NetBackup 5200/5220 Appliances 2.5.1 is now available!
I'm very pleased to announce that the next Maintenance Release for NetBackup 7.5 and Release Update for NetBackup 52x0 Appliances is now available! NetBackup 7.5.0.4 is the fourth maintenance release for NetBackup 7.5. It is a cumulative release containing fixes and content from 7.5.0.1 through 7.5.0.3. In addition, this release contains an additional 315 fixes (bringing the total fixes in 7.5.0.4 to over 700!) including the most commonly downloaded EEBs, several customer escalations, and internal engineering defects. The simultaneously released NetBackup 5200/5220 Appliances 2.5.1 Release Update is the equivalent Appliance patch release to NetBackup 7.5.0.4. The significant content of NetBackup 7.5.0.4 is: No new features in 7.5.0.4. However, some features that were delivered in previous maintenance releases are included: Solaris 11 master server, Bare Metal Restore server and OpsCenter Managed Server support – delivered in 7.5.0.3 NetBackup for VMware on SLES – delivered in 7.5.0.2 PureDisk seeding utility – delivered in 7.5.0.2 Client Direct Whole Image Mode – delivered in 7.1.0.4 Multi-process nbostpxy for Client Dedupe – delivered in 7.1.0.4 Fixes included in EVERY publicly available 7.5.0.3 hotfix are included in 7.5.0.4 Other miscellaneous fixes across NetBackup which were not publicly released Additional content applicable to Appliances 2.5.1 is: Improved agent for proactive support Support for OST 3rd party plug-ins Information about 2.5.1 is available here: NetBackup 5200/5220 2.5.1 Update http://symantec.com/docs/TECH197011 The 2.5.1 Update can only be applied to an Appliance already running at version 2.5. To check to see if your particular Etrack is resolved in 2.5.1 (NetBackup 7.5.0.4), please refer to both sets of Release Notes: NetBackup 7.5.0.4 Release Notes http://symantec.com/docs/DOC5514 NetBackup Appliance 2.5.1 Release Notes for NetBackup 52xx http://symantec.com/docs/DOC5797NetBackup Appliances 2.6.1.2 is now available!
(crossposted from the Netting Out NetBackup blog) I’m extremely happy to announce that NetBackup Appliances 2.6.1.2 is now Generally Available! NetBackup Appliances 2.6.1.2 is the latest update for NetBackup 52xx and 5330 Applainces and the equivalent Appliance patch release to NetBackup 7.6.1.2. It can be applied in an upgrade to Appliances running ANY 2.5.x or 2.6.x.x version. This release includes all fixes included in the NetBackup 7.6.1.2 release, including resolutions for most commonly downloaded EEBs, customer escalations, and critical internally found defects. To download 2.6.1.2, please visit the following page: NetBackup Appliance 2.6.1.2 Release http://symantec.com/docs/TECH228624 More information on 2.6.1.2 can be found at the following locations: NetBackup Appliances 2.6.1.2 Release Notes http://symantec.com/docs/DOC8185 Complete Symantec NetBackup Appliance Documentation Set - 2.6.1.2 versions http://symantec.com/docs/DOC8194 The NetBackup Appliances Late Breaking News can be found here: NetBackup 5xxx appliance series Late Breaking News http://symantec.com/docs/TECH145136 Short link: http://bit.ly/APPLBN Bookmark the NetBackup Appliances Common Topics page to have these and many more useful links handy: http://go.symantec.com/nba bit.ly/761LBN | APPLBN | 76LBN
NetBackup Appliances 2.6.0.2 is now available!
(crossposted from the Netting Out NetBackup blog) I’m extremely happy to announce that NetBackup Appliances 2.6.0.2 is now Generally Available! NetBackup 2.6.0.2 is the latest update for NetBackup 52xx Appliances and the equivalent Appliance patch release to NetBackup 7.6.0.2. It can be applied in an upgrade to Appliances running ANY 2.5.x or 2.6.0.x version. This release includes all 568 fixes included in the NetBackup 7.6.0.2 release, including resolutions for most commonly downloaded EEBs, customer escalations, and critical internally found defects. The 2.6.0.2 release also contains: Customer High Impact Fixes including: Network setting retained during factory reset Allow eth0 configuration (was restricted in 2.6.0.1) No NetBackup restart with storage resize Multi-stream backups for migration tool fixed Clean job cancellation for migration tool SNMP packages added back to allow SNMP daemons to run on Appliance Support for VMware Dynamic Multi-Pathing (DMP) Multiple Security Improvements - most notably, removal/update of all OpenSSL components potentially affected by "Heartbleed" Install/Upgrade client patch size reduction and direct upgrades from 2.5.x to 2.6.0.2 CallHome/Supportability enhancements including: Improved monitoring of BBU/SuperCap status Additional CallHome data including the list of installed EEBs and NetBackup version information. CallHome performance improvement through lesser round trips (increased packet size from 8KB to 256KB). Disk SMART errors in the support logs for improved diagnostics To download 2.6.0.2, please visit the following page: NetBackup Appliance 2.6.0.2 Release http://symantec.com/docs/TECH215209 To check to see if your particular Etrack is resolved in NetBackup 7.6.0.2, please refer to these Release Notes: Symantec NetBackup 52xx Appliance Release Notes - Release 2.6.0.2 http://symantec.com/docs/DOC7156 The documentation pack for this release can be found here: Complete Symantec NetBackup 52xx Appliance Documentation Set - Release 2.6.0.2 http://symantec.com/docs/DOC7158 The NetBackup Appliances Late Breaking News can be found here: NetBackup 5xxx appliance series Late Breaking News http://symantec.com/docs/TECH145136 Bookmark the NetBackup Appliances Common Topics page to have these and many more useful links handy: http://go.symantec.com/nba Finally, more information on this release can be found by accessing the NetBackup 7.6.0.2 release announcement, which is also available here on Connect: http://www.symantec.com/connect/blogs/netbackup-7602-netbackup-76-maintenance-release-2-now-available --