NetBackup 7.6.0.3 (NetBackup 7.6 Maintenance Release 3) is now available!

[CRZ]

(crossposted from the Netting Out NetBackup blog)

I’m extremely happy to announce that NetBackup 7.6.0.3 is now Generally Available!

NetBackup 7.6.0.3 is our latest maintenance release for the NetBackup 7.6 line.  This release contains fixes to 336 issues (bringing our total over 900!) including resolutions for most commonly downloaded EEBs, customer escalations, and critical internally found defects. 7.6.0.2 also provides several critical security fixes and many high-demand proliferations to our customers. The significant content of this release is:

Over 200 customer-related defect fixes, including three 7.6.0.2 issues highlighted in the 7.6 Late Breaking News

Proliferations:

• SharePoint/Exchange 2013 GRT
• MSDP/Client Dedupe for Windows 2012 R2
• SQL 2014
• VDDK 5.5 U1

Features:

• NBU Support Utility Updates
• JRE update (7u51)

To download 7.6.0.3, please visit the following page:

NetBackup 7.6.0.3 Download Links
 http://symantec.com/docs/TECH217819

This is a MAINTENANCE Release for NetBackup (as opposed to a Release Update) - it can be applied on top of NetBackup 7.6 GA or 7.6.0.2.  (If you are currently running 7.0, 7.0.1, 7.1, 7.1.0.x, 7.5 OR 7.5.0.x, you will need to upgrade to 7.6 GA before you can apply 7.6.0.3.)

To check to see if your particular Etrack is resolved in NetBackup 7.6.0.3, please refer to these Release Notes and our updated EEB guide:

NetBackup 7.6.0.3 Release Notes
 http://symantec.com/docs/DOC7221

Symantec NetBackup 7.6 Emergency Engineering Binary Guide
 http://symantec.com/docs/DOC6085

The NetBackup 7.6 Late Breaking News has also been updated to reflect newly released fixes in 7.6.0.2 for some of our highest visibility issues:

NetBackup 7.6 Late Breaking News
 http://symantec.com/docs/TECH199999

Bookmark the NetBackup Product Landing Page to have these links and many more useful links handy:

 http://go.symantec.com/nb

Note: The next NetBackup Appliances release (2.6.0.3) should be available next Monday, 4 August.

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[RiaanBadenhorst]

GRT

[V4]

As master and media server support is seen in release notes 

Does windows 2012 r2 supported as SAN client with hyper-v 2012 R2?

[CRZ]

The Release Notes say:

The following list contains some of the new features, enhancements, and changes
that can be found in NetBackup starting in version 7.6.0.3:
■ Master server and media server support for Windows Server 2012 R2, including
support for the following:

• BMR server
• VMware Backup Server
• Windows Storage Server (media server)
• Symantec Cluster Server powered by Veritas

...

■ Support for MSDP Client Direct on Windows Server 2012 R2
■ Support for SAN client on Windows Server 2012 R2
■ Hyper-V policy support for single file recovery functionality on Windows Server
2012 R2 Update 1

...

The following list contains some of the new features, enhancements, and changes
that can be found in NetBackup starting in version 7.6.0.2:

...

■ Support for Hyper-V Server 2012 R2, including support for file-level Granular
Recovery Technology (GRT) and the vhdx virtual hard disk format

I'm not sure all of that adds up to what you're asking me, though?

Symantec NetBackup 7.6.0.3 Release Notes
 http://symantec.com/docs/DOC7221 (see pages 14 & 16)

[Tanmoy1]

Waiting for the appliance 2.6.0.3 release... :)

[Wes_T__Gator]

It's available now, as of a few days ago, Aug 4th, I believe.

[Wes_T__Gator]

I've updated my appliances to 7.6.0.3, but when I am trying to use them to set up a new client, my only options to download from them is 7.6.0.1.  I've downloaded the client software and gone through the process of opening the share on the appliance, copying it over to the appliance, list downloaded, close share, etc., but it still doesn't show.  Am I missing a step or can I just not use the appliance as a download spot for 7.6.0.3?  

[Mark_Solutions]

Chris

I see 2012R2 is now supported as a Master / Media and OpsCenter server and there is a special full download installer for Master and Media.

However - i do not see a full download for 2012R2 OpsCenter Server (Windows I am looking for) - I have tested quickly on a machine that does not have OpsCenter installed and it does not look like the 7.6.0.3 will install straight off.

Is there a specific method to install a 2012R2 OpsCenter server? (Dont have one handy to test!)

Thanks

[CRZ]

Hi Mark,

Sorry for the late reply.  I believe the answer is you just use the 7.6.0.1 installer as if it were any other Windows as there IS no separate installer for 2012 R2 for OpsCenter.  (You will just need to immediately apply the 7.6.0.3 maintenance release on top of it to be supported.)

[Mark_Solutions]

Thats great Chris - Thanks!

[backupguy2014]

Can someone running 7.6.0.3 on Windows check to see if libstspizapi.dll exists, and if so, is it a non-zero size?  Please?

[CRZ]

Hi backupguy2014,

It's supposed to be zero bytes.  (It's actually supposed to no longer exist at all, and that library was removed in the UNIX versions of 7.6.0.3, but due to the way our patching works, we needed to put a zero-byte placeholder in there for Windows.)

This library isn't used by NetBackup as far as I know.  (I should probably say "is no longer used by NetBackup," but I don't believe it ever was.)