R1Soft Server Backup Upgrade
Posted by Kevin Stange on 15 June 2016 10:33 AM |
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We have scheduled an upgrade of our R1Soft Server Backup (formerly Idera Server Backup or R1Soft CDP) platform software on cdp01.steadfast.net to version 5.14.3. This update introduces a revised disk safe format, adds support for XFS filesystem per-file restoration, and improves performance throughout the user interface. There are several minor changes to the user interface, including new backup and verification status columns that appear on the servers list, an expanded server detail page, and an actions drop-down menu which replaces many individual action icons in some list views and gives expanded access to disk safe and policy operations from the servers list. This upgrade is being performed during the daytime, mid-week, because it is the lowest utilization period. Date: Tuesday, June 21st, 2016 Customer Impact: Backups will not be performed and restoration services will be unavailable during the maintenance period. This maintenance will not impact customer equipment or services other than backup tasks. This maintenance window is expected to take substantially longer than usual because disk safes will need to be converted to the new data format prior to allowing new tasks to run. Due to the large number of disk safes present, this may take several hours to complete. Based on previous tests, we believe the three hour window is appropriate. Any tasks that would have occurred during maintenance will be run immediately after it completes. It is safe to upgrade the agent to version 5.14.3 before the manager has been upgraded. There are no important changes to the agent in this release. The full release notes may be viewed here. If you have any questions regarding this maintenance, or for assistance in upgrading the agent on your server(s), please feel free to contact us via our helpdesk or by email. | |