NetBackup™ Release Notes

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Product(s): NetBackup (11.1)
  1. About NetBackup 11.1
    1.  
      About the NetBackup 11.1 release
    2.  
      About NetBackup Late Breaking News
    3.  
      About NetBackup third-party legal notices
  2. New features, enhancements, and changes
    1.  
      About new enhancements and changes in NetBackup
    2. NetBackup 11.1 new features, changes, and enhancements
      1.  
        Changes in Cohesity terminology
      2.  
        Update cloud configuration file on the primary and media server immediately after install or upgrade to NetBackup 11.1
      3.  
        RESTful APIs included in NetBackup 11.1
      4.  
        New features and enhancements to the NetBackup web UI
      5.  
        Several shutdown commands to be deprecated in a future release
      6.  
        Support to create instant access VM feature for Nutanix AHV
      7.  
        Support for Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM)
      8.  
        NetBackup 11.1 support additions and changes
      9.  
        NetBackup 11.0.0.1 and earlier support additions and changes qualified in NetBackup 11.1
      10.  
        Cohesity will no longer deliver the Java Admin Console for NetBackup after the 11.1 release
      11.  
        MSDP server evacuation in NetBackup
      12.  
        Cloud LSU consolidation support
      13.  
        Object change tracking for Cloud object store protection
      14.  
        Replication is now supported for HPE GreenLake for Block storage arrays
      15.  
        NetBackup Snapshot Manager for Data Center now supports cloud storage arrays
      16.  
        PaaS database support enhancements
      17.  
        Support for NextGen Malware Scanner tool
      18.  
        Responsive updates in Web UI for malware scan operations
      19.  
        Abort malware scan on infection detection
      20.  
        Multi-Account support in single provider plugin
      21.  
        Enhanced Cloud VM backup performance with multi-stream (parallel read) support
      22.  
        Cloud parallel stream job hierarchy for Cloud VM backups
      23.  
        Cloud Scale document change, enhancements and deployment updates
      24.  
        Support for cloud key management service (KMS)
      25.  
        Configuration of rotation for external CA-issued certificates
      26.  
        Support for network access control
      27.  
        Freeze mode in NetBackup
      28.  
        Support for YARA scanning
      29.  
        Support for STIG compliance
      30.  
        Selective Virtual Machine Restore for Kubernetes Workloads
      31.  
        Tape Media Preview for Restores in Cohesity with NetBackup Web UI
      32.  
        New Policy Type for RHV and OLVM Workloads in NetBackup Web UI
      33.  
        Cross-Hypervisor Restore from VMware to Nutanix
      34.  
        pgBackRest Support for PostgreSQL Backups
      35.  
        Support for Percona XtraBackup Utility
      36.  
        SharePoint Recovery Support in Cohesity
      37.  
        Enhanced WebSocket Server Credential Security with JWT Authentication
      38.  
        New Reporting Enhancements in NetBackup Web UI
      39.  
        Vault Management Enhancements in NetBackup Web UI
      40.  
        Storage Unit Groups Overview
      41.  
        Cross-Domain Backup Replication Support
      42.  
        Storage server credentials
      43.  
        Change in the NetBackup default path - application folder and setup logs
  3. Operational notes
    1.  
      About NetBackup 11.1 operational notes
    2. NetBackup installation and upgrade operational notes
      1.  
        If NetBackup 11.1 upgrade fails on Windows, revert to previous log folder structure
      2.  
        Native installation requirements
      3.  
        NetBackup servers must use a host name that is compliant with RFC 1123 and RFC 952
      4.  
        About support for HP-UX Itanium vPars SRP containers
      5.  
        Change in the default path for NetBackup installation
    3. NetBackup administration interface operational notes
      1.  
        Intermittent issues with X forwarding of NetBackup Administration Console
      2.  
        NetBackup Administration Console fails in Simplified Chinese UTF-8 locale on Solaris SPARC 64-bit systems with Solaris 10 Update 2 or later
    4. NetBackup Bare Metal Restore operational notes
      1.  
        After PIT restore, "The host ID does not exist" error appears
      2.  
        AIX BMR Shared Resource Tree (SRT) creation fails in NetBackup 11.1
      3.  
        NetBackup services may not start automatically after BMR restore on a Linux client
      4.  
        NetBackup Bare Metal Restore on AWS hangs when restoring a Windows 2025 client
    5. NetBackup Cloud Object Store Workload operational notes
      1.  
        Full backup after upgrade to NetBackup 11.1
      2.  
        Supported version of RHEL media server as backup host
      3.  
        Auto Image Replication (AIR) from NetBackup version 11.1 requires NetBackup 10.2 or later
      4.  
        Backup jobs become unresponsive and consume significant space on the temporary staging location.
    6. NetBackup NAS operational notes
      1.  
        Parent directories in the path of a file may not be present in an NDMP incremental image
    7. NetBackup Cloud workload operational notes
      1.  
        VMs and other OCI assets with CMK-encrypted disks are marked as deleted in NetBackup UI.
    8. NetBackup internationalization and localization operational notes
      1.  
        Support for localized environments in database and application agents
      2.  
        Certain NetBackup user-defined strings must not contain non-US ASCII characters
    9.  
      FIPS compliance operational notes
  4. Appendix A. About SORT for NetBackup Users
    1.  
      About Cohesity Services and Operations Readiness Tools
  5. Appendix B. NetBackup installation requirements
    1.  
      About NetBackup installation requirements
    2.  
      Required operating system patches and updates for NetBackup
    3.  
      NetBackup 11.1 binary sizes
  6. Appendix C. NetBackup compatibility requirements
    1.  
      About compatibility between NetBackup versions
    2.  
      About NetBackup compatibility lists and information
    3.  
      About NetBackup end-of-life notifications
  7. Appendix D. Other NetBackup documentation and related documents
    1.  
      About related NetBackup documents

About NetBackup end-of-life notifications

Cohesity is committed to providing the best possible data protection experience for the widest variety of systems: platforms, operating systems, CPU architecture, databases, applications, and hardware. Cohesity continuously reviews NetBackup system support. This review ensures that the proper balance is made between maintaining support for existing versions of products, while also introducing new support for the following:

  • General availability releases

  • Latest versions of new software and hardware

  • New NetBackup features and functionality

While Cohesity continually adds support for new features and systems, it may be necessary to improve, replace, or remove certain support in NetBackup. These support actions may affect older and lesser-used features and functionality. The affected features and functionality may include support for software, OS, databases, applications, hardware, and 3rd-party product integration. Other affected items may include the products that are no longer supported or nearing their end-of-support life with their manufacturer.

Cohesity provides advance notification to better help its customers to plan for upcoming changes to the support status of the various features in NetBackup. Cohesity intends to list older product functionality, features, systems, and the 3rd-party software products that are no longer supported in the next release of NetBackup. Cohesity makes these support listings available as soon as possible with a minimum of 6 months where feasible before major releases.

Using SORT

Advance notification of future platform and feature support including end-of-life (EOL) information is available through a widget on the Cohesity Services and Operations Readiness Tools (SORT) for NetBackup home page. The NetBackup Future Platform and Feature Plans widget on the SORT for NetBackup home page can be found directly at the following location:

https://sort.veritas.com/nbufutureplans

NetBackup end-of-support-life (EOSL) information is also available at the following location:

https://sort.veritas.com/eosl/show_matrix

See About Cohesity Services and Operations Readiness Tools.

About changes in platform compatibility

The NetBackup 11.1 release may contain changes in support for various systems. In addition to using SORT, you should make sure to review the NetBackup Release Notes document and the NetBackup compatibility lists before installing or upgrading NetBackup software.

See About new enhancements and changes in NetBackup.

http://www.netbackup.com/compatibility