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)

11.1.06 patch release notes

The 11.1.06 patch release includes all the previous patches of 11.0 and 11.1.

The following changes are included in this release.

Capacity Manager section

Not applicable in this release.

Table: Enhancements and resolved issues

Issue Number

Description

SC-44927

NetBackup IT Analytics now supports EMC Symmetrix PowerMax 2000.

Note:

For more information, see NetBackup IT Analytics Certified Configuration Guide >> Capacity Manager configurations >> Supported systems and access requirements section

Backup Manager Data Collection section

Not applicable in this release.

Data collection section

Not applicable in this release.

Table: Enhancements and resolved issues

Issue Number

Description

SC-49423

A new Appliance Details probe has been added to the Veritas Flex Appliance Data Collector policy. This new probe enables the policy to collect hardware and software details of the configured Veritas Flex Appliance.

Note:

For more information, see NetBackup IT Analytics Data Collector Installation Guide for Capacity Manager >> Pre-installation setup for Veritas Flex Appliance >> Add a Veritas Flex Appliance policy section.

Portal section

Table: Enhancements and resolved issues

Issue Number

Description

SC-47385

Resolves an issue with portal configuration for Oracle initialization parameter. The property of optimizer_mode is now modified to All_ROWS from RULE. This modification improved the query execution performance.

Note:

In the case of split architecture, Veritas recommends changing the optimizer mode from RULE to ALL_ROWS as it improves database performance. To apply this modification, update optimzer_mode = ALL_ROWS in ${oraconf_dir}/initscdb.ora file and then restart oracle services.

SC-49146

Resolves an issue with shipped dashboards menu items. The Add to my Home Pages and Add to User Group Home Pages menu options have been removed.

SC-49271

NetBackup IT Analytics now supports Apache version 2.4.55.

Note:

For more information of supported version compatibility, see NetBackup IT Analytics Certified Configuration Guide >> Portal and database servers >> Supported third-party and open source products section.

SC-49453

Resolves an issue with Report Scope Selector.

Log in to the portal and navigate to Admin >> File List >> Export >> and then click New Export Request.

Click Modify and the Report Scope Selector dialog box is displayed.

Click Devices tab. The user was not able to add individual devices.

SC-49583

Resolves an issue of persisting the capacity probe collection data using Pure Storage Flash array and EMC Data Domain.

The array_type and ip_address columns are now available in RTD or DTD using the following views:

  1. column array_type in aps_storage_array table

  2. column ip_address in aps_array_ip_address table

SC-49606

Resolves an issue with the export functionality of inventory reports for backup servers. The export did not perceive the values of the newly added attributes on a backup server.

SC-49651

Resolves an issue when the user executes a report template and modifies the scope of any report. An error is displayed, if it belongs to a sub-domain and does not have defined attributes.

Note:

The error is not displayed for the super-users.

SC-49683

Resolves an issue with Ransomware Scorecard. If the jobs were created within the last seven days, the data item What percentage of hosts have not had successful backups over the previous 7 days? did not display the data in the drill-down report.

SC-49928

Resolves an issue when adding a new collector. NetBackup IT Analytics was not able to generate the required key.

SC-50403

Resolves an issue of bad aliases being created for mapped host names in NetBackup Host Details probe. Modifications incorporated to prevent creation of bad alias. Also, the Host Details probe's previously produced bad aliases were removed.