Veritas NetBackup™ Emergency Engineering Binary Guide

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Product(s): NetBackup (9.1.0.1, 9.1, 9.0.0.1, 9.0)

Previous EEBs now resolved in NetBackup 9.0

Table: Previous EEBs now resolved in NetBackup 9.0contains a listing of known issues with NetBackup that were identified, fixed, and made available to customers in the form of an emergency engineering binary (EEB). NetBackup 9.0 resolves the issues that were fixed with each of these EEBs.

More information on the Etracks that are listed in this topic (and any other service request Etrack) can be found using the Veritas Services and Operations Readiness Tools (SORT) website.

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Table: Previous EEBs now resolved in NetBackup 9.0

Etrack Number

EEB Description

3980582

DB2 backups fail until restarted. DB2sys dumps during the process and no backups then take place.

3981134, version 23, 22, 21, 20, 19, 18, 17, 16

The EEB bundle contains common fixes for MSDP issues on NetBackup 8.2

3981837, version 17, 16

The EEB bundle contains fixes for Cloud Catalyst issues on NetBackup 8.2.

3985362

Encryption key is present in the key file in the client. Scheduled backups are configured for policy with encrypt option enabled. The files in backup selections are less than 256K. Delete the key in the keyfile. Scheduled backup jobs are successful.

3986713

Replaces vulnerable jars.

3986976

This EEB replaces vulnerable jars.

3987486, version 2

There are currently no limits on how many AIR jobs can run simultaneously. This can cause a lot of contention for NetBackup resources (such as overloading nbrb) and storage resource (too many jobs trying to write to the same replication target).

3988520, version 1

The EEB contains enhancements to have keyfile in a customized path. Add below entry in NetBackup Client Configuration using nbsetconfig command CLIENT_ENCRYPTION_KEY_PATH=/mypath/keyfilename

3988602

Vulnerable spring jars 4.3.5 were packaged with NetBackup.

3988653

The EEB contains enhancements to have keyfile in a customized path. Add below entry in NetBackup Client Configuration using nbsetconfig command CLIENT_ENCRYPTION_KEY_PATH=/mypath/keyfilename. Improving the efficiency and behavior of hostdb.cache.

3989188

This EEB will replaces vulnerable spring jars with non vulnerable spring jars.

3991153

Modify the encryption format of a tape, to encrypt all data except the media header. The media header and in-cartridge memory have several fields de-populated to avoid exposing information that could be useful to an attacker.

3993611

Upgrade to Tomcat version 8.5.53 on OpsCenter 8.2 Server is required due to security vulnerabilities.

3993893

Oracle backups are causing service restarts.

3994065

Backups fail with status 25 when more than 64 IP's configured on the client.

3994195

This EEB will replaces vulnerable spring jars with non vulnerable spring jars.

3994951

Backports nb_monitor_util - CLI utility - to monitor NetBackup events and fetch different information.

3994952

Backports nb_monitor_util - CLI utility - to monitor NetBackup events and fetch different information.

3996250

Upgrade to Tomcat version 8.5.53 on OpsCenter 8.1.2 Server is required due to security vulnerabilities.

3996536

NetBackup 8.2 GUI cannot expand the tablespace list when trying to browse DB2 database structure.

3996724

Backups fail with status 25 when more than 64 IP's configured on the client.

3996875

nbcertcmd on client runs hastatus -summary on cluster node to validate if it is an active node.

3999274

EEB contains the latest Sybase Anywhere patch #17.0.10.6127 to fix the issue of database server crashing due to corrupt index.

4000282

Windows 8.1.2 client backed up with multiple policies fails during BMR DSR to a HyperV VM with 1002 (Failed to verify backup).

4000294

The database contains a number of VM clients with inconsistencies that are causing the Week at a Glance and other reports to display incorrect data.

4001960

This EEB adds NetBackup for OpenStack enhancements: 1. Global Admin 2. Ceph based Cinder volume support 3. Save extra metadata

4002141

JRE needs to be upgraded to 1.8_251

4002163

Image clean up jobs are not getting initiated.

4002172, version 3

EEB Bundle containing two NBSL fixes: OpsCenter Data Collection is not working and the NBSL service is getting crash frequently on cluster master server.

4003077

DFSR backup fails while taking an excessive amount of time in preprocessing.

4004031

Corrects critical error for eval license shown in nbemm logs.

4004448

nbcatsync will stop working when resume number of the image is changed after replication.

4004732

A functionality exception occurs for BMR supporting a restore when the client is using two different networks to connect to master and media servers.

4004754

A stack overflow is often caused by bpbkar32 during VADP backup.

4004767

This EEB will replaces vulnerable spring jars with non-vulnerable spring jars.

4004911

Netbackup is connecting to old VMs which have been removed from all policies, but still exist in domain_PolicyClient table.

4004942

Backups with large number of files fail with status code 233 intermittently.

4005824

nbcomponentupdate failed to update JRE due to version check.

4005854

The Universal Share consumes more space than expected.

4005935, version 1

SLP processing jobs are not submitted as expected. While some SLP jobs may be submitted, others are not. As a result, the SLP backlog rises.

4005955

VMware backup of Windows Server 2019 causes backup host to become unresponsive.

4006076

Appropriate name was not configured against entity for the given client ID.

4006181

After JRE is upgraded using nbcomponentupdate and then clicking in jnbSA Admin GUI 'Configure Storage Devices', the cursor rotates but nothing happens.

4006226

Upgrade to Tomcat version 8.5.55 or later on the master server is required to address Tomcat vulnerability CVE 2020-9484.

4006544

Client Direct backups fail due to incorrect network interface being used.

4006681, version 3, 2, 1

Vault eject jobs intermittently hang during multi-MAP operation on NetBackup 8.2

4006761

Upgrade to Tomcat version 8.5.5 or later on OpsCenter is required to address Tomcat vulnerability CVE 2020-9484.

4006820

NetBackup is looking for the device in a different path.

4006997

Unexpected results after installation of an EEB which is a fix for Accelerator.

4007237

Correct error handling during SSL shutdown close notify processing within nbpxyhelper/vnetd -proxy.

4007299

Post March 8th (Daylight Savings Time), the current day can show zero (0) data depending on which Relative TimeFrame is used

4007318, version 1

Backup jobs are failing intermittently with error 'premature eof encountered (233)'

4007413

Mapping volumes fails if ESP is set to anything other than the first partition.

4008558

Upgrade to Tomcat version 8.5.56 or 9.0.36 later is required to address Tomcat vulnerabilities CVE-2020-11996 and CVE-2020-9484.

4008711

This EEB contains a newer Sybase SQL Anywhere patch - 17.0.10.6160 to fix the issue of database server crash.

4008911

Performance issues occur during VMware restore. The GUI takes some time to populate before the restore starts.

4009026

Editing policy displays bpplschedrep: must be superuser to execute.

4009029

Remote Java GUI SSO is case sensitive.

4009086

VMware backup of Windows Server 2019 causes backup host to become unresponsive.

4009098, version 1

This is bundled EEB

4009140

A security vulnerability is found in lower version of Tomcat.

4009303

VxUpdate EEB for NB 8.1.2 required for Java vulnerability.

4009313

Oracle backups are causing service restarts.

4009598

Policies taking too long to load from Laptop Java Console. Removed dependency of Oracle Instances loading on Policy loading.

4009785

Amazon cloud snapshot replica retention is not honored when it is different from the primary snapshot retention.

4009877, version 3, 2, 1

bpjobd optimization, and debugging, for update flush during JOBALL processing.

4009899

Fixes clustered vs. standalone ESXi hierarchy display for manual selection of VMware VMs.

4010158

Throttling functionality for classic cloud is not working properly.

4010272

When users duplicate an image from AdvanceDisk or other non-MSDP storage to Cloud Catalyst, no IM and TIR of images are created. Therefore, images in cloud storage cannot be listed by image sharing.

4010300

Microsoft is using '*.avs.azure.com' for domain name, which NetBackup does not support.

4010336

Amazon cloud snapshot replica retention is not honored when it is different from the primary snapshot retention.

4010434

Fixes issue in certmapinfo.json file corruption with '\u0000?' character and wrong/unrelated master server name entries in 'serverAltNames' field of certmapinfo.jason file.

4010448

Microsoft is using '*.avs.azure.com' for domain name, which NetBackup does not support.

4010585

Fixes Netbackup FETB licensing metering issue for multistream backups.

4010741

After upgrading the NetBackup master server to 8.3, BMR backup jobs may report failure.

4010780

Proxy restores are failing when multiple users on a single machine are doing proxy backups.

4011035

A functionality exception occurs for BMR supporting a restore when the client is using two different networks to connect to master and media servers

4011100

CPU usage of spoold process always keeps 50%.

4011555

NetBackup web management console will not start after Java update to JRE 1.8.0_261

4011735

A restore of images in parallel (MPX) that have the same backup ID (share the same 'backup time') may run into severe performance degradation.

4011823

DFSR backup takes an excessive amount of time in preprocessing.

4011860

Mapping volumes fails if ESP is set to anything other than the first partition.

4012066, version 1

EEB to solve conflict of netbackup.war

4012128

8.2 OpsCenter is inaccessible after updating to JRE version 1.8.0_261 from JRE version 1.8.0_251.

4012263

Fix clustered vs. standalone ESXi hierarchy display for manual selection of VMware VMs

4012414

AIR imports fail after upgrade to NetBackup 8.3. Date and other fields appear to be missing from the IM fragments in the OST plugin logs.

4012433, version 1

Large bpdbm logs and higher CPU utilization on master. Lots of 'database is locked' message in logs.

4012437

Queries on SQL backups generate unsuccessful attempts to connect with the wrong user.

4012473

NetBackup web management console will not start after Java update to JRE 1.8.0_261.

4012475

NetBackup web management console will not start after Java update to JRE 1.8.0_261.

4012550

When NAS-Data-Protection policy is in use, NBDeployUtil fails to generate the usage reports for traditional licensing. This applies to the manual mode and scheduled mode of NBDeployUtil.

4012619, version 1

EEB bundle to upgrade tomcat and resolve login error code.

4012682

After upgrading to NetBackup 8.3, NetBackup is unable to load the OST plugin.

4012875

Cumulative EEB to solve the conflict of netbackup.war while upgrading the Tomcat.

4013200, version 1

EEB bundle to upgrade tomcat and solve NDMP manual backup issue

4013363, version 1

Fix clustered vs. standalone ESXi hierarchy display for manual selection of VMware VMs (for use with Windows Gold EEB)

4013559

Nbdeployutil may fail to generate usage reports for traditional licensing. When 'NAS-Data-Protection' policy is in use, Nbdeployutil would fail to generate the usage reports for traditional licensing.

4013577

Unable to access OpsCenter console after upgrading JRE version to 1.8.0_261.

4013761

Problem updating remote Java console to latest JRE 1.8.0_261.

4013820

JVM crashes after updating the remote java console to the latest JRE 1.8.0_261.

4013835

RHV 4.4 support in 8.3

4015176

Java Upgrade causes NetBackup Administration Console (GUI Console) to crash after providing credentials

4015443

nbjm experienced a core dump issue from segfault.

4016087

RHV 4.4 support in 8.3.0.1

4016679, version 1

Cumulative EEB to fix the API issue along with fixes for tomcat upgrade issue

4016984

Security scanners detecting HSTS not being configured.

4017171

Filesystem backups fail with status code 233 intermittently.

4017319

Resolves security vulnerabilities for several Python modules.

4017722

Security scanners detecting HSTS not being configured. This change enables HSTS for NetBackup web services.

4017927

8.2 Gold EEB V4 doesn't contain the latest code for NBNioEndpoint.java related to Tomcat upgrade, which was causing the issue while restarting the webservices for those who installed Tomcat 8.5.50 and above

4018857

Security scanners detecting HSTS not being configured. This change enables HSTS for NetBackup web services.

4019187

Security scanners detecting HSTS not being configured. This change enables HSTS for NetBackup web services.