Version 6.37 Build 1/23/2003
Updates/Fixes in this Build:
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Fixes SQL restore issue where if original SQL server was offline when
trying to restore using the MOVE option restore would fail.
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Fixes compatibility issue with sequential autoloader mode.
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Fixes registry backup issue if system partition was on a dynamic disk.
Updates/Fixes in this Build:
- New DF2K.sys (UltraBac Locked File Backup
Driver) that fixes:
"Dr. Watsons," locked systems, BSOD's, registry backup errors, conflict with
Perfdisk, and other issues.
- Protected Media Date sometimes wouldn't
allow you to backup even if protected date had passed (if allow override
was turned off).
- Backup log is always created as soon as
backup process is created, even if backup aborts because of no media, etc.
- Roaming/Mandatory Profiles that use
the .man extension instead of .dat extension are now properly backed up as
part of registry.
Hidden Registry Key Entries:
(BuildDate is automatically created, the other
first five entries have to be manually added by the user otherwise
UltraBac
assumes a value of zero)TreatFileNotFoundAsWarning = REG_DWORD
1 = FileNotFound reported as warning.
0= FileNotFound reported as error.
TreatDataTruncationAsWarning = REG_DWORD
1 = Truncation reported as warning.
0 = Truncation reported as error.
LogOptionalWarnings = REG_DWORD
1 = Log above Warnings to backup log and event log.
0 = Do not log above warnings to backup log or
event log.
SuppressUnknownProfileReports = REG_DWORD
1 = Don't report SID errors in backup log or event log.
0 = Report SID errors in backup log and event log.
SuppressSplash = REG_DWORD
1 = Don't show UltraBac Splash Screen when
launching UltraBac (faster if using Terminal Services).
0 = Show UltraBac Splash Screen when launching
UltraBac.
BuildDate = REG_SZ
Now shows the build date of the UltraBac version
installed on machine ( i.e. August 26, 2002).
Added support so that running ub /P from the command line will return the next scheduled backup time.
ub /P
Next scheduled backup 'Server Backup' at: 6/18/2002 11:00 PM
ub /P:\\COMPUTERNAME
COMPUTERNAME: Next scheduled backup 'Server Backup' at: 6/18/2002
11:00 PM
New Features:
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Locked file support for Win2K.
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Locked file support for Image backup -
UltraBac's Locked File Manager must be licensed to use this feature.
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Advanced SQL restore command capability.
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Sparse switch removed from
NetWare agent.
Updates/Fixes in this Build:
Current
Limitations:
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Oracle hot backups do not function correctly.
Current Known Issues:
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Reporting issue - The backup runs fine but gets this
error:
Error InitAdminNames() - LsaOpenPolicy for NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM (1722)
Error IsAdminOperator() - Domain Controller for NT AUTHORITY could not be found (2453)
New Features:
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Now support backing up / restoring
active cluster image backups on NT4. Previously only supported
on Windows 2000.
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Added support to do image
backups/restores on FAT32 partitions.
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New macros added in 6.31
$BC$ - Barcode string of last volume used
$MB$ - Integer of total MB written in set
$TM$ - Set backup time (integer seconds)
$FC$ - Set file count (not inc dirs)
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Speed enhancement made to GUI Image Backup code
that will significantly increase speed of image backup on some
computers.
Updates/Fixes in this Build:
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Backups and restores of encrypted files
will now work.
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Restoring security permissions on
folders now works.
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Multiple issues through
UBDR.exe.
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Various autoloader compatibility
upgrades.
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On restore,
occasionally UltraBac wasn't able to find its volume label, which
resulted in a "not an UltraBac media" message. This is
fixed so that volume errors will only occur when they should.
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When checking "restore in use
files" upon restore, you might have received an error message that
said the file was in use. These errors are no longer reported.
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Fix in UltraCopy when used in
conjunction with a before/after command from within UltraBac.
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Changes to mailbox agent to allow
correct operation when using foreign versions of Outlook (MAPI
client).
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Changes to never overwrite media-label
(volume name) -- affected subsequent media in multi-media backups.
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Win9x/ME agent connection bug fixed.
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Fix for backups made to Device
Sets using RAIT(D) 0/1. On restore the media was reported as foreign
media and workaround was
needed to restore. Workaround no longer needed and restores now work.
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When using failover to a tape
drive and the tape drive was empty, UltraBac presented an error with no way to continue the backup. Now
fixed.
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With v6.3, when writing to a backup tape drive that supported
hardware compression, UB would write the image in an incorrect format
that UBDR was unable to restore.
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NetWare agent fixes several
issues: The
"SPARSE=" switch has been removed -- all non-compressed
files are now treated as if they were sparse with no appreciable
performance hit. Fixes
problem where sparse files may cause disk space to be used up on
backup.
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UBDR has a fix in speed on certain
machines that were previously slow.
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If one or more backups have been
performed spanning media (e.g., disk3 to tape0), with media protected but overwrite not allowed so that it
appends, tape0 is labeled as volume 2. If
a backup is then performed to tape0 only and then a restore is
performed for that set, UB looks for
volume 1, when tape0 is actually still volume 2. UB displays the
msgBox that informs you that you have the wrong volume and requests
the correct one. Fixed
in 6.31.
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Slight modifications in the system state
restore. We had a couple reports of a restore problem only with
machines running Active Directory and only in rare instances.
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Erasing the disk path wasn't deleting
the sub-files resulting from setting MaximumDiskBackupFileSize in HKLM\Software\BEI\Ultrabac.
Fixed in 6.31.
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The default value for HKLM\Software\BEI\Ultrabac\MaximumDiskBackupFileSize
is 512 MB. This
enables users to back up to UX machines and to read from FAT32
partitions using ubdr.exe to restore images.
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In machines where disks have been
added and re-arranged, it is possible that prior versions of UltraBac
would incorrectly
display the disk information when loading an image set.
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When using foreign media, a bug existed
when rewinding the tape where a tape drive does not report an error
when requested to use TAPE_ABSOLUTE_BLOCK positioning. In this
scenario, the volume label and header do not get written to the tape
even though the media actually will get written to it. A workaround has been incorporated for these tape drives.
Current
Limitations:
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UBDR replaces the three floppy restore
procedure. This has been done primarily to allow restores that are
written to a network disk path, and to provide the ability to restore
with the use of a single floppy. The three floppy procedure had some
features that the UBDR procedure no longer has. The limitations in the
UBDR procedure include:
- Single File restore from an image that was backed up using 'active
clusters only' is not possible.
- Restore registry feature that existed on the three floppies doesn't
exist on the new UBDR.
Restoring a registry still possible using Windows 2000 Recovery
Console or NTFSDOS.
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Locked File Backup only
works with NT4 (also must be a local backup).
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Exchange 2000 support not
yet available. Estimated availability 1/15/2002.
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UBDR disaster recovery doesn't
support IDE tape drives.
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SQL
2000 on Windows 2000 Cluster Server -- Backups/Restores don't work
because the connection fails. Microsoft has confirmed that this
is an issue in SQL 2000. A workaround will be provided by
UltraBac in the near future. Article Q354974 will be available
soon to address this issue.
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Clarification made for users wanting to
clear the transaction logs when doing a full SQL backup.
Current
Known Issues:
New Features:
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Unix agent. Backups extended file
attributes. Supported Operating Systems include Linux,
Solaris, HPUX, and FreeBSD.
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New network disaster recovery module. This executable can be
run from a bootable DOS diskette. While booted into DOS, running
UBDR.EXE has the capability to run disk to disk image backups, disk to
tape image backups, local image restores from tape device, and local
restores from an image on a remote network disk (if bootable floppy has
network support).
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Image backups now support in use clusters. This means you will
now have the option to tell UltraBac to back up only the data on the
partition rather than the whole partition sector by sector. This
will save time and storage space. Also, a new Preferences was
added called "always backup partitions
individually."
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Image mounts work in Windows 2000. Note: an image backup of
the entire disk MUST be performed in order to mount the image.
UltraBac does not support mounting just a partition image
backup. Therefore, in order to run an image of the entire disk,
the "always backup partitions individually" preference will
have to be unchecked. It is located in Tools/Preferences/Image.
Updates/Fixes in this Build:
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Image backups of the entire disk were not restoring correctly with
the three Disaster Recovery diskettes. The new UBDR executable
can be run as a fix for image backups made with 6.2. The bug in
6.2 only affected entire image backups, not partition image backups.
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Neither SQL Incremental nor Differential backups
were working properly in versions prior to 6.3.
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There was an issue with Exchange
restores. If the target was
too small for the restore, UltraBac reported an undefined
error:0. UltraBac version 6.3 will now report the correct error
message if that situation should occur.
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If an autoloader was set to "sequential mode," UltraBac
would ask for the user to manually insert the second volume instead of
automatically inserting it. The new build will span to the next
volume as expected. Note: This bug was only active with certain
autoloaders.
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Mounting an image backup will work with UltraBac 6.3.
Current
Limitations:
-
UBDR replaces the three floppy restore
procedure. This has been done primarily to allow restores that are
written to a network disk path, and to provide the ability to restore
with the use of a single floppy. The three floppy procedure had some
features that the UBDR procedure no longer has. The limitations in the
UBDR procedure include:
- Single File restore from an image that was backed up using 'active
clusters only' is not possible.
- Restore registry feature that existed on the three floppies doesn't
exist on the new UBDR.
Restoring a registry still possible using Windows 2000 Recovery
Console or NTFSDOS.
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Locked File Backup only
works with NT4 (also must be a local backup).
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Exchange 2000 support not
yet available. Estimated availability 1/15/2002.
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UltraBac is not able to successfully back up or restore encrypted files. The encrypted file or
directory may appear to backup with no errors in the backup log.
However, upon restore, the integrity of the encrypted file(s) will be
gone. This includes all files in subdirectories if they were
chosen upon encryption.
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If a backup is done by UltraBac with a
build date after 4/8/01, the permissions of the folder weren't backed
up correctly. Therefore, UltraBac won't restore the
original permissions of the folder or any subdirectories beneath
it. For example, if a directory was backed up with permissions
set for only certain users, upon restore, the permissions will change
to "Everyone with Full Control." This will be fixed upon release
of 6.31.
New Features:
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Speed improvement over
6.1. 10% to 50% faster.
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Disaster Recovery Diskettes/CDs/OBDR can now be created on a machine running Windows
2000, but the
source path must still be to a NT4 CD (using a Windows 2000 CD will not
work).
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WinME agent now supported.
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Win9x agent registry
backup/restore improved.
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Express Index support
added for command-line restore.
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Network Disaster Recovery
(NetDR) is a program (UBDR.exe) that will allow you to restore
an image that was backed up to a disk path to any local disk via a DOS
network diskette.
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Sophos Anti-Virus
Interface (SAVI) now integrated.
Updates/Fixes in this Build:
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If you have a disk with more than
two partitions and you select all but one of these partitions, UltraBac
may not write an index to the end of these sets when performing an
image backup. That means, when booting from the disaster recovery
disks, UltraBac may not be able to detect an image backup on the tape
even though one exists. This will be fixed in the 6.2 release due out
the the week of 12/05/00.
Workaround may be to recover index from GUI and restore via GUI to a
secondary disk attached to the system.
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Static Mirror image backups in Windows
2000 may give errors when trying to boot into the mirrored
image. The image will restore correctly, but any attempt to
login will result in a page file error message. If this
should happen, call our technical support department and we'll send
you a file called "Patchmbr.com." This file can be run
by booting into DOS, inserting a floppy that contains the patchmbr.com,
and running the utility. The disk will be patched
and the error message will cease to exist.
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The Windows 95 agent displayed a dll
error when activated on the client machine.
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UltraBac skipped file names
longer than 256 characters in length.
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When backing up the IExplore event log,
UltraBac displayed the following error: "183-Cannot create a file when that file already exists."
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SQL 2000 with multiple instances had a
bug where if the computername + the instance name was longer than 18
characters it would cause an AV.
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NetWare restore memory leak fixed.
Current
Limitations:
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Locked File Backup only
works with NT4 (also must be a local backup).
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Disaster Recovery Diskettes/CDs/OBDR can now be created on a machine running Windows
2000, but the
source path must still be to a NT4 CD (using a Windows 2000 CD will not
work).
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Exchange 2000 support not
yet available. Estimated availability 1/15/2002.
Current
Known Issues:
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The Icon files on Mac Volumes do not
get restored properly.
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After finishing an Oracle agent restore, the restore will
take an extra few seconds to complete the job even after UltraBac has been
shut down.
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There is no uninstall program for the Win9x/ME version of
UltraBac.
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If you attempt an Exchange
restore and the target disk fills up before the restore is complete, you get an "Undefined error: (0)."
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When backing up an Exchange server to a disk path with
span media disabled and the disk path fills up, the backup should
abort, but it doesn't. The process just hangs and further Exchange backups don't happen because a backup is already in progress.
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Full image backups made into the O/S
are not restoring properly with the three disaster recovery floppy
disks. Contact technical support for the workaround. They will
send you a UBDR.exe that you can use to restore the image.
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Image mounts are not working correctly.
New Features:
Updates/Fixes in this Build:
Current
Limitations:
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Locked File Backup only
works with NT4 (also must be a local backup).
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Can't mount an image
backup as a drive letter in Win2K.
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Disaster Recovery
Diskettes/CD's/OBDR must be created on a machine running NT4 and the
source path must be to a NT4 CD (using a Windows 2000 CD will not
work).
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Exchange 2000 support not
yet available. Estimated availability 1/15/2002.
Current Known Issues:
-
If you have a disk with more than
two partitions and you select all but one of these partitions, UltraBac
may not write an index to the end of these sets when performing an
image backup. That means, when booting from the disaster recovery
disks, UltraBac may not be able to detect an image backup on the tape
even though one exists. This will be fixed in the 6.2 release due out
the the week of 12/05/00.
Workaround may be to recover index from GUI and restore via GUI to a
secondary disk attached to the system.
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The Icon files on Mac Volumes do not
get restored properly.
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If you're using a stand-alone tape
drive and UltraBac reaches the end of the media, it will hang when
asking for volume 2. The appication will remain hung unless you
cancel the backup or provide UltraBac with another available media.
This situation can be problematic if a scheduled backup is supposed to
take place the following evening. It won't be able to start the
job if the previous night's job still has control of the storage
device.
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"Compare to disk during verify" isn't
working correctly. It is the cause of various errors that were
not present in previous versions and has the potential to hang the
verify. "Compare to disk during verify" is enabled in either Tools
/ Preference / Backup, and/or Scheduler / Scheduled Backups / Options.
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Static Mirror image backups in Windows
2000 may give errors when trying to boot into the mirrored image.
The image will restore correctly, but any attempt to login will result
in a pagefile error message. If this should happen, call
our technical support department and we'll send you a file called
"Patchmbr.com." This file can be run by booting into
DOS, inserting a floppy that contains the patchmbr.com, and running
the utility. The disk will be patched and the error
message will cease to exist.
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The Windows 95 agent will display a dll
error when activated on the client machine.
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UltraBac will skip file names longer
than 256 characters in length.
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When backing up the IExplore event log,
UltraBac will display the following error: "183-Cannot create a file when that file already exists."
New Features -- Windows 2000
System State Support:
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Win2K Active Directory
(System State).
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Medium Changer device driver
for Windows 2000.
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Recursive Mount point
support for Windows 2000.
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UltraBac doesn't yet support
the use of hard links using posix in Windows 2000. If a hard link
exists, the actual file gets backed up instead of the link.
Current Limitations in Windows 2000:
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Locked File Backup only
works with NT4 (also must be a local backup).
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Can't mount an image backup
as a drive letter in Win2K.
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Disaster Recovery Diskettes/CDs/OBDR must be created on a machine running NT4 and the
source path must be to a NT4 CD (using a Windows 2000 CD will not work).
Updates/Fixes in this Build: See product history for version 5.54.
Current Known Issues:
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Under Select Select Storage Device, the maximum
number of characters that you can put here is 15. If you put any
combination of 1-13 characters then everything is fine. If you put in a
string that is exactly 14 characters long then UltraBac hangs when you
go into "Schedule\Schedule backups\Options\Define Storage
Device."
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When restoring files and using the option
of overwrite by selecting "update," UltraBac restores the
files but may give an error or AV upon restoring.
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Exchange Agent Incremental Backups not
working correctly. Exchange Full Backups working ok.
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Static Mirror Image on Windows 2000
machines may fail if the first partition is NTFS.
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