Zmanda Cloud Backup 2.0.2.x Release notes

Upgrading from Zmanda Cloud Backup 1.0.2

• Customers can upgrade to new release by running setup.exe that is part of the 2.0.2.x software zip file.
• Customers must preserve the configuration data during upgrade process if they want configuration and backup images to be restored using 2.0.2.x software. The Backup set Backup What, Where and When configuration, Monitor and Reports information are preserved.
• All backups created using ZCB 1.0.2 can be restored using ZCB 2.0.2.x software except for encrypted backups (see next point).
• There are few important caveats:
  • All backup sets created using 1.0.2 software must be saved after upgrade to 2.0.2.x This step must be done before backup or restores can be performed using ZCB 2.0.2.x software.
  • ZCB 2.0.2.x uses different data encryption configuration (certificate based encryption). Customers who have configured data encryption in 1.0.2 will have to configure digital certificates for amandabackup user and have to provide the certificate name in the backup set (Backup>What). Otherwise, data encryption will not be performed after upgrade to 2.0.2.x
  • In Restore>What page in the UI, Top Directories View is not available for backup created using 1.x images. Users can use All Files view to restore selected files.
  • All backup schedules created in ZCB 1.0.2 should be modified to work in ZCB 2.0.2.x The location of scheduler.exe binary has moved from the Zmanda Internet Backup folder to the Zmanda Cloud Backup folder. Please update the 1.0.2 schedule entries in the Windows Task scheduler or delete the old ones and recreate them using ZCB 2.0.2.x

Upgrading from Zmanda Cloud Backup 2.0

Users with backup images encrypted using ZCB 2.0 will have to migrate their backup images before upgrading to ZCB 2.0.2.x The migration procedure is

• Restore all encrypted (already backed up) archives , which will need to be backed up after upgrade. This is because we will be deleting the Zmanda key container.
• Assign necessary permissions to 'amandabackup' user. Assign "Full Control" permissions to amandabackup user in following folders:

Windows XP and 2003 Server C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Microsoft\Crypto\RSA
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Microsoft\Crypto\RSA\<wbr/>MachineKeys

Vista, Windows 7 and 2008 Server
C:\Program Data\Microsoft\Crypto\RSA\<wbr/>MachineKeys
C:\Program Data\Microsoft\Crypto\RSA\

• Execute command aspnet_regiis -pz "Zmanda ( Make sure no Zmanda key container exists by running again aspnet_regiis -pz "Zmanda").
• Upgrade to ZCB 2.0.2.x (If you have already upgraded, skip this statement).
• Perform encrypted backups and export Zmanda key container for disaster recovery. Please see Getting Started manual (Help > Getting Started) for details.

Installation/Upgrade procedure

1. Download the Zmanda Cloud Backup 2.0.2.x software from Zmanda Network (Zmanda Network credentials are required).
2. Please make sure system requirements such as Java 6 Update 16 must be installed, described in Getting Started guide are met.
3. Extract the zip file and run setup.exe
4. If you are running previous version of ZCB, you will prompted about preserving old configuration. Please answer Yes if you would like to use the backup set configuration, reports and restore from old backups.
5. The Zmanda Cloud Backup documentation is available in the ZCB UI (Help>Getting Started, Help>FAQ).
6. Amazon S3 certificate required for S3 backups and restoration is not bundled as part of the software. It is available in the Zmanda Network under Downloads tab. Download the file to the ZCB machine and Import the file into the configuration using ZCB UI (Cloud>Import Cloud Certificate).

Zmanda Cloud Backup will not install on machines running Amanda Windows Client or 
Zmanda Recovery Manager (ZRM) Windows client.

Upgrading from Windows XP to Windows 7

Microsoft requires users to backup all files and reformat the hard drive to upgrade from Windows XP to Windows 7.

If you are backing up all important files and application data using ZCB to the cloud, you can restore them easily to Windows 7 after the upgrade. You will need to do following:

1. Install ZCB 2.0.2.x on the system that has Windows 7 installed.
2. Use Tools > Restore Catalog, provide Windows XP machine hostname, backup set name(s) and location to restore the data to.
3. You can restore all backups done from Windows XP machine. Please be careful restoring data to original location because folder structure of Windows 7 is different from Windows XP.
    

Changes

1. Support for all Windows 7 edition filesystem and system state backup and recovery.
2. Support for Windows 2008 server R2 filesystem and system state backup and recovery.
3. Fixes in restoration of system state to machines with Active Directory.
4. Changes to the Zmanda Key container for ZCB encryption.
5. Retention policy specified in weeks/months/years did not work correctly. It has been fixed.
6. UNC path can be specified for Local Folder in UI Backup Where (instead of mapped drives).
7. File names with quotes (single quote) are added to the ZCB index and backups will succeed.
8. The ZCB email notification messages use From and To as the email address. 
9. Fixes Storage Cloud Communication errors caused due to expired certificates.
10. Fixes Exchange backup failures in certain configurations.
11. The user interface handles backup of large number of MySQL databases ( > 100) correctly.