Veritas NetBackup™ Release Notes
- About NetBackup 8.3.0.1
- New features, enhancements, and changes
- About new enhancements and changes in NetBackup
- NetBackup 8.3.0.1 new features, changes, and enhancements
- NetBackup now supports data immutability and indelibility with the MSDP WORM instance in Flex Appliance
- Changes to user session default values
- NetBackup with SAN client 16-gigabit target mode HBA support
- Updates to the NetBackup for OpenStack plug-in
- NetBackup supports SSL-enabled (HTTPS) clusters of Hadoop and HBase
- NetBackup 8.3.0.1 support additions and changes
- New cloud providers and region support
- Operational notes
- About NetBackup 8.3.0.1 operational notes
- NetBackup installation and upgrade operational notes
- After initiating CA migration, connection errors may occur
- If NetBackup 8.3.0.1 upgrade fails on Windows, revert to previous log folder structure
- Native installation requirements
- NetBackup servers must use a host name that is compliant with RFC 1123 and RFC 952
- Do not install from the menu that appears when the installation DVD is inserted
- About support for HP-UX Itanium vPars SRP containers
- NetBackup administration and general operational notes
- The nbdeployutil utility may fail to generate usage reports for traditional licensing
- Backups for workloads that use the BigData policy may fail
- Child backup jobs may enter a queued state for workloads that use BigData policy
- Errors are shown in the jobs detail when NetBackup attempts to expire images from non-WORM capable storage
- NetBackup web server certificate renewal failure during initiation of NetBackup CA migration or upgrade
- Microsoft Azure backup fails if the resource group name contains a period (.)
- SLP does not retry multistreaming backup if child job fails or is canceled
- Granular restores require adequate available space on target
- Stale devices shown on the device tree
- NetBackup administration interface operational notes
- Search limitations for security events lists in the NetBackup web UI
- Using X forwarding to launch the NetBackup Administration Console can fail on certain Linux platforms
- Intermittent issues with X forwarding of NetBackup Administration Console
- NetBackup Administration Console fails in Simplified Chinese UTF-8 locale on Solaris SPARC 64-bit systems with Solaris 10 Update 2 or later
- NetBackup Bare Metal Restore operational notes
- NetBackup Cloud operational notes
- NetBackup with Veritas CloudPoint operational notes
- Public cloud not supported with gov cloud or China region
- Indexing not supported on instances created from AWS Marketplaces AMIs
- Consistent host snapshot might fail
- Image clean-up may fail for Microsoft Azure workloads
- Configuring AWS plug-in with IAM role showed that the Authentication Method field is blank
- MongoDB create snapshot job may freeze
- Updating a cloud plug-in while a job runs causes job failure
- Permission denied error occurs if both user and password are updated
- Different source and target zones for Google Cloud Platform are not supported
- Broken files system detected
- NetBackup deduplication operational notes
- NetBackup internationalization and localization operational notes
- NetBackup for NDMP operational notes
- NetBackup Snapshot Client operational notes
- NetBackup virtualization 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
Required operating system patches and updates for NetBackup
NetBackup server and client installations are only supported on a defined set of operating systems (OSs) that are listed in the NetBackup compatibility lists. Most OS vendors provide patches, updates, and service packs (SPs) for their products. The best practice of NetBackup Quality Engineering is to test with the latest SP or update level of the OS when a platform is tested. Therefore, NetBackup is supported on all vendor GA updates (n.1, n.2, etc.) or SPs (SP1, SP2, and so on). However, if a known compatibility issue exists on a specific SP or updated OS level, this information is identified in the compatibility lists. If no such compatibility issues are noted, Veritas recommends that you install the latest OS updates on your servers and clients before you install or upgrade NetBackup.
The compatibility lists include information about the minimum OS level that is required to support a minimum NetBackup version in the latest major release line. In some cases, new releases of NetBackup may require specific vendor OS updates or patches. Table: Required operating system patches and updates for NetBackup 8.3.0.1 includes the OS updates and patches that are required for NetBackup 8.3.0.1. However, this information may sometimes change in between releases. The most up-to-date required OS patch information for NetBackup 8.3.0.1 and other NetBackup releases can be found on the Veritas Services and Operational Readiness Tools (SORT) website and in the NetBackup compatibility lists.
See About NetBackup compatibility lists and information.
See About Veritas Services and Operations Readiness Tools.
Note:
An OS vendor may have released a more recent update or patch that supersedes or replaces a patch that is listed in Table: Required operating system patches and updates for NetBackup 8.3.0.1. The OS patches that are listed here and in SORT should be considered at the minimum patch level that is required to install and run NetBackup. Any OS updates, patches, or patch bundles that supersede or replace those listed in Table: Required operating system patches and updates for NetBackup 8.3.0.1 are supported unless otherwise specified. Veritas recommends that you visit the Support website of your particular OS vendor for their latest patch information.
Note:
Any required patch that is listed in Table: Required operating system patches and updates for NetBackup 8.3.0.1 for the NetBackup client should also be installed on your master servers and media servers to ensure proper client functionality.
Table: Required operating system patches and updates for NetBackup 8.3.0.1
Operating system type and version | NetBackup role | Patch | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
AIX 6.1 | AIX run-time libraries 9.0.0.3 or later | The run-time libraries need to be at 9.0.0.3 or later. You may need to restart after you change to version 9.0.0.3. | |
Beijing Linx Software Corp Linx OS | Master, media, client | Kernel 2.6.32.26 or later | |
CentOS 6.x | Master, media, client | Kernel 2.6.32-608.el6 or later | |
CentOS 7.x | Master, media, client | Kernel 3.10.0-241.el7 or later | |
Debian 8 | Master, media, client | Kernel 3.16.7-1 or later | More information is available: |
HP-UX | Client only | COMPLIBS.LIBM-PS32 | If you install AT on an HP-UX platform, this patch is required. |
HP-UX IA-64 | Client only | Networking.NET-RUN: /usr/lib/libipv6.sl | |
Client only | Networking.NET-RUN-64: /usr/lib/pa20_64/libipv6.1 | ||
Client only | Networking.NET-RUN-64: /usr/lib/pa20_64/libipv6.sl | ||
Client only | Networking.NET2-RUN: /usr/lib/hpux32/libipv6.so | ||
Client only | Networking.NET2-RUN: /usr/lib/hpux32/libipv6.so.1 | ||
Client only | Networking.NET2-RUN: /usr/lib/hpux64/libipv6.so | ||
Client only | Networking.NET2-RUN: /usr/lib/hpux64/libipv6.so.1 | ||
Client only | Networking.NET2-RUN: /usr/lib/libipv6.1 | ||
HP-UX 11.31 | Media | QPK1131 (B.11.31.1003.347a) patch bundle | This patch bundle is required for NetBackup media server support. It is an HP-UX March 2010 patch bundle. |
Oracle Linux 6 | Media, client | Kernel 2.6.32-504.14.1 or later | More information is available: |
Oracle Linux 7 | Media, client | Kernel 3.10.0-229.7.1 or later | More information is available: |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | Master, media, client | Kernel 2.6.32-504.16.2.el6 or later | More information is available: |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | Master, media, client | Kernel 3.10.0-229.7.2.el7 or later | More information is available: |
SUSE Linux 11 | Master, media, client | SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 Service Pack 3 or later | More information is available: |
SUSE Linux 12 | Master, media, client | Kernel 3.12.31 or later | More information is available: |
Client | KB952696 | Contains the necessary updates to ensure that you can back up encrypted files. |
Veritas recommends the following updates when you run NetBackup on Windows operating systems:
Microsoft
storporthot fix. This fix applies to Windows x86 and x64, on both SP1 and SP2: (required) http://support.microsoft.com/?id=932755Symantec AntiVirus. Update to latest version and latest update (required).
The
Symeventdriver updates (required). Update to latest driver version.