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  4. NetBackup 11.2 new features, changes, and enhancements
NetBackup™ Release Notes

NetBackup 11.2 new features, changes, and enhancements

New features, changes, and enhancements in NetBackup 11.2 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 11.2

  • Support for STIG compliance for NetBackup MSDP

  • Support for verification of the images stored in the archive tier

  • Enhanced MSDP deduplication and performance

  • NetBackup integration with Helios

  • Local WORM cache support for MSDP cloud

  • Accelerator support for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI)

  • Dynamic multi-streaming support for Standard and Catalog policies

  • Auto-resume for Cloud object store backups

  • Cloud Scale enhancements and deployment updates

  • Parallel restore for cloud virtual machines

  • Support for protecting Azure disks with DENY_ALL network policy

  • File hash calculation for threat detection

  • Job resiliency for Oracle and MS-SQL-Server policies

  • Enhancements in KVM support

  • SAP HANA intelligent policy

  • Role elevation feature

  • KMS configuration and management using web UI

  • Troubleshooter in web UI

  • Enhancements in EEB management web UI

Secure communication features, changes, and enhancements
  • Note:

    Before you install or upgrade to NetBackup 11.2 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:

    NetBackup Read This First for Secure Communications

Support changes and enhancements
  • NetBackup 11.2 support additions and changes

  • NetBackup 11.1.0.2 and earlier support additions and changes qualified in NetBackup 11.2

  • Several shutdown commands to be deprecated in a future release

Installation, upgrade, and configuration changes and enhancements
  • Flexible Version Compatibility for Kubernetes Operator

Cloud-related changes and enhancements
  • Update cloud configuration file on the primary and media server immediately after install or upgrade to NetBackup 11.2

Workload and database agent changes and enhancements
  • Enhanced Log Collection in NetBackup Web UI

  • MS Exchange Recovery from NetBackup Web UI

  • Backup Selections Tab in Policies in NetBackup Web UI

  • Change job priority for quewed jobs in Activity Monitor

  • Enhanced report time selection and control

  • Enhanced Backup Capabilities for MongoDB Ops Manager

Other important announcements
  • EOL of NetBackup Administration Console (Java UI) starting with 11.2

  • Knowledge Base article updates

  • About the new Cohesity Unified Documentation Portal

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