Changelog Changes compared to 24.11.2
Magnus Box version 25.2.0 brings 11 new features and 14 enhancements, including direct virtual machine restores into Hyper-V and VMware, User Grouping, Single device ownership of storage vaults, and more.
New Features
UI Enhancements
As part of our efforts to improve the usability of Magnus Box, all Magnus Box services have been renamed.
Auth Role has been renamed to Management Console.
Storage Role has been renamed to Storage Gateway.
The Software Build Role has been renamed to Backup Agent Downloads (and moved to a Management Console setting).
These changes better reflect the capabilities of each role, making it easier for new and existing Partners to understand what each role does.
The Magnus Box web interface has also been updated to reflect these changes, grouping the related side menu pages and settings under each new name.
User Grouping
It is now possible to group users using the Magnus Box web interface. This will allow users belonging to a department, company, cost center, etc. to be grouped logically inside Magnus Box. This makes it easier to find customers belonging to the same group as well as easily roll out policies for everyone assigned to a group.
Single Device Ownership Of Storage Vaults
a new User setting is available to choose if devices that share the same user account login should back up Protected Items to a shared Storage Vault or isolated Storage Vaults. There are pros and cons of each option:
Pros of shared Storage Vaults: Data from multiple devices stored in a shared Storage Vault can take advantage of deduplication, reducing overall storage requirements.
Cons of shared Storage Vaults: Devices are able to see and restore all data from the other devices, and it is possible for backups to be delayed or missed on a device due to the Storage Vault being locked for retention jobs.
Pros of isolated Storage Vaults: Devices cannot see or restore data from other devices, and there is no risk of delayed or missed backup jobs due to the Storage Vault being locked.
Cons of isolated Storage Vaults: Backup data will not be deduplicated between devices, increasing overall storage requirements
To configure isolated Storage Vaults, when configuring a new user account select the "Provision storage vaults automatically ..." option under Storage Vault Provisioning. For existing users, head to the users account page and set the "Automatically create Storage Vaults for newly registered devices" option to a Storage Template.
To configure shared Storage Vaults, when configuring a new user account select the "Provision storage vaults once ..." option under Storage Vault Provisioning. For existing users, head to the users account page and set the "Automatically create Storage Vaults for newly registered devices" option to (none).
Enforce Password Change On Next Login
A new Admin Accounts setting is available to enforce that the password for the admin account is changed the next time they log in. This feature can be used to regularly enforce that passwords used to log into the Magnus Box web interface are changed.
Rate Limiting for Failed Login Attempts to the Magnus Box Web Interface
A new License & Access setting is available to block users and IP addresses after repeated unauthorized logins. This feature should be combined with other security features, such as Multi-Factor Authentication, to protect against malicious attempts to access your Magnus Box Server.
IP Whitelist Settings Available for Admin Accounts in the Magnus Box web interface
To improve secure access, it is now possible to configure allowed IP addresses for admin accounts when logging in. This means Magnus Box will only allow admin logins from a predefined list of IP addresses. These addresses can be configured in the Magnus Box web interface.
Restore Hyper-V and VMware Protected Items directly into new Hyper-V virtual machines
introduces the ability to restore virtual machine Protected Items directly into new Hyper-V virtual machines.
This brings:
Restore Windows & Linux virtual machines: Both Windows & Linux virtual machines can be restored.
Faster VM Restores to Hyper-V: VMs are converted on the fly at restore time into a format Hyper-V can boot.
VM Migrations: VMware (vSphere or vCenter) virtual machines can be restored to Hyper-V using Magnus Box.
Direct restores into Hyper-V is available from the Magnus Box Management Console and from the Magnus Box desktop app.
NOTE: For direct Hyper-V restores, the Magnus Box desktop app must run on the same endpoint where Hyper-V is installed.
Restore Hyper-V and VMware Protected Items directly into new VMware (vSphere or vCenter) virtual machines
introduces the ability to restore virtual machine Protected Items directly into new VMware (vSphere or vCenter) virtual machines.
This brings:
Restore Windows & Linux virtual machines: Both Windows & Linux virtual machines can be restored.
Faster VM Restores to VMware: VMs are converted on the fly at restore time into a format VMware can boot.
VM Migrations: Hyper-V virtual machines can be restored to VMware using Magnus Box.
Direct restores into VMware (vSphere or vCenter) is available from the Magnus Box Management Console and from the Magnus Box desktop app. The following screenshots are from the Magnus Box Management Console.
Restore Disk Image Protected Items Directly into Hyper-V or VMware (vSphere or vCenter) virtual machines
Introduces the ability to restore Disk Image Protected Items directly into a new Hyper-V or VMware (vSphere or vCenter) virtual machine.
This brings:
Restore Windows & Linux: Both Windows & Linux Disk Image Protected Items can be restored.
Physical to Virtual (P2V) Migrations: Physical devices can be migrated to virtual machines.
Faster Disk Image Restores: Disk Image Protected Items can be restored to virtual environments without requiring physical hardware.
Disk Image restores into Hyper-V or VMware (vSphere or vCenter) is available from the Magnus Box web interface and from the Magnus Box desktop app. The following screenshot is from the Magnus Box web interface.
Enhancements
Reduced Memory Usage During Backup and Restores
Some key optimizations have been made to how index files are stored in memory and what information Magnus Box requires during a backup or restore. As a result, memory usage has been reduced by up to 40% for all backup or restore jobs.
Improvements to Retrieving Windows Disk Information
Previously, Magnus Box used the WMI API to retrieve Windows disk information before a Windows Disk Image backup.
Magnus Box now uses the DeviceIoControl API to improve the reliability of fetching Windows Disk Information before a backup job can start
Solves Known Error Message: Browsing disks: Finding disk drives: Class does not exist.
Granular Restore Performance Improvements
Granular Restores from Disk Image, Hyper-V or VMware Protected Items will complete up to three times faster. This means faster restore times when you need to restore critical files as fast as possible.
Hyper-V Protected Item using the All VM snapshots
Hyper-V Protected Items that are configured to use the All VM snapshots option backs up Hyper-V VMs using VSS. From version 25.2.0 using this option will take a separate VSS snapshot for each Hyper-V VM that is being protected. This significantly improves the reliability of backing up your Hyper-V VMs when using the All VM snapshots option.
New Interface for Configuring IP Address Ranges in the Magnus Box web interface
When configuring IP bandwidth restrictions or IP whitelist setttings in the Magnus Box web interface, from version 25.2.0 a new interface will be shown. Previously, configuring IP settings required creating a IP regex which can be difficult to configure for multiple address ranges. Now, the interface shown will allow you to enter IP address ranges in a wizard editor and convert the IP addresses to a regex behind the scenes. This makes it a lot easier to configure IP settings for your Magnus Box Server.
Automatically Show All Snapshots When Restoring from the Magnus Box web interface
Prior to version 25.2.0 Magnus Box used a lightweight system for selecting snapshots, allowing only selecting the "Latest" option until you used the "Show All" button. To make the process of selecting snapshots more intuitive and also to make the behavior consistent with the Magnus Box desktop application, the Magnus Box web interface will now also show all snapshot versions automatically without requiring you to first use the "Show All" button.
Schedule Dialog improvements for the Magnus Box web interface
Improvements have been made to the Schedule Dialog on the Magnus Box web interface. In particular, this brings the layout in sync with the layout of the desktop application. They also simplify the amount of configuration that is required to create a new backup job schedule, as most of the configuration has been moved into a new advanced tab.
Microsoft 365 data can now be restored to a new user
It is now possible to restore Microsoft 365 data (including Contacts, Calendars, OneDrive and Sharepoint) to a recreated user account. This improves Magnus Box's ability to restore Microsoft 365 data in a disaster recovery situation.
URLs for Malware and Failed Access Files Are Now Outputted During a Microsoft 365 Protected Item Backup
When Magnus Box skips a file during a Microsoft 365 Protected Item Backup, this can be due to the file being reported as Malware by Microsoft 365 or because Magnus Box does not have the correct permissions to access the file. Now, Magnus Box will list the exact URL of the file it failed to backup and list the reason why. This makes it much easier to debug and diagnose why a file was not backed up correctly.
Automatically Rescan LVM2 Partitions after Disk Image Restore in Linux Recovery Environment
After restoring LVM2 partitions, Magnus Box will now automatically show the new devices in the recovery environment. This means you are able to confirm the Disk Image restore worked as expected without needing to leave the recovery environment.
Improved User Experience when deleting Default Protected Items created by Policy
Previously, deleting a default Protected Item from a Policy would delete the Protected Item from all Users and Devices the Policy is applied to. This meant it was impossible to remove the Default Protected Item from the Policy, but keep the Protected Item.
In Magnus Box 25.2.0 new Magnus Box web interface dialog prompts have been added to give admins greater control over what Default Protected Items should be kept and should be removed. This means admins can make changes to Policies at any time without impacting the Default Protected Items configured.
Bug Fixes
Fixed an issue where global random delay is not being used when checking for missed backups from client
Fixed an issue with Tenant dialog settings saving when dialog is canceled
Fixed an issue with the Magnus Box Management Console sometimes displaying the incorrect User option for the Storage Vault Provisioning Mode
Fixed an issue with creating a user via the Magnus Box Management Console, where selecting the option "Provision storage vaults once, when this user is created" would also set the Storage Vault Provisioning Mode to the selected option
Fixed a cosmetic issue with illegible color contrast of navigation subheaders in the Management Console or Storage Gateway web interface
Fixed a cosmetic issue causing extra vertical space to be added to the navigation in certain scenarios for Firefox users
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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