NetBackup™ Release Notes
- About NetBackup 11.1
- New features, enhancements, and changes
- About new enhancements and changes in NetBackup
- NetBackup 11.1 new features, changes, and enhancements
- Changes in Cohesity terminology
- Update cloud configuration file on the primary and media server immediately after install or upgrade to NetBackup 11.1
- RESTful APIs included in NetBackup 11.1
- New features and enhancements to the NetBackup web UI
- Several shutdown commands to be deprecated in a future release
- Support to create instant access VM feature for Nutanix AHV
- Support for Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM)
- NetBackup 11.1 support additions and changes
- NetBackup 11.0.0.1 and earlier support additions and changes qualified in NetBackup 11.1
- Cohesity will no longer deliver the Java Admin Console for NetBackup after the 11.1 release
- MSDP server evacuation in NetBackup
- Cloud LSU consolidation support
- Object change tracking for Cloud object store protection
- Replication is now supported for HPE GreenLake for Block storage arrays
- NetBackup Snapshot Manager for Data Center now supports cloud storage arrays
- PaaS database support enhancements
- Support for NextGen Malware Scanner tool
- Responsive updates in Web UI for malware scan operations
- Abort malware scan on infection detection
- Multi-Account support in single provider plugin
- Enhanced Cloud VM backup performance with multi-stream (parallel read) support
- Cloud parallel stream job hierarchy for Cloud VM backups
- Cloud Scale document change, enhancements and deployment updates
- Support for cloud key management service (KMS)
- Configuration of rotation for external CA-issued certificates
- Support for network access control
- Freeze mode in NetBackup
- Support for YARA scanning
- Support for STIG compliance
- Selective Virtual Machine Restore for Kubernetes Workloads
- Tape Media Preview for Restores in Cohesity with NetBackup Web UI
- New Policy Type for RHV and OLVM Workloads in NetBackup Web UI
- Cross-Hypervisor Restore from VMware to Nutanix
- pgBackRest Support for PostgreSQL Backups
- Support for Percona XtraBackup Utility
- SharePoint Recovery Support in Cohesity
- Enhanced WebSocket Server Credential Security with JWT Authentication
- New Reporting Enhancements in NetBackup Web UI
- Vault Management Enhancements in NetBackup Web UI
- Storage Unit Groups Overview
- Cross-Domain Backup Replication Support
- Storage server credentials
- Change in the NetBackup default path - application folder and setup logs
- Operational notes
- About NetBackup 11.1 operational notes
- NetBackup installation and upgrade operational notes
- If NetBackup 11.1 upgrade fails on Windows, revert to previous log folder structure
- Native installation requirements
- NetBackup servers must use a host name that is compliant with RFC 1123 and RFC 952
- About support for HP-UX Itanium vPars SRP containers
- Change in the default path for NetBackup installation
- NetBackup administration interface operational notes
- NetBackup Bare Metal Restore operational notes
- NetBackup Cloud Object Store Workload operational notes
- NetBackup NAS operational notes
- NetBackup Cloud workload operational notes
- NetBackup internationalization and localization operational notes
- FIPS compliance operational notes
- Appendix A. About SORT for NetBackup Users
- Appendix B. NetBackup installation requirements
- Appendix C. NetBackup compatibility requirements
- Appendix D. Other NetBackup documentation and related documents
About NetBackup installation requirements
This release of NetBackup may contain changes to the minimum system requirements and procedures that are required for installation. These changes affect the minimum system requirements for both Windows and UNIX platforms. Much of the installation instructional information in the NetBackup Release Notes is provided for convenience. Detailed installation instructions are found in the NetBackup Installation Guide and the NetBackup Upgrade Guide.
See NetBackup installation and upgrade operational notes.
Before you upgrade the NetBackup server software, you must back up your NetBackup catalogs and verify that the catalog backup was successful.
Before upgrading to NetBackup 11.1, you must ensure that you have the free disk space that is twice the size of the NetBackup relational database. That means for default installations of the primary server, you are required to have that amount of free space on the file system containing the
/usr/openv/db/data(UNIX) or<install_path>\Veritas\NetBackupDB\data(Windows) directories. If you have changed the location of some of the files in either of these directories, free space is required in those locations equal to or greater than the size of the files in those locations. Refer to the NetBackup Administrator's Guide, Volume I for more information about storing NBDB database files in alternate locations.Note:
This free disk space requirement assumes that you have already performed the best practice of completing a successful catalog backup before you begin the upgrade.
Primary and media servers must have a minimum soft limit of 8000 file descriptors per process for NetBackup to run correctly.
For more information about the effects of an insufficient number of file descriptors, refer to the following articles on the Cohesity Support website:
NetBackup primary and media servers exchange server version information at startup, and every 24 hours. This exchange occurs automatically. During startup after an upgrade, the upgraded media server uses the vmd service to push its version information to all of the servers that are listed in its server list.
Cohesity recommends that you have the primary server services up and available during a media server upgrade.
All compressed files are compressed using gzip. The installation of these files requires gunzip and gzip, so make sure that they are installed on the computer before you attempt to install NetBackup. For all UNIX platforms except HP-UX, the binaries are expected to be in /bin or /usr/bin and that directory is a part of the root user's PATH variable. On HP-UX systems, the gzip and gunzip commands are expected to be in /usr/contrib/bin. Installation scripts add that directory to the PATH variable. These commands must be present to have successful UNIX installations.