Description
This article contains information about the latest Alerts, releases notifications, patches as well as known issues for Backup Exec 20.x.
- Alerts
- Major and Minor Releases
- Patches
- Known Issues
- Documentation
- End of Symantec LiveUpdate Services for Backup Exec
Alerts
Veritas Technologies LLC issues alerts for issues involving potential data loss, security vulnerabilities or other critical issues often requiring immediate action. Below you will find links to the latest Alerts for Backup Exec 20.x:
- Oracle Database Restore from Duplicate set may fail if duplicate job was configured to use “'Most Recent Full Backup” job option.
- Vmware backup of the VMware Virtual Machine on Backup Exec 20.3 may skip the backup of VMDKs if the Global Excludes are configured.
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Major and Minor Releases
Backup Exec 20.0 Release Date: 6 November 2017
Backup Exec 20.1 Release Date: 2 April 2018
Backup Exec 20.2 Release Date: 13 August 2018
Backup Exec 20.3 Release Date: 23 October 2018
Backup Exec 20.4 Release Date : 6 May 2019
Backup Exec 20.5 Release Date : 2 September 2019
Backup Exec 20.6 Release Date : 12 December 2019
Downloads:
See the Related Article, Veritas Entitlement Management System Guide, for more information on licenses and downloads.
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Patches
Below are the latest supported updates for Backup Exec 20.x:
| Article Title | Article Number |
| Backup Exec 20.1 Update Patch | 000127560 |
| Backup Exec 20.2 Update Patch | |
| Backup Exec 20.3 Update Patch | 100041943 |
| Backup Exec 20.3 Hotfix 100044342 | 100044342 |
| Backup Exec 20.4 Update Patch | 100043560 |
| Backup Exec 20.5 Update Patch | 100043577 |
| Backup Exec 20.6 Update Patch | UPD898578 |
| Backup Exec 20.3 Hotfix 525537 | 525537 |
For updates and patches for previous versions of Backup Exec please see 000036756
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Known Issues
- Backup Exec console crashes after installing .NET Framework 4.8. (100045500)
- Deduplication Option is no longer licensed in this upgrade" message appears and prevents Backup Exec from being installed (100013050)
- Unable to edit or create backup jobs targeted to Deduplication storage after upgrading to Backup Exec 20.1. (100042776)
- Vmware backup of the VMware Virtual Machine on Backup Exec 20.3 may skip the backup of VMDKs if the Global Excludes are configured. (100044320)
The following entries are the top technical solutions from Support:
| Article Title | Article Number |
| Unable to edit or create backup jobs targeted to Deduplication storage after upgrading to Backup Exec 20.1 | |
| Deduplication Option is no longer licensed in this upgrade" message appears and prevents Backup Exec from being installed | 100013050 |
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Documentation
For more information on the release documentation see:
| Article Title | Article Number |
| Best practices for Backup Exec 20 | Link |
| Backup Exec 20 Documentation | Link |
| Software Compatibility Lists (SCL), Hardware Compatibility Lists (HCL), and Administrator Guides for Backup Exec (all versions) | 000017788 |
| How to obtain the license key and installation download for Veritas products | 000100418 |
| How to get updates for Backup Exec - Service Pack, Hotfix, Patches and Device Drivers (for versions prior to Backup Exec 16) |
000036756 |
End of Symantec LiveUpdate Services for Backup Exec
End of Symantec LiveUpdate Services for Backup Exec on May 02, 2018
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