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.  
        11.5.05 patch release notes
      2.  
        11.5.04 patch release notes
      3.  
        11.5.03 patch release notes
      4.  
        11.5.02 patch release notes
      5.  
        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)

11.5.01 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

Table: Enhancements and resolved issues

Issue Number

Description

SC-60684

NetBackup IT Analytics now supports Unimax version 10.1.0.1.

For more information, see NetBackup IT Analytics Certified Configuration Guide > Capacity Manager Configuration > Supported systems and access requirements section.

SC-62987

Column Host Matching Identifier has been added to Inventory grid for Hosts and Backup Servers.

For more details on Host Matching Identifier, please refer to Host matching identification section in the NetBackup IT Analytics System Administrator Guide.

Backup Manager Data Collection section

Table: Enhancements and resolved issues

Issue Number

Description

SC-52840

NetBackup IT Analytics now supports ExaGrid's Tiered Backup Storage for Backup. For more information, see Whats New section in release notes document.

Data collection section

Table: Enhancements and resolved issues

Issue Number

Description

SC-62651

Resolves an issue with VMWare data collection, which was failing after NetBackup IT Analytics was upgraded to version 11.3.01.

SC-64216

Resolves an issue when there was network outage during Data Collector upgrade. The upgrade process can now withstand a network outage for up to 17 minutes.

Reports

Table: Enhancements and resolved issues

Issue Number

Description

SC-58506

Resolves an issue where NetBackup IT Analytics displayed APT-DB-109381 database error message in the Database Error Aggregation report for the Security Details Probe.

SC-63275

Resolves an issue with delayed job processing of Job Details Probe due to which incorrect data was displayed in Backup Exec Job Summary report.

SC-63940

Resolves an issue when adding NetBackup Front End Size by Duration and Workload report to the Inventory. NetBackup IT Analytics displayed an error message.

SC-64118

Resolves an issue with Backup Primary Server Summary page in Inventory module where NetBackup IT Analytics displayed incorrect Source Location of the reports.

SC-64225

NetBackup IT Analytics is enhanced to include more options in the Time Period drop-down in the Data Collection Status Details report scope selector.

SC-64326

Resolves an issue where NetBackup IT Analytics displayed incorrect capacity values in the report for Data Domain.

SC-64395

Resolves an issue with solid gauge chart of Ransomware Scorecard where NetBackup IT Analytics displayed only one color for all values instead of the configured color stops for different ranges.

SC-64469

The report template feature is enhanced where you can now schedule an email and schedule export.

SC-64597

Resolves an issue where NetBackup IT Analytics displayed short version of the EMC Data Domain operating system in few reports.

SC-64747

Resolves an issue where the user was not able to modify the scope of the shared reports.

Portal section

Table: Enhancements and resolved issues

Issue Number

Description

SC-62720

Resolves the API call issue of Storage Unit Probe. The API call returned UUIDs of the decommissioned NNU media servers, which was incorrect.

SC-62737

Resolves an issue where incorrect data was persisted in aps_pdev table after the purging was processed.

SC-63712

Resolves an issue for duplicate password policy list displayed on Domain page for default as well as non-default password policies.

SC-64067

Resolves an issue with software version of EMC Unity arrays where NetBackup IT Analytics displayed an abstract software version instead of the full version.

SC-64106

Resolves an issue where Job Details probe was failing with NumberFormatException: For input string: "2147483648" error message.

SC-64222

NetBackup IT Analytics is enhanced to incorporate SMTP port and Email-enable Transport Layer Security (TLS) field to configure the email with or without TLS.

For more information, navigate to Admin tab > Advanced > System Configuration > Portal tab > Email section.

SC-64258

The SQL views in NetBackup IT Analytics are enhanced to add domain / host group filters.

SC-64310

Resolves an issue with the newly created user's privileges were restricted. This issues occurred when the privileges were modified and, upon logging in, the user was unable to view the updated login privileges.

SC-64360

Resolves an issue where the Collector Administrator page displayed collection status as Failure / Warning even when all the probes execution was successful.

SC-64393

The purging process in NetBackup IT Analytics is enhanced to improve the performance of the data collection process.

SC-64395

Resolves an issue with solid gauge chart of Ransomware Scorecard where NetBackup IT Analytics displayed only one color for all values instead of the configured color stops for different ranges.

SC-64422

Resolves the prolonged execution time taken for few SQL Stored Procedures during the nightly purging process.

SC-64466

Resolves the portal upgrade issue where the process fails when the Oracle jobs were getting executed simultaneously.

SC-64678

Resolves an issue when the Job Details Probe was categorizing the disk-based backup data as Tape media type, which was incorrect.

SC-64700

NetBackup IT Analytics is enhanced to persist CommVault job failed reason code persists as as cmv_reason_code in apt_cmv_reason table.

SC-64774

Resolves an issue with Array Details probe of Hitachi Vantara All-Flash and Hybrid Flash Storage which failed with an error message ORA-01400.

SC-65363

Resolve the issue with ProtectionDetails probe for EMC Networker  REST API calls.