Quadric Software

Alike Release Notes v3.0.3

Released: 10/17/2013

Improvements
-3.0.3 introduces intelligent guest selection for jobs based on host, name or tag.
-3.0.3 is also a "roll-up" release of various hotfix builds after 3.0.2.

Fixes
-Addresses an issue during upgrades where Alike databases were not correctly updated, requiring support intervention.
-Fixes a crash affecting Alike environments that are running very low on memory.
-Improves reporting of low-memory and low-resource situations to the dashboard.


Fixes in Build 5234
-Addresses issues where Generation 2 Hyper-Vs are not available for inclusion in jobs.
-Improved load times of ADS for larger datasets (10TB+ actual stored)
-Exclude system appliances (eg. Xen Transfer VM) from dynamic backup jobs.
-Offsite Vaulting are now able to reconnect gracefully after encountering missing journals.
-Resolved UI crashes during job scheduling/editing Advanced Retention settings.

Fixes in Build 5210
-Addresses issue where installation of offsite console erroneously requested a license key
-Fixes "malformed lock file" issue with offsite vaulting
-Resolves issue where duplicate VMs appeared in Alike, interfering with backups, when vaulting is enabled
-Further improvements to Alike's enumeration and display of XenServer and Hyper-V host VMs

Fixes in Build 5184
-Streamlined Data Store move feature makes moving Alike data easier and more reliable.
-Optimization to improve vaulting performance when vaulting to a local disk.
-Fix issue where ABDs are not deleted when XenServer XAPI is under heavy load.