NetBackup IT Analytics Release Notes

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Product(s): NetBackup IT Analytics (11.3)
  1. Introduction
    1.  
      About NetBackup IT Analytics 11.3
  2. Patch releases
    1. Patch releases: NetBackup IT Analytics
      1.  
        11.3.06 patch release notes
      2.  
        11.3.05 patch release notes
      3.  
        11.3.04 patch release notes
      4.  
        11.3.03 patch release notes
      5.  
        11.3.02 patch release notes
      6.  
        11.3.01 patch release notes
  3. What's new
    1.  
      Ransomware administration available to all users
    2.  
      Ransomware scope governs the scorecard charts
    3.  
      Data-driven ransomware preparedness evaluation
    4.  
      Exclusive report for critical NetBackup event notifications
    5.  
      Fixed a security vulnerability associated with asymmetric encryption of credentials
    6.  
      Hours to wait before purging stale switch data increased to 96 hours
    7.  
      Real Time Job Details probe introduced
    8.  
      Modifications to Port and Switch reports
    9.  
      Customize Gauge charts colors
    10.  
      Enable multiple authentication for Portal access
    11.  
      Install NetBackup IT Analytics Portal at custom path on Linux hosts
    12.  
      Configure Data Collector through a registration file
    13.  
      Policies disabled for data collection
    14.  
      Telemetry probe added in Veritas NetBackup Data Collector policy
    15.  
      VMware SDK is upgraded to 8.0
    16.  
      Utility to add Ransomware Scorecard questions and answers in bulk
    17.  
      Exported chart or dashboard may display a placeholder image
    18.  
      NetBackup IT Analytics supports Split Architecture installation
    19.  
      Scope selector enhanced to report on selective EEBs and Packages (patch 11.3.01)
    20.  
      Custom parameter datareceiver.security.authentication removed
    21.  
      NetBackup Job Status Summary by Policy Type report (patch 11.3.02)
    22.  
      Two new reports incorporated for Capacity Manager (patch - 11.3.02)
    23.  
      Data Collector Version Updates Summary report (patch 11.3.02)
    24.  
      Microsoft Azure Unattached Disks Summary report (patch 11.3.02)
    25.  
      Job Status Summary by Client (Patch 11.3.03)
    26.  
      OpsCenter transition (patch 11.3.04)
    27.  
      Client Summary Report (patch 11.3.05)
    28.  
      HPE Nimble and HP 3PAR (patch 11.3.05)
    29.  
      HPE StoreOnce supporting Gen 3 (patch 11.3.05)
  4. Supported Systems
    1.  
      Portal supported operating systems
    2.  
      Data Collector supported operating systems
    3. Supported browsers and display resolution
      1.  
        Linux portal server: Exported and emailed reports
  5. Installations and Upgrades
    1.  
      Portal installation memory requirements
    2.  
      Performance profiles and transmitted data
  6. Fixed issues
    1.  
      Overview
    2.  
      Fixed issues
  7. Known Issues and Optimizations
    1.  
      Known issues
    2.  
      Optimization: Customize the Linux file handle setting for large collections
    3.  
      End-of-Life (EOL)

11.3.01 patch release notes

The patch release includes all the previous patches of 11.3.xx.

The following changes are included in this release.

Capacity Manager section

Table: Enhancements and resolved issues

Issue Number

Description

SC-56043

NetBackup IT Analytics is enhanced for HPE 3PAR to persist the following details.

  • per Tb

  • min IO Per Second Per Tb Goal

  • max IO Per Second Per Tb Goal

  • min Kb Per Sec Per Tb

  • max Kb Per Sec Per Tb

SC-57055

NetBackup IT Analytics is enhance to persist the HPE Primera UI State and System Resource Usage columns of showwsapi command in HPE 3PAR storage array.

Backup Manager Data Collection section

Table: Enhancements and resolved issues

Issue Number

Description

SC-56140

NetBackup IT Analytics is enhance to persist the actual name, instead of numeric value, of HP Data Protector Server component. The value of the component name is available in apt_v_hpd_server_component SQL view.

SC-56855

Resolves an issue of persisting Storage Server State details of Storage Unit Details probe of the Veritas NetBackup policy.

Data collection section

Not applicable in this release.

Reports

Table: Enhancements and resolved issues

Issue Number

Description

SC-53896

NetBackup Host Detail Installed EEBs and Packages report scope selector is enhanced with filtering capabilities to allow search for hosts based on EEBs and Packages that are Installed or Not Installed.

Note:

For more information, see NetBackup IT Analytics Report Reference Guide > Backup Administration Reports > EEBs on Primary server, Media server and Clients reports > NetBackup Host Detail Installed EEBs and Packages section.

Portal section

Table: Enhancements and resolved issues

Issue Number

Description

SC-52732

Resolves a slow page refreshing issue with Collection Status and Collection Administration pages.

SC-55172

Resolves the following issues:

  • Overlapping of the REST API calls to NetBackup which resulted into extra verifications call

  • Users configuring the API key but was not getting prioritized to preferred authentication

  • The API failure with issues like authentication error, resulting into unnecessary retry process