NetBackup™ Release Notes

NetBackup 10.1 includes state-of-art features for the protection of PostgreSQL. NetBackup 10.1 provides following enterprise-level capabilities to protect PostgreSQL using the NetBackup web UI:

• Integration with NetBackup web UI.

  PostgreSQL features are integrated with NetBackup web UI to provide ability to configure, protect, recover, and monitor PostgreSQL resources from a web browser.

• Role-based access control (RBAC).

  Lets the administrator configure user access and delegate NetBackup tasks such as PostgreSQL asset management, credentials access, and workload protection.

• Credential Management.

  PostgreSQL credentials are added in the NetBackup Credential Management database as named credentials. The owner can share named credentials with other users or administrators for reuse without revealing actual credentials.

• Automatic Asset Discovery.

  PostgreSQL Instances are auto discovered and added in NetBackup asset. NetBackup runs automatic resource-discovery process and adds all databases in the NetBackup asset. The resource discovery process runs at a scheduled interval which is configurable. This option ensures that any newly added databases are included in the NetBackup asset.

• Backup Now.

  Lets you perform ad hoc backups outside the backup schedule.

• Supported backup methods.

  Snapshot (LVM/VSS) and pg_basebackup are supported for Instance backup. Databases are protected using pg_dump method.

• Incremental backup.

  Incremental backup (WAL) is supported only for instance-level protection.

• Restore options using the NetBackup web UI recovery wizard:

  • Instance restores.

    Lets you restore the entire PostgreSQL Instance to the same or a different PostgreSQL.

  • Database restore.

    Lets you restore the entire PostgreSQL Database to the same or a different PostgreSQL Instance.

• NetBackup APIs.

  You can also use NetBackup APIs for all these new features.