Veritas NetBackup™ Release Notes
- About NetBackup 8.1
- New features, enhancements, and changes
- About new enhancements and changes in NetBackup
- NetBackup 8.1 new features, changes, and enhancements
- About secure communications in NetBackup
- Host ID to host name mapping
- Catalog recovery with secure communications
- Communication between a NetBackup 8.1 master server and an OpsCenter 8.1 master server
- NetBackup requirements for inter-host communication
- Two-way trust for adding trusted master server for Targeted Auto Image Replication
- Secure communication between a NetBackup client in a demilitarized zone and a master server
- Introducing NetBackup CloudCatalyst to upload deduplicated data to the cloud
- Faster full backups for Isilon filers using NetBackup Accelerator
- Auto Image Replication (A.I.R.) import confirmation feature introduced to SLPs
- Accurate licensing feature and other updates with nbdeployutil
- NetBackup introduces a new BigData policy type
- End-of-life for multiple NetBackup products, features, and platforms
- NetBackup 8.1 support additions
- NetBackup BMR functionality not supported for restoring clients with NetBackup 8.1
- DHCP client support changes in NetBackup 8.1
- Support has ended for the SYMCquiesce utility for Linux virtual machines
- Several shutdown commands will be deprecated in a future release
- Localization support added for the csconfig command
- New minimum system requirements for NetBackup master servers
- Upgrade considerations regarding MSDP fingerprint algorithm changes
- NetBackup servers must use a host name that is compliant with RFC 1123 and RFC 952
- SCCM and Chef deployment tools and documentation now available
- Changes to media server and SSO device configuration procedures
- Update cloud configuration file on the master server immediately after install or upgrade to NetBackup 8.1
- Changes to Amazon cloud storage server object sizes
- Additional cloud-related enhancements
- New options to exclude disks from VMware backups
- Restore Virtual Machine Disks wizard for VMware
- Support for non-ASCII characters in VMware
- New requirements for clustered file systems, database clusters, and distributed database applications
- Configuring the Distributed Application Restore Mapping host properties
- Changes to policy and other configuration for SQL Server clusters and SQL Server AGs
- Registering authorized locations used by a NetBackup database script-based policy
- DB2 OPTIONS command update
- Late-breaking new status codes for NetBackup 8.1
- Operational notes
- About NetBackup 8.1 operational notes
- NetBackup installation and upgrade operational notes
- NetBackup administration and general operational notes
- NetBackup administration interface operational notes
- Memory requirements to run the NetBackup Administration Console
- Multiple versions of the NetBackup administration interface
- "Operation timed out" message appears when policies are accessed from the Remote Administration Console
- Using X forwarding to launch the NetBackup Administration Console can fail on certain Linux platforms
- Intermittent issues with X forwarding of NetBackup Administration Console
- Reduced functionality during the initialization of the NetBackup Administration Console
- NetBackup Administration Console may encounter a core dump issue when the Simplified Chinese UTF-8 locale is used on a Solaris SPARC 64-bit system with Solaris 10 Update 2 or later
- NetBackup Accelerator operational notes
- NetBackup Bare Metal Restore operational notes
- Shared Resource Tree (SRT) creation may fail using NetBackup 8.1 as the BMR boot server on AIX and HP-UX platforms with NetBackup 8.0 and earlier clients
- If the boot server has a base installation of Solaris 10 update 11, the creation of SRTs can fail
- Many services on Solaris 11 print warning messages during a system boot and during BMR first boot
- Solaris Zone recovery on Solaris 11 and newer takes time to reconfigure after a BMR restore during first boot
- A Solaris BMR restore operation fails if the text-installer package is not present in the customized AI ISO
- The /boot partition must be on a separate partition for a multiple device-based OS configuration
- Multiple error messages might be displayed during the first boot after the restoration of a client with ZFS storage pools
- BMR may not format or clear the ZFS metadata
- Specifying the short name of the client to protect with Auto Image Replication and BMR
- A restore task may remain in a finalized state in the disaster recovery domain even after the client restores successfully
- IPv6 support for BMR
- Automatic boot may fail for HP-UX after a restore
- Prepare to Restore may not work for a Solaris client
- NetBackup Cloud operational notes
- NetBackup cluster operational notes
- NetBackup database and application agent operational notes
- NetBackup for Exchange operational notes
- NetBackup for SharePoint operational notes
- SharePoint GRT restore can fail if the host names or IP addresses are not mapped with the host ID
- Granular restores skip versioned documents or files that are checked out
- Modified system files or ghosted files are not cataloged or restored during a site collection restore
- Restored wiki pages may not be correct
- NetBackup for Oracle operational notes
- NetBackup deduplication operational notes
- NetBackup internationalization and localization operational notes
- NetBackup for NDMP operational notes
- NetBackup virtualization operational notes
- NetBackup for VMware operational notes
- The VM's swap files are not excluded from the backup if a volume on the VM contains multiple swap files
- Using the NetBackup appliance to install the NetBackup plug-in for VMware vSphere Web Client
- VMware block-level incremental backups expire when the previous full backup expires
- A VM restore to a vCenter fails when NetBackup has credentials for a restore ESX server
- NetBackup for VMware operational notes
- Appendix A. About SORT for NetBackup Users
- Appendix B. NetBackup installation requirements
- Appendix C. NetBackup compatibility requirements
- Appendix D. Other NetBackup documentation and related documents
About administration of NetBackup options
The following administrator guides for NetBackup options are published for NetBackup software:
NetBackup AdvancedDisk Storage Solutions Guide
This guide explains how to configure, manage, and troubleshoot the NetBackup AdvancedDisk storage option. This guide describes how to use the disk storage that is exposed to NetBackup as a file system for backups.
NetBackup Bare Metal Restore Administrator's Guide
This guide explains how to install, configure, and manage NetBackup Bare Metal Restore (BMR) boot servers and clients to automate and streamline the server recovery process.
NetBackup Cloud Administrator's Guide
This guide explains how to configure and manage NetBackup to back up and restore data from cloud Storage as a Service (STaaS) vendors through Veritas OpenStorage.
NetBackup DataStore SDK Programmer's Guide for XBSA
This guide explains how to set up and use the XBSA Application Programming Interface to create a backup or archive application that communicates with NetBackup.
NetBackup Deduplication Guide
This guide explains how to plan, configure, migrate, monitor, and manage data deduplication in a NetBackup environment using the NetBackup Media Server Deduplication Option.
NetBackup Logging Reference Guide
This guide explains the various NetBackup logs and reports which can help you troubleshoot any problems that you encounter, including how to run reports from the NetBackup Administration Console and where logs are stored on your system.
NetBackup OpenStorage Solutions Guide for Disk
This guide describes how to configure and use an intelligent disk appliance in NetBackup for backups.
NetBackup for VMware Administrator's Guide
This guide describes how to configure NetBackup to perform such functions as off-host backups of VMware virtual machines that run on VMware ESX servers.
NetBackup Plug-in for VMware vSphere Web Client
This guide describes how to install and troubleshoot the vSphere Web Client plug-in for NetBackup. The vSphere Web Client plug-in allows you to monitor backups of virtual machines which are managed by vCenter servers, recover virtual machines from backups, and monitor VM backup status and related messages.
NetBackup for Hyper-V Administrator's Guide
This guide explains how to configure and manage snapshot-based backup policies for the virtual machines that run on Windows Hyper-V servers.
NetBackup Add-in for Microsoft SCVMM Console Guide
This guide describes how to install and troubleshoot the NetBackup Add-in for System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM), and how to use it to recover virtual machines from NetBackup backup images.
NetBackup for NDMP Administrator's Guide
This guide explains how to install, configure, and use NetBackup for Network Data Management Protocol (NDMP) to initiate and control backups and restores of Network Attached Storage (NAS) systems.
NetBackup Replication Director Solutions Guide
This guide describes how to implement NetBackup OpenStorage-managed snapshots and snapshot replication, where the snapshots are stored on the storage systems of partnering companies.
NetBackup SAN Client and Fibre Transport Guide
This guide describes how to set up, configure, and manage the NetBackup SAN Client feature to use the Fibre Transport method for high-speed client backups.
NetBackup Snapshot Client Administrator's Guide
This guide explains how to install, configure, and use NetBackup Snapshot Client to enable a variety of snapshot-based features, including integration with VMware, Hyper-V, and Replication Director.
NetBackup Vault Administrator's Guide
This guide explains how to install, configure, and use NetBackup Vault to automate selection and duplication of backup images for off-site media storage.
NetBackup Vault Operator's Guide
This guide explains how to use NetBackup Vault to vault media as part of two major task areas: Administration and operation. Some of the described tasks include procedures for sending tapes off site, receiving tapes on site, and running reports on off-site media and vault jobs.
NetBackup WebSocket Service (NBWSS) Reference Guide
This guide explains how to use the NetBackup WebSocket Service (NBWSS) for communication with a cloud application and how to configure WebSocket endpoints for NBWSS.
NetBackup OpsCenter Administrator's Guide
This document describes how to use the NetBackup OpsCenter user interface to provide reporting, monitoring, and alerts for NetBackup and its agents and options.
NetBackup OpsCenter Reporting Guide
This guide explains how to use NetBackup OpsCenter to generate and use comprehensive business-level reports to track the effectiveness of data backup and archive operations.
NetBackup OpsCenter Performance and Tuning Guide
This performance and tuning guide is for administrators who want to analyze, evaluate, and tune OpsCenter performance. This document is intended to provide guidance on how to tune OpsCenter for maximum performance, which system configurations you should use for OpsCenter depending on your backup environment, and best practices to follow for increased OpsCenter performance.