8.1.1 any near?

[karsten123]

Hi,
is 8.1.1 any near? just a timeframe is enough.
Thx
Karsten

[Polina]

Hi Karsten,

Once the next v8 patch is available, you'll see information on the forums and in the KB4711.

Thanks

[karsten123]

true

[Gostev]

It's a few days away. It was ready to ship this past Monday, but we held it to include a fix for a breaking change Microsoft will implement on March 31st.

[t7MevELx0]

@Gostev Are you waiting until March 31st before you release it? lol...

[Gostev]

No, we are testing the newer build that includes the fix.

[aeph]

@Gostev, can you tell us more about the breaking change? What is affected? Are previous versions still working?

[Gostev]

It's about Azure archiver appliance which will fail to be provisioned due to something discontinued on Azure side. That's at a very high level, support KB will be created with more details.

[t7MevELx0]

I think we are all going to find out about the breaking change on Monday, March 31st...

I wish I had time to test 8.1.1 before this happens. We have a lot riding on this software.

[aeph]

@Gostev Any news on how we can prepare for today?

[Mike Resseler]

@aeph I expect it to be alive today.
More information around the breaking change is also coming, but in a nutshell...
If you are using backup copy and use an helper appliance to store the backup copy in Azure archive tier, then creating a new helper appliance will fail as the SKU that we use for the VM is deprecated by MSFT. We changed in 8.1.1 the SKU so that VBR can continue to create the helper appliance. (https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/vbo36 ... #appliance)
KB: https://www.veeam.com/kb4727

[Polina]

@aeph @karsten123 @t7MevELx0

8.1.1.159 is now available on veeam.com
https://www.veeam.com/kb4711

[t7MevELx0]

@Polina Yeah, I noticed it early this morning. I'm currently testing it. Thank you.