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)

11.3.05 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-59217

Resolves an issue with Array Details probe of Hitachi vantara all flash and hybrid flash storage data collector. The snapshot-replications and/or remote-replications APIs of Array details probe displayed SocketTimeoutException error message.

SC-60465

Resolves an issue with Dell EMC Networker Protection Details probe. The Backup API call used incorrect attribute to execute the process and hence the backups were not getting recorded.

Note:

The issue occurs in DELLEMC_NETWORKER_LOOKBACK_DAYS advance parameter was removed.

Backup Manager Data Collection section

Table: Enhancements and resolved issues

Issue Number

Description

SC-60678

Resolves an issue with DELL EMC NetWorker where NetBackup IT Analytics was not persisting accurate details of the backup jobs.

SC-61403

Resolves an issue with Dell EMC NetWorker Backup & Recovery. One of the database entity was not getting persisted in the database.

Data collection section

Not applicable in this release.

Reports

Table: Enhancements and resolved issues

Issue Number

Description

SC-61114

Resolves an issue with My Scheduled Report feature. Add an email address to the existing scheduled report and then click Ok, NetBackup IT Analytics does not respond nor displayed any error message.

SC-61490

Resolved an issue with Scheduled Export on a schedule dialog box for the reports. When ${hour} was used in the Export to the path field, the PM report folder overrides to AM. As a result, only Twelve reports were exported instead of the intended Twenty Four reports.

SC-61822

Resolves an issue in Job Duration report. The Duration column displayed UNKNOWN as the value instead of time unit.

Portal section

Table: Enhancements and resolved issues

Issue Number

Description

SC-56607

The portal upgrade process is enhanced by boosting the pace of upgrading internal objects.

SC-59235

Resolves an issue with VMWare data collector policy after upgrading to version 11.3.01. Even if the VM and ESXi performance collection was not selected or deselected, NetBackup IT Analytics was unable to disable VM and ESXi performance collection probes.

SC-59796

Resolves an issue with Storage Unit Details Probe of Veritas NetBackup using REST API. NetBackup IT Analytics displayed an error message Unable to find data for key.

Note:

The error occurred for NetBackup version 8.1.

SC-59805

Resolves an issue with NetBackup Policy. NetBackup IT Analytics persisted incorrect Storage Life Cycle policy (SLP) details against which it was scheduled. There was a mismatch between the schedule and SLP details.

SC-60435

Resolves an issue when local authentication failed. However, incorrect error message External LDAP authentication successful was displayed. 

SC-61009

Resolves an issue of database error displayed after upgrading the portal to version 11.4.02. The Database Error Aggregation report displayed APT-DB-109676 and APT-DB-109189 error messages.

SC-61021

Resolves an issue with upgradation process. Few environment variables were not getting configured during the upgrade, hence the upgrades failed without any error message.

SC-61022

Resolves an issue with Windows Data Collector upgrades. When the Data Collector was getting upgraded by the Upgrade Manager, the Data Collector upgradation failed.

SC-61026

Resolves an issue with Microsoft Azure collection. The Azure Backups, getting executed for an extended period (2+ hours), exhibited discrepancies in persisted data.

SC-61400

Resolved an issue when NetBackup IT Analytics was not persisting the updated VMware cluster name.

SC-61413

Resolves a database issue with Protection Policy Template. The column length in the database, to persist the Protection Policy Template details, were inadequate.

SC-61471

Resolves an issue with Veritas NetBackup collection where the CPU spike was observed when NetBackup Resources Monitor was turned on. Also, this issue is resolved for CPU spikes for Compute Resource policy.

SC-61793

Resolves an issue when the portal environment was upgraded from version 11.2.06 to 11.3.05 where the upgrade process came to a halt.