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NetBackup™ Release Notes

NetBackup 11.0 new features, changes, and enhancements

New features, changes, and enhancements in NetBackup 11.0 are grouped below by category. Select a link to read more information about the topic.

New features

  • Changes in Cohesity terminology

  • RESTful APIs included in NetBackup 11.0

  • New features and enhancements to the NetBackup web UI

  • New features and changes for NetBackup for Microsoft SQL Server

  • Ansible supported playbooks for NetBackup

  • Changes to Java GUI and JRE for NetBackup 11.0

  • Instant access for MSDP object store support

  • Support for the universal share scale out feature

  • Enhanced backup performance for Cloud object store in NetBackup 11.0

  • Newly supported databases for the PaaS workload

  • Support for Trend Micro malware detection tool

  • Merge certificates for media servers

  • Minimum node configuration for cost optimization

  • Support Nutanix workload for malware scanning

  • Support for BYO Malware Scan Host using NetBackup Client

  • Support for instant access feature for Nutanix AHV

Secure communication features, changes, and enhancements

  • Note:

    Before you install or upgrade to NetBackup 11.0 from a release earlier than 8.1, make sure that you read and understand the NetBackup Read This First for Secure Communications document. NetBackup 8.1 includes many enhancements that improve the secure communications of NetBackup components. The NetBackup Read This First for Secure Communications document describes the features and benefits of these enhancements:

    NetBackup Read This First for Secure Communications

  • Multi-person authorization support for malware scan host management and policy management operations

  • Detection of database corruption in Oracle and Microsoft SQL Server

  • Detection of new risk engine-based anomalies

Support changes and enhancements

  • NetBackup 11.0 support additions and changes

  • NetBackup 10.5.0.1 and earlier support additions and changes qualified in NetBackup 11.0

  • Several shutdown commands to be deprecated in a future release

  • NetBackup 11.0 uses SQLite database to store the MSDP events

  • Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC) support in NetBackup

  • Support for RHOSP 16.1, 16.2, and Kolla Ussuri has been discontinued in NetBackup for OpenStack 11.0

  • MSDP load balancing for multi-stream backups on MSDP cluster

  • MSDP lazy delete feature retains the uploaded data in the cloud for the failed jobs

  • The file hash server deployment alongside MSDP deployments

  • Monitor the progress of CRC check for local LSU to understand the MSDP health

  • Support for running MSDP commands with non-root users

  • Support for AIR, disaster recovery, and image sharing for cold storage

  • Hardware Security Module (HSM) support in NetBackup

Cloud-related changes and enhancements

  • Update cloud configuration file on the primary server immediately after install or upgrade to NetBackup 11.0

  • Minimum node changes and new permission required for AWS plugin

  • Support for viewing and extracting the collected logs

Workload and database agent changes and enhancements

  • Support for Greenplum database

  • Support policy based backup of Nutanix-AHV assets

  • Asset cleanup for Kubernetes assets

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