NetBackup 8.2 new features, changes, and enhancements
New features, changes, and enhancements in NetBackup 8.2 are grouped below by category. Select a link to read more information about the topic.
External certificate authority certificates supported by NetBackup 8.2
Configure external security certificates from the NetBackup Administration Console
Support for NetBackup web UI sign-in with a smart card or software certificate
Compression rates and deduplication rates are now reported separately for MSDP storage
New API keys feature provides user authentication to APIs and commands
Note:
Before you install or upgrade to NetBackup 8.2 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:
Certificate validation for cloud providers against Certificate Revocation List (CRL)
New parameter (
CSSC_ALLOW_LEGACY_AUTH) added to support older cloud storage media serversBackup data to cloud using NetBackup with Amazon Snowball and Amazon Snowball Edge
Auto Image Replication (AIR) and target AIR now support CloudCatalyst storage server
New option (
reinitialize) added to the csconfig command utility