Note: Numbers such as "[ASRV-2345, DE1013, US552]" refer to Acronis' internal change tracking system.
Acronis periodically releases "hot fixes" to its products to provide customers with access to bug fixes and new features before a full public release is available. Typically, a version will go through a number of hot fix releases (e.g., 7.1.2x1, 7.1.2x2, etc.) before a full product release. Customers can use this information to evaluate whether to update to the latest hot fix.
Note: Prior to ExtremeZ-IP 5.2, ExtremeZ-IP File Server and ExtremeZ-IP Print Server contained separate release notes. In the version history below, file and print items are listed separately for versions 5.1.3 and earlier, and listed together for 5.2 and later.
Access Connect 10.0.6 (Released: May 17th)
BUG FIXES:
Fixed an issue where Spotlight searches from the Finder could fail to return results if additional search criteria were added to the search query.
Fixed an issue that could occur when the option to convert Windows shortcuts to Mac aliases was enabled.
Acronis Access Connect 10.0.5 (Released: April 2017)
ENHANCEMENTS:
Added a new option for filtering excessive client enumeration requests from the Mac Finder. This issue is commonly encountered from clients using macOS 10.9 or later. For more details on enabling this option, please contact Acronis Access Connect Support: http://www.acronis.com/en-us/mobilitysupport/
Improved support for accessing file shared archived with Caminosoft HSM.
Added a Volume Properties option to convert Windows .URL shortcuts to Mac alias. If these shortcuts point to UNC paths that Acronis Access Connect is giving AFP file share access to, Mac users will be able to double-click the .URL file to open the item it points to.
Acronis Access Connect 10.0.4 (Released: June 2016)
ENHANCEMENTS:
Add a new Spotlight Refreshable 'dtSearchExcludeFromIndexingList' REG_MULTI_SZW registry key that can be used to exclude paths, file names, and file types from Acronis Content Search indexing. Multiple exclusions need to be added one per line. Details on the format for these exclusions can be found here:Windows Registry Keys. ACNT-72
BUG FIXES:
Fixed an issue with searching for exact multi-word phrases within file contents using Network Spotlight with Acronis Content Indexing. ACNT-1017
Fixed an issue where the file modification date shown in the Finder for files returned in Network Spotlight search results could be incorrect if the modification year of the file was 2000 or earlier. ACNT-12
Acronis Access Connect 10.0.3 (Released: December 2015)
BUG FIXES:
Fixed an issue where Spotlight searches with Acronis Content Indexing would not return any results from folder hierarchies where ' - ' was part of the folder name as in 'foo - bar'. [US11092]
Fixed an issue where after installing Access Connect, SCCM and AppAssure processes would fail to startup. [11086]
Acronis Access Connect 10.0.2 (Released: September 2015)
ENHANCEMENTS:
Acronis Access Connect is now certified with Mac OS X 10.11 ‘El Capitan’ clients. [US108972]
Acronis Content Indexing engine has been updated to the 7.80 release of dtSearch. [US10844]
An event is now added to the Event Log at startup if the Directory Services credentials configured in Access Connect are invalid. [US10999]
For new installations, the defaults settings for 'SupportAppleTalk' 'SupportAppleTalkPrinting' 'AllowKerberosLogin' 'AllowClearTextLogin' are now OFF. [US11029]
For new installations, the default value for 'UNIXOwnerPermissionsMode' has been changed from from 0 to 7. [US9975]
Added NonRefreshable 'MitigatedCriticalSectionTimeout' registry key to add more control as to when Access Connect will disconnect stalled sessions. [US10591]
Volumes on a Microsoft Failover Cluster will automatically default to placing Acronis Content Indexes at the root of the physical disk. [US9411]
BUG FIXES:
Fixed an issue where ArchiveConnect offline file Finder color labels we’re not set properly in the admin UI with non-English localization. [US10593]
Addressed potential excess memory usage when an update to an Acronis Content Index failed. [US10869]
Fixed an issue where Auto-Reconnect could fail for Active Directory users with a space in the user name. [US10241]
Fixed an issue where Acronis Content Indexing would not index the contents of .CSV files. [US10678]
Fixed an issue where NonRefreshable 'GlobalDtSearchIndexPath' was not working. [US10380]
Fixed an issue where repeated saves in Microsoft Word may not delete intermediary temporary files on Network Reshare volumes. To address this behavior if encountered, set the Refreshable 'AttemptFileDeleteWithOpenFork' registry key to ON. [US9284]
Acronis Access Connect 10.0.1 (Released: June 2015)
BUG FIXES:
Fixed an issue that could occur when upgrading from ExtremeZ-IP 9 to Acronis Access Connect 10 on a Microsoft Failover Cluster. [US10875]
Fixed occasional issues when enabling the Mobile Access feature / service. [US10794] [DE14428] [US10865] [US10842] [US10842] [US10883]
Fixed an issue where newly added volumes might not immediately appear for mobile users. [DE14533]
Acronis Access Connect 10.0.0 (Released: May 2015)
ExtremeZ-IP has been renamed to Access Connect.
ENHANCEMENTS:
Added the ability for mobile users to access file share volumes using the Acronis Access iOS, Android and Windows mobile clients. The mobile apps can preview, sync, edit and annotate files located on these file volumes, using built-in Office editing and PDF annotation capabilities. This new feature can be enabled on the "Mobile Access" Settings tab in the Access Connect Administrator console.
Added Spotlight Refreshable 'dtSearchVerifyIndex' registry key, default is OFF. When enabled Acronis Content Indexes will be verified at startup and when the registry is refreshed. [US10346]
Added Refreshable 'EnumerationPerformanceOnLocalVolume' registry key, default is OFF. [US9485]
New installs will set the the Acronis Access Connect service startup type to 'Automatic (Delayed Start)'. [US6338]
Added Refreshable 'DtSearchIndexIsAccentSensitive' registry key for Acronis Content Indexes, default is OFF. If this key is ON, files with accented characters will only be found if the search query string contains those specific accented characters. [US10324]
Added NonRefreshable 'LoadPerformanceDLL' registry key, default is ON. [US10264]
Global Spotlight Search defaults to Acronis Content Indexing for all new volumes. [US10227]
Volumes can now be configured manually when Global Spotlight Search is enabled. [US10228]
Global Spotlight Search is now enabled by default for new installs. [US10299]
Added NonRefreshable 'ActiveDirectoryComputers' to allow customization of Acronis Access Connect server location within Active Directory. This setting is used to help verify if Kerberos Constrained Delegation is configured correctly for the server, if necessary. [US9970]
Hyphens are now word delimiters in Acronis Content Indexes. [US10235]
Acronis Content Indexing engine has been updated to the 7.79 release of dtSearch. [US9681]
BUG FIXES:
Fixed a memory leak in the content index update process. [US8667]
Fixed an issue that affected the Finder displaying color labels with the ’EnumerationPerformance' registry key ON [US10496]
Fixed an issue where the Finder could display font files incorrectly with 'EnumerationPerformance' ON. [US8376]
Fixed an issue that could occur during editing with Adobe InDesign. [US10513]
Fixed an issue with Network Reshare volumes containing empty AppleDouble files created by robocopy. [US10245]
Fixed issues with EZIPUTIL. [US10268]
Fixed an issue where Mac client disconnects could crash Acronis Access Connect. [US8475]
Fixed an issue where Microsoft Office file creation dates were changing to modification date after being edited. [US9131]
ExtremeZ-IP 9.0.5 (Released: April 2015)
ENHANCEMENTS:
Added Spotlight Refreshable 'dtSearchVerifyIndex' registry key, default is OFF. When enabled Acronis Content Indexes will be verified at startup and when the registry is refreshed. [US10346]
Added Refreshable 'EnumerationPerformanceOnLocalVolume' registry key, default is OFF. [US9485]
New installs will set the the ExtremeZ-IP service startup type to 'Automatic (Delayed Start)'. [US6338]
Added Refreshable 'DtSearchIndexIsAccentSensitive' registry key for Acronis Content Indexes, default is OFF. If this key is ON, files with accented characters will only be found if the search query string contains those specific accented characters. [US10324]
Added NonRefreshable 'LoadPerformanceDLL' registry key, default is ON. [US10264]
Global Spotlight Search defaults to Acronis Content Indexing for all new volumes. [US10227]
Volumes can now be configured manually when Global Spotlight Search is enabled. [US10228]
Global Spotlight Search is now enabled by default for new installs. [US10299]
Added NonRefreshable 'ActiveDirectoryComputers' to allow customization of ExtremeZ-IP server location within Active Directory. This setting is used to help verify if Kerberos Constrained Delegation is configured correctly for the server, if necessary. [US9970]
Hyphens are now word delimiters in Acronis Content Indexes. [US10235]
Acronis Content Indexing engine has been updated to the 7.79 release of dtSearch. [US9681]
BUG FIXES:
Fixed a memory leak in the content index update process. [US8667]
Fixed an issue that affected the Finder displaying color labels with the ’EnumerationPerformance' registry key ON [US10496]
Fixed an issue where the Finder could display font files incorrectly with 'EnumerationPerformance' ON. [US8376]
Fixed an issue that could occur during editing with Adobe InDesign. [US10513]
Fixed an issue with Network Reshare volumes containing empty AppleDouble files created by robocopy. [US10245]
Fixed issues with EZIPUTIL. [US10268]
Fixed an issue where Mac client disconnects could crash ExtremeZ-IP. [US8475]
Fixed an issue where Microsoft Office file creation dates were changing to modification date after being edited. [US9131]
ExtremeZ-IP 9.0.4 (Released: November 2014)
ENHANCEMENTS:
Acronis Content Indexing now includes a 'Filename Only' index type option. With this option chosen, search indexes will only contain filenames and will omit file content. This will result in much smaller search index files and faster indexing. [US9671]
Acronis Content Indexing is now the default indexing engine for Network Reshare volumes [US9513]
Added Refreshable 'EnumerationPerformanceOnLocalVolume' to govern enumeration performance enhancements on volumes other than Network Reshares [US9485]
BUG FIXES:
Fixed an occasional crash of ExtremeZ-IP when sharing Network Reshare volumes [US9775]
Fixed an issue where 'dtSearchDebugLogging' was being turned on accidentally [US9709]
Fixed an issue with Acronis Content Indexing and the processing of I/O errors [US9545]
Fixed an issue when Acronis Content Indexing was configured to continuously update the index [DE13027]
Fixed erroneous Spotlight 'root of volume being indexed' logging [US9546]
Fixed an issue where ExtremeZ-IP could hang when a volume was removed while Acronis Content Indexing was actively updating the index [DE12845]
ExtremeZ-IP 9.0.3 (Released: October 2014)
ENHANCEMENTS:
Added French, Russian, Japanese and Chinese localization [US9534]
BUG FIXES:
Event Log messages are now localized [DE12574]
ExtremeZ-IP 9.0.2 (Released: October 2014)
ENHANCEMENTS:
ExtremeZ-IP now supports OS X 10.10 Yosemite
Acronis Content indexing now indexes all words in a file name for searching
Changed text "Support Spotlight Search on All Volumes" to "Enable Spotlight Search on All Volumes"
BUG FIXES:
Fixed occasional crash of ExtremeZ-IP when doing network reshares
Fixed ExtremeZ-IP start up on Windows 2003 R2 Server
ExtremeZ-IP Admin interface would change displayed UNC paths to start with "\\" instead of "UNC\\"
Fixed ExtremeZ-IP crash when running filename policy reports
ExtremeZ-IP 9.0.1 (Released: September 2014)
ENHANCEMENTS:
Added German localization.
Replaced built-in Help with links to the up to date online Web Help.
BUG FIXES:
Fixed a bug where ExtremeZ-IP would sometimes display "Not Indexing" when preparing to index a large volume.
ExtremeZ-IP 9.0 (Released: September 2014)
ENHANCEMENTS:
New 'Acronis Content Indexing' - This new file name and content indexing option is compatible with all ExtremeZ-IP volumes, residing locally on the ExtremeZ-IP server or on another file server or NAS being accessed through ExtremeZ-IP’s 'Network Reshare feature'. This provides nearly instantaneous file name and content ’Network Spotlight’ search, even on remote file servers and NAS. [US5846]
ExtremeZ-IP is now certified for use with StorNext 5.0. [US7572]
ExtremeZ-IP is now certified for use with Symantec Enterprise Vault 11 [US8750]
Configuration of Network Reshare volumes is more informative, especially regarding Kerberos Constrained Delegation. [US7494]
The advanced setting 'Ignore Offspring Count' has been removed from the ExtremeZ-IP Administrator UI. [US6881]
ShadowConnect is now certified for Mac OS 10.8 and 10.9 [US8420]
BUG FIXES:
Fixed issues with Bonjour installation and uninstallation [US6296 US8794]
ExtremeZ-IP 8.1.2 (Released: April 2014)
ENHANCEMENTS:
The "Zidget" Dashboard widget is now compatible with OS X Mavericks.
Further enumeration performance enhancements.
BUG FIXES:
Fixed a crash when moving folders on Network Reshare volumes with EnumerationPerformance ON. [US8091]
Fixed an issue when listing volumes through the EZIPUTIL command line application. [US7812]
Fixed an issue where folders could not be deleted because a '.DS_Store' file was still in existence. This is controlled by the refreshable 'DeleteDS_StoreFileWhenDeletingFolder' registry key. [US7918]
Fixed a bug where enumerating the volume root would show fewer items in the folder than were actually there. This is controlled by the Refreshable 'EnumerateExtraItems' registry key. [US7666]
Fixed a slow memory leak when supporting Spotlight search on Network Reshare volumes. [US7969]
ExtremeZ-IP 8.1.1 (Released: October 2013)
ENHANCEMENTS:
ExtremeZ-IP is now certified to run on Windows Server 2012 R2.
BUG FIXES:
Fixed a bug where DFS targets were not being enumerated on Network Reshare volumes. [US7443]
ExtremeZ-IP 8.1.0 (Released: October 2013)
IMPORTANT NOTE:
The ExtremeZ-IP 8.1 release MUST be installed if your server is configured with Time Machine volumes and you have OS X 10.9 "Mavericks" clients backing up with Time Machine.
ENHANCEMENTS:
ExtremeZ-IP is compatible with OS X 10.9 "Mavericks". [US2741]
ExtremeZ-IP now logs when the root of a Spotlight search enabled volume is not being indexed by the Windows Search backend. [US5770]
BUG FIXES:
Spotlight searching is now supported on Network Reshare volumes where the UNC path is a FQDN. [US5750]
Fixed a bug where folders would flash and redraw on OS X 10.8 "Mountain Lion" and later OSes. [DE9063]
Fixed a bug where enumerating folders could lead to excessive memory usage. [US7319]
ExtremeZ-IP 8.0.6 (Released: August 2013)
ENHANCEMENTS:
Improved Folder Enumeration performance for Mac clients. This can be especially noticeable for folders with large numbers (100+) of files in them. Improvements on local / SAN disks may be up to 2x, while on Network Reshare Volumes enumeration performance may improve 20-30x. The default for the new Refreshable 'EnumerationPerformance' registry key is OFF. Set this key to ON for improved performance. [US6334]
The default for the 'SpotlightDefaultContentSearchIsFileNameOnly' is now OFF. When OFF, Spotlight searches will include file name, file contents, and file metadata in the search results. When ON, Spotlight searches will include just file name and file contents in the search results. [US6396]
The default for the NonRefreshable 'EntryExpirationTime' registry key was changed from 15 to 300 seconds for better performance with Network Reshare volumes. [US6395]
The default for the Refreshable 'UsePrimaryDomainController' registry key is now OFF. ExtremeZ-IP will find and use nearby domain controllers. [US6398]
BUG FIXES:
Spotlight searches from within the Open file dialog of Adobe InDesign will now return results. [US6807]
Fixed a bug where NTFS circular reference disk corruption could still occur on ExtremeZ-IP volumes that resided within Mount Points. [DE7824][DE7825]
ExtremeZ-IP 8.0.5 (Released: May 2013)
ENHANCEMENTS:
ExtremeZ-IP will disallow the illegal move of a folder into one of its subfolders. [US6468]
ExtremeZ-IP will reference move destination folders by name instead of ID to avoid possible NTFS circular reference disk corruption. [US6468]
Added Refreshable 'UsePrimaryDomainController' registry key to allow finding a different domain controller when OFF. [US6398]
BUG FIXES:
* Fixed a bug where Adobe Illustrator could not save to an ExtremeZ-IP volume within a Mount Point. [US6212]
ExtremeZ-IP 8.0.4 (Released: April 2013)
ENHANCEMENTS:
ExtremeZ-IP will detect and avoid circular directory reference NTFS disk corruption. [US5888]
ExtremeZ-IP supports Windows Server 2012 Essentials. [US5842]
Added 'SpotlightDefaultContentSearchIsFileNameOnly' registry key. This key is on by default, meaning file searches issued through the Mac Finder match on file name only. When off, additional file metadata (copyright, title, author, etc) will also be included in search results. [US5980]
BUG FIXES:
Fixed an issue where spooling the log would cause ExtremeZ-IP to crash when refreshing the Bonjour configuration. [US5453]
Fixed an issue where AppleDouble files were visible to Windows users. [US5960]
Fixed an issue where ExtremeZ-IP would wrongly interpret a file as a Volume Shadow Copy file and would crash when processing. [US6141]
ExtremeZ-IP 8.0.3 (Released: November 2012)
ENHANCEMENTS:
ExtremeZ-IP is now certified to run on Windows Server 2012.
GroupLogic Appletalk is not supported on Windows Server 2012.
ExtremeZ-IP now supports 'Network Spotlight' file content search for 'Network Reshare' volumes residing on SMB/CIFS accessible Windows NTFS storage. [US5544]
Added 'Send message to connected client(s)' support to EZIPUTIL command line utility. [US3743]
BUG FIXES:
Fixed a bug where Network Reshare volume disconnects were not being detected and the volume had to be manually restarted. [US5647]
Fixed a bug where after installing the ExtremeZ-IP 8.0.2 upgrade, a legacy Bonjour dialog was being displayed. [US5500]
Fixed a bug where multiple initializations of Bonjour could result in an ExtremeZ-IP crash. [US5453]
Fixed an issue where the ExtremeZ-IP Administrator application would not automatically request to run with Administrator privileges. [US5529]
Fixed an issue where the 'UNIXOwnerPermissionsMode' key was not taking effect as a Refreshable registry key. [DE5498]
ExtremeZ-IP 8.0.2 (Released: September 2012)
ENHANCEMENTS:
There is now a 64-bit version of the ezipapi.dll. [US4889]
Network Home Directories are supported on Network Reshare volumes. [DE5259]
ExtremeZ-IP Mac client applications; Zidget, ArchiveConnect, and DFSConnect are Mountain Lion Gatekeeper compatible. [US5757]
BUG FIXES:
Fixed a problem where duplicate SPNs would cause Kerberos logins to fail. [US4982]
Fixed a problem in ArchiveConnect where double-clicking a file was bringing it online when it should not have. [US4127]
Fixed firewall exception issues with various ExtremeZ-IP ports. [DE5056][DE5130]
Fixed a problem where firewall blocking of Bonjour UDP port 5353 would lead to excessive logging. [US4924]
Fixed an issue where Spotlight searches within Mac Save dialogs were not returning any results. [US4704]
Fixed an issue where Spotlight searches using 'mdls' were not returning any results. [US5268]
Fixed an issue where lingering AppleDouble files would cause folder deletion to fail because folder was not empty. [US5003]
Fixed an issue where a file could not be modified or deleted if the file's owner has been removed from Active Directory. [US5082]
ExtremeZ-IP 8.0.1 (Released: June 2012)
ENHANCEMENTS:
ExtremeZ-IP supports version 3.0.0x10 of the Windows Bonjour service. [DE5018]
BUG FIXES:
Fixed a problem on Windows 2003 systems which resulted in excessive logging. [US4773]
Fixed a problem where the ExtremeZ-IP service would take too long to shut down. [DE5018]
Fixed a bug that caused ExtremeZ-IP to crash when the first Active Directory profile-based Network Home Directory user logs on, and network home directory support is enabled. [US4754]
Fixed a bug with Bonjour and firewall settings which caused the Bonjour service to lose connectivity. [US4728]
Fixed a problem with ASSERT logging when restarting network reshare volumes. [DE4856]
Fixed a bug where ExtremeZ-IP Service can hang at startup because of critical section deadlock when DFS support is enabled [US4714]
Fixed a bug when registering ExtremeZ-IP's Bonjour services on specific network interface indexes. This bug would cause the Bonjour Service to log an error in the Windows event log. [DE5033]
ExtremeZ-IP 8.0.0 (Released: June 2012)
ENHANCEMENTS:
Network Reshare support. Network Reshare allows an ExtremeZ-IP server to proxy access to file shares on a secondary file server or NAS device. ExtremeZ-IP uses the SMB/CIFS protocol to access the remote file server or NAS device. These files are presented to the Mac client as a standard APF volume. For more information, see: http://support.grouplogic.com/?p=3989
Files residing in DFS namespaces can now be made available as ExtremeZ-IP Network Reshare AFP volumes. For more information, see: http://support.grouplogic.com/?p=3991
ArchiveConnect is now compatible with ExtremeZ-IP Network Reshare AFP volumes. For more information, see: http://support.grouplogic.com/?p=3993
Changed how we initially access files and folders to provide a better client experience with ArchiveConnect. This change prevents files from being unnecessarily scanned by anti-virus applications or brought on-line. [DE3069][7.5.0x122]
BUG FIXES:
Fixed a bug where Spotlight searches begun in folders with single quotes in their names would return no results. [US4333][7.5x156]
Fixed a bug where long Spotlight queries could cause buffer overrun and the ExtremeZ-IP server would crash. [US4398][7.5x154]
Updated the version of Bonjour installed by ExtremeZ-IP to Bonjour 3.0. This fixed a bug where all Bonjour connectivity could cease an hour or two after startup of the ExtremeZ-IP server. [US3691][7.5x163]