Veritas™ System Recovery 18 Service Pack 3 Readme

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What's new in Veritas System Recovery 18, 18 Service Pack 1, and 18 Service Pack 2

Refer to the following table for information about the features and enhancements in Veritas System Recovery 18, 18 Service Pack 1, and 18 Service Pack 2.

Note:

Not all listed features are available in all versions of this product.

Table: What's new in Veritas System Recovery 18, 18 Service Pack 1, and 18 Service Pack 2

Feature

Description

Windows Server 2019 support

Veritas System Recovery 18 Service Pack 2 now supports Windows Server 2019. You can back up and recover the computers that have the Windows Server 2019 operating system.

Exchange Server 2019 server

Veritas System Recovery 18 Service Pack 2 now supports Exchange Server 2019. You can back up and recover the computers that have Exchange Server 2019.

Note:

Granular Restore Option does not support Exchange Server 2019.

SMTP Authentication support

Veritas System Recovery 18 Service Pack 2 supports SMTP with Anonymous, Basic, and NTLM (NT LAN Manager) Authentication.

Support for Microsoft OneDrive for Business

Veritas System Recovery 18 Service Pack 2 supports Microsoft OneDrive for Business as a primary destination for backups and you can restore recovery points from the OneDrive location.

Note:

OneDrive for Business does not support backup and restore of recovery points from a Veritas System Recovery Disk, physical to virtual conversion, file and folder backup.

vSphere 6.7 Update 1 support

The x64 version of Veritas System Recovery 18 Service Pack 2 supports vSphere 6.7 Update 1.

Veritas System Recovery 18 Service Pack 1 supports vSphere 6.7.

Note:

vSphere supports the P2V conversion feature in Veritas System Recovery.

Amazon Machine Images (AMI) creation from Veritas System Recovery backups

Veritas System Recovery 18 Service Pack 1 now supports creation of AMI from Veritas System Recovery backups using PowerShell scripts and lets you view the status of an existing AMI.

Manually validate recovery points

Veritas System Recovery 18 Service Pack 1 now supports validation of the recovery points using a PowerShell script. The script identifies if any of the recovery points are corrupted.

Generic S3 compatible cloud storage

Veritas System Recovery 18 Service Pack 1 now broadens cloud storage through the generic S3 provider enabling greater flexibility to users. You can now configure any S3 compatible cloud instance with Veritas System Recovery 18 Service Pack 1 using the Cloud Instance Creator Utility and use the cloud instance as the OpenStorage destination for backups and restores.

Note:

The S3-compatible support is similar to the Direct-to-Cloud support from Veritas System Recovery.

Veritas Access support

Veritas System Recovery 18 Service Pack 1 now supports Veritas Access. You can now configure a Veritas Access cloud instance with Veritas System Recovery 18 Service Pack 1 using the Cloud Instance Creator Utility and use the cloud instance as the OpenStorage destination for backups and restores.

Note:

The Veritas Access support is similar to the Direct-to-Cloud support from Veritas System Recovery.

Direct-to-Cloud support

Veritas System Recovery 18 users benefit from Direct-to-Cloud options. The options enable the users to:

  • Backup drives directly to cloud.

  • Backup data directly to cloud using Veritas System Recovery Disk.

  • Restore data directly from cloud.

  • Restore data directly from cloud using Veritas System Recovery Disk.

  • Copy or move existing recovery points to the cloud by using the copy or move recovery point options.

  • Mount recovery points in the cloud as a drive using Recovery Point Browser.

The Direct-to-Cloud feature is supported only on a 64-bit operating system.

Symantec LiveUpdate is now Veritas Update

Veritas Update replaces Symantec LiveUpdate for providing updates to Veritas System Recovery 18.

SMTP with TLS/SSL support

Veritas System Recovery 18 now supports SMTP with TLS (Transport Layer Security) and SSL (Secure Sockets Layer).