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StoragePoint 6.4 - Release Notes

Version 6.1 Release Notes

Introduction

Quest continues to refine StoragePoint by incorporating additional features/enhancements that were requested as well as addressing issues experienced by our customers in implementing and maintaining StoragePoint.

The Release Notes contained within this document provide high level details on feature additions and enhancements in this release. Refer to the StoragePoint Reference Guide or Adapter guides for full explanations.

Fixed Issues

Module

Description

Work Item

Case No.

Dashboard

Profile and Endpoint Dashboard Tab rework/removal

507839

 

Endpoints

DELL ECS Adapter fixes

515297

4997786-1

Profile endpoint filter does not work correctly when metadata filter with no rule was persisted with OR operator

521955

 

Licensing

Clarification on counting WFEs for licensing regarding services and Central Admin

514098

4994489-1

PowerShell

Librarian configuration now available in PowerShell and API

480853

 

Clarification added to timer jobs about required fields

506177

4963125-1

Reimplement Get-License cmdlet to get StoragePoint API license object

514048

 

JobScope parameter added to some timer jobs

505514

4913695-1

Support

SharePoint 2016 to SharePoint 2019 Update Guide available

517178

5033940-1

Timer Jobs

Updates to Standalone BHA application

482197, 487451, 503670

4757343-1, 4817085-1, 4757343-1

Linked Server Context logic for BLOB Migrate

502341, 514673

 

Stagger Backup Sync jobs

519027

5053235-1

Improvements to the UBC job processing

519051, 519624

5056364-1

Validation on Special Characters preventing externalization

519588

 

Version 6.0 Release Notes

What's New

Archiving by Retained Version has been removed (except on SharePoint 2010) as of this release. Information Management Policy in Archiving configuration has also been removed from this release. (273819, 484121)

Improved performance for Profile Timer and Farm-wide Timer Jobs: BLOB Health Analyzer, Unused BLOB Cleanup, BLOB Migrator and Content Queue Migrator. (372678)

oThe main difference is a swap from disk based SQL processing on longer running jobs. This will reduce dependency on the TempDB.

oUBC can update missing profile tracking table records such as Site Id and Doc ID before scanning.

o Content Queue Migrator logic is improved to address items without errors, and then items with errors.

oLinked SQL Server architectures are better supported.

 

Retention settings for the Amazon S3 adapter were added. (462124)

 

This will be the final release containing support for SharePoint 2010.

Fixed Issues

Module

Description

Work Item

Case No.

Dashboard

Error no longer raised for Show All Endpoints

322014

 

License

Having TLS1.2 only on .net and browser caused license verification to fail

438600

 

Managed Users was added to the License Page.

467810

 

Removed override feature in the license activation screen

478143

 

PowerShell

Blob health analyzer - can now change notification settings via powershell.

491522

 

Unused blob cleanup job - jobs scheduled via PowerShell were not running.

497101

 

User Interface

Metalogix Archive Adapter removed for SharePoint 2016 and 2019.

440203

 

STP-details is missing for attached files on Modern UI in SharePoint 2019

453869

 

Large File was displayed as a normal file(icon) and with the aspx extension in SharePoint 2019 modern UI when StoragePoint is upgraded

470436

 

Folder structure logic was broken in Modern Experience when externalized files were moved using Move option in SP2019

472216

 

Expanding UI section with configuration options for Archiving, Records, Holds and BLOB Backup configuration on profile load.

479635

 

Endpoints

Now able to migrate BLOB with name containing special "bidirectional" character(s)

473340

 

HCP 9.2 certification

484854

 

Clarification on retiring backup endpoints

504753

 

Timer Jobs

UBC job now removes Large Files with long names

505743

 

Large Files moving out of System Cache

497696

4871659-1

Retention for deleted BLOB history is increased

506739

 

Not all log files were being included in zip for Log File collector

415957

 

Timer Job Status page was not up to date.

422097

4439252-1

Slow running of UBC timer job in high volume environments remedied

434379

171157-1

Content Migrator job incorrectly processed SP document migrations (1st phase) still linked with "gradually deleted" site collections

456878

 

Calculation for Externalization Analyze&Estimate functionality is now accurate

488004

 

Concurrently scheduled StoragePoint BLOB Backup Sync jobs were processed synchronously

500690

4880041-1

Installer

Changes to server role detection

499819

 

Installer timeout field clarified

500751

 

File Share Librarian

Selecting more sub folders after initial configuration has cataloged content is now supported.

409266

 

Sitecollection Root website was shown in classic view when it is created by librarian on a site using modern UI

452785

 

Could not select database in Fileshare Llibrarian configuration (scrolling error)

477098

 

 

Version 5.9.2 Release Notes

5.9.2

With this release of StoragePoint, most of the updates are improvements in processing and in RBS support.

Fixed Issues

Module

Description

Work Item

Case No.

Dashboard

Minor user interface updates

447807, 447808, 447809, 447824

 

License

Capacity thresholds for Error and Warning updated

458090

 

License Page updated. Individual endpoint adapters no longer listed.

433413

 

PowerShell

SharePoint API now returns real server information instead of SQL alias

458939

 

 

Powershell scripts for disabling and enabling timer jobs added to the Upgrade guides.

460542

4663398-1

User Interface

Modern UI in SharePoint 2019 no longer displays Large File as a normal file

453125

 

No longer getting object reference on System Health Report

448054

 

Timer Jobs

Job Status Page was not up to date

422097

4439252-1

Unused BLOB Cleanup with scope filtering no longer leaving BLOBs behind.

457078

 

Per-Server Maintenance job now working on a per-server scope

455818

 

Recall Job Summary - Summary now displays correct scope when using filter

431142

 

Large File Uploads

Large File Upload no longer displays as a regular file icon in SharePoint 2019 modern UI.

470436

 

EBS to RBS Conversion

SharePoint 2010 Only - Currently recalled content will be externalized during conversion if the content is within the scope of the profile, and no endpoint filters are added to exclude the content.

470481

 

Product Licensing

When installing the StoragePoint for the first time or if the key has expired, you will be prompted to enter a License Key. License keys can be entered during install/upgrade or using the License Management page. A link to the License Management page is found on Application Management page, in the StoragePoint main menu.

 

info

NOTE: Reuse of the offline activation .dat file is not supported. A new file must be generated for each activation when activating the license offline.

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