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LiteSpeed for SQL Server 8.9.5 - Security and Compliance Guide

Resolved Issues

In LiteSpeed 8.9.5

The following is a list of issues addressed in release 8.9.5

Resolved Issue Issue ID
LiteSpeed does not crash when requests notification operators list in the deployment wizard. LS-1795
Fast compression does not reset FC sequence to "F0" after any normal full backup if database name has "/". LS-2127
Maintenance plans do not report formatting is incorrect anymore. LS-2141
Help files now include the minimum AWS permissions requirements. LS-2151
MSDB updated when a verify fails at the end of a backup. LS-2155
Automated striping options takes to account a filestream size. LS-2163
Maintenance plans do not report "Invalid pointer operation" anymore. LS-2167
Cloud parameters partsize and parallel uploads are now supported in the backup maintenance plan. LS-2262
LiteSpeed deletes record about backup in msdb database in case of a failed write to disk operation. LS-2283

In LiteSpeed 8.9.1

The following is a list of issues addressed in release 8.9.1

Resolved Issue Issue ID
Tlog backups do not hang sporadically anymore. LS-1983
Smart Cleanup resources usage significantly decreased. LS-1980, LS-1981
Backup Analyzer now shows a warning message if the data sample size too low. LS-1083
Console now may recognize AlwaysOn Group Listener used as a central repository. LS-1643
Backup to cloud performance has been optimized. LS-1892
Tlog backups do not fail with the error "The connection is no longer usable..." anymore. LS-1893
Restore_headeronly stored procedure performance has been optimized for Cloud storage. LS-1896
Maintenance plans do not hang anymore in case of Сloud storage. LS-1932
Core correctly handle Access denied error in case of IAM authentication. LS-1960
Smart Cleanup now correctly handles non-immediate deletions of Cloud storages. LS-2001, LS-2028
LiteSpeed now correctly calculates CloudPartSize and CloudParallelUpload parameters for large and very large databases. LS-2009
LiteSpeed does not leave a database in restoring state after restore anymore. LS-2029
LiteSpeed now uses nolock option for queries to TempDB tables. LS-1978
Auto-filters disabled for the LiteSpeed Activity tab. LS-1927
Restore process now able to use LSM file from the backup file. LS-1712

In LiteSpeed 8.9

The following is a list of issues addressed in release 8.9

Resolved Issue Issue ID
Log Shipping restore job now fails in case of the first tlog backup was not found. LS-1401
The AG-related SELECT statement now runs only once. LS-1033
The updating license key procedure described in the help file. LS-1232
Fast Compression now takes into account Sql Server native differential backups. LS-1416
A cluster uninstall script now deletes empty Quest Software folder in Program Files. LS-1450
Automated restore now takes into account t-log backups created during a full backup. LS-1452
Maintenance plans now correctly apply the "Order selected databases" option. LS-1522
Automated restore now correctly sorts backup files LS-1533
Maintenance plans do not fail now with "session expired" LS-1569
TDE compressed backups now supports starting SQL Server 2016 SP2 CU8, SQL Server 2017 CU16 and SQL Server 2019 RTM versions LS-1584, LS-1585
Log reader now does not hang on large backups. LS-1592
LiteSpeed now works with Amazon Web Services IAM Roles as expected. LS-1603
LiteSpeed now correctly calculates the cloud automatic stripping option. LS-1628
LiteSpeed now supports the pound symbol in Sql Server passwords where allowed. LS-1630
LiteSpeed now supports the creation of subfolders for encrypted objects in the Amazon Web Services cloud. LS-1651

In LiteSpeed 8.8

The following is a list of issues addressed in release 8.8

Resolved Issue Issue ID

Corrected a problem on restoring on old backup to source database. Automated restore used to incorrectly choose older backups with a higher LSN number that newer backups created after the restore.

LS-514
Corrected a problem where DCR backup files larger than 4GB with Verify option turned on failed. LS-924
Corrected a problem behind error on upgrade of server during upgrade of LiteSpeed Local 'Latin1_General_100_CS_AS_KS_WS_SC' LS-982
Cloud browsing performance has been improved in maintenance plans. This is specifically related to the time taken to complete backup jobs when cleanup is enabled. LS-1000
Corrected a display problem, when a backup or restore verify ran for a longer period of time it showed up in the console as failed but was still running in the background.. The central repository is now updated in real time with progress percentage of restore. LS-1027
Corrected a problem where OLR failed to start when processing more than 200 TLOG backups. LS-1030
TSM Issue "Error in conversion TSMEstimatedSize" has been fixed. LS-1035
Issue related to TSM server generates too many TSM database transactions has been fixed. LS-1036
Issue "Template was not deployed. Installed LiteSpeed version (8.6.1.36) does not support Azure Blob Storage." when deploying the template has been fixed. LS-1037
The help files have been updated to include always on group support in SQL Server 2014 and SQL Server 2016. LS-1123
Log shipping jobs do not check contiguous memory before executing any more. LS-1127
The option to "Force a full backup if one has not been created" is now applied in the case where a database name does not match the logical name of the MDF file. LS-1150
xp_restore_verifyonly now reports compression level or adaptive compression mode LS-1187
Overlapped write has been disabled by default for network storage since it generates too many issues with non-compatible windows storage. LS-1197
The ability to add / hide copy-only full backups from a selection has been added to Intellirestore LS-1207
Fast compression template job now records failed backups to Litespeed activity. LS-1220
Fast compression maintenance plans now support variable “%TYPE%". LS-1246
Litepseed now sets maximum striping/CloudPartSize values for backups to cloud databases that cannot be read. LS-1262
Improve stability of a backup transfer process to Amazon cloud. LS-1289
Disable OLRMAP option for TLOGS in Backup Templates. LS-1296
Backup wizard no longer ignores "Use SSL" setting for Microsoft Azure. LS-1340

In LiteSpeed 8.7.1

The following is a list of issues addressed in release 8.7.1

Table 6: Core issues

Resolved Issue Issue ID
Corrected a problem where Log shipping calls to check memory should not crash server or consume up server resources. LS-1127
Corrected a problem behind a Delete File error on backup to Google Storage for files containing special symbols, slashes or spaces including files in subfolders. LS-1320
With tlog backups, changed the default setting for the option "Optimize Object Level Recovery speed" to off as in some cases there is more difficulty with its usage than profit. LS-1222
Corrected a display problem, when a backup or restore verify ran for a longer period of time it showed up in the console as failed but was still running in the background. LS-1027
Litepseed now sets maximum striping/CloudPartSize values for backups to cloud databases that cannot be read. LS-1262
The LiteSpeed activity page now records successful and failed fast compression backups. LS-1220
Fast Compression now shows all messages in the logs, not just messages from the last database. LS-1218
Fast Compression backups no longer backup databases in STANDBY mode. LS-1236
OLR is now able to execute requests to process more than 200 TLOG bakcups. LS-1030 CSR 4369943
LiteSpeed now locks backup files during regular backup full / differential / TLOG / fast compression. LS-1194
LiteSpeed now includes logging and retries into the CloudProxy where it checks for bucket existence and requests a bucket's region LS-1161

 

In LiteSpeed 8.7

The following is a list of issues addressed in release 8.7

Table 7: Core issues

Resolved Issue Issue ID
The Instance configuration wizard now allows you to edit the instance name at the SQL Instances step. Ctrl+Left Click on an empty place near the "use the same login ..." check box.

LS-552

When the console is setup to use "central" view, refresh now correctly updates the list of registered SQL Servers. LS-570
Automated restore now reports the correct message for a dropped database.. LS-576
The Database tab at the instance level now shows the last backup for all databases. LS-580
LiteSpeed Core is now able to correctly read files with non-standard sector sizes from storage. LS-643
LiteSpeed now handles license information from old license types (License types used by LiteSpeed versions prior to 8.6).

LS-646

LS-647

LS-649

LS-780

Instance configuration now allows the SQL name to include a port number.

LS-656

Multi-database Fast Compression now correctly works with the %DATABASENAME% parameter. LS-708
Maintenance Plans can now run backups without an additional call to xp_restore_headeronly LS-721
On upgrade LiteSpeed is now able to correctly handle the old license type (License types used by LiteSpeed versions prior to 8.6). LS-780

Corrected an issue where Automated Restore ran with no results.

LS-819
Symbol "]" is now allowed in the database name in backup Maintenance Plans. LS-823
Symbol "{" is now allowed in OLR scripts.. LS-845
“Always on availability group” options are now disabled when "System Databases" is selected in Maintenance Plans. LS-854
Remote Deploy now supports TLS 1.2 automated provider selection. LS-855
Backup Template jobs now produce an error when the backup path option is selected and not used. LS-871
LiteSpeed Core now works correctly on receipt of unexpected errors from the SQL Server. LS-890
Browsing for a backup location on windows 2016 no longer results the error "Arithmetic operation resulted in an overflow." LS-904
The LiteSpeed Console now reports the server as registered when the native Log Shipping plan includes a server port number in "name". LS-186
The Log Shipping wizard now uses the port number of a registered SQL Server instance. LS-897
Fast Compression smart cleanup tasks are now able to delete files in the case of locked files.

LS-903

LS-820

In LiteSpeed 8.6.1

The following is a list of issues addressed in release 8.6.1.

Table 8: Core issues

Resolved Issue Issue ID

Handling of the error “The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process” in maintenance plans has been improved.

LS-721
Fast Compression backup for multiple databases now supports the %DATABASENAME% variable. LS-708
LiteSpeed core work with different drive sector sizes has been improved. LS-643, LS-649
Smart cleanup is able to work with a larger number of files now. LS-644

License verification is now optimized for old format keys (prior to version 8.6).

LS-646, LS-647
The Instance Configuration Wizard now allows you to set a port number for SQL Server instances on non-standard ports. LS-656

 

In LiteSpeed 8.6.0

The following is a list of issues addressed in release 8.6.0.

Table 9: Core issues

Resolved Issue Issue ID
Errors "Database 'name' is invalid: not found" may occur during smart cleanup process on fast computers LS-293
Cloud buckets browsing may fail with error "List of Objects in cloud exception: The remote server returned an error: (404) Not Found" in case of a lot of cloud objects LS-369
Automated restore does not show error in case of drop database operation fail LS-207
Automated restore may fail drop database if the database in use by other connection LS-214
Backups executed with depreciating @LSECompatible=1 parameter can't be restored. LS-323
Backup performance slow due to the running of unneeded T SQL statement. LS-384
Automated restore changes file names and extension for secondary data files LS-483
Backup of AG secondary replica fails if the replica is not set to be readable. LS-498

Table 10: Log Reader issues

Resolved Issue Issue ID
Log reader may fail when reading large log files because it could not use all available RAM on the machine LS-6

Table 11: OLR issues

Resolved Issue Issue ID
OLR should support sparse columns LS-258

Table 12: Job Manager issues

Resolved Issue Issue ID
Job Manager may raise an error in case of adding job step to a job. LS-446

Table 13: Backup Template issues

Resolved Issue Issue ID
Template deployment may move registered instances to the "unregistered instances" category LS-448

Table 14: Console issues

Resolved Issue Issue ID
The user interface console displays an incorrect message if the central repository instance is setup with a port number LS-503

Table 15: Maintenance Plan issues

Resolved Issue Issue ID
Maintenance plans create but do not drop temp tables. LS-516
Maintenance plans may fail with error "Access violation at address 00511475 in module 'slssqlmaint.exe'. Read of address 7FFD5DF6" during fast compression with smart cleanup plan execution in some cases. LS-521

 

In LiteSpeed 8.5

The following is a list of issues addressed in release 8.5.

Table 16: Backup and Restore resolved issues

Resolved Issue Issue ID
Performance issue related to mirrored backups resolved 115926
Issue with hanging backups on high load systems resolved 119546 119800
LiteSpeed install on windows 2012/2016 servers does not need NET 3.5 any more 119868
“Provider” parameter added to LS Core ini file 119658

Table 17: Fast Compression resolved issues

Resolved Issue Issue ID
Number of threads from LiteSpeed defaults correctly applied in Fast Compression 119711
Escalation events do not raise error status for backup 119780
Fast Compression can figure out special cases caused by SmartCleanup 119735

Table 18: Remote Deploy resolved issues

Resolved Issue Issue ID
Remote deploy wizard opens normally on all systems 119799

Table 19: OLR resolved issues

Resolved Issue Issue ID
Filtered Index is supported 119598
NTEXT,TEXT, IMAGE types can be restored via Direct Mode 119724

Table 20: Maintenance plans resolved issues

Resolved Issue Issue ID
Maintenance plan reports can be emailed in all cases 119476
Striped backups can be deleted from cloud with “delete files older then” option 119689

Table 21: Instance Configuration Wizard resolved issues

Resolved Issue Issue ID
AlwaysOn Group listener can be used for the central repository connection 119600 119596
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