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What's New v7.1.2899 - 21st February 2018
Bug Fixes
- File and Folder search date parameters
When searching for files in File and Folder backups, if the From and To dates were the same then this would result in no results found. This has been resolved.
- Backup priority setting
A bug with the backup priority setting forced backups run with the lowest priority set to run at highest. This has been resolved.
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What's New v7.1.2885 - 1st February 2018
- Missing files reported when mounting backups
When mounting backup files, if required files are missing from the backup set then the original file names are now listed in the error message box.
Bug Fixes
- Synthetic Full re-started backup sets
If all incremental images are deleted from a backup set with a synthetic full image, and the set is 're-started' by creating another Incremental then
the error 'Invalid Parameter' would occur when mounting the Incremental image file. Additionally, a restore of this Incremental may result in the Full being restored.
This has been resolved.
- ReDeploy improvements for NVMe host controllers
When migrating a system to an NVMe booting device, ReDeploy required the user to specify vendor drivers for this hardware, even when the target OS has native support. This has been resolved.
We recommend creating fresh Windows PE rescue media after updating.
- Macrium viBoot
When running on systems configured in any language other than English, Macrium viBoot would sometimes fail to display information about virtual machines. This has been resolved.
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Bug Fixes v7.1.2833 - 14th January 2018:
- MIG Service install problem
The Macrium Image Guardian Service could fail to start. This has been resolved.
- EXT 4 File System image size
Linux EXT 4 file system images could be unnecessarily large. This has been resolved.
- Free Edition prompt for Windows PE rebuild
The Free Edition of Macrium Reflect could prompt for a rebuild even if the rescue media was up to date. This has been resolved.
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Bug Fixes v7.1.2817 - 8th January 2018:
- No drive letters assigned for cloned/restored partitions
Cloning and restoring multiple consecutive partitions could result in volumes without drive letters assigned. This has been resolved.
- Free edition installed on Windows XP
An installer error during the finalise phase could cause a Windows boot failure; resolvable by taking the "Last Known Good Configuration" option. This has been resolved.
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Bug Fixes v7.1.2801 - 28th December 2017:
- Symantec Encryption Desktop drives cloning and imaging
Cloning and imaging of locked drives encrypted with Symantec Encryption Desktop could fail. This has been resolved.
Please note that we recommend using MS BitLocker encryption where possible. Other encryption products are not fully supported by Macrium Reflect.
- RDC and RDR fall back to full copy
Rapid Delta Restore and Clone operations could unnecessarily fall back to performing a 'full copy'. This has been resolved.
We recommend creating fresh Windows PE rescue media after updating to avoid this problem.
- BitLocker Removal Restore outcome message
When editing a saved clone definition for a 'Live' BitLocker clone a BitLocker 'Removal' message box would incorrectly be shown. This has been resolved.
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Bug Fixes v7.1.2792 - 20th December 2017:
- Windows 7 drive letter assignments for cloned/restored partitions
When cloning/restoring file systems in Windows 7, drive letter assignments may not honour the chosen options in the clone/restore wizard. This has been resolved.
- Windows PE Fix Boot Problems
An issue was reported where Fix Boot Problems failed to resolve the target operating system. This has been resolved.
We recommend creating fresh Windows PE rescue media after updating to avoid this problem.
- Macrium CBT Tools
Macrium CBT Tools could sometimes fail to detect that the correct version of the mrcbt.sys driver was running and prompt the user to reboot unnecessarily. This has been resolved.
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What's New v7.1.2768 - 12th December 2017
- Improved BitLocker restore processing
1. New warning message box displayed for images created with this release or later if the restore outcome results in a 'BitLocker removal' restore.
2. The source BitLocker state is now included in Image file meta data. For images created with this release or later, this is now shown as an icon in the restore wizard source drive and restore tab.
More information on BitLocker restore outcomes can be found https://knowledgebase.macrium.com/display/KNOW7/BitLocker+Restore+Outcomes
If your system uses BitLocker encryption then we recommend creating fresh Windows PE rescue media after updating.
Bug Fixes
- MIG and RoboCopy sync from a root folder
When using RoboCopy to synchronise or move backup files from a drive root folder the operation could be incorrectly blocked by MIG. This has been resolved.
- Backup target share authentication
Authenticated network share backup targets could fail with 'Access Denied' if a user without write permissions has prior access. This has been resolved.
- Restore problem to striped or mirrored Dynamic volumes
A restore or clone could corrupt the target dynamic disk configuration if the target volume was setup up as either 'striped' or 'mirrored'. This has been resolved.
If this issue affects you then please create fresh Windows PE rescue media after updating.
- Macrium viBoot
- viBoot could fail to boot encrypted images. This has been resolved.
- viBoot could incorrectly detect MBR disks as GPT if the source disk has remnants of a GPT header leftover from a previous initialisation. This has been resolved.
- viBoot would sometimes fail to start when launched from within Reflect. This has been resolved.
- Exchange Databases On volume mount points
Exchange backup would not check the database path for volume mount points, resulting in backup failure, this has now been resolved.
- Various
Various bug fixes and changes to improve Macrium Reflect.
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Bug Fixes v7.1.2722 - 21th November 2017:
- MIG not disabled
For some customers, Macrium Image Guardian would still be active when disabled in the settings dialog. This has been resolved.
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Bug Fixes v7.1.2718 - 20th November 2017:
- MIG not disabled when 'Restart service on reboot' selected
Macrium Image Guardian would still be active when 'Restart service on reboot' was selected in the settings dialog. This has been resolved.
- Macrium viBoot incorrectly identifies some MBR disks as GPT
Macrium viBoot could incorrectly mount an MBR style disk, stored within an image file, as a GPT disk - if the disk had previously been initialized as a GPT disk. This has now been resolved.
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Bug Fixes v7.1.2697 - 10th November 2017:
- Crash When accessing the MIG settings dialog
German language customers could experience a program crash when accessing the Macrium Image Guardian settings dialog. This has been resolved.
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Bug Fixes v7.1.2695 - 10th November 2017:
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Bug Fixes v7.1.2646 - 13th October 2017:
- CBT causing a lock on removable drives
The CBT driver could cause a permanent lock on external drives preventing safe ejection. This has been resolved.
- Image Guardian settings dialog hang
When clicking 'OK', without changing any MIG settings, a progress bar would be displayed and the dialog would not closed. This has been resolved.
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What's New v7.1.2638 - 10th October 2017
- New Macrium Image Guardian disable option
A new option 'Restart on reboot' has been added to the MIG settings dialog.
- Simplify script defaults
VBScript and Powershell default options have now been merged into one group of options.
Bug Fixes
- Backup in PE not always honouring Partition selections
When imaging in Windows PE, if partitions were de-selected in the backup wizard then the selections were not always honoured in the backup. This has been resolved.
- GUID destination paths not validated correctly
When using a GUID volume path as a backup destination the path syntax was not validated correctly. This has been resolved.
- CBT Blue Screen failure
In very rare sitautions, the Changed Block Tracker driver could cause a Windows BSOD if another process incorrectly attempts to write past the end of volume boundary. This has been resolved.
- Various
Various bug fixes and changes to improve Macrium Reflect.
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Bug Fixes v7.1.2619 - 2nd October 2017:
- MIG RoboCopy rules
MIG could incorrectly disallow RoboCopy with /MIR /PURGE parameters correctly set. This has been resolved.
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Bug Fixes v7.1.2614 - 29th September 2017:
- Rescue Media run error
Windows PE rescue media could fail to load with a missing DLL message. This has been resolved.
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Bug Fixes v7.1.2611 - 29th September 2017:
- Windows XP VSS problem
Some systems running Windows XP could fail to read the VSS snapshot. This has been resolved.
- User overriden file names not honoured
This has been resolved.
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Bug Fixes v7.1.2607 - 29th September 2017:
- MIG settings dialog resource issue
Systems with non UK English Windows locale would incorrectly see the MIG dialog in German. This has been resolved.
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What's New v7.1.2602 - 28th September 2017
- See here for more information on this and additional features in 7.1
Bug Fixes
- DPI Scaling Issue In ReflectMonitor
Some aspects of the ReflectMonitor UI would not scale correctly. This has been resolved.
- viBoot Install HyperV Check
Install of viBoot was not checking for presence of Microsoft HyperV. This has been resolved.
- Image Restore Causing Unnecessary pre-boot chkdsk
On some motherboards, a pre-boot chkdsk of the EFI system partition could be triggered after a system restore. This has been resolved.
- Slow Backup Definition view load
Backup definition load performance has been improved.
- Server Plus - Exchange Backup
- The file entries in the cache of Exchange backups could be duplicated. This has been resolved.
- Exchange backup was not correctly checking for circular logging. This has been resolved.
- Server Plus - Mailbox Restore
- When exporting mailbox items, the Location dialog would occasionally be unable to select valid folders. This has been resolved.
- In rare cases, Mailbox Restore on Exchange 2016 would fail to restore emails sent by no-longer-valid user accounts. This has been resolved.
- Various
Various bug fixes and changes to improve Macrium Reflect.
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Bug Fixes v7.0.2199 - 15th June 2017:
- Empty folders missing from File and Folder incremental and Differential backups
When creating an Incremental or Differential File and Folder backup, folders without files were not being included in the backup. This has been resolved.
- ReflectMonitor notification icon not created
The notification icon for running backups could fail to be created at logon. This has been resolved.
- Various
Various bug fixes and changes to improve Macrium Reflect.
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Bug Fixes v7.0.2187 - 28th May 2017:
- Program crash when retention rules deletes several hundred split files
A program error could occur when several hundred split image files are deleted during retention rule deletion. This has been resolved.
- Split file size
Split backup files could exceed the specified maximum size by a few bytes. This has been resolved.
- Program crash during auto verification
Some customers with systems running Intel Xeon processors could experience a program crash during auto verification. This has been resolved.
- Various
Various bug fixes and changes to improve Macrium Reflect.
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Bug Fixes v7.0.2173 - 15th May 2017:
- Pause when automatically verifying images
A 5 to 10 second pause could be experienced at the end of automatic image verification. This has been resolved.
- Server Plus Exchange 2016
Mailbox Restore for Exchange 2016 was not following redirects when connecting to the Autodiscover service. This has been resolved.
- Exchange mailbox restore from Incremental backup
On some Exchange systems the Incremental log files were not played into the the database correctly leading to restore failure. This has been resolved
- Error: "The system cannot find the file specified." when saving the index for split image files
Split images could fail if the image index and meta data exceeded the specified maximum file size when written to the final file split. This has been resolved.
- Stale volume name meta data
The volume name displayed in the Reflect restore and mount user interface would not reflect changes made after the Full image. Note: this did not affect the volume name of a restored or mounted file system. This has been resolved for newly created Incremental and Differential images.
- Various
Various bug fixes and changes to improve Macrium Reflect.
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Bug Fixes v7.0.2161 - 28th April 2017:
- Program error when displaying BitLocker encrypted drives
An rare program exception could occur when displaying encrypted BitLockered drives. This has been resolved.
- Various
Various bug fixes and changes to improve Macrium Reflect.
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Bug Fixes v7.0.2158 - 25th April 2017:
- Program exception during image verification
Some customers experienced a program error during image auto verification. This has been resolved.
- Backup performance to local disks
When backing up to local disks the transfer rate could sometimes be erratic and slow down during the image process. This has been resolved.
- Reflect Monitor icon visible when no backup was running
On some systems the tray notification icon could be unnecessarily visible when no backup was running. This has been resolved.
- False backup running notifications at Windows logon
A backup start notification from a previous backup could incorrectly be shown at logon. This has been resolved.
- Windows XP Scheduled backups
Scheduled backup could to fail to populate the 'Scheduled Backups' tab view on Windows XP. This has been resolved.
- Various
Various bug fixes and changes to improve Macrium Reflect.
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Bug Fixes v7.0.2134 - 12th April 2017:
- Scheduled task hang
Scheduled tasks could hang if the target drive for the backup was unavailable. This has been resolved.
- Very slow backups
Some customers have experienced reported transfer rates of low mb/s or kb/s during disk Image backups. This has been resolved.
- ReflectMonitor HotKey
The keyboard letter used to launch ReflectMonitor would fail to change from the default 'M' when changed in the registry. This has been resolved.
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What's New v7.0.2128 - 7th April 2017
- Improved auto verification speed
Automatic verification speed has been improved for disk images. This reduces the time taken to automatically verify at the end of a backup.
Bug Fixes
- Index verification error
When auto verifying split image incrementals with delta indexes the verification could fail with an Index Verification or Load errors. This has been resolved.
- Various
Various bug fixes and changes to improve Macrium Reflect.
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Bug Fixes v7.0.2124 - 5th April 2017:
- Failure to start on Windows XP
Reflect would fail to start on Windows XP/Server 2003. This has been resolved.
- Various
Various bug fixes and changes to improve Macrium Reflect.
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What's New v7.0.2117 - 3rd April 2017
- Automatic detection of disk write performance
When creating a disk image Macrium Reflect will now perform a simulation of the image writing process to determine the best method for the fastest image creation time.
- Additional Scheduled task conditions
You can now select additional schedule conditions for each schedule.
- Run scheduled tasks as any user in the Windows Administrators group
Scheduled tasks can now be set to run using any user in the Administrators group. Take 'Other Tasks' > 'Edit defaults' > 'Schedule' to set the account.
Please see this KB article for more information on this release:
http://knowledgebase.macrium.com/display/KNOW7/Macrium+Reflect+-+Update+3+April+2017
Bug Fixes
- Changed Block Tracker driver update
An issue is resolved with Microsoft Volume Shadow copy Service (VSS) hanging. This was experienced by a few customers using previous versions of Macrium Reflect v7.
- Various
Various bug fixes and changes to improve Macrium Reflect.
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What's New v7.0.2089 - 21st March 2017
- Server Plus SQL Server 2016
Server Plus now supports SQL Server 2016 instances.
Bug Fixes
- Windows 7 - Reflect hang on startup
Some customers have experienced a hang when Reflect starts on Windows 7. This has been resolved.
- Shut-down warning dialog not displayed
When scheduling backups with an automatic Windows shutdown at the end, the warning dialog wasn't being displayed. This has been resolved.
- Network Error: Multiple connections
The error 'Multiple connections to a server or shared resource by the same user, using more than a user name, are not allowed' could be shown when scheduled backups write to a network share. This has been resolved.
- Backup progress not displayed
General improvements and fixes to the ReflectMonitor utility to display the progress of scheduled backups.
- HKLM Registry permissions issue
Some customers have had problems saving default settings. This release will correct registry permissions and allow application defaults and settings to persist.
Note: If the 'Changed Block Tracker' icon in the disk view has been remaining grey on your system then this release should correct the problem after the next image is created.
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Bug Fixes v7.0.2079 - 16th March 2017:
- Performance issue when backing up to local drives
Changes have been made to improve backup performance in Reflect 7. Please see the linked release article below
- Network share authentication issues
Network authentication has been improved to prevent scheduled tasks from failing due to inability to write to the backup target share.
- Changed Block Tracker Windows event messages
Fixed case where CBT Event Viewer messages were not displayed correctly. Please note that the previous release did not fix this issue.
For a detailed explanation of the changes in this release please see this KB article:
http://knowledgebase.macrium.com/display/KNOW7/Macrum+Reflect+v7.0+Update+16th+Mar+2017
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Bug Fixes v7.0.2055 - 10th March 2017:
- Task bar icon hidden when running scheduled tasks
On some Windows systems, when running using the Windows 'built-in' Administrator account, the 'Reflect Monitor' icon in the notification area of the Windows task bar could be hidden during a scheduled task. This has been resolved
Please note: You can also show the status of a running backup, and the last run backup in the current Windows session, by pressing 'Ctrl'+'Alt'+'M' at any time.
- Network share authentication issues
Network share authentication has been made more robust by automatically checking for access using both 'user name' and 'server\user name'. In addition, multiple connections to the same share no-longer result in an 'ERROR_SESSION_CREDENTIAL_CONFLICT' caused by multiple simultaneous connections.
- Changed Block Tracker Windows event messages
Fixed case where CBT Event Viewer messages were not displayed correctly..
Please note: Changed Block Tracker will be enabled after installing this update. If you have manually disabled CBT then please disable again after updating.
- viBoot driver signing
Fixed a driver signing issue that affected some users of viBoot on Windows 10.
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Bug Fixes v7.0.2035 - 7th March 2017:
- Hang when splitting backup files
An application hang could occur if the max file size is set in the backup definition or when backing up to a FAT32 destination. This has been resolved
- Scheduled backups network authentication
Scheduled backups could fail to authenticate against password protected network shares. This has been resolved and network share connection attempts are now included in the backup log
- Failure email not sent if the backup definition xml contained errors
If a backup definition reported 'XML Invalid' due to a disk ID mismatch then a failure email was not sent. This has been resolved
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Bug Fixes v7.0.2023 - 3rd March 2017:
- Scheduled Tasks Upgrading Error
This release includes a startup dialog to resolve scheduled backup problems associated with converting v6 to v7 and with task saving issues in earlier versions of v7.
For more information on this please see http://knowledgebase.macrium.com/display/KNOW7/Scheduled+Tasks+Upgrade+from+v6+to+v7
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Bug Fixes v7.0.2001 - 28th February 2017:
- Scheduled Tasks Run Time Error
Some customers have experienced scheduled tasks saved with an incorrect run time after upgrading from v6 or creating/editing new tasks in v7. This releases resolves this problem.
- Program hang at startup
After upgrading from v6 Reflect could at startup. This releases resolves this problem.
After installing this update, please check your scheduled tasks and correct the run time if necessary.
For more information on these problems please see http://knowledgebase.macrium.com/display/KNOW7/Macrium+Reflect+v7.0.1994+Problems
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Macrium Reflect v7.0.1994 - 27th February 2017 - Initial Release
- New backup engine
Improved incremental backup times using a new Kernel mode changed block tracker driver to track live file system changes.
- Virtual Image Boot
Instant virtualization of Macrium Images using Hyper-V virtual machines and Macrium viBoot.
- Windows Task Scheduler 2
Macrium Reflect now uses the Windows Task Scheduler v2 API to save scheduled tasks on Windows Vista and later operating systems.
- More Information...
See here for more information on Macrium Reflect v7.
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