Backup Exec 20.4 Readme
- Backup Exec 20.4 Readme
- About this readme
- What's new in Backup Exec 20.4
- Features or requirements no longer supported by Backup Exec
- Where to find more information
- Backup Exec installation notes
- Software Compatibility List (SCL) and Hardware Compatibility List (HCL) and driver notes
- Cluster-aware Backup Exec notes
- Agent for Windows notes
- Deduplication Feature notes
- Agent for VMware notes
- Agent for Hyper-V notes
- SharePoint Agent notes
- Exchange Agent notes
- Agent for Oracle notes
- System Disaster Recovery notes
- Central Admin Server Feature notes
What's new in Backup Exec 20.4
Table: What's new in Backup Exec 20.4
Item | Description |
|---|---|
Ransomware Resilience | Backup Exec monitors access to its disk-based storage device locations. Any changes to the disk-based storage device locations can only be done by Backup Exec. No other process can write to the disk storage. |
Support for Resilient Change Tracking (RCT) | Backup Exec supports protection of virtual machines hosted on Hyper-V using the Resilient Change Tracking (RCT) method. Resilient Change Tracking (RCT) is available for Hyper-V running on Windows Server 2016 and later. |
Backup for Office 365 with Veritas SaaS Backup | Free trial of Veritas SaaS Backup is available for Backup Exec customers for fully automated data protection for Office 365 and other SaaS workloads. https://www.veritas.com/form/trialware/saas-backup For more information about Veritas SaaS Backup, go to the following URL: |
Support for Veritas Smart Meter | Backup Exec users can track their capacity usage and entitlement with Veritas Smart Meter. |
Support for Server Message Block (SMB) and Scale-Out File Server | Backup Exec supports protection of Hyper-V virtual machines hosted on Server Message Block (SMB) and Scale-Out File Server shares. This support is available if the Resilient Change Tracking (RCT) method is selected and Hyper-V is running on Windows Server 2016 and later. |
Support for Microsoft SharePoint Server 2016 with GRT | Backup Exec now adds support for granular restore of individual items (GRT) from SharePoint 2016 backups. |
Backup virtual machine disks selectively - Hyper-V | You can now choose which virtual disks to include or exclude when backing up Hyper-V virtual machines. This feature is applicable for virtual machines hosted on Hyper-V and is already available for VMware virtual machines. |
Backup jobs with debug logging enabled | Backup Exec users can run a job with debug logging enabled. This feature makes it easy to get the debug logs, which can be sent to technical support. |
You can find a list of the new features in earlier releases of Backup Exec in the What's new in Backup Exec document.