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Magnus Box Version 24.11.0 - Quarterly Feature Release


Magnus Box Version 24.11.0 Quarterly Feature Release
Magnus Box Version 24.11.0 Quarterly Feature Release

Changelog Changes compared to 24.8.2


Magnus Box version 24.11.0 brings 11 new features and 16 enhancements, including Disk Image for Linux, restoring Disk Image backups to Hyper-V VHDX file format, bulk action improvements, and more.


New Features

  • Added support for Disk Image backups on Linux. The feature supports skipping free filesystem sectors on EXT4 and XFS when used with either LVM2 or a custom kernel driver

  • Add new "Allow read-only files to be overwritten" option to bypass read-only file permissions during restore

  • Allow setting quotas for VMware and Hyper-V guests virtual machines

  • Added support for granular restore of files from Hyper-V checkpoint .avhdx files

  • Added support for restoring Disk Image backups as Hyper-V VHDX file format

  • Added support for assigning user policies in bulk in the Magnus Box web interface

  • Added Test Connections functionality when using the "Log in to a network share" option in a Files and Folders Protected Item


Enhancements

  • Improved Microsoft 365 incremental backups of Calendars, Contacts, and Messages to be more efficient and faster

  • Improved the error messages displayed when Storage Role to Direct-To-Cloud conversion fails to better explain the failure reasons

  • Added progress updates when a backup performs some long running actions, such as removing unneeded data packs and removing deleted files from an Object Lock Storage Vault

  • Added a popup dialog for authentication validation failures when testing Storage Vault connections in the Magnus Box desktop app

  • Added an info icon for extra troubleshooting information when testing Storage Vault connections in the Magnus Box desktop app

  • Added a clickable cross-reference in a job log, if another task blocked the job's execution in the same Storage Vault

  • Added support for using the Create Recovery Media feature from Linux

  • Added Protected Item names for jobs from other devices in the activity log on the Magnus Box desktop app

  • Added a device name column to the Magnus Box desktop app activity log

  • Updated the user's profile page in the Magnus Box web interface to use colored badges to more clearly distinguish online and offline devices

  • Extended support for resuming large network downloads from the point of failure when Magnus Box encounters a "Connection closed by foreign host" network error

  • Added the ability to dynamically switch between using domain and workstation details for SMB Storage Vault connections

  • Improved the email filters for "Time since job start" and "Time since job end" to allow configuration by seconds, minutes, hours, and days in the Magnus Box desktop app

  • Improved the performance of connecting to a Storage Vault at the start of a backup or restore job if the Storage Vault has many other concurrent jobs running

  • Updated super admin policies that have been incorrectly assigned to a tenant will be copied and recreated as tenant-owned policies

  • Simplified configuration for VMware Protected Items by allowing direct configuration

  • Added support for MySQL backups on Linux without an installed mysqldump binary

  • Changed the behavior of MySQL backups if no installed mysqldump program could be automatically found

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed an issue with Microsoft 365 backup, causing excessive memory to be used during backup of email messages


Thank you for using Magnus Box. Please update to the latest version to benefit from these changes. If you have any questions, feel free to contact our support team.

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