CrashPlan for Small Business 2019 release notes

Updates and bug fixes

• Security updates. 
• Performance and stability improvements.
• Improvements to logging.

Enhancements and updates

• The names of the most recent log files now end with .0 (for example, service.log.0). This reverts a change introduced in Code42 app version 7.0 in which ".0" was removed from the end of the most recent log file.
• Manually adjusting the Code42 app memory allocation now enforces a minimum value of 128 MB. (Setting the value lower than this could leave the Code42 app in an inoperable state.)
• On Mac devices, files with the com_apple_backup_excludeItem metadata attribute are no longer excluded from backups. 

Bug fixes

• Security updates. 
• Performance and stability improvements to backup processes. 
• Corrects an issue in which devices with slow or frequently interrupted network connections could incorrectly report a restore as 100% complete if the connection timed out before the restore is complete.
• Fixes several minor user interface issues related to pausing backups:
  • When a backup set is complete but paused:
    • The Code42 app now displays a gray disconnected icon instead of the green completed icon.
    • Corrects an issue in which the Resume button did not appear.
  • Corrects an issue when backups are paused in which the Pause option could still appear in Code42 app menus. 
  • Users no longer have the option to select Pause All Backups if the administrator disabled pausing. This was a display issue only; selecting this option did not actually pause backups. 
  • The Code42 Windows notification area (tray) and Mac menu bar apps now more clearly display when all backups are paused and provide a single link to Resume.
• After adding or removing a local destination, the Code42 app now remains on the Destinations tab. Previously, the app redirected to the General tab.
• Improvements to logging.
• On Mac devices, removes the unnecessary .Trashes file from the .dmg app package.
• On Windows devices, corrects an issue in which uninstalling the Code42 app did not properly remove some files in the C:/ProgramData/CrashPlan/conf directory. (For a standard uninstall, it is expected that some files do still remain in this directory to simplify reinstalling the app later.)
• Corrects a rare issue on Windows devices in which the notification area (tray) app did not automatically re-launch after a Code42 app upgrade.
• The replace device wizard now simply indicates "this device is signing in for the first time." Previously, it stated the device had "never backed up".

Updates and bug fixes

• Security updates. 
• Performance and stability improvements.
• Improves restore performance for devices on slow or frequently interrupted network connections.
• Corrects a very rare issue which could prevent archive maintenance from running as scheduled for an individual archive. 

Bug fixes

Corrects an issue introduced in the July 24th administration console release in which the Reset password button did not allow users to complete the password reset process.  

Two-factor authentication

Two-factor authentication is now available as an added security measure to help prevent unauthorized access to the administration console. Two-factor authentication uses the Time-based One-Time Password (TOTP) algorithm and easily integrates with Google Authenticator. 

Updates and bug fixes

• Security updates.
• Performance and stability improvements.
• The backup status report for administrators now includes information on backups to both cloud and local destinations. 
• Status icons on backup status reports now correctly reflect the status of backups to local destinations.  
• Help links in the upper-right corner of the administration console now open support articles specific to CrashPlan for Small Business.
• Resolves an issue in which you could update the frequency and version settings for a device in the administration console to more frequently than every 15 minutes, but the change did not go into effect. Every 15 minutes now correctly appears as the minimum setting for devices in the administration console.    
• Device details now load much faster when searching by device GUID in the administration console. 
• Updates to administration console translations.

Known issues

• On backup status reports for devices with more than one backup set, status icons may appear squished.
• After editing User details in the administration console, clicking Update User saves your changes but does not close the Edit dialog. To close the edit view, click Cancel. 

Enhancements and updates

• The Code42 app is now packaged with our own native launcher and a smaller Java Runtime Environment (JRE) optimized for use only with the Code42 app. This improves Code42 app security, performance, and maintainability.
• The Code42 app for Mac is now officially notarized by Apple. 
• Code signing security updates for numerous Code42 app components. 
• The default memory allocation for the Code42 app is no longer automatically set to 1024 MB. Now, memory allocation is dynamically set to use 25% of the physical memory on the device. For example, a device with 4GB of RAM still allocates 1024 MB. A device with 8GB of RAM allocates 2048 MB. Devices that previously defined a custom value will continue to use the custom value.
• The names of the most recent log files no longer end with .0. For example, service.log.0 is now service.log. However, when service.log is full, the existing renaming pattern of service.log.1, service.log.2, etc. is unchanged.
• On Mac devices, improves messaging when the Code42 app requests access to your personal files. For example, requests to access your calendar now include the explanation "This allows Code42 to back up your calendar."
• Removes support for OS X 10.11 El Capitan. Devices using OS X 10.11 will not upgrade to Code42 app version 7.0.0.
• Adds support for backing up DACL (Discretionary Access Control List) metadata when restoring files to the same device that backed them up.
• Minor updates to font and button colors to improve accessibility.

 Bug fixes

• Security updates.
• Performance and stability improvements. 
• Enabling archive key password security now requires users to sign in to the Code42 app before setting the archive key password.
• Updates third-party library Electron to version 2.0.8. This resolves an issue in which the Code42 app did not run on some Linux distributions.  
• On Windows devices, the Code42 app now only backs up the permissions that were explicitly set on the file being backed up. Previously, the Code42 app also backed up file permissions inherited from the parent directory. This corrects an issue which could cause files restored with original permissions to include extra permissions when restored to a different location on the same device that backed up the files. 
• Corrects an issue in which the Code42 app did not back up open files on Windows as expected.
• If multiple restore jobs occurred at the same time, corrects an issue in which the Code42 app could incorrectly indicate a file download was still in process after all restores were completed.
• Corrects an issue in which a "Welcome to your new homepage" message unnecessarily appeared after every Code42 app upgrade. (The new homepage appeared in version 6.8.3 and no changes have occurred since then.) 
• Improvements to logging.
• Corrects a rare issue on devices with the Code42 app installed per user in which Google file types stored in Drive File Stream for offline access were incorrectly added to the "to do" list for backup. Google proprietary file types (.gdoc, .gsheets, etc.,) cannot be backed up by the Code42 app.
• Corrects an issue in which issuing the getlogs command displayed an unexpected error message under certain circumstances.
• Corrects an issue introduced in Code42 app version 6.9.4 in which some log files only contained one line.

Enhancements and updates

• Security updates.
• Performance and stability improvements.
• The App Downloads screen now includes the SHA-1 hash for each installer. This enables administrators to validate the authenticity of the downloaded file.
• The backup status report email now lists devices that have not yet completed their first backup as In Progress for Last completed backup, and includes links to more information. Previously, these devices displayed a dash (—) for Last completed backup.
• In the administration console, exporting CSV files containing device data now includes several additional fields. 
• Updates third-party library Netty to version 4.1.33.  

Bug fixes

• Improvements to logging.
• Corrects an issue in which archive maintenance could not be run twice in a row under certain circumstances. 
• Corrects a very rare issue in which performing a web restore of files with non-ASCII characters in the filename replaced some characters with question marks (?) in the restored filename.
• Corrects an issue in which performing a web restore for a single file containing both a space and an international character in the filename replaced the space with a plus sign (+) in the restored filename.
• Corrects a rare issue in which using certain Unicode characters (including some emoji, and some Chinese, Japanese, and Korean characters) in the names of files or wireless networks excluded by the Code42 app could prevent Code42 configuration settings from loading properly.