Updates in Patch (1708)

Released as ActiveImage Protector 4 Service Pack 2 Update 1 Patch (1708).
Before applying this patch, please be aware of the following precautions.
If this patch is applied with the console window open, the console window shall be automatically closed.
When this patch is applied, the console version should be "4.7.6.3980-P3". The agent version remains the same.
The version of the image files created after applying this patch is indicated as "4.7.6.4126(208)".

Correction

In Event Log dialog, when the log information was sorted by Date/Time, the log information was not correctly sorted.
In Boot Environment Builder (Linux-based), no appropriate ISO image writing device was indicated.
In the event that you tried to activate the product on more hosts than allowed by the license term, deactivation failed.
When you edited the schedule that was created by entering one-letter password, the password corrupted.

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Updates in Patch (1707)

Released as ActiveImage Protector 4 Service Pack 2 Update 1 Patch (1707).
Before applying this patch, please be aware of the following precautions.
If this patch is applied with the console window open, the console window is automatically closed.
The product version remains the same even after the patch is applied.
The version of the image files created after applying this patch is indicated as "4.7.6.4126 (208)".

Additions, Enhancements

If you get VSS error for some reason when a backup task started to run, the backup task is retried.
Shadow storage space, if unallocated, is automatically allocated when a backup task is executed.

Correction

A scheduled backup task was skipped and not executed. This problem is corrected.
In the event that an image file was reconciled after consolidation, the valid incremental image files were deleted. This issue has been corrected.

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Updates in Version 4.7.6.3977

Released as ActiveImage Protector 4 Service Pack 2 Update 1.

Added / Updated Features

Windows XP is supported.
Enhanced performance in operation of image files.
Improved the behavior of Explorer when selecting files/folders.

Fixed Issues

Notification Area Icon
Even when [Not display again] option was selected for the balloon notifying an available update, the balloon is displayed to notify next time.
Other
Operation of an image file created by running a backup task and enabling Deduplication Compression feature used large amount of memory.

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Updates in Version 4.7.5.3847

Released as ActiveImage Protector 4 Service Pack2.

Added and updated features

Improved algorithm of Inline Data Deduplication Compression feature. Backup with the enhanced Inline Data Deduplication and Compression feature supports a volume with bulk data (over 2TB) as the backup source.
Improved change tracking driver.
Enhanced Console is provided.
Increased remote host connection speed.
While remote connection is live, console operation is more stable.
Improved graphical representation of backup tasks.

Changed default options for Deduplication and Compression feature.

Changed (Fixed issues)

Others
In the event that a differential image file in large size is mounted as readable/writable, it took long time before the mounted image file becomes operable on the host system.
While using command line tool (aipcontrol.exe), authentication error occurred in operation of an image file located on network shared folder.

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Updates in Version 4.7.4.3543

Released as ActiveImage Protector 4 Service Pack1.

Changed (Fixed issues)

Keeping console window open, the service (AIPService) caused memory leak.

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Updates in Version 4.7.4.3468

Released as ActiveImage Protector 4 Service Pack1.

Added and updated features

Windows 10 Anniversary Update is supported.
Before updating/upgrading to Windows 10 Anniversary Update, please uninstall and then reinstall this product.
Enhanced Backup feature is provided.
Retention policy settings are improved with added trigger option for deleting obsolete image sets.
Enhanced wizard allows you to enter the credentials if you select a shared folder for the destination storage to save images.
Scripting for backup profiles can be separated for full or incremental trigger.
Missed backups re-run option is provided, so that, if your computer was powered off at the scheduled backup time, the missed backup tasks are executed when the computer is restarted.
Summary page of Backup Wizard provides indication of estimated size of the base backup image file.
Enhanced Recovery Feature is provided.
The use of built-in Shrink-on-the-fly for Restore by Volume enables you to restore a volume in reduced size.
Capabilities for initializing and partitioning bare metal disk are provided.
Restore Image Wizard on Windows system supports restoring BIOS / uEFI system volume alone to a disk other than the system disk.
Improved E-Mail Notification feature is provided.
E-Mail Notification can include task summary (Daily, Weekly, Monthly).
E-Mail Notification provides the option to notify the license status according to the predefined threshold for the remaining days of valid license.
You can configure the settings for a backup schedule by specifying multiple USB devices for the destination to save backup images. The following are the behavior:
In case that the USB device specified for the storage destination is disconnected from the system at the scheduled start time, the backup task terminates with error (-301). When reconnection of the USB device specified for the storage destination is detected, you will get the message prompting you to decide whether the skipped backup task (terminated with -301 error) should be immediately resumed.
[Allow multiple USB device destination in one profile] option is provided to specify USB device as the storage destination, even when the original USB is replaced with a different one, if connected to the drive assigned with the same drive letter as specified for the storage destination in the schedule setting. The behavior of the scheduled task is described as follows when [Allow multiple USB device destination in one profile] option is enabled/disabled in [Preference] - [General] setting.
Enabled：The backup task is executed.
* If the folder you specified for the destination does not exist on the USB device, the backup task terminates with error (-301).
Disabled：The backup task terminates with error (-301).
Improved Explorer function.
Explorer for browsing folders provides the option to display base image files.
Conversion from physical to virtual disk (conversion to virtual disk only) is supported in Windows PE-based boot environment.
Direct access to a network shared folder in Explorer is supported in Windows PE-based boot environment.
You can pre-configure the program to automatically check for updates and download over network.
Image files saved on optical media are supported to use and operate.

Changed （Fixed issues)

Backup
Backup at shutdown does not work on the equivalent edition of "Home".
(7815) Cannot operate image file created with one character password.
Recovery
In the event that both BIOS system volume and data volume are restored together, the restore system did not boot up.
Resizing the newly created partition was allowed.
（7759/6816）The configured settings were not correctly displayed on Summary window in Restore Image Wizard.
（7779）Offline disk might have been selected as the restore target disk.
In the event that you selected an option to restore a volume in reduced or extended size, GUI crashed.
In case that uEFI system volume alone is restored, this restored volume did not boot up.
With GUI display in Germany, the size of the available space was not correctly recognized when selecting restore source or creating a new partition.
With GUI display in Germany, GUI got freeze when restoring uEFI system volume.
At the environment with multi card reader, GUI got freeze.
Image Manager
When archiving backup image files, the path to the target destination was displayed incorrectly by default.
Windows PE Boot Environment builder
Adding a specific driver in Windows PE boot environment failed.
Others
The statistics information in Task Summary displayed incorrect count number.
There have been some cases that AipNotify.exe crashed while sending the task summary.
The time stamps of log records migrated from version 3.5 did not correctly displayed.
Problems occurred with GUI display in Germany.

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Version 4.6.1.2993

Released as ActiveImage Protector 4.
New GUI design.
The newly designed Dashboard provides additional information to monitor current backup status, created schedules, executed tasks, etc.
The Backup Wizard is designed to provide intuitive operation.
The Restore Image Wizard can simultaneously select multiple images and multiple restore targets.
Enhanced Image Management now features additional capabilities such as Verify Image, Consolidate Images, P2V Conversion of Images, etc., of image files selected from the list.
AIPBE builder now supports Windows PE-based boot environment from the USB drive.
AIPBE builder now supports a Linux-based boot environment (supporting ISO file as AIPBE media, USB drive to directly boot up AIPBE).
Auto-Update Notification.
Activation procedures have been modified.
Windows PE-based boot environment supports the following operations:
Restoration of system volume in uEFI environment.
[Restore BCD］feature is provided to restore boot settings for BIOS boot system in Windows 7 or later when only system volume is restored.
Enhanced A.I.R. technology provides system recovery on dissimilar servers and hardware, bypassing the restore process.
Upon execution of a scheduled task which USB HDD is specified for destination storage, if the destination disk is not connected to the system, the scheduled task is skipped. AIP provides you with the option that reconnection of the USB HDD, when detected, should immediately resume execution of the scheduled backup task.
Specifications of Scheduled Backup have been changed, so that in the event that while Windows Update is in progress, a scheduled backup task gets to the time to start, the schedule is automatically postponed to start one hour later. Upon completion of Windows update, if a backup task is scheduled to start before the one-hour postponed schedule, the postponed schedule shall be cancelled.

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