VMware vSphere 7.0 U1 is now supported.
Actiphy Authentication Service (AAS) is supported.
* When applying this patch, the software activation via ActiveVisor will be disabled. You need to deploy AAS in the environment where ActiveVisor is used for the software activation.
* When AAS operates in Server Mode, please apply this patch before starting to create a license bundle file.
You can now select an image type to configure the settings for event-triggered backup.
Boot Environment (Windows PE) builder is enhanced in the method.
* When building Boot Environment from the installed product, you can build Boot Environment of the same bit version as the system's OS only.

Fixed Issues

When restoring a backup image of a specific Hyper-V VM (the first generation VM of Linux OS) created by using HyperBackup, kernel panic occurred on the restored system.
When the settings for a schedule type are configured for base backup image and only event-triggered backup option is enabled, an incremental backup is created when system shutdown / reboot occurred.
When using vStandby, backup of a partition assigned with no GUID failed.
An expiration date is indicated for the Date of Activation in Version Information.
When shutting down Windows, Event ID 7043 Error was recorded.
When using Remote Control feature and reconnecting to the local host after creating HyperBack task, the local host setting window is not displayed until ActiveImage console is restarted.
In some cases, the service hangs up and uninstallation process stops.

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Updates in Patch Version 20.10.23.02

When applying this patch, the product version will be as follows:

Agent Version: 5.1.11.6386
Console Version: 5.1.11.6386

Added / Updated Features

A backup Wizard for CSV volumes is now included in AIP Cluster Edition. By configuring backup agents as backup nodes on every cluster node, even when fail-over from the backup node to the other node takes place, incremental backup chains of the CSV volumes are maintained on the other node.
* A backup task runs on the backup node with ownership of the backup source CSV volumes.
BootCheck is now available in Cluster Edition.
Server Edition now supports concurrent backup of CSVFS volumes and volumes formatted with other file systems.
* A backup task runs on a backup node regardless of the ownership of the backup source CSVFS volumes.
Replication post-backup tasks now support the following:
Replication from Amazon EC2 to AmazonS3 via end point.
Replication to Cloud storage using proxy.

Fixed Issues

Fixed: Execution of a BootCheck task always resulted in "Exit Code 0"
Fixed: In some scenarios, a profile would become corrupted when editing a post-backup task.
Fixed: When configuring specific settings for a Consolidation post-backup task, error logs would be recorded repeatedly if a consolidation source image was mounted.
Fixed: A restore volume from the backup image of dual-disk configured on FT server failed.

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Updates in Patch Version 20.09.18.02

Fixed Issues

Backup of a partition assigned with no GUID failed.
CHNK message occurs in incremental backup process of a large-capacity volume.
Incremental backup of large-capacity volume requires high consumption of memory, and, as a result, causes system hang-up.
When editing HyperBack schedule settings configured by enabling Deduplication Compression feature and migrated from Update 6 or earlier version, the subsequently executed task fails.
Whille exporting schedules, AipControl.exe might crash.

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Updates in Version 5.1.11.6326

Released as an "Update 7" for ActiveImage Protector 2018 Update Server/Desktop Edition, Cluster Edition, HyperAgent Edition. This version offers long-term support.
* When upgrading from Update 6 or an earlier version, the process may take longer.
* When push-upgrading from Update 6 or earlier version, please push-uninstall the program before starting push-upgrade.
This and the later versions of Server/Desktop Edition, Cluster Edition supports the following operating system.
Windows 7 (x86/x64) or later versions of Windows Desktop OS, Windows Server 2008 R2 or later versions of Windows Server OS
* Windows Server 2008 is not supported.

Added / Updated Features

The incremental backup process now uses the CBC (Changed Block Comparison) method instead of the sector tracking method.
* CBC uses differential backup process to create an incremental backup of FAT/FAT32, ReFS formatted volumes.
The incremental backup of CSVFS volumes is supported.
Backup image file compression performance is improved.
If the configured settings are migrated when upgrading the product, the migrated settings are saved by version.
BootCheck process speed on Hyper-V on remote computer is improved.
VMware vSphere 7.0 is supported.
The eject option is improved for RDX cartridge rotation.

*This option is enabled only when the product is activated with the RDX product key.

Windows 10 May 2020 Update (Version 2004) is supported.
BE Builder supports the use of Windows ADK for Windows 10 Version 2004.
The backup image file version has been updated to [210].
If ActiveImage Protector for Windows is installed on the source system to run Virtualization, vStandby, HyperRestore, HyperStandby, scheduled tasks are disabled on the created/converted virtual machine.
* ActiveImage Protector service is set to [Auto] start on virtual machines.
System restart is no more required upon completion of installation/uninstallation process.
* When upgraded from Update 6 or earlier version, a system restart is required.
[Dashboard] - [Schedule] provides HyperBack task management capabilities.
Implemented Auto Apply of the patch program in background.

Fixed Issues

Installer
Extracting files failed in error in the upgrade/installation process.
If an uninstall/upgrade was performed during execution of a task, the task might not normally complete but fail.
After installing the product including the backup agent on Windows 7 (x64) or Windows Server 2008 R2 in which the KB4474419 is not applied, the system enters recovery mode after rebooting.
* Before installing the product on Windows 7 (x86/x64), 2008R2, please make sure KB4474419 is applied.
Backup
If a scheduled incremental backup task is started, before a base image was created, the incremental backup task failed in error.
If the [Make backup image file P2V ready] option was enabled and the base backup task was executed, boot settings for the ActiveImage Protector Service was set to manual start.
Incremental backup of CSVFS failed in Error -601.
After new installation of the product, when a schedule is created, the forthcoming schedule is indicated as "N/A" and the task was not correctly started on the scheduled time/date.
Event-triggered backups did not correctly behave on Windows 10 Home, and the backup task did not start upon system shutdown or restart.
While running a task, ActiveImage Protector services crashed in some rare cases.
A task, when started, might fail in Error -572.
Restore
When executing a Recovery by Volume task in Windows PE-based boot environment, 0xc0000225 error occurred and Windows system failed to boot.
HyperBack
Extracting initrd, initram in virtual conversion script would not be performed normally.
HyperStandby
When a schedule setting was edited, the task corrupted.
BootCheck
When executing the BootCheck task and the system entered repair mode, the BootCheck task completed in successful status.
Replication
In the event of an access error to the specified service while replicating the backup images to cloud storage, and the connection was reestablished, the replication process was restarted from the beginning.
Replication of large volume data to Amazon S3 failed in error.
File Recovery（HyperAgent）
When "$AIPMAP.CBT" is included in the backup file, Unmount Image failed and File Recovery from a different backup image was disabled.
vStandby
Network information was not displayed.
Others
When the system restarted, the ActiveImage Protector Service hang-up was recorded in Windows Event Log in some cases.
With a massive amount of task logs, while scrolling the task log window in Dashboard, the console became unresponsive.
While running a HyperBack task, if the same destination storage was accessed from HyperBack or another wizard, the running task failed in Error -559.

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Updates in Version 5.1.10.6144

Released as "Update 6" for ActiveImage Protector 2018 Update Server/Desktop Edition, Cluster Edition, HyperAgent Edition.

Added /Updated Features

A backup image created by selecting the backup type [LVM] by using Linux Edition can be used to configure iSCSI target.
CentOS-based BE version is updated from "7.4" to "7.7".
Virtual Conversion, vStandby, HyperRestore, HyperStandby features are enhanced as follows:
You can specify a destination folder instead of creating a shared folder on Hyper-V host. Every item required for a virtual machine are created in the specified folder.
When ActiveImage Protector Windows Edition is installed on the conversion source system, a scheduled task does not start on the created virtual machine.
* ActiveImage Protector service is set to [Manual] start on the virtual machine.
* Please remember that the scheduled task is executed when ActiveImage Protector Linux Edition is installed.
CSVFS volume may be selected for a mount point when using Virtual Conversion, vStandby, HyperRestore, HyperStandby features.

Fixed Issues

Change tracking driver.
STOP Error 0x00000050 occured.
Failed to open C:\$AIPMAP.CBT Level=ERROR [5] occurred.
Some changed sectors were not included if Windows Update was installed before executing incremental backup task.
Backup
Execution of an incremental backup task for the system in mirror-configured dynamic disks to create incremental backup files in md format failed in Error -603.
Upon starting, a backup task might fail in Error -571.
Upon completion of a task, the subsequently scheduled task might be suspended.
When enabling Encryption option (AES128/256), if the defined password is not long enough, an unknown error occurs.
Replication
Replication of 15GB or larger backup image file to Azure failed.
When selecting Amazon S3 as the replication target and enabling [Keep target items same with source] option, the files deleted at the replication source are not deleted from the replication target.
CentOS BE
When restoring 10TB or larger backup image file, you encounter out of memory error and the recovery environment hangs up.
When restoring 10TB or larger backup image file, the restore task fails in Error -405.

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Updates in Version 5.1.10.6123

Released as "Update 5" for ActiveImage Protector 2018 Update IT Pro Edition.

Added /Updated Features

A backup image created by selecting the backup type [LVM] by using Linux Edition can be used to configure iSCSI target.
Implemented the feature for avoiding conflicts with Windows Update during backup process.
* Windows Update service is suspended when backup process starts and resumed upon completion of backup process.
Mount driver is loaded only when using a required feature.
* The loaded mount driver will remain until the next system restart.

Fixed Issues

IT Pro Edition, when started in the environment where IT Pro Creator is installed, will connect to IT Pro Creator service.
When shutting down / restarting the system while IT Pro Edition is running, NJISCSIService remains as registered in the system and becomes disabled.
When enabling Encryption option (AES128/256), if the defined password is not long enough, an unknown error occurs.
Upon starting, a backup task might fail in Error -571.
When the comment exceeding the specified length is entered, the comment is not configured for the image.

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Updates in Version 5.1.9.5982

Released as "Update 5" for ActiveImage Protector 2018 Update Server/Desktop Edition, Cluster Edition, HyperAgent Edition.

Added /Updated Features

Windows 10 November 2019 Update (Version 1909) is supported.
Replication feature, a post-backup process, is enhanced as follows:
Replication to Amazon S3 without using AWS CLI is supported.
Data transfer speed to FTP is improved.
The replication target setting is improved. Browsing the path for the replication target to access the specified server or cloud service can now be performed. New folders when configuring the settings for the replication target can now be created.
"WebDAV-https" or "WebDAV-http" for WebDAV protocol can be selected.
The progress bar has been implemented for real-time monitoring of the replication process to Amazon S3 or Azure.
Pause / Resume can now be selected during the replication process to Amazon S3 or Azure.
Virtual conversion option for Linux LVM systems is now availabe for HyperBack advanced settings.
The calculation method for the minimum size of a restore target volume or available space for reduced volume recovery has been updated.

Fixed Issues

Backup/HyperBack
No warning message was displayed when a specified password using an unsupported character set was used.
The subsequently scheduled backup task failed in error after selecting [Un-assign drive letter from Local Hard Disk post backup] for [Destination Isolation Option]. This was caused because the drive letter was not re-assigned before starting the subsequently scheduled backup task.
HyperBack incremental backup of a Hyper-V virtual machine satisfying the following conditions using RCT failed in Error-603:
ISO is mounted on DVD drive.
Multiple number of virtual HDDs are connected to the system after DVD drive.
HyperRestore/HyperStandby
The following issues occurred when using backup images of a physical environment created with AIP Linux Edition.
When restoring a backup image of Linux LVM system to ESXi host, you got NIC error and failed to run the task.
When restoring / converting a backup image of Linux LVM system to Hyper-V host, a NIC error occurred and the system failed to boot up.
When using HyperStandby, the changes in an incremental backup made for a Linux LVM system were not reflected to the standby VM.
When restoring / converting a backup image of LVM EFI system in CentOS/RHEL 6.x to an ESXi host, the system failed to boot up.
In some cases when restoring / converting a backup image to ESXi host, the settings for SCSI controller were not correctly configured and the system of the restored / converted virtual machine failed to boot up.
When the process completed, AIX remained in the destination of the backup images.
When using HyperRestore and restoring a virtual machine to an ESXi host, if Windows OS is selected to configure the OS setting, the virtual hard disk was connected to the IDE hard drive.
When using HyperStandby, a VHD file created by selecting "Hyper-V 2008R2 (VHD)" on the storage server failed to boot up.
Replication
When SFTP/FTP was selected, the sub-folder option, even if enabled, did not work.
When replicating the files to Azure, the processed size was indicated as "0.00GB" in the task log.
Virtual Conversion
In certain cases, converting a backup image to a virtual machine on an ESXi host, the settings for OS/disk controller were not configured correctly as specified for the converted virtual machine.
* The settings for the disk controller with this version cannot be configured . The disk controller is specified depending on the OS selected. The Linux OS is not supported for selecting for the OS setting. Conversion to a Linux system is not supported.
When the process completed, AIX remained in the destination of the backup images.

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Updates in Version 5.1.8.5931

Released as "Update 4" for ActiveImage Protector 2018 Update Server/Desktop Edition, Cluster Edition, HyperAgent Edition.
This version supports the following OSs:
Windows 7 (x86/x64) or later Windows Desktop OS, Windows Server 2008 (x86/x64) or later Windows Server OS
* Windows XP/Vista/Server 2003 are not supported.

Added /Updated Features

Replication feature is additionally provided as an option for Post-Backup Process. You can select the following off-site replication targets.
Local folder
Network shared folder
SFTP
FTP
WebDAV
Amazon S3
Azure
OneDrive
Dropbox
Google Drive
The time-out and the maximum time to wait for a backup task to complete the backup process can be specified.
If a backup image is created as a result of the Reconcile process, it will be recorded in task log. An option is provided to save a backup image file instead of deleting.
When the [Auto run if a scheduled task is missed] option is enabled and if both base and incremental backup images are skipped, an option is offered for prioritizing the execution of the base backup task.
For Volume Recovery, an additional option is provided for ignoring a checksum error occurred with a backup image and continuing the process.
Image Manager now includes the BootCheck feature to execute for a specified backup image file.
The HyperAgent Edition is enhanced as follows.
The process time for a virtual machine search for HyperBack is now shortened.
HyperBack now provides [Advanced Settings] for configuring general settings and implementing scripts to run.
The information of hypervisors to use for HyperBack can be managed in Preferences.
Linux, can now be selected as the OS type to restore as a new virtual machine by using HyperRestore feature.
HyperStandby supports Linux as the OS type for HyperBack image (agentless backup image).
The Dashboard provides improved display of the information for HyperAgent.
Activation will successfully complete, even if there is substantial time-lag between the system clock of the local computer and the activation server at the moment of activation.
Improved the configuration method for iSCSI Server.

Fixed Issues

Backup
When setting scripts to run before and after a snapshot was taken and if VSS retry occurred, the script was re-executed according to the VSS retry and the task failed with -321 error.
Backup tasks scheduled with [Designate Specific Days] did not work properly.
HyperStandby
When the backup image of an LVM system created with AIP Linux Edition was used, the task failed.
Others
A backup image including a large volume of data around 10TB was not successfully mounted.
When using the Image File Explorer and browsed in a backup image including a large amount of folders, the folders of more than 100 were not displayed.
Clicking [Schedule] in [Dashboard] and editing a schedule, [Designate a separate image file set per disk] option was selected.

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Updates in Version 5.1.7.5809

Released as "Update 3" for ActiveImage Protector 2018 Update Server/Desktop Edition, Cluster Edition, HyperAgent Edition.

Added /Updated Features

HyperAgent Edition can now detect if agent based backups are available on the installed OS.
The menu format has changed.
CSVFS volumes can be selected as restore targets in HyperRestore.

Fixed Issues

HyperBack
When creating a backup task for Hyper-V VMs using a domain account, there were instances that the incremental backup tasks configured with the [Use RCT] option failed
AIP Service crashed on creating a task if the specified target VM, on a CSV cluster, was moved to another node in the cluster.
Backup task for Hyper-V VMs that contained virtual disks using the same file name did not properly execute.
vStandby
After Update 2 patch was applied, creation of virtual standby replicas may have failed.
If a virtual standby replica was created from Windows 10 1903 on a Hyper-V host incremental boot point creation failed in a -701 error.
Others
After changing the port number for ISCSI target server, the change did not apply correctly.
Windows Update Service
Handle leak occurred in AIPService process.

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Updates in Version 5.1.6.5705

Released as a patch program fixing issues in "Update 2" for ActiveImage Protector 2018 Update Server/Desktop Edition, Cluster Edition, HyperAgent Edition.

Fixed Issues

Backup
Scheduled backup tasks did not run properly on the system on which the time zone was adjusted based on daylight savings time.
ActiveImage Protector did not automatically run, within one hour the scheduled tasks skipped while the Windows Update was running.
HyperBack
Incremental backup of a Hyper-V virtual machine failed in -603 error, when the hard drive was attached to SCSI controller added under certain conditions.

* If updated from Version 2018 Update2, please configure the backup schedule settings for the virtual machines again.

Others
With more than one NIC, in some cases only one IP address was listed in iSCSI target server.

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Version 5.1.5.5693

Released as Update 2 to ActiveImage Protector 2018 IT Pro Edition.

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Updates in Version 5.1.5.5691

This release is considered to be “Update 2” for ActiveImage Protector 2018 Server (Desktop Edition, Cluster Edition, and HyperAgent Edition).

Added /Updated Features

This release enhances the BootCheck feature as follows:

Stability improvements.
Users can now run BootCheck against multiple agents using a specified Hyper-V host.
Users can now run BootCheck concurrently on multiple virtual machines in the HyperAgent Edition of ActiveImage Protector.
A specific disk from a backup image can now be selected to serve as an iSCSI target server.
A Windows-PE-based boot environment can now be built using the Windows ADK (version 1903) for Windows 10.

The following tools are required:

Deployment Tools which are included in the Windows ADK for Windows 10.
Windows Preinstallation Environment (Windows PE), which is included in the Windows PE add-on for Windows ADK.
vStandby now supports VMware vSphere vCenter Server and the ESXi 6.7 hypervisor.

NOTE: The free version of VMware vSphere Hypervisor 6.7 is not supported.

The VSS Settings in the Advanced Backup Options screen have been improved for Agent-based Backups.
The Backup using Deduplication Compression feature now supports the -9999 error in the Debug Log.

Fixed Issues

Backup
The event triggered by shutting down Windows 10 (May 2019 update 1903) is now being displayed correctly.
ActiveImage Protector now skips scheduled tasks if Windows Update is running to ensure the stability of the backups.
SQLServer is now automatically detected when ActiveImage Protector is run in VSS component mode.
HyperBack
ActiveImage Protector no longer leaves old device data behind when backing up VMs running on MS Hyper-V with MS Volume Shadow Copy (VSC) enabled.
This release fixes an issue where some VM's on ESXi hosts were not getting backed up correctly.
Backup tasks no longer fail with an Error-630.
Recovery
This release fixes an issue where restored volumes were not always allocated correctly.
This release fixes an issue where Volume Recovery task failed with "open file failed Level=ERROR [5]" and "CreateIndexIOChunkFile failed Level=ERROR [5]" error.
This release fixes an issue where file Recovery was not processed properly and Error: 144 (0x00000090) was recorded in robocopy Log.
BootCheck
BootCheck no longer fails when running against Hyper-V hosts where Portal is selected on the Windows iSCSI Initiator.
iSCSI Target Server
This release fixes an issue where removing one iSCSI target from a multi-target configuration would render all the iSCSI targets inaccessible.
Other Improvements.
This release fixes an issue where mounting a certain number of volumes from a backup image could cause the system to become unstable.
(10454) Removed Japanese text from the English Task Summary E-Mail notification.

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Updates in Version 5.1.4.5634

Released as Update to ActiveImage Protector 2018 Server/Desktop Edition, Cluster Edition.
Released as ActiveImage Protector 2018 HyperAgent Edition.

Added /Updated Features

Added HyperAgent feature.
The use of this feature enables you to back up virtual machines running on Microsoft Hyper-V, VMware vSphere host machines without the need for installing the agents on the virtual machines respectively.
* HyperAgent feature is available with HyperAgent Basic and HyperAgent Enterprise licenses only.
Added iSCSI Target Server feature.
This feature allows users to serve backup image files as iSCSI targets which can be accessed via ISCSI initiators.
Added Virtualization adaptor feature.
This feature is designed to inject drivers for virtual machine booting into backup image files thereby virtualize the image file.
Added Destination Isolation technology.
This feature reduces potential malware or ransomware attacks by disconnecting access to backup image storage locations after backups complete.
Backup options are additionally provided when RDX is specified for the destination storage to save backup images.
* These backup options are available with the dedicated license only.
The following advanced options are added for the agent-based backup.
Option to add the drivers required for virtualization before starting backup process
VSS setting option (Select operation mode, Select files to exclude)
Enhanced post-backup processes as follows:
Added Verify Backup Image File feature.
Improved the BootCheck feature.
This improvement allows execution of BootCheck on a specified Hyper-V host local or remote.
Cold backup of BitLocker encrypted volume is now supported.
* A full sector backup of BitLocker encrypted volume is required.
You can schedule a backup task on a specific day of a week in a specific month.
Backup by Disk now supports the following dynamic volume types.
Simple
Mirror
The Image File Version has been updated to [209].

Fixed Issues

Recovery
After boot recovery to restore the system volume of BIOS boot machine, Hyper-V virtual machine failed to boot up on the restored system.
(10295) Restore of a backup image file of Linux OS created in Windows PE-based boot environment failed.
File Recovery process stopped to gain progress at 99% and did not complete.

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Version 5.1.3.5258

Released as Version 2018 SP3 for IT Pro Edition.

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Updates in Version 5.1.3.5246

Released as Version 2018 SP3 for Server/Desktop Edition, Cluster Edition, for Hyper-V Enterprise.
* ReZoom it! version 2.1.1.5246 is the latest.

Added /Updated Features

Windows 10 October 2018 Update (Version 1809) is supported.
Enhanced the change tracking driver.
Made changes in activation method according to the enhancement in ActiveVisor's license management.

Fixed Issues

Backup
There were some cases that the task progress stopped gaining a percentage from 1%.
Recovery
The data volume was not recovered at the same time of uEFI system volume recovery.
vStandby
The number of boot points (points/day) was not correctly indicated in Schedule setting dialog.
Others
Activation status was not correctly displayed.
Update for ReZoom it! was not properly detected.

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Updates in Version 5.1.2.5205

Released as Version 2018 SP2 M2 for IT Pro Edition.

Fixed Issues

Some French words were not correctly displayed in IT Pro Edition Creator.

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Updates in Version 5.1.2.5176

Released as Version 2018 SP2 M2 for Server/Desktop Edition, Cluster Edition.

Added /Updated Features

The following features are additionally provided as Post Backup Process.
ImageCheck: Specify the timing to start BootCheck process.
Consolidation: Re-consolidate the already consolidated incremental image files.
Improved the change tracking driver.
License activation method is improved.
Dashboard provides monitoring of BootCheck task log.

Fixed Issues

Recovery
Recovery of a large volume failed in error in some cases.
In case of bare metal recovery of uEFI system volume, the size of MSR was not correctly configured.
Bare metal volume recovery of uEFI system failed with Error Code: 0xc0000225 and the recovered system did not boot up.
Virtual Conversion
When ESXi 6.7 is selected as the target host, the virtual machine version was indicated to be "Version 11".
vStandby
When ESXi is selected as the target host and "Always keep 1 boot point" option is selected, two boots points were kept.
Others
Insignificant problems with the console.
BootCheck process crashed.

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Updates in Version 5.1.1.5080

Released as Version 2018 SP2 IT Pro Edition.

Added /Updated Features

IT Pro Edition Creator supports the following media types:
USB HDD
A single execution file (EXE)
The expiration date for use of the media can be specified.

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Version 5.1.1.5055

Released as Version 2018 for Hyper-V Enterprise.

Added /Updated Features

ReZoom it! Live feature is implemented. The use of this feature enables you to start up a copy of a virtual machine (live VM) for operation while ReZooming the virtual machine. The changes made during the operation of the live VM may be merged with the ReZoomed virtual machine upon completion of the processing.

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Updates in Version 5.1.1.5036

Released as Version 2018 SP2 M1 for Server/Desktop Edition, Cluster Edition.

Fixed Issues

Backup
A specific volume was not correctly selected from the disk map when selecting a backup source for backup per volume.
Setting Password was allowed even though an unacceptable character was used for the password.
When editing schedule setting migrated from an earlier version, credentials information to authenticate the access to a shared folder was displayed as blank.
Others
Push Install failed in Error 101.
Installation of Mount driver might have failed during upgrading installation.
Auto-update did not work properly.

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Updates in Version 5.1.0.4947

Released as Version 2018 SP2 for Server/Desktop Edition, Cluster Edition.

Added /Updated Features

Boot Environment Builder (Windows PE) supports USB HDD as the target device.
(9342) Built-in File/Folder Browser (Explorer) provides Refresh button.
CentOS-based boot environment ISO is enhanced as follows:
Built-in File/Folder Browser (Explorer) provides Refresh button.

Fixed Issues

Backup
64 or more volumes were allowed to select as the backup source for a backup task that was executable.
Backup task failed with Exit -709.
Changes to the password made in Edit Schedule to access the destination storage were saved but not applied.
In the event that you selected and cancelled the destination folder in Edit Schedule, the password you set to access the destination folder went blank.
Recovery
When restoring a backup image of a dynamic volume, console closed.
vStandby
When Hyper-V was selected for the target host, if you changed "xx" for [Always keep xx boot points] in Edit Schedule, the subsequently tasks failed with Exit Code 32777 error.

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Updates in Version 5.0.5.4651

Released as Version 2018 SP1 M2 for Server/Desktop Edition, Cluster Edition.

Added /Updated Features

The default image file format is changed to "MD format" for the created backup file when multiple disks are specified as the backup source.

Fixed Issues

Incremental backup file was not successfully created on legacy OS such as Windows Server 2008 or earlier.

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Updates in Version 5.0.4.4649

Released as Version 2018 SP1 M1 for Server/Desktop Edition, Cluster Edition.

Added /Updated Features

Backup of a volume by enabling Windows Data Deduplication option is allowed.
Windows PE-based boot environment can be built by using Windows ADK for Windows 10 Version 1803.

Fixed Issues

Backup
After backing up a compressed NTFS volume, an error record was logged in Task Log.
Recovery
After disk recovery was performed without changing the settings, the information of the restored disk did not appear in the system.
vStandby
vStandby feature did not work on Windows XP.
In the event that a virtual standby replica was created after selecting vCenter as the target, an error record was logged in Task Log.

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Updates in Version 5.0.3.4641

Released as Version 2018 SP1 for Server/Desktop Edition, Cluster Edition.

Added /Updated Features

Enhanced the activation method for business offline key.
Improved change tracking driver.
Additional option is provided to remove the removable USB device after the backup image is saved in the USB device.
ISO of CentOS-based boot environment is updated as follows:
Implemented rsync command in boot environment.
Local disk is automatically mounted.
Unnecessary mount point is disabled.
Auto-mount of CD/DVD in GNOME desktop environment is disabled.

Fixed Issues

ActiveImage Console
Some French words were not correctly displayed.

Network Client Management Console
If you specified the user name in "domain\user" format and the computers registered for Active Directory were searched and added to the List of Managed Host, communication to the host computer failed.
Push Installer
If you specified the user name in "domain\user" format and the computers registered for Active Directory were searched and added to the List of Managed Host, credentials information for installation authenticates duplicate domain names.
Image Explorer
Update Date/Time of the items in an image was not correctly displayed.
Boot Environment（vStandby）
Some French words were not correctly displayed.

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Version 5.0.1.4448

Released as Version 2018 IT Pro Edition.

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Updates in Version 5.0.1.4417

Released as Version 2018 M2 for Server/Desktop Edition, Cluster Edition.

Added /Updated Features

Notification of valid license/support contract status is improved.
Push Installer provides the indication of installation period.

Fixed Issues

Installer
Installation of the product and upgrading did not complete successfully.
Backup
Backup task did not run properly in a specific system environment.
Connect to Remote Host
Folder Selection History was displayed with garbled characters.
Volume Recovery and File Recovery failed to obtain a list of networked remote hosts.
[Desktop] and [Documents] displayed on Explorer for browsing file/folder did not behave properly.
When connecting to Version 2016 agent, "Invalid Parameter" is displayed.
Virtualization
Even when virtualization task from the disk to virtual machine for VMware product has completed, the driver for VMXNET 3 was not deleted from the host machine.
Others
When the compressed NTFS volume is backed up and the created backup image file is mounted, the NTFS volume is recognized as RAW.
Compressed NTFS volume on a virtual standby replica is recognized as RAW volume.
The use of boot environment builder (Linux) did not allow you to write ISO image to media.
64 bit boot environment console did not boot up in a specific environment.
(8951) Changes made from [Dashboard] - [Schedule] are reflected to the profile of base backup only.
The number of the executed tasks was indicated as "0" in Task Summary.

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Updates in Version 5.0.0.4354

Released as Version 2018 M1 for Server/Desktop Edition, Cluster Edition.

Fixed Issues

Installation
After installation of the product in a specific environment, the system did not work properly.
Scheduled Backup
BootCheck task did not complete properly in the event that a backup task started while the BootCheck task was running on Hyper-V.
Recovery
In case that a recovery point created by disk is selected, only one recovery source disk was recognized.
When a restore task was started by specifying multiple restore targets, the task information was not correctly displayed in [Dashboard] - [Current Task].

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Version 5.0.0.4344

Released as Version 2018 for Server/Desktop Edition, Cluster Edition .

Added /Updated Features

Scheduled Backup
Backup options include post-backup task execution as follows:
ImageCheck (BootCheck)
* Only Server/Desktop Edition can offer this feature.
* Supports for Windows 7, Server 2008 R2 or later OS.
* Requires Microsoft Hyper-V and Oracle VirtualBox

Consolidation
Recovery
Volume Recovery is changed to select a recovery point.
File Recovery feature is provided.
Virtual Conversion
VMware vSphere vCenter Server and ESXi hypervisor Version 6.5 are supported.
Others
Improved change tracking driver is provided.
Built-in vStandby Standard is provided to create virtual standby replicas. The virtual standby replica may be restored back to the original physical hardware (V2P).
* Server/Desktop Edition only
ISO image of CentOS-based boot environment comes with the product package.

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