SQL safe

What’s New | Key Benefits | Requirements | Technical Features

New in Version 4.9

• Repository Grooming – Automatically groom historical backup and restore data stored in the SQL safe repository.
   
• Repository Performance Improvements - Repository performance has been enhanced for quicker status processing and reporting in large enterprise deployments.
   
• Table Recovery Performance Improvements – Table level recovery performance has been improved.

New in Version 4.8

• Alerting – Monitor backup and recovery operations and send an alert (email or event log) in the case of a failed or missed backup.
   
• Enhancements to Tivoli Storage Manager
  • Groom backup files from TSM by marking them inactive, which allows TSM expiration processing to permanently delete them.
  • Retrieve a backup file from TSM and copy it directly to disk making it easier to restore files across TSM nodes.
     
• Support for SQL Server 2008 – Provide backup and recovery support for SQL Server 2008.

New in Version 4.7

• Backup Mirroring – Quickly and easily write duplicate backup files to different locations during a single backup operation.
   
• Policy Enhancements
  • Jobs created as a result of policy creation now use the SQL safe command-line interface rather than the extended stored procedures.
  • Instance/database selection has been enhanced to allow for greater flexibility in the selection of which databases to include in the policy.
  • Policies now support striped and mirrored backup locations.
     
• Command-line Interface (CLI) Enhancements
  • Support for multiple databases and special wildcard keywords enable SQL safe to backup more than a single database per single CLI command.
  • A new ‘Exclude’ parameter allows users to easily specify which databases to exclude from an operation.
  • Skip performing certain operations or ignore invalid parameter. For instance SQL safe will skip backing up databases that are ‘offline’, will not perform T-Log backups of databases that are in simple mode, and will ignore the object level recovery flag if backing up system databases.
     
• Tivoli Storage Manager Enhancements – Provide backup and restore capabilities for Tivoli Storage Manager 5.5.

New in Version 4.6

• Support for SQL Server 2000 (32-bit) on x64 – Provide backup and restore capabilities for SQL Server 2000 (32-bit) on the x64 platform.
   
• Support Tivoli Storage Manager version 5.4 – Provide backup and restore capabilities for Tivoli Storage Manager version 5.4.

New in Version 4.5

• Object Level Recovery – Save valuable time in recovery situations by quickly and easily restoring only the specific table you need rather than waiting to restore the entire database.
   
• Vista Support - You can now deploy the Management Console on a computer running the Microsoft Vista operating system.
   
• Enhanced 64-bit support – Now you can run all components of SQL safe on 32- or 64-bit hardware and in mixed environments. The SQL safe Backup Agent and SQL safe Repository previously offered this support.

New in Version 4.0

• Policy-based backup – Backup policies allow you to define and automate a backup schedule across servers and databases and monitor backup jobs to ensure they are executed as specified.
   
• IntelliRestore™ graphical point-in-time recovery – Using a sliding time scale, choose a point in time, and SQL safe will automatically assemble all the backup components necessary to restore the database to the specified point in time.
   
• Enhanced Management Console – New and improved Management Console with enhanced capabilities and usability.
   
• Multiple database restore – Quickly restore multiple databases at once using a simple restore wizard.
   
• Support for SQL Server 2005 Express Edition – Provide backup and restore capabilities for SQL Server 2005 Express Edition.
   
• Advanced backup options for SQL Server 2005 – Extended support for the new SQL Server 2005 backup options.