views
  • Overhauled rule selection page on Backup Definition wizard to be clearer and easier to use
  • Updated repositories, schedules, logs and verification pages to bring them in line with other UI pages
  • Improved installer error messages when starting or stopping services
  • Restarting Site Manager will now automatically reload / redirect as needed
  • Last backup information in the computers page now shows if it was a Full, Differential or Incremental backup
  • Changing system / security settings will now only trigger a Site Manager restart when necessary
  • When running a backup via the Run Now option on the Active Backups page, retention rules can be optionally applied
  • Computers will now show when they are booted into the recovery environment in the computers page
  • Added ability to click through more things in the dashboard page
  • Remote Syncs can be toggled on and off in the Active Backups page
  • Remote sync wll now perform additional checks that the remote end has sufficient permissions
  • Driver harvester standalone exe is now included in rescue media and can copy drivers back onto rescue media for immediate use
  • Updated region pre-sets for Remote Sync S3 (Wasabi)
  • Increased timeout period for Remote Sync S3
  • Rescue media page will now show how many drivers of different types have been injected into each Rescue Media
  • Show the backup error as an optional column in the logs page
  • Improved the UI idle time setting in Settings -> Security to allow for a toggle to deactivate
  • Fixed
  • Fixed a newly connecting agent not showing any backups already in progress in the Site Manager UI
  • Fixed bug where 'Repository Uncontactable' notifications would be sent by email even when not set
  • Fixed FTP retry and timeout issues in Remote Sync
  • Fixed Remote Sync file renames not working in xlight FTP server
  • Remote Sync errors due to repositories becoming unavailable are now reported more clearly
  • Fixed the daily export repo changes report having some inaccuracies
  • Fixed the Site Manager launcher not working under Windows Server 2022
  • Fixed plain text connection and auto authentication mode not working for email under some circumstances
  • Fixed variable replacement in emails incorrectly expanding all backup levels to "Full"
  • Fixed newer private key files not working for HTTPS certificates
  • Fixed emails always sending all data from the last 7 days in the first email sent after reboot
  • Fixed computers that have never connection being tagged as "64-bit"
  • Fixed XP clients failing backup if some automatically created folders don't exist
  • Fixed emails showing SQL log backups as differential
  • Fixed dynamic disks being shown as MBR
  • Fixed large numbers of tags not wrapping in the computer details row expansion
  • Fixed copy schedule failing if a password was configured in the source schedule
  • Fixed inconsistent time formats being used in backup summary emails
  • Fixed failed Rescue Media builds appearing as successful in the Event Log
  • Fixed lockup on schedules page when accidentally creating a schedule trigger which repeats every 0 days
  • Fixed "Repository Uncontactable" emails being sent even when disabled in email settings
  • Fixed issue with agent passphrases with spaces in being corrupted on upgrade
  • Fixed display issue in forecast when Run Now Remote Syncs are cancelled
  • Fixed changes to Agent disks not appearing in the computers page until the browser is refreshed
  • Fixed bug where some log lines could be dropped from the details panel of a running backup. Full logs were not affected
  • Fixed failed SiteDeploy Golden Image imports showing in the event log but not the Golden Images page
  • Fixed a bug where attempting to restore an image file from the root folder of a repository failed
  • Fixed Repository Uncontactable Windows event log events showing an incorrect '%1' message
  • Fixed Remote Sync activity not showing in the Forecast widget if there are no scheduled backups
  • Fixed problems connection to FTPS servers using TLS 1.3 during Remote Sync
  • Fixed a bug where two error messages would display in the notification widget if a backup is attempted on a system already running a backup
  • Fixed a bug where the "Exclude Removable Disks" Backup Definition rule could accidentally force some non-removable disks to be included in a backup when they should not be
  • Fixed deletion of a Golden Image or Backup file failing on a MIG protected volume on a remote system due to MIG-enabled delete requesting more permissions than needed
  • Numerous minor UI bug fixes and changes

New in Macrium Site Manager 8.1.7449 (Jun 14, 2023)

  • Added:
  • New SiteDeploy functionality for deployment to bare metal computers
  • See Macrium Website for more details
  • Golden image management
  • PXE deployment media
  • Sysprep answer file injection

New in Macrium Site Manager 8.0.7327 (Mar 29, 2023)

  • Fixed empty Schedule and Definition pages causing an error in the browser

New in Macrium Site Manager 8.0.7314 (Jan 23, 2023)

  • Changed:
  • Update Agent backup engine to Macrium Reflect 8 version 8.0.7175. See here for details
  • Added a support option to limit Active Directory group searches to a limited subset of a domain for users with specific requirements.
  • Fixed:
  • Fixed incorrect event logging for Rescue Media build failures
  • Fixed unusual backup failure when verifying image files as part of backup
  • Fixed bug where restore would sometimes fail to reboot into the Rescue Environment as part of a Remote Restore
  • Fixed drive letters not being detected correctly for partitions on Dynamic Disks
  • Fixed backup summary email inconsistent time formatting
  • Fixed license key user name changes on Macrium licensing servers not correctly being detected

New in Macrium Site Manager 8.0.7121 (Nov 8, 2022)

  • Changed:
  • Update Agent backup engine to Macrium Reflect 8 version 8.0.7097. See here for details
  • Remote sync source reads use shared access instead of exclusive access to reduces conflicts with other software
  • Fixed:
  • Fixed incorrect database indexing causing slow service startup with over 200 Agents
  • Fixed log files not syncing back to Site Manager in some circumstances
  • Fixed Retry button on Repositories page not working correctly

New in Macrium Site Manager 8.0.6949 (Sep 6, 2022)

  • Fixed broken date selection on Schedules page when creating or editing triggers

New in Macrium Site Manager 8.0.6929 (Sep 6, 2022)

  • Improved error handling for transient database errors generating notification emails
  • Fixed Agent crash when processing pre-version 6 Reflect logs
  • Fixed backups started from the local Agent creating no logs if a stealth intra-daily backup was the last Site Manager triggered backup
  • Fixed issue where the backups can fail on non-English systems which do not have internet connectivity
  • Improved error handling for unusual behaviour by a repository during remote sync
  • Improved remote sync for FTP, file removal now treats 'file not found' as success
  • Fixed UI crash when leaving a date range filter open on the Events page then changing page

New in Macrium Site Manager 7.3.5920 (May 24, 2021)

  • Site Manager 8 upgrade wizard added
  • Version 8 license upgrade tools added
  • In the licenses page, version 7 license keys can be updated to version 8 if eligible.
  • Site Manager 7 will accept and use version 8 keys
  • Standalone Reflect licenses can be upgraded if the computer is running the latest version of the Agent and Reflect 7

New in Macrium Site Manager 7.3.5556 (Jan 22, 2021)

  • Changed:
  • Update Agent backup engine to Reflect and CBT release level (7.3.5555).
  • Added Windows Server 2019 to possible Windows versions
  • Add registry key to override Repository status polling frequency
  • Fixed:
  • Prevent VSS causing spurious hardware change detection and Agent reconnection during backups

New in Macrium Site Manager 7.2.5163 (Aug 25, 2020)

  • Fixed crash when using unusual proxy configurations

New in Macrium Site Manager 7.2.5161 (Aug 25, 2020)

  • Added:
  • Drivers that have been manually added to Site Manager will be pushed onto computers during Remote Restore for cases where the host's own drivers are incompatible with Windows PE (Windows XP systems)
  • Added option for log and event log retention in Settings -> System
  • Added a cancel option to the forecast for Run Now backups which have not started yet
  • Added Agent-specific rescue media:
  • Critical drivers and static IP information are gathered automatically from Agents
  • Rescue Media can be created on-demand for each computer with appropriate options and drivers included
  • Drivers can be exported from Site Manager to allow for manual recovery
  • Rescue Media build progress is now shown in the dashboard
  • Added FTP and FTPS support to Remote Sync:
  • SFTP remote sync has been changed to File Transfer
  • File Transfer Remote Syncs can be configured to use SFTP, FTP or FTPS protocols
  • An option to override the default port used has been added
  • Changed:
  • Update Agent backup engine to Reflect and CBT release level (7.2.5107). See here for details
  • Updated licenses page to be clearer
  • Updated notification messages and reorganized notification settings
  • Remove 25 character name limit on Backup Definitions and Schedules
  • Updated OpenSSL libraries for fixes and SSL improvements
  • Remote Sync windows which cross the midnight boundary (e.g. 11PM -> 3AM) are now supported
  • Remote Sync results now show a more meaningful message when no changes were found
  • Updated Slack integration to use the webhook API
  • When adding computers by IP address, use Windows Networking to resolve names if DNS lookup fails
  • Removed MSMQ dependency from Site Manager server - Agents which use the old MSMQ communications system (Version 7.2.4091 - March 2019 and earlier) are not longer supported
  • Site Manager will recover partial or failed backups and consolidations automatically
  • Fixed:
  • Fixed lock up when shutting down the Site Manager service with a Remote Sync in progress
  • Fixed rare restore failure on Windows 7 due to network conditions
  • Fixed spurious "Did not receive an end notification from Macrium Reflect" appearing before backup finish on some systems
  • Fixed remote restore of password encrypted images failing with a read/write error
  • Fixed Internet Explorer 11 display issues on the dashboard and other pages
  • Fixed Event Log not refreshing when going back to the page after new log entries have been generated
  • Fixed activity popup on the computers page not showing the correct computer when multiple selection is used
  • Fixed dashboard notifications not being in the correct order when events happen within 1 second of each other
  • Windows PE downloads will now use the Site Manager proxy server settings
  • Fixed inconsistent date formatting (DD/MM/YYYY vs. MM/DD/YYYY) when the user default locale differs from the system locale in Windows
  • Fixed repository browsing showing no backup files for computers with an active backup in progress

New in Macrium Site Manager 7.2.4863 (Apr 29, 2020)

  • Changed:
  • Added internal retries to repository access during remote synchronization to improve robustness during long synchronization operations
  • Fixed:
  • Fixed issue where some license keys could be saved into data files with trailing space characters, causing them to fail to validate
  • Fixed license key checks happening continuously on a small number of systems with specific error conditions
  • Fixed remote install problems on systems without Agent passphrases set
  • Fixed Agent passphrase configuration appearing with neither option selected on the Settings -> System page under some circumstances
  • Fixed Agent passphrases containing space and double quote characters not working with remote installation
  • Fixed share authentication problems on the Site Manager interface which could occur when using a repository hosted on the same computer as the Site Manager server via IP address