NetBackup IT Analytics Release Notes

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Product(s): NetBackup IT Analytics (11.1)
  1. Introduction
    1.  
      About NetBackup IT Analytics 11.1
  2. Patch release for version 11.1
    1. Patch releases: NetBackup IT Analytics
      1.  
        11.1.12 patch release notes
      2.  
        11.1.11 patch release notes
      3.  
        11.1.10 patch release notes
      4.  
        11.1.09 patch release notes
      5.  
        11.1.08 patch release notes
      6.  
        11.1.07 patch release notes
      7.  
        11.1.06 patch release notes
      8.  
        11.1.05 patch release notes
      9.  
        11.1.04 patch release notes
      10.  
        11.1.03 patch release notes
      11.  
        11.1.02 patch release notes
      12.  
        11.1.01 patch release notes
  3. What's new: Version 11.1 highlights
    1.  
      Supported product versions
    2.  
      Authorization attributes for user access control
    3.  
      Changes in Veritas terminology
    4.  
      Display custom notice on the portal login page
    5.  
      Probe introduced to collect security details from NetBackup environment
    6.  
      Configure password policy for portal domain users
    7.  
      Standalone reports to diagnose database performance issues
    8.  
      Exporter data to persist in the generic reports
    9.  
      Veritas Flex Appliance policy
    10.  
      Ransomware Scorecard
    11.  
      Deploy Data Collector Docker images into native Kubernetes cluster
    12.  
      Manage host aliases from NetBackup IT Analytics Portal
    13.  
      Microsoft Azure policy enhancement
    14.  
      Azure cost reports and dashboard
    15.  
      EMC Avamar Inclusion and Exclusion list enhancements - (Patch 2)
    16.  
      Enhancements in EMC Avamar data collection - (Patch 2)
    17.  
      Ransomware scorecard enhancement for RTO COMPLIANCE (Patch 1)
    18.  
      Ransomware scorecard enhancement for Pool Space (Patch 1)
    19.  
      Ransomware minimum version for NetBackup Primary parameter (Patch 4)
    20.  
      IT Analytics ServiceNow App certified on Tokyo and Utah releases
    21.  
      Hitachi Vantara DP Pool Summary (Patch 11.1.09)
    22.  
      Hitachi Vantara Efficiency Summary report (Patch 11.1.09)
    23.  
      Enhancements in Hitachi Vantara reports (Patch 11.1.10 and above)
  4. Supported Systems
    1.  
      Data Collector supported operating systems
    2. Supported browsers and display resolution
      1.  
        Linux portal server: Exported and emailed reports
  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, optimizations, and End-of-Life (EOL)
    1.  
      Known issues
    2.  
      Optimization: Customize the Linux file handle setting for large collections
    3.  
      End-of-Life (EOL)

11.1.04 patch release notes

The 11.1.04 patch release includes all the previous patches fixes of 10.5/10.6/11.0.

The following changes are included in this release.

Capacity Manager section

Table: Enhancements and resolved issues

Issue Number

Description

SC-48150

The EMC Symmetrix Data Collector policy is enhanced for Unisphere PowerMax REST API.

Note:

For a successful REST API connection, specify the values for Unisphere Server Addresses, User ID, and Password fields.

Note:

For more information, see: NetBackup IT Analytics Data Collector Installation Guide for Capacity Manager >> Pre-Installation setup EMC Symmetrix >> Adding an EMC Symmetrix Data collector Policy section.

Backup Manager Data Collection section

Table: Enhancements and resolved issues

Issue Number

Description

SC-47995

Resolves an issue with Brocade Switch Probe using the REST API collection method. The getStringFromJsonNode method returned a blank value due to which the NumberFormatException error message was displayed.

Data collection section

Table: Enhancements and resolved issues

Issue Number

Description

SC-47801

Resolves the SSL Certificate issue of data collectors on Windows with the clustered environment. The download certificate button on the NBU policy screen only downloads the latest certificate, due to which the certificates from the other data collectors were not available for download.

SC-48224

Resolves an issue with HVFS data collection for array model VSP G200 behind ops center which was failing. while calling the API for the URL, NetBackup IT Analytics displayed HTTP response code 404. The URL was not supported by the storage system G200 and G800.

Portal section

Table: Enhancements and resolved issues

Issue Number

Description

SC-39694

Oracle Recovery Manager (RMAN) collector policy is enhanced to support Oracle 19c.

SC-43378

Resolves an issue with the Run Veritas NetBackup Collection dialog box. The NetBackup Master Servers were not listed in the dialog box.

SC-45031

Resolves an issue with IBM Spectrum Protect Policy (SPP). The data comparison between the IBM SPP console and the NetBackup IT Analytics database showed a mismatch.

SC-46999

The Ransomare is enhanced with a new Ransomware minimum version for NetBackup Primary parameter. This parameter assists to determine the score for the Ransomware data item Are the backup software versions up to date?. The score is determined based on the parameter value specified.

For more information, See Ransomware minimum version for NetBackup Primary parameter (Patch 4).

SC-47812

Resolves a NullPointerException issue by adding the null check verifications before performing any operations on any of the attributes.

SC-47887

Resolves the database performance issue. The slow performance caused a time out on the data receiver which displayed the java.net.SocketTimeoutException: Read timed out an error message.

SC-48040

Resolves an issue with saveJobDetail process that was taking a longer time to execute.

SC-48092

Resolves an issue with Reporting Template Designer (RTD). NetBackup IT Analytics did not display the text using the HTML tags, correctly, as specified in the Header/Footer section.

Note:

Add portal.allowHtmlTagsInRTD=true to portal.properties and restart tomcat to enable HTML tags in Header / Footer.

SC-48099

Resolves an issue with the System Health Check report. The report displayed a time-out error due to slow SQL query execution.

SC-48377

Resolves an issue with HP3par policy and VMWare policy. The following issues are resolved:

  • After executing the HP3par policy, the data in the HOST_PORT_ID column of the aps_storage_path table was not getting persisted.

  • After executing the VMware policy, the VM File Summary report displayed the data for LUN_Name and Array columns.

SC-48727

The Advance Parameter section of NetBackup IT Analytics is enhanced for cloud data collection. The new parameter AZURE_BILLING_LOOKBACK_OVERRIDE_DAYS is incorporated.

Note:

For more information, see NetBackup IT Analytics User Guide >> Customize with advanced parameters >> Cloud data collection advanced parameters >> Microsoft Azure section.

SC-49106

When adding a data collector on Linux portal user interface, the required key was not getting downloaded. A work around has been provided to download the key.

For RHEL, execute the following steps to install the rng-tools and start the services:

  1. Access command prompt

  2. Type yum install rng-tools to install the rng-tools.

  3. Type systemctl start rngd to start the services.

  4. Type systemctl enable rngd to enable the services.

For Suse, execute the following steps to install the rng-tools and start the services:

  1. Access command prompt.

  2. Type zypper install rng-tools to install the rng-tools

  3. Type systemctl start rng-tools to start the services.

  4. Type systemctl enable rng-tools to enable the services.