NetBackup IT Analytics Release Notes

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Product(s): NetBackup IT Analytics (11.5)
  1. Introduction
    1.  
      About NetBackup IT Analytics 11.5
  2. Patch releases
    1. Patch releases: NetBackup IT Analytics
      1.  
        11.5.07 patch release notes
      2.  
        11.5.05 patch release notes
      3.  
        11.5.04 patch release notes
      4.  
        11.5.03 patch release notes
      5.  
        11.5.02 patch release notes
      6.  
        11.5.01 patch release notes
  3. What's new
    1.  
      Optimized Data Collector Administration on Portal
    2.  
      New Alert - Zero Cleaning Left
    3.  
      Provision to delete licenses from Portal
    4.  
      NetBackup Event Monitor probe enhanced to collect service status
    5.  
      Data Collector for consumption of encrypted private keys
    6.  
      Jobs Dashboard
    7.  
      Export or email reports without the need for generation (patch 11.4.04)
    8.  
      Centralized Windows Data Collection using SSH
    9.  
      Collect data from Veritas Flex Appliance attached to on-premise Netbackup
    10.  
      Improved duplicate host finding and merge
    11.  
      Host matching identifier
    12.  
      New system configuration to prevent Commvault hostname and display name swap
    13.  
      ExaGrid's Tiered Backup Storage for Backup (patch 11.4.07 and 11.5.01)
    14.  
      Schedule email and export of report and dashboard templates (patch 11.5.01)
    15.  
      Data collection from Cohesity DataProtect added to the Foundation license (patch 11.5.02)
    16.  
      Audit trail framework for host update
  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
    4.  
      End-of-Life
  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)

11.5.07 patch release notes

The patch release includes all the previous patches of 11.5.xx .

The following changes are included in this release.

Capacity Manager section

Not applicable in this release.

Backup Manager Data Collection section

Not applicable in this release.

Data collection section

Not applicable in this release.

Reports section

Table: Enhancements and resolved issues

Issue Number

Description

SC-62727

Resolves an issue with Job Summary report where the Duration column displayed as Milliseconds instead of hours:minute:seconds format when exported in Excel format. NetBackup IT Analytics is enhanced with new field Export duration column as hh:mm:ss incorporated in My Profile dialog box.

SC-64733

The NetBackup SLP Status by SLP report is updated to show correct values in few fields related to SLP Copies.

SC-67579

Resolves an issue reported in Database Error Aggregation and Database Error Summary reports. The reports displayed application code error message as APT-DB-177065.

SC-68219

The Data Domain System Details report is enhanced to include the following columns:

  • Active Metadata Capacity

  • Used Metadata Capacity

  • Usage Archive Metadata Capacity

  • Used Metadata Archive Usage

For more information, see NetBackup IT Analytics Report Reference Guide > Backup Storage Utilization reports > Data Domain System Details report section.

SC-68282

Resolves an issue with an SQL view apt_v_nbu_schedule. NetBackup IT Analytics displayed an error message Subscript beyond count when using the view for a report.

SC-68324

The NetBackup jobs reports in NetBackup IT Analytics is enhanced to include Policy Type column which can also be used during filtering the data.

Portal section

Table: Enhancements and resolved issues

Issue Number

Description

SC-51735

NetBackup IT Analytics is enhanced to persist additional Microcode details. Added new columns to the relevant database table to support this enhancement. A new SQL view APS_EMC_SYM_STORAGE_ARRAY is available to create reports.

SC-55478

The security details probe is enhanced to persist additional information for NetBackup Malware through the API call.

SC-57657

Resolves an issue where NetBackup jobs in the NetBackup IT Analytics database were being overwritten when the NetBackup job database on the primary server was reset, and the same NetBackup job IDs were created and collected within the last 30 days.

SC-61441

NetBackup IT Analytics is enhanced to support additional time zone which was causing the error message - time zone region not found.

SC-63603

Resolves an issue with Cluster Details Probe which failed if the large amount of data existed in Isilon filters, now known as Dell EMC Isilon.

SC-66559

Resolves an issue where Dell EMC Unity data collection failed to link snapshot to the file system.

SC-66960

Resolves an issue with Cohesity data protection details probe where NetBackup IT Analytics displayed an error message while using REST API.

SC-67023

The Oracle patch 19c January 2025 for Windows is now available in the Download center.

SC-67403

Resolves an issue with the On Demand policy on the Data Collector page. When the policy was executed and then cancelled, NetBackup IT Analytics displayed an error message during next execution, and the policy state remained as Waiting.

SC-67481

Resolves an issue with VMWare Inventory probe. NetBackup IT Analytics logged an error message: Document nesting depth (1001) exceeds the maximum allowed.

SC-67516

NetBackup IT Analytics addresses the issues reported in CVE-2024-9143.

SC-67567

Following issues are resolved:

  • Resolves error message in Backup Message logs probe failure: Inserted value too large for column.

  • The skipped backup files are now getting populated.

SC-67595

Resolves an issue with EMC Isilon Performance probe which was failing due to the parsing issue.

SC-67710

Resolves an issue with the Collection Status page search functionality, where NetBackup IT Analytics only searched for the first word in the search.

SC-67713

Resolves an issue that occurred when debug logs was enabled on the primary server. The probes failed because the APTARE agent service did not have access to the folder needed to log the files.

SC-67757

Apache Tomcat is upgraded to 9.0.102 to resolve CVE-2025-24813 vulnerability.

SC-67884

Resolves an issue with EMC Avamar policy. The operational data probes such as Static data and operational data were failing.

SC-67891

Resolves an issue with license module. NetBackup IT Analytics displayed an in valid license error message.

SC-67905

NetBackup IT Analytics is enhanced with a new utility preUpgradeCheck.sh for Linux portal. The utility performs certain verification prior to portal upgrade to ensure that the user and group memberships are intact, database users have required grants, and much more.

SC-68097

Resolves an issue where the duplicate jobs records for host, related to partial jobs with active sessions, were being persisted.

SC-68111

NetBackup IT Analytics is enhanced with removal of the Schedule state of data collection probe from the database as it was not utilized. This removal has led to improved database performance.

SC-68126

Resolves an error for alert rule ServiceNow: Job Finalized(Category Grouping).

SC-68181

Resolves database issue. NetBackup IT Analytics displayed APT-DB-106004 and APT-DB-106006 database errors.

SC-68240

Resolves a database error APT-DB-105132 causing the data lose.

SC-68256

Resolves an upgrade issue with the portal. The portal failed to function after the upgrade if the CRON expression was configured with year parameter.

SC-68258

Resolves an issue with HPE XP Array details probe where NetBackup IT Analytics was persisting incorrect total logical unit capacity in certain scenario.

SC-68317

Resolves an issue of host decommissioning failure occurred due to incorrect column allocation to persist the values of OS platform and OS version.

SC-68566

Resolves an issue with NBU Job Details Probe where NetBackup IT Analytics displayed incorrect warning status. The warning status occurred in case of multiple primaries in a single collector and any one primary failed thus reflecting the same status to all the primaries.