GitHub Enterprise Server Backup Utilities v3.14.0

Bug Fixes

• By default, the management console password is restored from the backup snapshot data. In 3.14, a backup configuration variable, GHE_MANAGE_CONSOLE_PW_RESTORE, was added to allow administrators to specify that the current Management Console password is to be retained during restore operations.

Changes

• Added more meaningful error messages when a trap is triggered. This change will help users understand the context of the error and take appropriate action.
• Passwords and chat secrets are restored only when -c option is used, in order to reduce security risks of sharing secrets between different environments.

GitHub Enterprise Server Backup Utilities v3.13.1

Backups and Disaster Recovery

• Encrypted column keys from backup snapshots were not always restored.

GitHub Enterprise Server Backup Utilities v3.12.4

Changes

• Error handling for MySQL backups has improved. The chosen backup strategy is logged by default, and error coverage and messaging are improved, including new warnings for file size constraints that may affect the backup process.

Backups and Disaster Recovery

• When backing up an instance in a cluster configuration using GitHub Enterprise Server Backup Utilities, if any nodes were offline, pre-flight checks would silently fail.
• Password and Chat Integration secrets were restored without using the settings -c option.
• Verbose logs include the list of storage objects being restored, helping users track the progress of the restore operation and aiding in debugging any issues.
• Encrypted column keys from backup snapshots were not always restored.

GitHub Enterprise Server Backup Utilities v3.11.5

Changes

• Error handling for MySQL backups has improved. The chosen backup strategy is logged by default, and error coverage and messaging are improved, including new warnings for file size constraints that may affect the backup process.

Backups and Disaster Recovery

• When backing up an instance in a cluster configuration using GitHub Enterprise Server Backup Utilities, if any nodes were offline, pre-flight checks would silently fail.
• Password and Chat Integration secrets were restored without using the settings -c option.
• Verbose logs include the list of storage objects being restored, helping users track the progress of the restore operation and aiding in debugging any issues.
• Encrypted column keys from backup snapshots were not always restored.

GitHub Enterprise Server Backup Utilities v3.10.6

Changes

• Error handling for MySQL backups has improved. The chosen backup strategy is logged by default, and error coverage and messaging are improved, including new warnings for file size constraints that may affect the backup process.

Backups and Disaster Recovery

• When backing up an instance in a cluster configuration using GitHub Enterprise Server Backup Utilities, if any nodes were offline, pre-flight checks would silently fail.
• Verbose logs include the list of storage objects being restored, helping users track the progress of the restore operation and aiding in debugging any issues.

GitHub Enterprise Server Backup Utilities v3.9.8

Backups and Disaster Recovery

• When backing up an instance in a cluster configuration using GitHub Enterprise Server Backup Utilities, if any nodes were offline, pre-flight checks would silently fail.

GitHub Enterprise Server Backup Utilities v3.13.0

Changes

• As part of the upgrade to GitHub Enterprise Server 3.13, Elasticsearch (ES) is upgraded from version 5.6.16 to 8.7.0. Upgrading platform components improves performance and security posture. For important upgrade considerations, see "preparing for the elastic search upgrade."
• If you restore a backup from an instance running GHES 3.11 or 3.12, then any content that relies on ES will only be available after the ES indexes have been migrated and rebuilt on the 3.13 instance.

Bug Fixes

• Offline nodes would silently fail when backing up a cluster.
• When running a backup of the HA instance, Estimated Data Transfer Sizes are not reported accurately.
• Package storage secrets were restored when -c flag was not used.
• Backing up a stand-alone GHES instance would report incorrect messages in the output. - Clustering is not configured on this host and 0 MB data transfer estimates.

GitHub Enterprise Server Backup Utilities v3.12.3

Bug Fixes

• Only restore package storage secrets if -c flag is used.

GitHub Enterprise Server Backup Utilities v3.11.4

Bug Fixes

• Only restore package storage secrets if -c flag is used.

GitHub Enterprise Server Backup Utilities v3.12.2

Bug Fixes

• Backing up a stand-alone GHES instance would report the incorrect messages in the output - Clustering is not configured on this host. and 0 MB data transfer estimates.
• When running a backup of HA instance, Estimated Data Transfer Sizes were not reported accurately.