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

11.2.06 patch release notes

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

Table: Enhancements and resolved issues

Issue Number

Description

SC-54666

Resolves an issue with adding a data collector policy. When adding EMC Data Domain Backup Data Collector policy, NetBackup IT Analytics displayed Too much data for block: maximum 245 bytes error message.

Data collection section

Table: Enhancements and resolved issues

Issue Number

Description

SC-47725

Resolves an issue with Compute Resource probe where NetBackup IT Analytics displayed an error message which occurred during data persistence.

SC-54390

Resolves an issue while executing updateconfig with incorrect agent URL where NetBackup IT Analytics displays data collector password printed on the console in plain text format.

SC-55201

Resolves an issue with NetBackup SLP collection. In the data collection performance page, it was observed that NetBackup IT Analytics was updating incorrect job details for lifecyclepolicyID.

SC-55385

Resolves an issue with the data collectors. The incompatibility, improper authentication, or / and unauthorized access of the data collectors resulted into data collection failure in varied environments of the master servers.

SC-55541

Resolves an issue with NetBackup Security Details probe where Anomaly Configuration information was not getting persisted due to a parsing issue.

SC-56142

Resolves security issue with data receiver. NetBackup IT Analytics will NOT accept the data collector name and password, for authentication, in plain text formats and will display Illegal Request as the error message.

SC-56160

NetBackup IT Analytics recommends portal version 11.2.05 or above for the data collector version 11.2.05 to perform.

Reports

Table: Enhancements and resolved issues

Issue Number

Description

SC-50674

Reports in NetBackup IT Analytics is enhanced to execute for one or multiple sub-objects.

SC-52533

The Hitachi Vantara DP Pool Summary report is enhanced to include Demand column.

For more information, see NetBackup IT Analytics Report Reference Guide > Thin Provisioning Reports > Hitachi Vantara DP Pool Summary section.

SC-55464

Resolves an issue with the shared reports using REST API. When a user shared the report, the report was not accessible using REST API for other users due to authorization.

SC-55615

NetBackup IT Analytics is enhanced to include a new report Hitachi Vantara Capacity By Storage.

See Hitachi Vantara Capacity By Storage report (patch 11.2.06).

Portal section

Table: Enhancements and resolved issues

Issue Number

Description

SC-47154

Resolves an issue with Inventory module. NetBackup IT Analytics displayed unauthorized or unassigned objects under the Inventory Objects tab.

SC-47725

Resolves an issue with Compute Resource probe where NetBackup IT Analytics displayed An error occurred during data persistence error message in the Data Collection Details page.

SC-49495

The label Array port statistic history (months)* in System Parameter of Data Retention is modified to Array port statistic history (days)*.

SC-49563

The Oracle 19c July patch updates for Linux is now available.

Refer to NetBackup IT Analytics Installation and Upgrade Guide for Linux > Oracle patches for the database server > Install Oracle 19c Linux July 2023 patch section for the details.

SC-51102

Resolves an issue with Brocade Switch details probe failure. The probe failed due to invalid licenseshow command on Fabric operating system for version above 9.x.

The new command is license --show.

SC-51106

Resolves an issue in Inventory where duplicate EMC data domain storage policy was getting displayed.

SC-52073

The authorization attributes in NetBackup IT Analytics are enhanced to support all the SDK objects displayed in the Inventory, including Azure Storage, Azure Virtual Machine, EC2 Instances, and S3 Buckets.

SC-52264

Resolves the performance issue of NetBackup data collection for File Analytics which was resulting in long running FA collections.

SC-52712

NetBackup IT Analytics is enhanced to support Authorization Attributes for Datastores. The Datastore objects are filtered in the report scope dialog box and reports based on the authorization.

Note:

The Datastore objects are now available for authorization configurations.

SC-52773

The Inventory module is enhanced to incorporate a new folder Shared. The users who do NOT have authorized access to parent Arrays and Switches but have access to their sub-objects, are displayed in the new folder.

SC-52774

The Inventory module is enhanced to include LUN and PORTs in the top-level folder.

SC-54280

Resolves an issue with job details probe data persistence. The probe failed due to too large value as compared to column length of apt_nbu_lifecycle_policy.lifecycle_policy_name. The column length has now been increased to 256 bytes from 128.

SC-54540 / SC-54562

Resolves an upgrading issue from 10.6 patch P16 to patch 11.2.01. The users experienced poor portal performance with incredibly sluggish speed.

SC-54620

NetBackup IT Analytics now supports Amazon Corretto version 11.0.20.8.1.

Refer to NetBackup IT Analytics Certified Configuration Guide > Portal and database servers > Supported third-party and open source products section for the details.

SC-54742

The view SDK_V_HVFS_STORAGECAPACITY is enhanced to include the dkc_saving_capacity and total_pg_free attributes. These attributes are to persist Deduplication / Compression capacity attribute for the upcoming Hitachi Capacity by Storage report.

SC-55058

NetBackup IT Analytics is enhanced to support Veeam version 12.0.

For more information, see NetBackup IT Analytics Certified Configuration Guide > Backup Manager configurations > Backup solutions and versions section.

SC-55110

Resolves an issue with System Configuration dialog box. Click Ransomware tab and then click any other tab, NetBackup IT Analytics displayed Version must be at least 10.0 and follow the format 10.0, 10.1.1, 10.0.0.1, etc. error.

SC-55111

Resolves an issue with Inventory Objects. The Alerts / Warnings tool tip for the Inventory Objects is represented by an X icon. However, when the user clicks X icon, the Alert Detail page is displayed without any alerts / warning information.

SC-55786

Resolves an issue where Host display name and host groups had incorrect values like 0, -1 or -POL in Inventory tab of the portal after NetBackup data collection.

SC-55885

Resolves an issue with export functionality of Ransomware Risk Scorecard. The graph color represented in exported PDF document / email attachment did not match with the colors displayed on the NetBackup IT Analytics portal.

SC-55887

Resolves an issue with anomalies detection. The delayed anomaly detection and persistence was experienced by NetBackup IT Analytics.

SC-55905

Resolves an issue with Collector Administrator page. NetBackup IT Analytics delayed the display when accessing a Veritas NetBackup Data Collector Policy dialog box.