NetBackup IT Analytics Release Notes

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Product(s): NetBackup IT Analytics (11.2)
  1. Introduction
    1.  
      About NetBackup IT Analytics 11.2
  2. Patch release for version 11.2
    1. Patch releases: NetBackup IT Analytics
      1.  
        11.2.10 patch release notes
      2.  
        11.2.09 patch release notes
      3.  
        11.2.08 patch release notes
      4.  
        11.2.07 patch release notes
      5.  
        11.2.06 patch release notes
      6.  
        11.2.04 patch release notes
      7.  
        11.2.03 patch release notes
      8.  
        11.2.02 patch release notes
      9.  
        11.2.01 patch release notes
  3. What's new: Version 11.2 highlights
    1.  
      Supported product versions
    2.  
      Veritas Flex Appliance Data Collector policy enhancements
    3.  
      License entitlement at domain level
    4.  
      Bulk load of Subscription Attributes using csv file
    5.  
      SLP Job Details probe to collect SLP Jobs with image state as NOT_STARTED
    6.  
      New Front End Terabyte (FETB) reports in Billing and Usage reports section
    7.  
      Privileges of aptare_ro user reduced to avoid a security vulnerability
    8.  
      New VM reports
    9.  
      Azure Subscription Cost alert rule
    10.  
      New system attributes
    11.  
      Portal to support export/import of only digitally signed templates
    12.  
      New Azure daily usage and forecast reports
    13.  
      Reporting of Installed EEBs on Primary server, Media server and Clients (Patch 11.2.02)
    14.  
      Column header and formatter changes in Data Domain MTree Summary (Patch 11.2.02)
    15.  
      Support for Oracle RO Proxy user using Kerberos (Patch 11.2.03)
    16.  
      Enhancements in Hitachi Vantara reports (Patch 11.1.10 and above)
    17.  
      Overriding credentials for Brocade Switch data collector (Patch 11.2.04)
    18.  
      Hitachi Vantara Capacity By Storage report (patch 11.2.06)
    19.  
      NEC Storage HS (HYDRASTOR) Data Collector Policy (patch 11.2.08)
  4. Supported Systems
    1.  
      Portal supported operating systems
    2.  
      Data Collector supported operating systems
    3. 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 and Optimizations
    1.  
      Known issues
    2.  
      Optimization: Customize the Linux file handle setting for large collections

11.2.02 patch release notes

The patch release includes all the previous patches of 11.2.xx and 11.1.xx fixes.

The following changes are included in this release.

Capacity Manager section

Not applicable in this release.

Backup Manager Data Collection section

Not applicable in this release.

Data collection section

Not applicable in this release.

Reports

Table: Enhancements and resolved issues

Issue Number

Description

SC-49712

Resolves an issue to load Inventory and System Health Check report. NetBackup IT Analytics displayed a multibyte characters error message.

SC-50549

Resolves an issue with Azure Daily Usage Future Forecast by Org Level report. The tool tip for column #Subscription displayed inappropriate details when user hovers on the displayed value on the report.

SC-51255

The reports in NetBackup IT Analytics is enhanced to verify if the user has access rights to the objects. If the user has no permission, the drill-down feature is disabled.

SC-51281

The Top 50 Largest Tables under System Health Check report is enhanced to include Indexed organized table APS_LUN_PERFORM_LOG. The report displays Table Name, Number of Rows, Allocated Space, and Used Space columns.

SC-51743

Resolves an issue with Data protection dashboard report. NetBackup IT Analytics displayed Message of the day The following sources have failed backups or restores in the last 24 hrs irrespective of the time frame selected to generate the report.

SC-51836

Resolves an issue with SAN Fabric Summary report in Switch of Inventory module. When user clicked hyperlinked values of the # of Switches column of the report, NetBackup IT Analytics displayed error message.

Portal section

Table: Enhancements and resolved issues

Issue Number

Description

SC-48978

NetBackup IT Analytics is enhanced to support aggregation of data for performance metrics tables for Capacity and Fabric subsystems.

For more information, see NetBackup IT Analytics System Administrator Guide >> Data retention periods for SDK database objects >> Data aggregation section.

SC-50324

The SQL Template Designer is enhanced to incorporate display of values in comma separated format. The Field Formatter drop-down now supports Comma Separated Values option.

Note:

For more information, see NetBackup IT Analytics User Guide >> Work with the SQL template designer >> Format the SQL Template Output section.

SC-50330

Resolves an issue with the Dell EMC Unity Storage Array data collection error message. The data collection failed if the Logical Unit Numbers (LUN) was not configured.

SC-50778

Resolves an issue with NetBackup Policy Client and Job Details probes. NetBackup IT Analytics displayed ORA-12899: value too large for column error message.

SC-50782

The NetBackup IT Analytics is enhanced to extend the granular level permission security of Authorization Attributes for Inventory module to the hosted server.

SC-50829

Resolves a slow page refreshing issue with Collection Status and Collection Administration pages.

SC-50838

Resolves an access issue of Objects in NetBackup IT Analytics. If a user has access to an Object such as Array or Switch, access to the child object/sub-object, LUNs/Ports, which are under that Array/Switch, are also made available.

SC-50931

Resolves an issue with Brocade Switch Details probe. NetBackup IT Analytics displayed an error with trunkshow output.

SC-51040

Resolves an issue with Foundation users when they encountered an error while performing a global search.

SC-51104

The Green Help text has been modified for the Event Notification field in the Veritas NetBackup Data Collector Policy dialog box.

SC-51166

Resolves an issue with Dell EMC Unity storage array where Serial Number and IP Address were not persisted in database.

SC-51172

Resolves an issue with the Exporter. The modifications in the nbdb_unload utility, which now only creates *.sql file and NOT the *.dat files. This resulted in the failure to collect the NetBackup data.

SC-51178

Resolves an issue with NetBackup IT Analytics. When a new license was installed with high quantity such as range of 5000000 TB, portal displayed numeric overflow error message.

SC-51212

Resolves an issue with HIAA Array Performance probe. The probe is scheduled to collect the data, however, when there is no data available to collect, NetBackup IT Analytics displays Null Pointer exception error message during data extraction.

SC-51230

Resolves an issue with Arrays in the Inventory module. When the user clicks Arrays, NetBackup IT Analytics displayed Duplicate row found error message.

SC-51257

RN: The Alert Notification is enhanced where user can select multiple alerts and add to Alert Notification.

Note:

For more information, see NetBackup IT Analytics User Guide >> Alert Configuration >> Managing alert policies >> Add/Edit an Alert Policy >> select an Alert Rule section.

SC-51303

Resolves an issue with HP 3PAR Health Check probe. An error message DateTimeParseException was displayed due to lack of time zone formatting.

SC-51304

Resolves an issue with Storage Pool Details probe of IBM Spectrum Protect (TSM) data collector. The TSM Storage Pool Details Probe stopped with a Warning message as Fail to storage the data in the database.

SC-51426

The Inventory module is enhanced to incorporate support for assigning attributes to Azure Storage Accounts.

SC-51427

The Inventory module is enhanced to incorporate support for assigning attributes to Azure Virtual Machines.

SC-51429

The Inventory module is enhanced to incorporate support for assigning attributes to AWS S3 Bucket.

SC-51517

NetBackup IT Analytics is enhanced support ITA Flex Appliances policy for Flex v3.0 for all models.

Note:

Flex v3.0 supports per user active session limited to 10 sessions. Veritas recommends to create a dedicated user for ITA Flex Appliances policy and utilize those credentials for data collection.

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

SC-51681

Enhanced HIAA probe of Hitachi vantara All-flash and hybrid flash storage connector to collect data of storage pool performance and persisted in sdk_v_hvfs_storagepoolperformance table.

SC-51718

Resolves an issue with Assign Attributes Values to Objects dialog box in Hosts of the Inventory module. NetBackup IT Analytics displayed an error message when the user configures attributes for more than one object having different attribute values.

SC-51773

Resolves an issue with Brocade. The Brocade data collection was not collecting data of all switches in fabric.

SC-51778

Resolves an issue with the database of persisting the values of the Commvault tasks associated with individual virtual machine backups. NetBackup IT Analytics displayed ORA-01438: value larger than specified precision allowed for this column when attempting to insert unique key for CMV VM jobs error message. Column OBJECT_ID field in APT_TICKET table has been altered to resolve the issue.

SC-51851

NetBackup IT Analytics is enhanced to persist manually restarted backup jobs within NetBackup. The job details are persisted in the database.

SC-51871

The scheduling in Ransomware Data items is enhanced to refresh once a week, Sunday midnight. Users can refresh it manually as required.