NEW NetVault Backup v8.5

NEW NetVault^®: Backup v8.5

This is a major release that offers extended platform, file system and NDMP support, many new features, maintenance fixes, new security options and enhanced virtualization protection options. You’ll receive the following when you upgrade to NVBU v8.5:

New Platform Support

Support for the following has been added to help you take advantage of the latest versions of the latest platforms:

Windows 2008 R2, Windows 2008 Foundation, Windows 2008 Storage Server, Windows 7
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 11
CentOS 5.3
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.4
Ubuntu 8.10 Debian 5
Turbolinux 12
Mac OS X 10.6.x (Snow Leopard)

New File System Support

Support for the following File Systems has been added to v8.5:

Ext4 on Linux platforms
GFS/GFS2 on Linux platforms
XSan2 on Mac OS X platforms

VSS support for the File System Plugin is now automatically enabled by default so you can perform VSS-based backups with the File System Plugin.

SAS Connected Libraries on Mac OS X

Support for connecting libraries via SAS on Mac OS X has been added to NVBU v8.5.

Maintenance Fixes

NetVault: Backup v8.5 includes maintenance fixes to further increase stability as well as improvements to existing features such as Global Notification, Logging and Command Line Interfaces.

Security

Starting with the Encryption Plugin v2.0, the Encryption Plugin now has a Standard Algorithm Option that provides the CAST-128 algorithm. The Encryption Plugin that was bundled with NetVault: Backup v8.2 or earlier versions will still be honored and is equivalent to the Encryption Plugin Standard Algorithm Option.

The new NetVault: Backup Encryption Plugin v2.0 Standard Algorithm Option gives you greater flexibility:

Ability to only encrypt secondary copies while primary backup remains unencrypted. This enables users to take advantage of disk-based backup to enable faster restores while the encrypted secondary copies are targeted to remote disk-based backup devices or physical tape libraries whose tapes are stored offsite for disaster recovery purposes
Job level encryption increases flexibility by giving users control over exactly which data is encrypted and which data is not
Expands encryption support to high availability environments by offering encryption support for:
- Clustered File System
- SQL Server Failover Clusters
- Exchange Server Single Copy Cluster (SCC) or Failover Clusters
- Exchange Server Cluster Continuous Replication (CCR) environments

Enhanced Virtualization Protection

With Hyper-V Plugin v1.0, BakBone continues to deliver on its strategy of simplified data protection for virtual environments with the introduction of the NetVault: Backup Hyper-V Plugin. Hyper-V Plugin v1.0 is only supported with NVBU v8.5.

Consolidation of virtual machine protection into a single NetVault: Backup environment to offer users simple centralized backup and recovery of virtual and physical environments from one console
Online protection of Windows-based virtual machines running VSS aware applications such as Exchange, SQL Server, and SharePoint
Ability to perform image-level backups for disaster recovery and Windows Guest OS file-level backups for faster file-level recovery

NDMP Plugin v7.1.1

NDMP Plugin v7.1.1 is now available and includes support for the following new NAS devices:

BlueArc BOS 6.x
ONStor 4.0.x
NetApp ONTAP 8.0 (Mode 7)
Hitachi HDS Essential NAS v6.0 and later
Isilon Backup Accelerator 5.5.x

This release is only compatible with v8.5. If you need support for one of these Filers, you will have to upgrade to NVBU v8.5.

NetVault^®: Backup APM for Exchange Server v4.1

NetVault: Backup APM for Exchange Server v4.1 adds a number of enhancements and fault fixes as well as new features such as:

Additional options for LCR and CCR enabled Exchange databases
Compatibility with the NetVault: Backup Encryption Plugin in Exchange Clustered Environments
Compatibility with Ontrack PowerControls for individual mailbox and message recovery

Please note that Version 4.1 of the Exchange Server APM is only compatible with NetVault: Backup v8.5, so you will need to upgrade to NVBU v8.5 to take advantage of these new features.