Table of contents
- 1. Amanda Enterprise 4.1 Release Notes
- 1.1. What’s New?
- 1.1.1.1. Storage:
- 1.1.1.2. Schedule Plan:
- 1.1.1.3. Data Integrity:
- 1.1.1.4. Backup Set Page:
- 1.1.1.5. Restore - Explore & Select:
- 1.1.1.6. Restore - Search Specific Files:
- 1.1.1.7. Monitor Page:
- 1.1.1.8. VMWare File Level Recovery:
- 1.1.1.9. Backup Media:
- 1.1.1.10. Tape Storage:
- 1.1.1.11. Vault:
- 1.1.1.12. Backupset Staging:
- 1.1.1.13. Containerizing ZMC:
- 1.1.1.14. Error/Toast Messages:
- 1.1.1.15. License:
- 1.1.1.16. ZMC Password:
- 1.2. Fixed Issues:
- 1.2.1.1. File and Directory conflicts:
- 1.2.1.2. Backup Now page:
- 1.2.1.3. Vault:
- 1.2.1.4. Backupset Deletion:
- 1.2.1.5. Sources:
- 1.2.1.6. License Expiry:
- 1.2.1.7. Custom Reports:
- 1.2.1.8. Sources Status:
- 1.2.1.9. Restore Error Messages:
- 1.2.1.10. NDMP Restore:
- 1.2.1.11. Backup:
- 1.2.1.12. Backup Report:
- 1.2.1.13. Restore where:
- 1.2.1.14. Backup Report page:
- 1.2.1.15. Source Page:
- 1.2.1.16. CIFS Restore:
- 1.2.1.17. Backup What:
- 1.2.1.18. Vault:
- 1.2.1.19. Backup:
- 1.2.1.20. Backup Where and Storage device creation:
- 1.2.1.21. Vault:
- 1.2.1.22. Storage:
- 1.2.1.23. Custom Reports:
- 1.2.1.24. Restore Now:
- 1.2.1.25. VMware Restore:
- 1.2.1.26. Backup:
- 1.2.1.27. Tape Backup:
- 1.2.1.28. Backup Where and Storage device creation:
- 1.2.1.29. Custom Reports:
- 1.2.1.30. Backup When:
- 1.2.1.31. Vault:
- 1.2.1.32. Sources:
- 1.2.1.33. Sources:
- 1.2.1.34. Monitor:
- 1.2.1.35. Vault:
- 1.2.1.36. Backup Media:
- 1.2.1.37. Schedule:
- 1.2.1.38. Backup:
- 1.2.1.39. Backup Where and Storage device creation:
- 1.2.1.40. Sources:
- 1.2.1.41. Backup When:
- 1.2.1.42. Backup Where:
- 1.2.1.43. Backup Where:
- 1.2.1.44. Vault:
- 1.3. Known Issues:
- 1.3.1.1. Solaris Client:
- 1.3.1.2. SUSE 12 Client:
- 1.3.1.3. Upgrade:
- 1.3.1.4. Restore Windows Client:
- 1.3.1.5. Backup Media(Tape):
- 1.3.1.6. License:
- 1.3.1.7. Upgrade 4.0.1 to 4.1:
- 1.3.1.8. Backup:
- 1.3.1.9. Restore:
- 1.3.1.10. Vault:
- 1.3.1.11. Restore:
- 1.3.1.12. Backup Media:
- 1.3.1.13. Backup:
- 1.1. What’s New?
Amanda Enterprise 4.1 Release Notes
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, 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.