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)

11.5.05 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

Table: Enhancements and resolved issues

Issue Number

Description

SC-57565

Resolves an issue with HP Data Protector the job details with higher duration, greater that 9999 minutes, were not getting persisted. NetBackup IT Analytics displayed an error message ORA-01438: value larger than specified precision allowed for this column.

SC-66961

Resolves an issue, where Cohesity DataProtect policy collection failed, if session management was enabled.

SC-66997

Resolves an issue with Cohesity protection details probe which was failing with a Java error message Inserted value too large for column.

SC-67279

Resolves an issue for NetBackup IT Analytics NetApp cluster mode data collection. The Array Details and Array Replication probes execution was unsuccessful hence the System Administration Reports / Database Error Aggregation reports displayed database application error with code as APT-DB-108788.

SC-67354

Resolves an issue with DELL EMC Unity data persisting in NetBackup IT Analytics database where isThinEnabled field's source value for LUNs was getting overridden through Array Details probe.

Reports section

Table: Enhancements and resolved issues

Issue Number

Description

SC-63398

Optimized the Duplicate Host Analysis report's performance.

SC-66234

Resolves an issue with Job status summary report where the color specifications, for the chart / bar, did not match the configuration in the Field Configuration dialog box.

SC-66437

Resolves an issue with some reports where NetBackup IT Analytics displayed incorrect values for Used and Available fields/bar.

SC-66998

Resolves an issue with Data Domain Filesystem Capacity & Forecast report where the tool tip for Total value field was not displayed correctly.

SC-67036

Resolves the time-out issue with Job summary report.

SC-67311

Resolves an issue in Client Summary Report where the fields of drill down report such as Successful jobs, Partial Jobs, and Failed jobs did not match with those in the parent report.

Portal section

Table: Enhancements and resolved issues

Issue Number

Description

SC-53623

NetBackup IT Analytics supports only secured ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 algorithm of cipherSuite, if configured with https.

However, to update Apache httpd settings, refer NetBackup IT Analytics System Administrator Guide > SSL certificate configuration > Update the web server configuration to enable SSL section for more details.

SC-53735

Resolves an issue with the portal after upgrade. The portal displayed an error message Connect timed out.

SC-56669

The RMAN subsystem now supports Hebrew character set.

SC-57568

Resolves an issue with Host Discovery and Collection module where NetBackup IT Analytics displayed APT-DB-100074 application error with a message ORA-06502: PL/SQL: numeric or value error.

SC-59483

NetBackup IT Analytics is enhanced to support exclusion of Virtual Host during collections.

For more information, see NetBackup IT Analytics Licensing guide > License installation and guidelines > Configure the data collector policy to exclude the object > Add objects to the Object Exclusion table section.

SC-63495

NetBackup IT Analytics now supports Eclipse Collections version 11.1.0.M1.

SC-63743

NetBackup IT Analytics now supports OpenSSL version 1.0.2zk for Apache version 2.4.62.2.

SC-64252

Resolves an issue when MFA was enabled on Flex Appliances. After enabling the MFA security, the data collection policy for Performance Statistics, Storage Statistics, Appliance Details probes were failing.

SC-65568

Refined the performance for Hung Job Alert query.

SC-66042

ALTA: Disabled the following alerts, due to performance issue, for the new tenants:

  • High Job Failure

  • Hung Job

  • NBU Incomplete Job

  • DC Probe failure

  • Backup Client RTO RPO

SC-66322

Resolves an issue where the NetBackup Down Tape Drive alert instance wasn't clearing when the tape drive was operational.

SC-66339

Resolves the issue where backups were not getting associated with correct session for objects of type Directory due to same object having same start date but different finish date.

SC-66517

NetBackup IT Analytics now supports AmazonCorretto17.0.14.7.1.

SC-66630

Resolves an issue when the portal fails to start after creating a host under host group 0 (zero) using REST API.

SC-66653

NetBackup IT Analytics now supports  javax.annotation-api version 2.1.1 in Kafka.

SC-66663

NetBackup IT Analytics now supports Kafka version 3.9.0.

SC-66831

Resolves an issue where data domain collection included the deleted file system during the space calculation.

SC-66913

NetBackup IT Analytics now supports Jetty version 12.0.16.

SC-66915

NetBackup IT Analytics now supports Logback version 1.5.15., a logging framework for Java application.

SC-67002

Resolves an issue when logging into the portal using Edge browser. When you select the value for user name field from auto fill list, the font color changed to Black.

SC-67004

NetBackup IT Analytics now supports the following NetBackup policy types:

  • MSDP Object Store

  • Cloud PaaS

  • Epic Large File

  • Nutanix AHV KVM

SC-67077

Resolves an issue with the End-User License Agreement which is now displayed with a Black background and White font colors. 

SC-67095

Resolves an issue with NAS snapshot. NetBackup IT Analytics was not able to save the snapshot due to limited data size of one of the fields in database.

SC-67098

Resolves an issue with the portal where the portal was connecting to cloud portal.

SC-67260

Resolves an issue with the database query for client count for licensing.

SC-67297

Resolves schedule windows start and end time mismatch between NetBackup policy and NetBackup IT Analytics backup policy.