BackupEDGE 3.x Major Changes

Additions in BackupEDGE 03.05.02

• Added Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 9.2 Support
• Added Oracle Linux Server 9.2 Support
• Added Rocky Linux 9.2 Support
• Added AlmaLinux 9.2 Support
• Added Ubuntu 23.04 Lunar Lobster Support(build 2)
• Added Ubuntu 22.04.2 Jammy Jellyfish Support(build 2)
• Added Ubuntu 20.04.6 Focal Fossa Support(build 2)
• Added 6.X kernel product line (edgelx60_64)
• Fixed parted library clash on SLES 15

Additions in BackupEDGE 03.05.01

• Added Ubuntu 22.10 Kinetic Kudu Support(build 2)
• Added Ubuntu 22.04.1 Jammy Jellyfish Support(build 2)
• Added Ubuntu 20.04.5 Focal Fossa Support(build 2)
• Added Suse Linux Enterprise 15 Service pack 4 Support(build 2)
• Added OpenSUSE Leap 15.4 Support(build 2)
• Added Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 9 Support
• Added Oracle Linux Server 9 Support
• Added Rocky Linux 9 Support
• Added AlmaLinux 9 Support
• zst compressed kernel module support
• Optimized UEFI boot entry creation
• Improved installer for stricter security systems

Additions in BackupEDGE 03.05.00

• Added Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 8.6 Support(build 2)
• Added Oracle Linux Server 8.6 Support(build 2)
• Added Rocky Linux 8.6 Support(build 2)
• Added AlmaLinux 8.6 Support(build 2)
• Added Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Jammy Jellyfish Support(build 2)
• SharpDrives EXT4 support

Additions in BackupEDGE 03.04.02

• Ubuntu 21.10 Support (build 2)
• ZSTD-Compressed Kernel Support (build 2)
• Backblaze B2 Support
• Added Port Support for S3CLOUD Resources
• Added additional Signature 4 Support for S3CLOUD Resources

Additions in BackupEDGE 03.04.01

• Maintenance Release (build 3)
• Added Rocky Linux 8.4 Support (build 2)
• Added AlmaLinux 8.4 Support (build 2)
• Added SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15.3 Support (build 2)
• Added openSUSE LEAP 15.3 Support (build 2)
• Added MD Support Under UEFI For:
• Rocky Linux 8.4 (build 2)
• AlmaLinux 8.4 (build 2)
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15.3 (build 2)
• openSUSE LEAP 15.3 (build 2)
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.x
• Oracle Linux Server 8.x
• CentOS 8.x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.x
• Oracle Linux Server 7.x
• CentOS 7.x
• Improved Error ReportingIn Summaries
• Improved MD Support for GRUB2 on BIOS systems
• Improved Log File Messages

Additions in BackupEDGE 03.04.00

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 support (build 2)
• Oracle Linux Server 8.4 support (build 2)
• CentOS 8.4-2015 support (build 2)
• Network / Security Libraries updated (build 2)
• Dynamic Loop Device Discovery added (build 2)
• Added Testing for more unsupported opeating system configurations (build 2)
• Improved Disaster Recovery with GPT on DOS-formatted disks (build 2)
• Intel I210-series NIC support added (build 2)
• NVMe support for Linux
• /dev/vdX virtual disk support
• Grub 2 installation without /boot partition support
• Improved Remote Installation support
• Ubuntu 20.04.2 Desktop support
• Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS Server support

Additions in BackupEDGE 03.03.01

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Support (build 1).
• Oracle Linux Server 8.2 Support (build 1).
• CentOS 8.2-2004 Support (build 1).
• S3CLOUD Test ULR Support Improved for Wasabi (build 1).
• edge.remove Updated and Optimized (build 1).
• OSR6 MP4 improved psm_apm module support in RecoverEDGE (build 1).
• Fixed 32-BIt Linux SharpDrive Support (build 1).

Additions in BackupEDGE 03.03.00

• Ubuntu 20.04 Focal Fossa Server Support (build 3).
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.8 Support (build 3).
• CentOS 7.8-2003 Support (build 3).
• Ubuntu 18.04.04 LTS Support (build 3).
• Updated GPT Libraries in Linux (build 3).
• Improved RecoverEDGE module support (build 3).
• Updated communications and security libraries (build 3).
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 Support (build 2).
• Oracle Linux Server 8.1 Support (build 2).
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1 Support (build 2).
• Ubuntu 19.10 Eoan Ermin Server Support (build 2).
• Xterm / Ncurses Fix (build 2).
• Wasabi Test URL Fix (build 2).
• New Product Release for 5.x Kernels (edgelx50_64).
• Ubuntu 19.04 Disco Dingo Server Support.
• CentOS 8.0.1905 Support.
• CentOS 7.7.1908 Support.
• Updated Compression Libraries.

Additions in BackupEDGE 03.02.03

• Oracle Linux Server 8 support (build 2).
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 support (build 2).
• Added LVM support in RecoverEDGE in nwer SUSE-family platforms (build 2).
• Modernized the HTML version of the Backup Report (build 2).
• Updated the Dealer Information entries in the Backup Report (build 2).
• Updated the Java detector to work better with SLES 15 and Leap 15 (build 2).
• Red Rat Enterprise Linux 8 Support.
• Improved Multiple Archive per Medium Support under Linux.

Additions in BackupEDGE 03.02.02

• NIC Bonding Support - Red Rat Enterprise Linux 7 / CentOS 7 and later.
• NIC Bonding Support - Oracle Linux 7 / Scientific Linux 7 and later.
• NIC Bonding Support - Ubuntu Server 18.x / 17.x / 16.x.
• Network Code Improved and Updated.
• Updated communications and security libraries.

Additions in BackupEDGE 03.02.01

• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 support (build 7).
• Oracle Linux Server 7.6 Support (build 6)
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6 Support (build 6)
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 support (build 6).
• Ubuntu 18.10 Cosmic Cuttlefish support (build 6).
• Xinuos SCO OpenServer 5 Definitive 2018 (build D2M1) support (build 5).
• Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS Bionic Beaver Support (build 5).
• Ubuntu 16.04.5 LTS Xenial Xerus Support (build 5).
• openSUSE Leap 15 Support (build 4).
• Improved S3CLOUD (Amazon S3-Compatible) Performance (build 3).
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.10 Support (build 3).
• CentOS 6.10 Support (build 3).
• Updated communications and security libraries (build 3).
• CentOS 7.5 (1804) Support (build 3).
• Scientific L:inux 7.5 Support (build 3).
• Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Bionic Beaver Support (build 3).
• SharpDrive Booting in LEAP 42.x Support (FDISK/BIOS Only) (build 3).
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.5 Support (build 2).
• Oracle Linux Server 7.5 Support (build 2).
• ClearOS 7.4 support.
• Xinuos SCO OpenServer 6 Definitive 2018 (build D2M1) support.
• Xinuos SCO UnixWare 7 Definitive 2018 (build D2M1) support.

Additions in BackupEDGE 03.02.00

• UEFI Support for a wide variety of Linux distributions.
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 support.
• openSUSE LEAP 42.3 support.

Additions in BackupEDGE 03.01.05

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4 RecoverEDGE support (build 3).
• Ubuntu Server 16.04.3 LTS RecoverEDGE support (build 3).
• Amazon DevPay Resources removed (build 3).
• Ubuntu Server 17.04 and 16.10 RecoverEDGE support (build 2).
• Amazon S3 signature version 4 support.
• Updated Linux XFS support.
• Compression level added to backup reports.
• Communications and Security Libraries updated.

Additions in BackupEDGE 03.01.04

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3, CentOS 7.3 (1611), Oracle Linux Server 7.3, Scientific Linux 7.3 support (build 2).
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.9, CentOS 6.9, Oracle Linux Server 6.9 support (build 2).
• Linux GPT Disk Support added. See GPT Support Tables.
• Communications and Security Libraries updated (build 1 and 2).

Additions in BackupEDGE 03.01.03

• Linux P2V Support to Hyper-V added (build 5).
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.8, CentOS 6.8 Support (build 5).
• Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Support (build 5).
• Ubuntu 15.10 Support (build 4).
• Xinuos OpenServer 5 Definitive, OpenServer 6 Definitive, UnixWare 7 Definitive Support (build 3).
• CIFS Backups for Linux (build 2).
• Communications and Security Libraries updated (build 2).
• Ubuntu 15.10 Wily Werewolf Server (build 1).
• Linux 4.x kernel support anddistributables.
• Communications and Security Libraries updated.

Additions in BackupEDGE 03.01.02

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.7 support (build 2).
• Improved MySQL / MariaDB support (build 2).
• Updated Amazon DevPay Interfaces and Screens (build 2).
• Communications and Security Libraries updated (build 2).
• NFS Backup support.
• Linux GPT support for SharpDrive backups.
• Ubuntu 15.04 64bit server support.
• Communications and Security Libraries updated.

Additions in BackupEDGE 03.01.01

• CentOS 7.1 - 1503 support (build 4).
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1 support (build 4).
• Oracle Linux Server 7 Update 1 support (build 4).
• s3cloud API Resource now supports Google Cloud Storage (build 4).
• Communications and Security Libraries updated (build 4).
• OpenServer 6 RecoverEDGE Improvements (build 4).
• Ubuntu 14.04.2 support (build 4).
• Adds Lazy Reclamation Disable for sc3cloud, url, fsp, sdrive Resource types (build 2 & later).
  (Causes ALL expired backups to be deleted when the next backup starts.)
• S3-Compatible Cloud Backups.
  - New s3cloud Resource Type.
  - Standard Bucket and Worldwide Region Support.
  - Multiple S3-Compatible Cloud Vendors.

Additions in BackupEDGE 03.01.00

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 support.
• CentOS 7 support (build 2).
• RHEL7 / CentOS 7 P2V support (build 2).
• Commercial Java Certificate (build 2).
• Amazon S3 (now called Amazon DevPay) improvements (build 2).
• Ubuntu 14.04 LTS server support.
• Communications security updates.
• Linux 2.4 kernels and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.x and 3.x and variants support ends with this release.

Additions in BackupEDGE 03.00.07

• P2V Physical to Virtual support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and
  6, as well as similar CentOS and Oracle distributions to VMware ESXi 5.

Additions in BackupEDGE 03.00.06

• SUSE Enterprise Linux (SLES) 11 SP3 support.
• Ubuntu 12.10, 13.04, 13.10 support.

Additions in BackupEDGE 03.00.05

• MD RAID support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and CentOS 6.
• Oracle Linux 6.4 Server support.
• SUSE Enterprise Linux (SLES) 11 SP2 support.
• OpenSUSE 12.1 support.

Additions in BackupEDGE 03.00.04

• First Linux 3.0 kernel support.
• Ubuntu 10.10 / 11.04 / 11.10 / 12.04 support.
• OpenSUSE 11.4 support.

Additions in BackupEDGE 03.00.03

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.2 support (03.00.03 build 7 and later).
• CentOS 6.2 support (03.00.03 build 7 and later).
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.1 support (03.00.03 build 5 and later).
• CentOS 6.0 / 6.1 support (03.00.03 build 5 and later).
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 support (03.00.03 build 3 and later).
• SharpDrive™ Support. Sharpdrive is is our terminology for a best-in-class method of preparing and using USB flash drives and hard drives, USB and SATA RDX and GoVault cartridge drives as archive devices.
• LTO5 Tape Drive Support.
• Support for Linux Kernels compressed via newer lzma/bzip.

Additions in BackupEDGE 3.x

• MySQL™ Hot Backups. MySQL databases can now be dumped directly to the archive during a backup, without shutting down MySQL. No intermediate files need to be created.
• Blu-ray Disc drives and BD-RE 25GB and 50GB media are now supported.
• Tapes, Blu-ray Disc, DVD-RAM, DVD+RW and REV media now support multiple archives per medium. Full support for Instant File Restore, Fast File Restore (tape), and Bare Metal Disaster Recovery is maintained.
• Time-To-Live (retention time) settable per archive. Archives won't be over-written until TTL expires. This makes 2 week, 3 week, and a wide variety of other archive retentions available.
• Disk-to-Anything-to-Anything (D-to-*-to-*) Scheduling. Perform a quick backup to disk, FTP, or other fast Resource, then copy to a slower Resource as time permits.

Major Changes Since 2.x...

• The Scheduler has been replaced by one with far more features, which will be explained in detail. However, the default behavior remains the same; a weekly backup rotation with Monday through Friday enabled.
• All CD and DVD Resource Names have been changed to "optical" and combined with Blu-ray Disc support.
• The Web Services Interface has been improved. It is no longer necessary to copy files to the desktop system. Simply browse to "https://hostname:3946" and the user interface will download. Web Services still needs to be enabled manually.
• There are no more "Slotnames" used in AWS, FTP and FSP backups. Archive rotation is now controlled by Time-To-Live.
• EDGEMENU has been reorganized. Infrequently used setup menus are now consolidated in the Setup -> Configure BackupEDGE sub-menu.

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Last Updated - 2021/12/06