New features and enhancements in NetWorker 18.2
- vProxy recovery of backups taken with the VMware Backup appliance (VBA)
- VBA is not supported for backup or recovery operations.
- VBA backups can be restored using the NetWorker Web UI (NWUI) though a vProxy appliance.
The NetWorker VMware Integration Guide provides more information.
- vProxy appliance configuration now supports IPv6
- NetWorker 18.2 supports using either IPv4 or IPv6 for the vProxy appliance configuration.
- Dual stack addressing (IPv4 and IPv6 together) is not supported. Use IPv4 only addressing or IPv6 only addressing for the vProxy.
The NetWorker VMware Integration Guide provides more information.
- Policy management using NetWorker Management Web UI
The NetWorker Management Web UI is enhanced to include support for the following, in the context of VMware:
- Managing policies
- Managing workflows
- Managing actions (VMWare backup and Clone)
- Managing groups ( VMWare backup and Clone groups)
- Managing rules
Note: NetWorker Management Web UI is not backward-compatible with the earlier versions of NetWorker.
The NetWorker VMware Integration Guide provides more information.
- nsradmin operations for policy management
- Enhanced nsradmin command includes support for creating, updating, and deleting policies, workflows, and actions using the name value attributes instead of JSON strings.
The NetWorker Administration Guide provides more information.
- Automated Multi Streaming for Exchange save set
- In NetWorker 18.2, AMS support is extended for Exchange save sets.
The NetWorker Administration Guide provides more information.
- Configurable backup retries
- The maximum number of retries is increased to 24 from the current value of 5.
- The maximum retry delay is increased to 3600 seconds (60 minute) from 720 seconds (12 minutes). The default retry value is 1.
The NetWorker Administration Guide provides more information.
- Client backup reporting
- Enhanced NetWorker error reporting capabilities allows you to identify:
- Clients that are disabled.
- Workflows that are running from previous backups.
- Workflows that did not start because of server issues.
The NetWorker Administration Guide provides more information.
- Expose hidden client attributes through REST API
- The following attributes are part of the client resource representation in:
Networker API:
- Server NetWork Interface
- Data Domain Interface
- Data Domain Backup
- Save Operations
- Client Direct Enabled
- Job Control
- Pool
- NetWorker Version
The NetWorker REST API Getting started Guide provides more information.
- SNMP trap enhancements
- NetWorker 18.2 includes the following SNMP trap enhancements:
- SNMP v2c MIB support.
- SNMP trap alert for NetWorker to comply with the MIB format.
- SNMP MIB support for action success or failure notifications for both backup and clone actions.
The NetWorker Administration Guide provides more information.
- GSTD services run as a non-root user on Linux platform
- The following changes are made to the nmc_config script:
- The database user information is auto-configured.
- The directories created by lgtonmc.rpm are managed by nsrnmc user and nsrnmc group.
- GSTD and its spawned services run as nsrnmc.
- nsrnmc is a non-root user and is non-configurable.
- Removal of Avamar client from the NetWorker package
- The Avamar client must be downloaded from the Support website. It will not be made available with the NetWorker 18.2 software package.