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Backup Exec 20.3

Maintenance release Critical Obsolete

Abstract

Update for Backup Exec 20.x to 20.3

Description

Update for Backup Exec 20.x to 20.3

Engineering versions 20.0.1188.0, 20.0.1188.1237 and 20.0.1188.1650 to 20.0.1188.1863


New features/enhancements are included in this release (2018-10-23)

  • Support for Windows Server 2019.
  • GDPR Guard. Backup Exec users can now block access to certain backed up items for privacy and compliance requirements of an organization. With GDPR Guard, users can specify the list of blocked items that should no longer be viewed or restored using Backup Exec.
  • Retry backup for only failed resources. Backup Exec users can now retry a failed backup job for only those resources that failed during the last run.
  • Backup virtual machine disks selectively VMware . You can now choose which virtual disks to include or exclude when backing up VMware virtual machines.. This feature is only applicable for virtual machines hosted on VMware vSphere.
  • Support for new cloud storage Alibaba. Alibaba Cloud Object Storage Service (OSS) is now supported by Backup Exec Cloud Connector.
  • Microsoft Exchange 2016 CU10
  • Microsoft Exchange 2019
  • Oracle 12c R2
  • CentOS 7.5
  • Oracle Linux 7.5
  • Red Hat Linux 7.5
  • vSphere 6.7 Update 

 

Affected versions

  • Backup Exec 20.0 revision 1188  x64bit Media Servers
  • Backup Exec 20.0 revision 1188  32bit Agent for Windows Servers
  • Backup Exec 20.0 revision 1188  x64bit Agent for Windows Servers
  • Backup Exec 20.0 revision 1188  x64bit Remote Administration Console
  • Backup Exec 20.0 revision 1188  Remote Media Agent for Linux Servers (32bit Linux Platforms) - BERMALS
  • Backup Exec 20.0 revision 1188  Remote Media Agent for Linux Servers (64bit Linux Platforms) - BERMALS


Prerequisites

  •  Administrative privileges are required to install this Feature Pack.
  •  Backup Exec 20, 20.1, or 20.2.


Post requisites

  • A full backup is recommended after installing this Feature Pack.
  • Remote Agent for Windows Servers will need to be updated after installing this Feature Pack.
  • Remote Agent for Linux/Unix Servers (RALUS/RAMS) will need to be updated after installing this Feature Pack.  
  • Update SDR media.


Uninstalling this Update

This Update cannot be uninstalled.


Release Notes

Known issues resolved

Backup Exec job log for Inventory job displays incorrect slot number if first slot number of library is configured as 1. (100034405)

When backing up a Ubuntu 16.01 virtual machine that contains a disk 4TB or larger the entire disk is backed up instead of just used space. (100041802)

Deduplication storage space usage mismatch between dsstat output and available space reported by the Backup Exec console. (000125829)

Agent Configuration Warning when TCP and/or UDP port 10000 is opened during the installation of Agent for Linux. (100043907)

GRT backup of SharePoint 2013 fails with error: "0xe000031a - Unable to query the team database metadata. (100041284)

Backup Exec 20 backup jobs targeted to deduplication storage fail with Bengine.exe service crashes in libstspipd.dll library. (100044288)

Backup Exec Job Engine (BENGINE>EXE) Crash on CASO server during service start. BEngine.exe faulting module: ??? ???SDR restore of remote server fails with the error "Failed to automatically create the critical volumes on the disks"


 


Applies to the following product releases

Update files

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