Welcome to our favorite time of the month! Cove 25.9 introduces key enhancements that helps ensure more robust data protection, streamlines recovery workflows, and delivers deeper reporting insights. Let’s dive into the Cove!

Reminder: Cove 25.9 drops support for VMware ESXi 6.7 and earlier. Upgrade to a later version of ESXi to ensure continued coverage.

What’s New in the Cove?

Backup Manager

We’re excited to announce the external preview of Linux Bare-Metal Recovery (BMR), along with enhanced functionality for Linux System State and macOS devices to help ensure more robust data protection.

Linux BMR (External Preview):

• A fully automated way to recover Linux devices after disasters such as a failed system update or corrupted disk layout.
• Users can now download Cove Rescue Media directly from the Cove console to perform a seamless recovery.

Linux System State Key Enhancements (External Preview):

• Improved backup stability.
• Expanded support for more Linux distributions.
• Optimized backup sizes so that they are faster, take up less storage, and are more cost-effective.

Improved macOS Success Rate:

• Improved logic for accessing files and folders on macOS devices.
• If a “permission denied” filesystem error occurs:
  • With Full Disk Access, affected files are skipped and backup completes without errors.
  • Without Full Disk Access, backup finishes with errors, and the user is notified about missing permissions.

Continuity

We’ve streamlined the restore process across various options to ensure more seamless, efficient, and reliable recoveries in a disaster scenario.

Smart Restore to Existing Azure VM:

• Backups can now be restored directly to an existing VM in Azure with the original VM name and configuration – simplifying and speeding up the restore process.
• Additionally, you can restore only the OS disk while retaining current data disks and quickly reattach it to the VM for additional time savings.

Smart Restore in VHD Format (One-time Restore to Hyper V):

• Backups can now be restored directly in VHD format for One-time Restores to Hyper-V – making the process faster and more seamless by eliminating the need for manual conversion.

In addition, the following customer-reported issues have been fixed to improve the reliability of our recovery services.

SBI to ESXi:

• Issue: Restores could fail with the error “Failed to open virtual disk”, typically on recovery agents with low resources.
• Fix: Additional check added to automatically detach disks from the recovery agent if they were not removed during the previous restore process.

SBI to Hyper-V:

• Issue: Restores could fail with the error “Failed to open VHD disk. The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process”.
• Fix: Adjusted timeout handling to ensure proper processing in such cases.

Reporting

The Executive Summary Report (ESR) – designed to highlight KPIs and insights for MSPs and IT teams to share with their customers or key stakeholder for easy monthly business reviews – has entered external preview!

ESR Key Enhancements (External Preview):

• Refined Report Content – Reports now exclusively include Microsoft 365 data that is being protected.
• Improved Readability – Reporting format has been enhanced for better clarity.
• Updated Documentation – Comprehensive explanations for each metric are now available.

What are you waiting for – create your first report! We look forward to your continued feedback as we continue to refine these reports further, before GA.

Resources & Events

That’s all folks! Make sure to check out our resources and upcoming events, and don’t forget to subscribe to the release notes homepage to stay notified about the latest updates to Cove – till next time!

Resources

Have questions or want a personalized tour? Email ask.cove@n-able.com

Upcoming Events

Become a Master of Ransomware Response (September 24th)

• Led by Cove’s recovery experts, this free Masterclass is designed to strengthen your incident response plan (IRP). Plus, all attendees will walk away with a ready-to-use IRP template to apply to their organization.

Become a Master of Disaster Recovery (September 30th)

• Join this free, interactive Masterclass that prepares you and your team to respond before a disaster strikes.