Remote Agent functionality and scripts functionality may be disabled in v2.1.3
The
following symptoms may occur when using v2.1.3 only:
app-aware backups or backup
scripts are failing.
The link at the bottom of
the CPM GUI “download thin backup agent" disappeared.
The view of the Agents
cannot be changed to show more than 20 agents, when clicking on the link for
the 2nd page, the page is redirected to the Main Page.
If
you encounter the above issues, please upgrade to the latest v2.x.x
Reference
defect number - 104176f6b8, fixed in v2.1.3a
Link
to the Release Notes and the latest patch - https://support.n2ws.com/portal/kb/articles/release-notes-for-the-latest-v2-1-x-cpm-patch
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