Release Notes

This page lists the new features, improvements, changes and bug fixes in each version of Veritas NetBackup KM.

Veritas NetBackup KM for PATROL 4.0.03

4 Changes - Released 2023-11-23

Changes and Improvements

ID Description
NBU-1100 The performance of the CollectionHub has been improved
NBU-1095 The performance of the CollectionHub has been improved
NBU-1093 Added support for private key/passphrase authentication

Fixed Issues

ID Description
NBU-1102 Compressed debug logs are created under the root path

Veritas NetBackup KM for PATROL 4.0.02

4 Changes - Released 2023-02-06

Fixed Issues

ID Description
NBU-1089 Web UI: Misleading System Type option for non-Windows PATROL Agent nodes
NBU-1088 Incorrect memory size for daemons on non-US locale Windows servers
NBU-1087 Error while monitoring jobs in non-US locales
NBU-1080 Error while discovering daemons on Rocky Linux v9.0

Veritas NetBackup KM for PATROL 4.0.01

1 Changes - Released 2022-11-10

Fixed Issues

ID Description
NBU-1073 Security vulnerability in Swagger UI (OpenAPI) when displaying the documentation through Monitoring Studio

Veritas NetBackup KM for PATROL 4.0.00

17 Changes - Released 2022-06-17

What's New

ID Description
NBU-1058 CMA and Web UI: New configuration options for "Node Status Daemons"
NBU-1057 Added Windows Event Log monitoring
NBU-1055 CMA and Web UI: Ability to configure the Job Instance Label Format

Changes and Improvements

ID Description
NBU-1065 Improved log monitoring
NBU-1063 Improved job collection
NBU-1061 "Not Started" policies are no longer monitored by default
NBU-1054 CMA and Web UI: Ability to disable job log (NBUJobText) and last backup stats (NBU*Backup*) collection
NBU-1051 Ability to configure the list of job types to be queried and monitored

Fixed Issues

ID Description
NBU-1068 Multi-node mode not detected if FQDN is missing for the PATROL Agent hostname
NBU-1060 Multi-node mode: The first node specified in the Node Order is not switching to Active/Passive mode
NBU-1059 Node Status in alarm after each CMA policy update
NBU-1056 Unable to access the debug logs from the Monitoring Studio X Web UI in CMA mode
NBU-1053 The high number of KPI parameters impacts the overall performance of TSOM/BHOM
NBU-1048 Last backup stats are not set for policies and clients
NBU-1044 Web UI: Unable to reset to default for Advanced Settings
NBU-1043 Web UI: Unable to update the filter of the media server status
NBU-1042 The multi-node mode is not identifying the cluster node

Veritas NetBackup KM for PATROL 3.4.00

14 Changes - Released 2021-12-08

What's New

ID Description
NBU-989 Web UI: Various Improvements
NBU-987 Web UI: Node level state > status mapping are customizable

Changes and Improvements

ID Description
NBU-1038 NBUJobStatus: parent job id added to the custom event
NBU-1034 CMA: Ability to turn on events for child jobs and discover inactive jobs during initial collect
NBU-1013 Mount Requests and Standalone Drives monitoring are disabled by default
NBU-991 Web UI: A node count is displayed as a badge in nodes list
NBU-990 Web UI: Debug files are not updated
NBU-988 Clients monitoring is disabled by default
NBU-986 Successful Jobs monitoring is disabled by default
NBU-473 Commands used with sudo privileges are optimized and documented

Fixed Issues

ID Description
NBU-1010 Growth rate parameters are not calculated correctly
NBU-1009 Log monitoring is not working in remote monitoring
NBU-994 Web UI: The KM Settings page is not correctly displayed on Monitoring Studio X v10.2.00
NBU-916 Invalid Media Server State on clustered NetBackup servers

Veritas NetBackup KM for PATROL 3.3.02

1 Changes - Released 2020-09-04

Fixed Issues

ID Description
NBU-984 Resource scripts are missing in the package

Veritas NetBackup KM for PATROL 3.3.01

5 Changes - Released 2020-08-28

Fixed Issues

ID Description
NBU-977 Node IDs with invalid characters are allowed in the KM menu
NBU-976 Web UI for NetBackup KM fails to load
NBU-972 Incorrect drive instances created
NBU-971 Device monitoring failing due to no media server info
NBU-970 Storage/DPool/DVolume Up/Down State set to Unknown

Veritas NetBackup KM for PATROL 3.3.00

13 Changes - Released 2020-03-10

Changes and Improvements

ID Description
NBU-957 Further Improvements to Web UI
NBU-951 Integration with Monitoring Studio X Web UI Configuration
NBU-948 Integration to Monitoring Studio X Console UI
NBU-927 Only NetBackup Commands Now Require SUDO Privileges
NBU-925 Default monitoring period for completed jobs is reduced to offer better performance
NBU-921 The KM automatically reloads all commands used by the KM when a problem occurs while executing the first command

Fixed Issues

ID Description
NBU-960 Optional settings from CMA policy do not revert back to default when cleared
NBU-955 Invalid password is not alerting through NBULoginStatus
NBU-950 Invalid system type when hostname is FQDN
NBU-940 Unable to detect online NetBackup node on Microsoft Cluster
NBU-926 Tuning slow policy collection cycle by setting policyCollectNextBackupInfo
NBU-923 The vminitlists command should not be used anymore
NBU-866 Server errors related to vminitlists commands are found in NBUNodeStatus

Veritas NetBackup KM for PATROL 3.2.00

9 Changes - Released 2018-02-23

Changes and Improvements

ID Description
NBU-809 Add the support of Log filer configuration in TrueSight CMA
NBU-799 Enable Block Monitoring from Remote Node
NBU-798 Support for Veritas NetBackup v8.x
NBU-608 Extend monitoring failover to remote nodes

Fixed Issues

ID Description
NBU-879 Unable To Turn Debug On/Off From CMA
NBU-840 Enabling the Debug mode for Media Servers activates the debug for Servers
NBU-839 False Alarm from NBUMediaServerStatus
NBU-806 Exit Status not Checked on Remote Windows Systems
NBU-791 Log Scan Limit Cannot be Set Through CMA

Veritas NetBackup KM for PATROL 3.1.01

5 Changes - Released 2017-02-14

Changes and Improvements

ID Description
NBU-748 Upgrade to KMF v2.2.02 with Matsya v2.2.00

Fixed Issues

ID Description
NBU-747 SOW Error on AIX PATROL Agent
NBU-729 Create A Separate Device in TS for Remote Hosts Is Not Working
NBU-728 NBU_MAIN & NBU_MEDIASERVER Icons Missing or Not Clear
NBU-720 Upgrading to v10.x of Patrol Agent blocks the KM from functioning properly.

Veritas NetBackup KM for PATROL 3.1.00

5 Changes - Released 2016-08-25

Changes and Improvements

ID Description
NBU-679 Update to KMF v2.2.01
NBU-665 Convert all scripts used in NBU KM to /bin/sh for UNIX platforms
NBU-576 CLONE - Ability to monitor media server status from master

Fixed Issues

ID Description
NBU-685 Remove common project files from BitBucket and add ReadMe.txt
NBU-671 Symantec KM does not take into account "custom schedule calendars"

Veritas NetBackup KM for PATROL 3.0.00

11 Changes - Released 2015-12-15

Changes and Improvements

ID Description
NBU-623 KMF v2.2.00 Related
NBU-607 Ability to block monitoring from the remote node
NBU-588 Support for NetBackup 7.7
NBU-581 Server Discovery Performance Improvements
NBU-565 Rename Symantec to Veritas
NBU-480 Policy Filtering and Job Monitoring (Doc Only)
NBU-216 Ability to monitor media servers from master
NBU-23 Support for Remote NetBackup Server Monitoring (NetBackup Appliances)

Fixed Issues

ID Description
NBU-601 Missing Path - Log Path
NBU-589 Unable to turn the KM debug from CMA
NBU-564 Child job created directly under the container not under the parent
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