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Amanda Enterprise 4.1 Release Notes

Table of contents
  1. 1. What’s New?
      1. 1.1.1. Storage: 
      2. 1.1.2. Schedule Plan: 
      3. 1.1.3. Data Integrity: 
      4. 1.1.4. Backup Set Page: 
      5. 1.1.5. Restore - Explore & Select: 
      6. 1.1.6. Restore - Search Specific Files: 
      7. 1.1.7. Monitor Page: 
      8. 1.1.8. VMWare File Level Recovery: 
      9. 1.1.9. Backup Media: 
      10. 1.1.10. Tape Storage: 
      11. 1.1.11. Vault: 
      12. 1.1.12. Backupset Staging: 
      13. 1.1.13. Containerizing ZMC: 
      14. 1.1.14. Error/Toast Messages: 
      15. 1.1.15. License: 
      16. 1.1.16. ZMC Password: 
  2. 2. Fixed Issues:
      1. 2.1.1. File and Directory conflicts: 
      2. 2.1.2. Backup Now page: 
      3. 2.1.3. Vault: 
      4. 2.1.4. Backupset Deletion: 
      5. 2.1.5. Sources: 
      6. 2.1.6. License Expiry: 
      7. 2.1.7. Custom Reports: 
      8. 2.1.8. Sources Status: 
      9. 2.1.9. Restore Error Messages: 
      10. 2.1.10. NDMP Restore: 
      11. 2.1.11. Backup: 
      12. 2.1.12. Backup Report: 
      13. 2.1.13. Restore where: 
      14. 2.1.14. Backup Report page: 
      15. 2.1.15. Source Page: 
      16. 2.1.16. CIFS Restore: 
      17. 2.1.17. Backup What: 
      18. 2.1.18. Vault: 
      19. 2.1.19. Backup: 
      20. 2.1.20. Backup Where and Storage device creation: 
      21. 2.1.21. Vault: 
      22. 2.1.22. Storage: 
      23. 2.1.23. Custom Reports: 
      24. 2.1.24. Restore Now: 
      25. 2.1.25. VMware Restore: 
      26. 2.1.26. Backup: 
      27. 2.1.27. Tape Backup: 
      28. 2.1.28. Backup Where and Storage device creation: 
      29. 2.1.29. Custom Reports: 
      30. 2.1.30. Backup When: 
      31. 2.1.31. Vault: 
      32. 2.1.32. Sources: 
      33. 2.1.33. Sources: 
      34. 2.1.34. Monitor: 
      35. 2.1.35. Vault: 
      36. 2.1.36. Backup Media: 
      37. 2.1.37. Schedule: 
      38. 2.1.38. Backup: 
      39. 2.1.39. Backup Where and Storage device creation: 
      40. 2.1.40. Sources: 
      41. 2.1.41. Backup When: 
      42. 2.1.42. Backup Where: 
      43. 2.1.43. Backup Where: 
      44. 2.1.44. Vault: 
  3. 3. Known Issues:
      1. 3.1.1. Solaris Client: 
      2. 3.1.2. SUSE 12 Client: 
      3. 3.1.3. Upgrade: 
      4. 3.1.4. Restore Windows Client: 
      5. 3.1.5. Backup Media(Tape): 
      6. 3.1.6. License: 
      7. 3.1.7. Upgrade 4.0.1 to 4.1: 
      8. 3.1.8. Backup: 
      9. 3.1.9. Restore: 
      10. 3.1.10. Vault: 
      11. 3.1.11. Restore: 
      12. 3.1.12. Backup Media: 
      13. 3.1.13. Backup: 

We are happy to introduce Zmanda 4.1 – the most secure backup solution in the market, capable of managing clustered environments for multiple locations. Zmanda Backup provides flexible storage options: NAS, SAN, tapes, disks, cloud: such as AWS, Azure, Wasabi and  Google.  It is a one-stop solution to help IT teams create flexible yet scalable backup policies for their IT environments.

What’s New?

Storage: 

User can now Backup/Restore data to/from Azure Cloud.

Restore Report: 

User experience has been enhanced to retrieve live logs during Restore.

Schedule Plan: 

Changes made to schedule plan are now updated at the backend of they systems as well which was updated only on UI in previous 4.X versions.

Data Integrity: 

User can now check the Integrity of the backup data on Data Integrity Page.

Backup Set Page: 

User can now clone the Backupset and update the storage type and schedule plan for cloned backupset.

Restore - Explore & Select: 

User can now select files/folders with explore and select option as restore preference on Restore What page.

Restore - Search Specific Files: 

User can now search and select any files/folders based on the keyword entered by the user on Restore What page.

Monitor Page: 

User can now see the real time progress for Backup/Restore/Vault on Monitor page.

VMWare File Level Recovery: 

User can now search and restore specific files with VMware file level recovery option.

Backup Media: 

User can now manage the storage media on Backup Media page.

Tape Storage: 

User can now track the persistent changers, tape drivers and Data transfer elements associated with Tape drivers to eliminate Barcode mismatch.

Vault: 

User can now Vault the backup data from any of the storage types to AWS cloud.

Backupset Staging: 

UI has been enhanced on backup staging page to show the live staging contents.

Containerizing ZMC: 

User can use the ZMC containerization option and isolate/manage ZMC server from other applications.

Error/Toast Messages: 

Returning the user friendly error/toast messages to increase the overall user experience.

License: 

User experience has been enhanced on License consumption page.

ZMC Password: 

Dynamic password gets generated for every new installation of ZMC which can be easily managed by User to increase the security.

Fixed Issues:

File and Directory conflicts: 

Using the appropriate word differentiates file conflicts from directory ones.

Backup Now page: 

Warning message has been added when the backup is in progress.

Vault: 

Vault enteries have been updated for all type of Vault selected in Backup Run Range.

Backupset Deletion: 

Purge option has been updated for multiple backupset deletion.

Sources: 

DLE status has been updated to activated by default.

License Expiry: 

License expiry message will be shown to users on all the pages.

Custom Reports: 

UX has been increased during Download of csv files on Custom reports page.

Sources Status: 

UX has been enhanced during DLE check host details.

Restore Error Messages: 

Returning the user friendly error messages to increase the overall user experience.

NDMP Restore: 

Restoration is not indicated to be successful when the authentication type is changed at Restore where.

Backup: 

Location restrictions has been handled for S3 compatible clouds.

Backup Report: 

User experience has been now enhanced to view detailed reports on Reports page.

Restore where: 

Destination hostname rendering issue has been improvised.

Backup Report page: 

User experience has been improvised on Backup report page.

Source Page: 

Returning the user friendly error messages to increase the overall user experience.

CIFS Restore: 

CIFS Restore issue has been fixed.

Backup What: 

Source status on backup what page will be displayed according to the respective backupset.

Vault: 

Vault schedules are preserved even when the Tape parameters have been updated

Backup: 

Writing only till stage area is working fine for the Tape backup.

Backup Where and Storage device creation: 

MTX CLI output has been added on the UI.

Vault: 

Filter issue has been fixed for Backupset name on Vault UI.

Storage: 

Source status is displayed correctly now for Windows system state and SharePoint.

Custom Reports: 

Custom reports can be fetched even if there are aborted backups for DLEs.

Restore Now: 

Restore files/directories and Exclude files/directories/patterns are displayed on Restore Now page.

VMware Restore: 

Target hostname has been updated on Monitor and Reports page for VMware.

Backup: 

Force incremental backup is working fine for VMware and CIFS.

Tape Backup: 

Issue with multiple DLE backup to device is fixed.

Backup Where and Storage device creation: 

Lsscsi CLI output has been added on the UI.

Custom Reports: 

Custom reports can be fetched by using any of the four options in the Select Preset template of the Preset template for all source types.

Backup When: 

Tapes Used This Cycle and Total Tapes Used are getting updated on Tape Statistics on Backup When page as per the backup runs.

Vault: 

Issue with displaying tape related fields while creating vault jobs is fixed.

Sources: 

ESX thumbprint is getting updated while creating VMware source using VCenter credentials.

Sources: 

Valid error message has been added for invalid credentials while creating VMware source.

User friendly warning message is displayed when there is lack of space on backup server.

Monitor: 

Issue with completed Backups' status has been fixed.

Vault: 

Issue of vault from tape device is fixed.

Backup Media: 

Auto prune functionality is working.

Schedule: 

Schedule plans bound to any backupset cannnot be deleted.

Installation of ZMC binaries are working well on Ubuntu 20.04.x versions.

Backup: 

Backup of VMware source is working when single DLE is selected in Backup What page.

Backup Where and Storage device creation: 

MTX CLI output has been added on the UI.

Sources: 

Valid error message has been added for invalid credentials while creating VMware source.

CPU consumption has been decreased while dumping a backup to cloud storages.

Backup When: 

Retention period gets updated as per the user input.

Backup Where: 

UX has been increased while updating slot range on a backupset linked to Tape Storage.

Backup Where: 

Option to verify Tape drivers after updating the drive details is implemented.

Vault: 

Multiple vault jobs on to the same strage device issue is fixed.

Known Issues:

Solaris Client: 

Failed backup when encrypted at Client (ZMFO-1487).

SUSE 12 Client: 

The installation of Client binaries is getting failed.

[SUPPORT] Multi Byte characters are not supported by UI.

Upgrade: 

Old .am_phassphrase is not retained after upgrade.

Workaround: User needs to save .am_passphrase file before uninstalling the 4.0.1.21 server.

Restore Windows Client: 

Restoration of AES encrypted backup fails to start on Restore Now page throwing integrity error.

Backup Media(Tape): 

Manage media table is not getting displayed for flushed backups.

License: 

Multiple license are being consumed by same hostname.

Upgrade 4.0.1 to 4.1: 

Check host of VMware source fails after the upgrade.Doesn't identify ESX/Vcenter type for upgraded VMware sources.

Backup: 

Backup to Open stack cloud is getting failed.

Restore: 

The restore with option 'Overwrite existing files/directories' in Directory or File Conflicts is throwing an NGINX error on UI and it does not allow user to login into the system.

Vault: 

The vault is not working after the restore and not able to trigger the backup for the same backupset.

Restore: 

Restore to Cloud Storage is getting failed for SharePoint, MS Exchange, MSSQL and Oracle on Windows.

Backup Media: 

amtape command is not giving any response if there is some issue with the tape storage.

Backup: 

[SUPPORT] The customer is facing backup failure issue with files larger than 5TB from nfs backups to AWS | ZMAN-1198.

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