Backup Exec HCL/SCL Checker is available. You can go to KNOWLEDGE BASE > For Backup Exec HCL or SCL in the navigation. Or you can access the following links directly.

• Hardware Compatibility List https://sort.veritas.com/be_hcl_checkers
  • Cloud Storage - Azure & S3 Storage checker
• Software Compatibility List https://sort.veritas.com/be_checkers
  • Simplified Disaster Recovery (SDR) checker
  • VMware and Hyper-V Compatibility checker
  • Agent for Applications and Databases Compatibility checker
  • Backup Exec Server and Agent OS Compatibility checker

SORT has delivered a new release with the following update.

• Enhanced EOSL page to quickly locate the products by entering product, product version
• Added Backup Exec HCL Checker - Cloud Storage  https://sort.veritas.com/be_hcl_checkers 
• Added Backup Exec SCL Checker - SDR Checker  https://sort.veritas.com/be_checkers
  
• Highlighted the EOSL dates that will be less than 12 months
• Enhanced SORT Search results for documentation to place PDF/HTML together for one document
• Show Last Published , Product and Version for SORT HTML documents 

For InfoScale

• [WinDC] Supported InfoScale 8.0.2
• [WinDC] Capture newly generated kmip logs
• [WinDC] Fixed the crashed issue when uploading a report
• [PerlDC] Fixed core calculation issue when hyperthreading is enabled 
• [PerlDC] Fixed the issue of detecting installed InfoScale products on AIX
• [PerlDC] Supported InfoScale 8.0.2
• [PerlDC] Vxexplorer enhancements
  
  • Duplicate log collection removal inside vxfs folder from explorer
  • Prevent collecting NBU logs for infoscale cases through vrtsexplorer
  • New file under VxVM folder called vxdisk_extended
  
  

For NetBackup, please refer to separate news for details.

• NetBackup 10.2.0.1 was generally available.
• SORT web (https://sort.veritas.com/netbackup) has been updated to support NetBackup 10.2.0.1.
• Our data collectors have been updated to support NetBackup 10.2.0.1. Please go to https://sort.veritas.com/data_collectors to download them.
• Windows Data Collector has added a new feature : Extended check for NBU install/upgrade. For detail, please see https://sort.veritas.com/dc_download/readme/windows
• Linux Data Collector has added a new feature : Extended check for NBU install/upgrade. For detail, please see https://sort.veritas.com/dc_download/readme

SORT has delivered another release with the following update.

• Support Veritas Alta - Documentation, EOSL data
• Improved the search results for documentation
• Enhanced Windows Data Collector by reordering InfoScale versions in the menu for Install/Upgrade Checks
• Enhanced Vxexplorer to include hardware replication information
• Fixed offlinedc command line issue
• Swagger UI documents for NetBackup IT Analytics
• Swagger UI documents for Veritas Alta View
• For NetBackup, please refer to separate news for details.

• NetBackup 10.2 was generally available.
• SORT web (https://sort.veritas.com/netbackup) has been updated to support NetBackup 10.2.
• Our data collectors have been updated to support NetBackup 10.2. Please go to https://sort.veritas.com/data_collectors to download them.
• NetBackup UTF-8 Checker Tool is added in DOWNLOADS breadcrumb. It's used to identify if there are any invalid UTF-8 characters in the NetBackup database before migration to the new database in NetBackup 10.2. Please go to https://sort.veritas.com/utility/nbdb-utf8-check to download it.
• For Red Hat Enterprise Linux and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, NetBackup 10.2 Installation and Upgrade Documentation Requires Corrections to Native Installer Sections on Primary Servers and Media Servers, Technote 100055465 have the details. You'll see the important note in https://sort.veritas.com/checklist/install.

• SORT Installation and Upgrade checklist (https://sort.veritas.com/checklist/install) has been updated to support NetBackup Appliance 5.1.1 (Appliance 5250, 5240, 5350, 5340 and 5340 HA ) and Virtual Appliance 5.1.1 (vSphere 7.0).

• Updated Appliance Compatibility List
• Published Documents for Flex Appliance 3.0
• Uploaded Flex API Swagger UI documentation

For Backup Exec users, SORT has delivered the new feature - SCL Checker, which allows to find the supportability for operating system, applications and databases, VMware and Hyper-V quickly with the checkers. You can access it by either of the following ways:

• Go to 'PRODUCTS' -> 'Backup Exec' and click 'Software Compatibility List(SCL)'.
• Go to 'KNOWLEDGE BASE' menu -> Click 'Software Compatibility List(SCL)' under 'For Backup Exec'.
• Directly access the link https://sort.veritas.com/be_checkers

• NetBackup 10.1.1 was generally available on December 19, 2022.
• SORT web (https://sort.veritas.com/netbackup) has been updated to support NetBackup 10.1.1.
• Our data collectors have been updated to support NetBackup 10.1.1. Please go to https://sort.veritas.com/data_collectors to download them.

On Nov 3, 2022, SORT delivered another release. In this release, it includes a few updates as below.

• Added product landing page for InfoScale Operations Manager to locate the resources easily.
• Improve search results for documentation on SORT.
• You can also find the features updated for InfoScale and NetBackup latest releases.

• NetBackup 10.0.0.1 was generally available on June 27, 2022.
• SORT web (https://sort.veritas.com/netbackup) has been updated to support NetBackup 10.0.0.1.
• Our data collectors have been updated to support NetBackup 10.0.0.1. Please go to https://sort.veritas.com/data_collectors to download them.
• Published Veritas End of Life (EOL) announcement for NetBackup on HP-UX Client and OpsCenter. Refer to https://sort.veritas.com/nbufutureplans for EOL infomation. And you'll also get important notes for it in HP-UX' Installation and Upgrade checklist.

On Jun 27, 2022, SORT delivered another release with the following update.

For InfoScale:

• Enhance VCS command collection in Vxexplorer
  
• SORT UNIX Data Collector - Vxexplorer enhancements
  • Be able to generate SUMMARY file for VCS commands
  • Be able to generate SUMMARY file for Solaris ZFS information
  • Be able to genearate SUMMARY file for Veritas DMP related information
  • Capture 'virtinfo -c' in ldom_folder for Solaris SPARC
• Allow to modify the log folder in Windows Data Collector GUI version
  

For Appliances:

• Updated Appliance Compatibility List for Access Appliance, NetBackup Appliance
  
• Be able to export Appliance Compatibility List as PDF file
  

For NetBackup, please refer to the separate news for details.

Access 8.0 and Access Appliance 3350 were generally available on May 2nd, 2022!

• SORT Installation and Upgrade checklist (http://sort.veritas.com/checklist/install) has been updated to support NetBackup Appliance 5.0 (Appliance 5240,5250,5330,5340,5350) and Virtual Appliance 5.0 (vSphere 6.7,vSphere 7.0)

On Mar 28, 2022, SORT delivered another release with the following update.

Highlights:

• Added NetBackup SaaS Protection product landing page
  
• Updated SORT Documents for the product releases, including
  
  • NetBackup 10.0
  • NetBackup SaaS Protection 1.0
  • NetBackup Flex Scale 3.0
  • NetBackup IT Analytics 11.0
  • Resiliency Platform 10.0

For InfoScale:

• Integrated AIX TL at Kernel Lookup
  
• Vxfsstat can collect logs based on selected mount points
• Added SLES Linux in SORT Kernel Request page as part of self certification process
• Added Auto-certification Matrix in Kernel Lookup to help understand the auto-certification and self certification process
• Fixed the links under Summary section in Risk Assessment Checklist reports
  
• Removed HAFD from the Risk Assessment check names
• Skipped SFRAC checks when it's not configured for Risk Assessment in UNIX Data Collectors
  
• Added haimfconfig as part of Vxexplorer
• Captured logs for Vanilla Kubernetes and RedHat OCP 4.x environment in Vxexplorer

For NetBackup Flex Scale 3.0:

• Updated Products and Platforms Lookup for Flex Scale 3.0
• Updated Appliance Compatibility List for Flex Scale 3.0
• Updated Documents for Flex Scale 3.0

For NetBackup, please refer to the separate news for details.

• NetBackup 10.0 was generally available on March 28, 2022.
• SORT web (https://sort.veritas.com/netbackup) has been updated to support NetBackup 10.0.
• Our data collectors have been updated to support NetBackup 10.0. Please go to https://sort.veritas.com/data_collectors to download them.
• Published Veritas End of Life (EOL) announcement for NetBackup on Solaris Primary (Master) server and Media server. Refer to https://sort.veritas.com/nbufutureplans for EOL infomation. And you'll also get important notes for it in Solaris' Installation and Upgrade checklist.

On Dec 13, 2021, SORT delivered another release with supporting InfoScale 8.0. You can find the updates by quick access to https://sort.veritas.com/prod_land?prod=infoscale

• Documents for InfoScale 8.0
• Products and Platfroms Lookups for InfoScale 8.0
• HCL Update for InfoScale 8.0
• Support InfoScale 8.0 in Install and Upgrade Checklist
• Support InfoScale 8.0 in Risk Assessment Checklist
• Support InfoScale 8.0 in SORT Data Collectors
• Add log collections for InfoScale for containers

NetBackup Flex Scale 2.1 was generally available on Nov 15, 2021. The following capabilities on SORT have been updated for it.

• Documents
• Products and Platforms Lookups
• Product Features
• Product EOSL

See NetBackup Flex Scale 2.1 Updates:

• Immutable architecture to protect data and infrastructure
  • Ransomware Immutability with Sec-17a Cohasset assessment
  • Enhanced STIG rules to meet public sector compliance requirements
  • Security hardening with SELinux, IDS, and IPS support
  • External Key Management Server support
  • External Certificate Authority support
  • FIPS support for operating system layer
• New deployment option to make the scale-out transition smooth:
  • Media server only deployment option to integrate with existing domain
• Workload and use case Enhancements:
  • VMware stun-free backup support
  • Universal shares
  • VRP integration
  • Cloud point and FlexSnap integration
  • Aptare Integration
  • Ability to add external media server for SAN/FC transport support
• Scale-out and resiliency enhancements:
  • Self-managed Catalog – restore catalog from checkpoints using web UI
  • Disaster Recovery: Rolling upgrade improvements and DR management using UI
  • Performance enhancement with distributed rebuilds and IA enhancements
  • Active-Active DR support
• Supportability and telemetry
  • Telemetry collection & NetInsights Integration
  • Smartmeter integration
  • Flex Scale BETB license enhancements: license enforcement and reporting
  • SDKs to automate most common Flex Scale operations

• NetBackup 9.1.0.1 was generally available on September 7th, 2021.
• SORT web (https://sort.veritas.com/netbackup) has been updated to support NetBackup 9.1.0.1.
• Our data collectors have been updated to support NetBackup 9.1.0.1. Please go to https://sort.veritas.com/data_collectors to download them.
• Published Veritas End of Life (EOL) announcement for NetBackup on Solaris Primary (Master) server and Media server. Refer to https://sort.veritas.com/nbufutureplans for EOL infomation. And you'll also get important notes for it in Solaris' Installation and Upgrade checklist.

On July 29, 2021, SORT delivered another release with new capabilities to improve user experience.

Highlights:

• Refreshed landing page to easily access SORT News
• Updated 'CONTACT US' page to guide you for differernt types of questions
• Updated NetBackup API documents for jumping among multiple versions
• Updated Appliance Compatibility List for supporting NetBackup Appliance 4.1/Flex Scale 1.3, 1.3.1
• Supported NetBackup 8.3.0.2
• SNMP MIB File for Flex Appliance can be found at Product Utilities
  

For InfoScale:

• Enhanced Vxexplorer workflow for collecting performance logs
• Vxfsstat can collect logs based on selected mount points
• Allow to set the time duration for collecting Firstlook logs
• Fixed the disk layout issue in Risk Assessment checks of SORT Data Collectors

For NetBackup, please refer to the separate news for details.

• NetBackup 8.3.0.2 was generally available on July 29, 2021.
• SORT web (https://sort.veritas.com/netbackup) has been updated to support NetBackup 8.3.0.2.
• Our data collectors have been updated to support NetBackup 8.3.0.2. Please go to https://sort.veritas.com/data_collectors to download them.

• SORT Installation and Upgrade checklist (http://sort.veritas.com/checklist/install) has been updated to support NetBackup Appliance 4.1 (Appliance 5240,5250,5330,5340,5350) and Virtual Appliance 4.1 (vSphere 6.5,vSphere 6.7,vSphere 7.0)

• NetBackup 9.1 was generally available on June 7th, 2021.
• SORT web (https://sort.veritas.com/netbackup) has been updated to support NetBackup 9.1.
• Our data collectors have been updated to support NetBackup 9.1. Please go to https://sort.veritas.com/data_collectors to download them.
• This will be the last support release for CentOS 8 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.0, 7.1, 7.2 and 7.3. Refer to https://sort.veritas.com/nbufutureplans for EOL infomation.

Be sure to reference the new family of NetBackup Appliances on Veritas.com and visit Sales Central to learn more about the new NetBackup 5350 Appliance.

On Apr 5, 2021, SORT delivered another release with new capabilities to improve user experience.

• Delivered the new License Calculators: InfoScale Core Plus on-premise and InfoScale Core Plus for Cloud
• Added Core Plus licensing report in the generated reports by SORT Data Collectors
• Enhanced Vxexplorer
• Enabled the notification for Appliance Compatibility List update

For InfoScale

• Enabled InfoScale Core Plus on-premise
• Enabled InfoScale Core Plus for Cloud
• Added Core Plus licensing report in the generated reports by SORT Data Collectors
• Enhanced Vxexplorer
  • Support collecting metasave
  • Support collecting peformance logs
  • Support collecting Cfstlist, FirstLook

For NetBackup/NetBackup Appliances

• Added support for NetBackup 9.0 / OpsCenter 9.0
• Added support for NetBackup 9.0.0.1 / OpsCenter 9.0.0.1
• Added support for NetBackup Appliance 4.0
• Added support for NetBackup Virtual Appliance 4.0
• Enhanced NetBackup Database and Application Agent Compatibility Checker to add a new “SQL Server Version” column for Enterprise Vault.
• Added a new NetBackup 2038 Conversion Time Checker
• Added a new check to estimate image upgrade time both in the Windows Data Collector and in the Perl Data Collector

If you have any comments or suggestions, please feel free to reach SORT by clicking 'CONTACT US' in the navigation menu.

• NetBackup 9.0.0.1 was generally available on Mar 29, 2021.
• SORT web (https://sort.veritas.com/netbackup) has been updated to support NetBackup 9.0.0.1.
• Our data collectors have been updated to support NetBackup 9.0.0.1. Please go to https://sort.veritas.com/data_collectors to download them.
  NetBackup 9.0.0.1 and later versions support the expiration dates that extend beyond the year 2038.
• To ensure compatibility with previous NetBackup versions, all items with an infinite expiration date are updated to reflect the new infinite expiration date value. This conversion may extend the time that is required to complete the upgrade. Please go to https://sort.veritas.com/utility/netbackup/conversion to download it.

• SORT Installation and Upgrade checklist (http://sort.veritas.com/checklist/install) has been updated to support NetBackup Appliance 4.0 (Appliance 5240,5250,5330,5340) and Virtual Appliance 4.0 (vSphere 6.5,vSphere 6.7,vSphere 7.0)

• NetBackup 9.0 was generally available on January 1, 2021.
• SORT web (https://sort.veritas.com/netbackup) has been updated to support NetBackup 9.0.
• Our data collectors have been updated to support NetBackup 9.0. Please go to https://sort.veritas.com/data_collectors to download them.
• NetBackup 9.0 and later versions support the expiration dates that extend beyond the year 2038.
  To ensure compatibility with previous NetBackup versions, all items with an infinite expiration date are updated to reflect the new infinite expiration date value. This conversion may extend the time that is required to complete the upgrade. Please go to https://sort.veritas.com/utility/netbackup/conversion to download it.

• SORT Installation and Upgrade checklist (http://sort.veritas.com/checklist/install) has been updated to support NetBackup Appliance 3.3.0.1 (Appliance 5230, 5240,5250,5330,5340) and Virtual Appliance 3.3.0.1 (VMware vSphere 6.0,vSphere 6.5,vSphere 6.7,vSphere 7.0)