NetBackup™ Self Service Release Notes

Last Published:
Product(s): NetBackup & Alta Data Protection (10.4.0.1)

New features and enhancements

  • Email Template Customization Screen

    This screen allows for the customization of email templates sent during restores and backups.

    • Grant read/write permissions to the Email Templates folder for IIS users.

    • Run the following command in the command prompt with administrative privileges:

      icacls "C:\Program Files\Veritas\NetBackup Self Service 10.4.0.1\Website\EmailTemplates" /grant IIS_IUSRS:(OI)(CI)M /T

      Note:

      The file path may vary depending on your installation path.

  • Error log screen

    This screen allows you to filter error logs directly on the portal.

  • Machine Registration for Agent Based Backup and Restore

    Machine Registration for Agent Based Backup and Restore is used specifically for Orange Cloud for Business applications.

  • Soap Service URL change

    The Soap Service URL has changed to https://domain:httpsport/NetBackupSelfServicePublicWebService. The endpoint for automation against the soap service is available in the wsdl file at the able location at the very end of the document and appears as follows:

    The Location value is your endpoint for automation purposes. Note that the URL ends with DirectaApi.

  • vCloud Director VM Restore

    This release provides a new feature for alternative vApp restore. In the previous version, NSS automatically deafulted to the server's maximum available storage space for VM restoration. With this update, users can now select the ESXi Server, Resource Pool, Storage Policies, and Data Store during alternative vApp restores.

    • Automatic ESX Host Selection on vApp Restore

      Shows only the storage policy option. Users must create and map the storage policies. The NSS system then auto selects the required ESXi Server and Resource Pool, choosing the largest available datastore based on the storage policy.

    • Enable Storage Policies for vApp Restore

      Allows toggling of the storage policy dropdown. If enabled, only compatible datastores based on the policy are shown. If disabled, all datastores from vCenter are displayed for selection.

    • Enable Transport Mode for vApp Restore:

      Toggles the visibility of the Transport Mode option during restore.

  • New options added to the configuration settings

    • Allow Only Custom Retention

      This flag shows custom retention values in the dropdown on the backup screen. If disabled, only default values are displayed.

    • Custom Retention Values (NetBackup-Based)

      When the "Allow Only Custom Retention" flag is enabled, the system displays the following retention values from this setting on the backup screen:

Retention level

Time duration

Retention Level 0

1 week

Retention Level 1

2 weeks

Retention Level 2

3weeks

Retention Level 3

1 month

Retention Level 4

2 months

Retention Level 5

3 months

Retention Level 6

6 months

Retention Level 7

9 months

Retention Level 8

1 year

Retention Level 9

Infinite

  • Allow Tenant Expire Backup

    A new flag to enable or disable the expiration of images for tenant users.