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    DB24 Release Notes – Version 2025.3

    Release Date: June 20, 2025

    The DB24 2025.3 release delivers a comprehensive enhancement to the platform’s automation and maintenance capabilities. With a strong emphasis on reliability, traceability, and user control, this release introduces smarter scheduling, deeper logging, streamlined UI workflows, and multiple upgrades designed to make routine operations more predictable and efficient.

    Key Updates

    • Unified Maintenance and Backup UI with Environment Matrix
    • Day-specific Maintenance Scheduling and Flexible Exclusions
    • Smart File Space Checks and Optimized Default Maintenance Timings
    • Runtime Uninstall via Portal
    • Expanded Logging and Maintenance Alert Integration in Daily Brief
    • Numerous fixes to improve stability and error resilience

    ➡️ New Features

    Unified Maintenance & Backup UI – Environment Matrix

    A redesigned interface in the DB24 Portal now offers a matrix-style overview of all SQL Server instances, presenting backup and maintenance coverage at a glance.

    • Administrators can easily identify missed tasks, coverage gaps, and failed operations
    • The Backup section now has its own dedicated Portal space for improved access and navigation

    Day-Specific Maintenance Scheduling

    Schedulers now support customized time windows per weekday.

    • Enables separate configurations for weekdays and weekends
    • Allows better alignment with business hours and maintenance policies

    Flexible Maintenance Exclusions

    Administrators can now exclude specific databases, indexes, tables, and operations (for example backups, index rebuilds, or integrity checks) using fine-grained exclusion rules.

    • Reduces operational noise
    • Improves precision and control over routine maintenance

    Smarter and Granular File Space Checks

    • Volume-specific thresholds are now supported
    • A lowest-wins logic applies when overlapping configurations exist
    • Context-aware checks ensure the correct volume is evaluated per operation

    This significantly improves protection against space-related failures.

    Optimized Default Maintenance Schedule

    Default maintenance jobs are now staggered to improve resource utilization:

    • GoodNight: 22:15
    • SizeProtect: 22:50
    • Index Maintenance: Tuesday / Thursday / Saturday at 23:00
    • Integrity Checks: Monday / Wednesday / Friday / Sunday at 23:30

    This ensures minimal overlap and a smoother out-of-the-box experience.

    Note: Existing configured start times for these jobs will be overwritten.

    Remote Uninstall of Runtimes via Portal

    • Administrators can remotely trigger a Runtime uninstall directly from the Portal
    • Removed Runtimes are automatically hidden from the UI and excluded from all operations

    DB24-Tagged Backup Jobs

    All DB24-initiated backups are now explicitly tagged with DB24 as the vendor.

    • Improves audit clarity
    • Simplifies ownership and accountability tracking

    Consolidated and Unified Runtime Logging

    • All runtime logs now follow a standardized format
    • Logs are consolidated under log.Runtime

    This improves traceability and diagnostic capabilities for both DB24 teams and customers.

    Maintenance Alerts Included in Daily Brief

    Daily Brief emails now include warnings extracted from runtime logs.

    • Provides early visibility into issues such as disk space shortages or failed jobs

    Granular Disk Space Warning Configuration

    Disk space warnings are now configurable per instance, replacing the previous global threshold model.

    Standardized Transaction Log Backup Naming

    Transaction log backups now use the .trn file extension instead of the generic .bak.

    Clicking a patch entry in the Patch Advisor now opens the official Microsoft documentation for that patch.

    Housekeeping Optimized for Large Environments

    Housekeeping tasks are now dynamically throttled for environments with more than 50 databases.

    • Reduces overhead
    • Adjusts frequency of operations such as database memory usage checks

    SizeProtect Logs Visible in Portal

    Maintenance logs related to SizeProtect are now captured and displayed directly in the Portal, improving transparency and traceability.

    Dynamic Notification Sender Configuration

    • Email sender address is now configurable
    • If not set, DB24 uses a consistent default sender instead of server-specific names

    Improved Installer Feedback

    Installation failures now provide more detailed and actionable error messages, particularly for connection-related issues.

    🐞 Bug Fixes

    Resolved Backup Failures from Global Temp Table Conflicts

    • Replaced the shared global temporary table ##BackupStandardPath
    • Introduced isolated tables per job type to avoid conflicts during parallel backups

    Improved Full Backup Stability During Housekeeping

    • Backup and housekeeping operations no longer conflict
    • Deferred DBInfo updates eliminate contention
    • Added retry logic to mitigate concurrent access issues

    Maintenance Jobs Handle Read-Only Databases Correctly

    • Read-only databases are now automatically excluded from maintenance operations
    • Reduces error noise and improves job resilience

    Canvas View UI Fixes

    • Long shared volume names are now truncated for improved readability
    • Fixed incorrect storage metrics for offline or unreadable databases

    Installer Username and Password Validation Fix

    • Corrected internal logic to ensure proper credential validation during installation