Backup Exec 21.2 Readme
- Backup Exec 21.2 Readme
- About this readme
- What's new in Backup Exec 21.2
- Features or requirements no longer supported by Backup Exec
- Where to find more information
- Backup Exec documentation notes
- Backup Exec installation notes
- Software Compatibility List (SCL) and Hardware Compatibility List (HCL) and driver notes
- Agent for Windows notes
- Deduplication Feature notes
- Agent for VMware notes
- Agent for Hyper-V notes
- SharePoint Agent notes
- Exchange Agent notes
- Agent for Oracle notes
- SQL Agent notes
- System Disaster Recovery notes
- Central Admin Server Feature notes
What's new in Backup Exec 21.2
Table: What's new in Backup Exec 21.2
Item | Description |
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Instance-based Licensing v2 | The Instance-based licensing model in Backup Exec is enhanced to display the details for instances considered in calculations. Based on the configured threshold, warning alerts are displayed when the instances used approach the number of instances licensed in Backup Exec. |
Backup Exec Accelerator v2 | Customers can now experience significantly faster Forever Incremental backups to deduplication storage. The Backup Exec Deduplication Block Cloning technology is used when Hyper-V and VMware virtual machines are backed up to Backup Exec deduplication disk storage. |
Support for SQL Server In-Memory OLTP (Optimization) | Support for Microsoft SQL Server In-Memory optimized tables. |
Enhanced cloud-based and on-premises in-product help | Customers can now experience a whole new way to access the Backup Exec help system. Backup Exec 21.2 gives you access to a cloud-based HTML help system and also an on-premises HTML help system. By default, you have access to the cloud-based help. The new help system offers the following:
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Support for new cloud storage regions | Backup Exec users benefit from cloud storage choices through support for the following cloud storage region, enabling greater flexibility and economy:
Review the Backup Exec Hardware Compatibility List (HCL) for supported cloud storage regions. You can find the HCL at the following URL: |
Agent for Linux | The Agent for Linux now supports Advanced Open File Option (AOFO-L) with RHEL 7.8, 8.2, and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4. |
You can find a list of the new features in earlier releases of Backup Exec in the What's new in Backup Exec document.