DiRT Restore

Version 1.2.48 - 3/10/2010

Increased SQL command timeout value when cleaning up the global subscriber table. CSCtf01225

Version 1.2.47 - 12/15/2009

Added logic to replace registry references for default recipients and owners of call handlers with EAdmin if the existing references are not found in the database after a restore is complete.

Version 1.2.46 - 11/17/2009

Added support for restoring certificates from a backup of an 8.x system that's using Unity to Connection networking.

Version 1.2.45 - 10/19/2009

Added a call to sp_InsertReplicationSet after the database restore when DiRT is restoring to a Unity 8.0 or later system.

Verson 1.2.44 - 9/29/2009

Updated restore routine to handle Unity 8 and SQL 2005 changes for DB replacement logic. CSCtc23849.
Added updated version checking routine for new CiscoUnityTools.com web site design.

Version 1.2.41 - 3/30/2009

Updated help with details on Exchange 2007 restore steps.
Updated to check for Exchange 2007 mailstores prior to restore and warn about the inablity to create new accounts on the fly in this configuration
Updated to disable the message restore option if Exchange 2007 mailstores are present since ExMerge is not supported by Microsoft for Exchange 2007.

Version 1.2.39 - 11/28/2007

Updated setup to include new ExMerge binary from Microsoft during installation. Compatibility with Exchange 55/2000/2003 ensured with updated version.

Version 1.2.38 - 11/13/2007

Removed code that copied .AVD and .INI files back into the IntLib library on the new installation.

Version 1.2.37 - 10/5/2007

Changed record locking logic during restore to force any other clients attaching to read only access only.
Added logging to the main restore routine for better error description output.

Version 1.2.36 - 9/14/2007

Update the SchemaMajorVersion and SchemaMinorVersion column if the new server name is not found. CSCsk27633.

Version 1.2.35 - 4/20/2007

Changed logging to use file system object
Updated help to include note about alias remapping not dealing with conflicts in the subscriber table automatically.
Changed logic during alias remapping to have more specific error logging and kick up dialog box warnings when alias conflicts are encountered.

Version 1.2.29 - 3/16/2007

Added more logging to the global and local resync process specific to Domino restores.
Forced shutdown with a kill statement if necessary of the DsDomino service prior to binding to it for a global resync.

Version 1.2.28 - 3/9/2007

Fixed a problem where the backup install directory is the root drive and the restore directory is in a folder on that same drive letter. CSCsh94976.
Added additional check for empty mail store table prior to allowing restore to proceed.
Updated help with a troubleshooting section.

Version 1.2.25 - 2/9/2007

Added logic to support restoring certificates on IVC installs without Unity being present for Unity 5.0(1)
Updated restore logic to take into account the new certificate aging MDB file location on restore. CSCsh59067
Added logic to shut down the CuMDBStoreMonitor prior to restoring for 5.0(1) and later systems.
Forced CuMessageAgingSvr service to start after restore is complete for 5.0(1) and later systems.
Fixed problem where MailstoreType key was not being preserved with the local value in all cases.

Version 1.2.20 - 10/26/2006

Updated restore to handle new certificate format for Unity 5.0(1) secure messaging functionality.
Added option to just restore certificates from a backup and not do a full restore

Version 1.2.19 - 5/8/2006

Added support for handling it if the backup was using G711 and the restore is on a system using G729a or vice versa. CSCse10819
Fixed some minor UI issues reported by QA

Version 1.2.18 - 2/13/2006

Fixed a problem where the Configuration table was being backed up on versions of Unity 4.x where it did not yet exist in SQL.

Version 1.1.16 - 2/7/2006

Fixed a problem where the local TUI and GUI (NT) passwords in the subscriber template were being overwritten with those in the backup. This could cause problems if the backed up system did not have "hardened passwords" and the newly installed system did.
Fixed problem where some systems that were upgraded from 3.x to 4.1(x) that did a DiRT backup and then restore onto a freshly installed 4.1(x) failed to restore the Configuration table properly. CSCsd24955

Version 1.1.14 - 1/25/2006

Fixed CSCsd12515
Fixed CSCsd09859
Updated About box

Version 1.1.13 - 6/21/2005

Added additional dialog warning text when using command line options
Added the TAC assisted command line options to the help file. CSCsb21428.

Version 1.1.12 - 3/16/2005

Fixed a problem with the EMS restore portion of DiRT - CSCsa72222.
Updated the help to compiled CHM.
Added functionality to preserve new AvSkinny branch during restore for 4.0(5) release. CSCsa72208

Version 1.1.10 – 3/7/2005

Added new “JustRestoreDB” command line option for TAC and CPR use.

Version 1.1.9 – 3/2/2005

Fixed a problem for the 4.0(5) release where the LogMgr registry branch was not being fully removed
Fixed a problem specific to message restores with ExMerge not handling mail aliases that contained an apostrophe in them.
Fixed a problem with Domino restore that came up due to data being moved from the registry to SQL. CSCsa66633.

Version 1.1.6 – 2/14/2005

Fixed a problem with restoring the EMS database if the service is running and/or any of the files in the \database\ folder were marked read only. Service is now forced to be shut down and all files in the folder are marked read/write before the restore attempt is made.
Updated Unity shut down and startup routines to take into account the csEMS service if it is present.

Version 1.1.5 – 12/22/2004

Fixed a few Japanese localization string issues

Version 1.1.4 – 11/30/2004

Fixed a benign error message when restoring EMS files – some of the EMS files can be marked read only which resulted in a “permission denied” error during the restore.

Version 1.1.3 – 11/16/2004

Fixed a problem handling multiple language installs (or lack thereof) in 4.0(4) vs. earlier versions.
Fixed a problem introduced by support for private and secure messaging features – the registry branches being edited during restore for this feature did not exist in earlier versions of Unity and errors were erroneously being kicked out when they weren’t found.
Removed error message for missing AvLic information in the registry for versions of Unity prior to 4.0(1).
Added additional error handling for registry access functions

Version 1.1.2 – 10/26/2004

Updated to finish support for confidential messaging for the 4.0(5) release.
Added support for remapping subscriber aliases during restore.
Fixed some resource string issues for localization support

Version 1.0.261 – 9/14/2004

Updated registry path edits for confidential messaging feature in 4.0(5)
Updated registry path edits for the scripted conversations component in 4.0(5)
Updated registry path edits for CPCA

Version 1.0.260 – 8/31/2004

Added support for restoring certificates used for confidential messages in Unity 4.0(5).

Version 1.0.259 – 8/2/2004

Fixed problem where restore was complaining about scope Dlist tables missing in database in versions prior to Unity 4.0(1).

Version 1.0.258 – 6/10/2004

Fixed problem with ExMerge on Japanese systems where the Inbox name needed to be localized in the EXMERGE.INI file.

Version 1.0.257 – 5/17/2004

Updated the SA/RA rights checking for mailbox restore option to be more restrictive about which mailstores it checked against.

Version 1.0.256 – 4/29/2004

Added updated resource strings for Unity 4.0(4) release
Added support for localized help files.
Fixed a problem with registry restore for licensing file information
Fixed problem where bailing on an SQL restore did not result in Unity’s registry settings being restored and brought back up. Now notes that you need to do a reboot to bring Unity back up.
Added updated error message for restoring from shares which breaks with Windows 2003

Version 1.0.246 – 3/30/2004

Updated with support for Unity 4.0(4).
Adjusted for DC/GC data moving from registry into SQL

Version 1.0.245 – 3/4/2004

Fixed problem with Domino restore where multiple short name matches were not being reported to the user in the grid properly.

Added logic to clear the AD directory objects cache table before doing a synch after a restore – this prevents some bogus DSAD errors from showing up in the application event log during the first startup sequence.
Added special note about Domino partner server needing to be on line before starting the restore with Domino – CSCed70566.
Changed directory resync logic for Unity 4.0(1) and later such that a progress indicator is given and more specific error messages are provided as necessary. CSCed80486
Fixed problem with EMS database restore.

Version 1.0.240 – 1/28/2004

Added support for Unity 4.0(3) for Domino.
Added 3rd class of unresolved user (more than one match) for Domino resolution pages.

Version 1.0.238 – 1/14/2004

Added initial support for Domino restores in the Unity 4.0(4) version.
Fixed problem where duplicate system distribution lists could be created during a restore
Fixed problem where duplicate example administrator account could be created during a restore
Fixed problem with bogus error messages in the application event log during the startup sequence after the restore is complete: CSCeb88191
Updated logging function to force flush of log file after each line is written: CSCec48029

Version 1.0.237 – 12/11/2003

Fixed problem with restoring EMS data when it’s not installed under the commserver directory

Version 1.0.233 – 8/9/2003

Fixed logic for dealing with global locations table on restore to accommodate new location prefix table added for the 4.0(3) release. CSCeb67590
Added note in help file that backing up and restoring messages with ExMerge for sites that have commas in their organization name on Exchange 5.5 systems will have problems due to issues with Microsoft’s ExMerge application.
Updated KILL.EXE for the Unity 4.0(3) release
Added note in help file about RUS issues for mailbox creation.

Version 1.0.231 – 8/1/2003

Updated version check logic for 4.0(3)

Version 1.0.229 – 7/18/2003

Fixed problem with default location object in the Global Locations table in 4.0(3) restores cause by new SQL triggers. CSCeb64110
Updated TDRT.INI file to point to proper help file in tools depot

Version 1.0.228 – 7/7/2003

Fixed problem with restoration of new event monitoring tool files.

Version 1.0.227 – 7/1/2003

Fixed problem where an error was being logged about a missing Example Subscriber account in 4.0(3) and later restores – this account was removed from new installs of 4.0(3).

Added backup of Event Monitoring Tool database and related files if present on the local system for Unity 4.0(3) and later.

Version 1.0.224

Fixed a problem where the “PrimaryServer” value in the UnitySetupParameters table was not being updated with the new local server name properly

Version 1.0.223

Added ability to check for updated version

Version 1.0.222

Updated SARA.exe to use DirectoryID value for Unicode languages such as Japanese since the Mailstore string was sending back garbage in Unicode and causing the checks to fail.
Updated method for making Send As/Receive As checks on the currently logged in use to handle problems seen in certain configurations in the field.

Version 1.0.219

Forced current drive and directory to be the application directory – fixed problem where launching tool from ToolsDepot didn’t work in some cases for restores – CSCea41731.

Version 1.0.218

Changed logic for 4.0(1) and later restores such that the ServerName and ProfileName keys under the MalEX\1.0 registry branch are removed entirely in all cases.

Version 1.0.217

Added checks to be sure the backup files pointed to for the restore are not on a CD or other medium that do not allow updates. Files need to be copied to a hard drive before restore can begin.

Version 1.0.216

Forced all files under Unity install path (and sub directories) to be read/write – if user was restoring from CD image, for instance, all files would be marked for read only which can cause problems.

Version 1.0.215

Fixed problem where original display name of local primary location object was not being preserved. CSCea24661

Version 1.0.214

Updated localization files for the Unity 4.0(2) release

Version 1.0.213

Fixed problem where UID of built in Installer account was not being preserved on 4.0(x) restores which caused problems with subsequent upgrades of that system.

Version 1.0.211

Fixed problem in 4.0(1) systems where the tray status application was not being shut down completely and it was firing up the gateway again which attached to the UnityDB table which prevented the restore from gaining exclusive access to the DB for restore purposes. Turned out to be an issue with the new version of KILL being shipped with Unity.

Version 1.0.210

Fixed a problem where the Server table was not replacing the alias of the Unity server on the new box – this caused problems with subsequent upgrades of the Unity server. CSCdz87445
Fixed a Japanese localization problem with the mailstore strings coming back looking like garbage: CSCdz49256
Included some additional message box strings in the localization resource file that were missed along the way.

Version 1.0.209

Fixed a logic problem in the restore of locations – the delivery locations were not having their SYSTEM_ID and HOME_SERVER values updated properly as the default location object was.

Version 1.0.208

Updated help to note that restores into Exchange 5.5 will not automatically create NT accounts to go with the mail users created on the fly. This addresses CSCdx22685

Version 1.0.207

Updated to allow “browse” option for files location to allow user to enter full UNC path properly. Fixes CSCdx22685

Version 1.0.206

Added note to help file about NT accounts not being created automatically when restoring into an Exchange 5.5 environment.

Version 1.0.205

Fixed problem where DiRT restore was assuming at least one .INI and one .AVD file would be present in the backup directory. Most of the time this is the case, but not always.
Fixed problem where DiRT restore was assuming the ToolsDepot branch would be in the registry – it wont be if no one ever ran ToolsDepot.
Set 30 second limit on “KILL” command call during initial shutdown.

Version 1.0.204

Added warning if user is running in WTS session to use full UNC paths to backup files and not to use mapped drive letters.

Version 1.0.203

Updated to remove entire Tools Depot registry branch on restore so the depot can rebuild its default settings when it runs the first time.
Added check to make sure messaging back end is either Exchange 5.5 or Exchange 2000, DiRT does not work properly with Domino.
Made much more aggressive checks to make sure the local Unity installation is up, running and clean before allowing the DiRT restore to continue. Numerous instances of folks pulling the trigger on a DiRT restore without bothering to make sure Unity is running properly forced this issue.

Version 1.0.202

Fixed bug where AvDirChangeWriter wasn’t being started before the SQL synchronization routine was being launched – CSCdz00590
Added support for checking if the logged in account has “send as” and “receive as” rights on all the mailstores that contain one or more subscribers from the local Unity server. If you select to backup messages with DiRT and this check fails, it will not allow the option to be enabled and will direct you to the help file for details on how to fix the issue.

Version 1.0.201

Updated localization support
Updated help file

Version 1.0.200

Fixed issue where some files were marked for read only (i.e. the ExMerge.ini files) and could not be updated properly during the restore.
Fixed problems with the location object restore that resulted in duplicate location objects in the directory. This didn’t cause problems but was distracting when trying to troubleshoot.
Fixed problem where Unity would not come up after restore due to location object system ID values not matching across the location, system configuration data and the registry settings – some require hex, some decimal representations of this number and I was setting them all to hex.

Version 1.0.198

Added logic to force shutdown of csBridgeConnector service which was keeping a handle to SQL open and preventing the database restore from completing properly.
Fixed problem where the global locations table was not updated properly which caused all lookups by ID over the phone to fail.
Cleaned up situation where Eadmin and Eadministrator could end up on the same system via upgrade paths which cause problems.
Cleaned up NULL values in the DTMFAccessID table that cropped up in some restores

Version 1.0.195

Fixed problem with multiple Unity_(server name) accounts ending up in the global subscriber table
Fixed issue where greeting stream file paths were not properly updated when the new installation is in a different drive and/or directory than the original installation. This ended up causing calls into the front system to not be answered with the normal opening greeting, instead callers heard “The example administrator is busy or not available…”.
Fixed several issues with the backed up server path being left in the registry and not updated to point to the new installation path/drive.

Version 1.0.192

Updated to allow DiRT to run on Unity 4.0 systems
Updated to include shutting down and starting the new AvMsgStoreMonitorSvr service introduced in 3.1(5)

Version 1.0.188

Fixed issue with the local account running DiRT restore not being granted access to the SA automatically
Fixed a couple minor logging errors
Fixed setup issue where DiRT was not being updated properly in the Tools Depot list
Added fail over notes in the help file and updated to pop a dialog warning user that if they restored a backup done on a primary fail over server they need to manually cleanup SQL. Instructions for the cleanup process are included in the help file.

Version 1.0.187

Fixed issue with the local account running DiRT restore not being granted access to the SA automatically
Fixed a couple minor logging errors
Fixed setup issue where DiRT was not being updated properly in the Tools Depot list
Added fail over notes in the help file and updated to pop a dialog warning user that if they restored a backup done on a primary fail over server they need to manually cleanup SQL. Instructions for the cleanup process are included in the help file.

Version 1.0.185

Fixed problem were duplicate locations, distribution lists and example subscriber/administrator accounts would show up in the directory after a DiRT restore. This did not cause any problems but the clutter was annoying to some folks and figuring out which objects were OK to delete was difficult.
Fixed problem when migrating multiple Unity servers at the same time where duplicate/bogus entries showed up in the global subscribers and global locations tables.

Version 1.0.179

Added logic to clean fail over server information during restore. When restoring a failover system you need to rerun the fail over manager to reconfigure the system after restore.
Added support for Japanese, German and French localized versions

Version 1.0.178

Fixed problem with Exchange 55 backup and restore where the LDAP port was hard coded to 389 causing message backups to fail.

Version 1.0.171

Added support for optionally restoring reports data (if it was backed up)
Added support for optionally restoring subscriber mailbox information (if it was backed up)
Fixed several bugs reported from the field with the prerelease version of 1.0.155

Version 1.0.155

Added logic to allow retries if the SQL server can’t be exclusively access for restore purposes. If the user selects to bail out the registry is returned to it’s pre-restore state before bailing out.
Fixed problem with “-“ and space characters in the path name to the backup files
Added missing “DestServerName” reference in the exMerge.INI file causing problems
Changed directory selection dialog to be less confusing and look nicer.

Version 1.0.4

First release of product to the field