A2 Release Notes 6.0.2 #7941


Alike v6.0.1

Released: 1/8/2019


A stabilization build for the A2


Features and Improvements

  • Users can now manage NTP service, and provide custom a NTP server.


Bug Fixes

  • Fixes issue where rare but invalid backups created prior to build 7894 failed to be deleted correctly
  • Improves handling Q-Hybrid and Hyper-V remote script timeout
  • Extends socket idle times to prevent timeouts
  • Automatically scales A2 ramdisk according to RAM assigned to the A2
  • Addresses bootup issue where services do not start correctly due to engine timeout
  • Users may now expand the A2 system partition to the full size of the disk provided
  • Corrects issue where engine worker thread count was incorrect for A2s with more than 4GB of RAM
  • Resolves issue where CBT does not work correctly for policy jobs
  • Removes hidden dependency on SMB1 in some Q-Hybrid and Hyper-V operations
  • Decreases likelihood of spurious "busy" timeout to all backup agents from engine
  • Fixes issue in Web UI with saving ABD IP settings


Known Issues

  • Importing of Alike v4 Offsite Vaults is not supported yet
  • ADS/ODS can report the available space incorrectly for local/unencapsulated stores
  • Intermittent "Unable to read data from the transport connection" from XenAPI on older XenServer versions under high hypervisor load
  • Vaulting bandwidth controls not yet available
  • LVM file-level restore not supported for RestoreFS (full restores are supported)
  • Error reporting during "full restore" jobs is limited/unhelpful
  • Deleting an entire VM from the UI will remove it to be lost from any configured jobs
  • Revert (overwrite) restores not available
  • XenCenter console can become unresponsive, use SSH as a workaround if affected
  • Dashboard graph empty on first day after initial install and setup