This platform is supported only as a client.
  
Important Notes  Back to top
All NetBackup Servers, Clients, OpsCenter Server, NetBackup Appliance and Access

VTS17-003: Multiple Vulnerabilities in Veritas NetBackup, NetBackup Appliances and Access - VTS17-003.

All NetBackup Servers, Clients, OpsCenter Server and NetBackup Appliance Versions

Tech Alert: VTS16-001: A hotfix, 000108183, is now available for NetBackup, NetBackup OpsCenter, and NetBackup Appliances.

All NetBackup OpsCenter Servers

Impact of security vulnerability CVE-2017-5638 on OpsCenter Server - 000125967.

All Platforms

Note: NetBackup 7.6 GA is versioned as the 7.6.0.1 release. It is a full media release.

  
Install Information Back to top
NetBackup (Windows Server 2003 - x86-32) was last updated in the release.
Procedure Overview:
    Install the NetBackup Server 7.6 release.
    To obtain the 7.6 release, please go to

    Be sure to review the Late Breaking News.

    For NetBackup clients, Veritas has developed deployment templates for Chef & SCCM, so that customers can deploy them at scale. The templates will help you to perform installation, upgrade and uninstall NetBackup clients.
  
Late Breaking News - Available Hot Fixes for Client Back to top
There are no hot fixes available for NetBackup 7.6 on this platform.
  
Patches for Operating System for Client Back to top
Required Patches
    Operating system type and version Patch Notes
    Windows Server 2003 x86-32 (SP1 & SP2)KB883646Microsoft Storport hot fix.
    Windows Server 2003 x86-32 (SP1 & SP2)KB913648Contains the necessary updates to run Volume Shadow Copy.
    Windows Server 2003 x86-32 (SP1 & SP2)KB936357Microsoft microcode reliability update.
    Windows Server 2003 x86-32 (SP2)KB971383TCP/IP protocol driver triggers a disconnect event randomly. Required for master and media servers.

Any patch(es) listed here should be considered the minimum patch level that is required to install and run NetBackup.
Check the vendor's web site as these patches may have been replaced or superseded.
  
NetBackup Appliances Back to top
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System Requirements for Client Back to top
NetBackup Binary Size
    Approximate binary size of the NetBackup client software for an initial install.
    OS - All Versions CPU Architecture 32-bit client 64-bit client Notes
    Windowsx86-32750MB Covers all compatible Windows x86 platforms
  • * If you install NetBackup in a custom location on a Windows system, some portions of the software are installed on the system drive regardless of the primary application folder location. The space that is required on the system drive generally accounts for 40 to 50 percent of the total binary size that is listed in the above table.
Temporary Disk Space Requirement for Upgrades
    During an upgrade of NetBackup, 500 MBs of temporary disk space is required on the drive where Windows is installed.
Valid Characters in Host Names Requirement
    NetBackup requires host names to comply with RFC-1123, meaning only ASCII characters "a" thru "z", case insensitive, and digits "0" thru "9" and the hyphen character.
  
NetBackup OpsCenter Operating System Requirements Back to top
Valid Characters in Host Names Requirement
    NetBackup OpsCenter requires host names to comply with RFC-1123, meaning only ASCII characters "a" thru "z", case insensitive, and digits "0" thru "9" and the hyphen character.
  
NetBackup in the Cloud Back to top
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NetBackup Future Platform and Feature Plans Back to top
  • Veritas is committed to providing the best possible data protection experience for NetBackup customers on the widest variety of platforms, operating systems, databases, applications, and hardware. Veritas is continuously reviewing NetBackup's support of these items to ensure the proper balance of supporting their General Availability release, the very latest versions of new software, hardware and introducing new features and functionality and maintaining support for existing and older versions of these products and NetBackup functionality. While Veritas is continually adding support for new features, platforms, operating systems, and applications, it may be also necessary to improve, replace, or remove support in NetBackup for lesser used, older features, functionality, software, OS, databases, applications, integration with other products, and hardware that are no longer supported or nearing their end of support life from the manufacturer from NetBackup Compatibility Lists.

    To better help its customers to plan for these upcoming changes to the support status of these items in NetBackup, Veritas will provide advanced notification as soon as possible as listed below. Veritas intends to list the older product functionality, features, hardware, OS, and 3rd party software products that will no longer be supported in the next release of NetBackup. If possible, these items are listed at least six months before that release.

    The information below lists certain features, functionality, 3rd-party and Veritas products, applications, databases, and OS/Platforms for which Veritas intends to replace with newer and improved functionality, or in some cases, discontinue without replacement. The last release of NetBackup to proliferate support of the item is provided. Technotes in the Notes column contain additional details about available replacement options. Where a major, minor or release update version is specified, the feature or platform is supported through the last Maintenance Update (patch) of that release. Where 'All' is specified, it is supported for all versions or variations of the family of the relevant or supported platforms.

    Check this site frequently for updated information for NetBackup. If an item listed below will cause significant business impacts, contact your Veritas Sales Account Team. Please note that the official NetBackup Support Lifecycle for your existing NetBackup product version won't be affected or altered in any way. For the official Veritas Support Lifecycle Policy of all NetBackup versions, see https://www.veritas.com/content/support/en_US/terms/support-fundamentals.html.

    Information in the following table contains plans starting with NetBackup 7.5. For information concerning no longer supported platforms, consult the following section of the report.

    Information in the following table was last updated on 2023-10-23.
    Date Added/Modified Feature/Functionality/OS/Platform NetBackup Area OS/Platform OS/Platform Version CPU Architecture Last Supported Release Notes
    2022-04-19AllOpsCenterAllAllAll10.0.0.1 
    2021-06-03VMware Cloud Director 9.0, 9.1, 9.5AllAllAllAll9.0.0.1VMware Cloud Director 9.0, 9.1, 9.5 to be not supported from NetBackup 9.1 onwards.
    2017-05-25Pre-7.7 backlevel administration with the Java GUIMaster Server, Media Server, ClientAllAllAll8.0Pre-7.7 versions were EOSL Febuary 1, 2017. The 8.0 Windows remote administration console can be installed if needing to administer pre-7.7 NetBackup servers or perform backups/restores of pre-7.7 clients.
    2017-05-19Remote (push) installations of UNIX/Linux clients using ftpMaster Server, ClientAll UNIX and LinuxAllAll8.0Use the sftp method as the alternative. Push install from the administration console is being changed to use ssh.
    2017-05-19Remote (push) installations of UNIX/Linux clients using rshMaster Server, ClientAll UNIX and LinuxAllAll8.0Use the ssh method as the alternative. Push install from the administration console is being changed to use ssh as well.
    2017-04-24Exchange 2007NetBackup for ExchangeWindowsAllAll8.0 
    2017-04-19NetBackup High Availability (HA) Media ServerMedia ServerAllAllAll8.0HA Media Server was End of Life for new installs with NetBackup 7.7 and only upgrades from 6.5 were supported.  This will now continue the EOL for HA Media Server with regards to upgraded HA Media Server moving forward with the Jasper release. NetBackup Media Server App_Clusters will not be impacted. NetBackup HA Appliances are not impacted.
    2017-04-19DB2 versions 9.1, 9.5, 9.7 & 10.1NetBackup for DB2AllAllAll8.0 
    2017-04-19SharePoint 2007NetBackup for SharePointWindowsAllAll8.0 
    2017-03-14Replication Director for EMC VNXReplication DirectorAllAllAll8.0 
    2016-10-18SQL Server 2005NetBackup for Enterprise VaultWindowsAllAll7.7.3 
    2016-10-18SQL Server 2005NetBackup for SharePointWindowsAllAll7.7.3 
    2016-04-28SQL Server 2005NetBackup for SQL ServerWindowsAllAll7.7.3 
    2016-04-13Backup Exec Tape ReaderMaster Server, Media ServerAllAllAll7.6.1Statement of direction for Backup Exec Tape Reader - http://www.veritas.com/docs/000005737
    2016-01-11BMR - XenServer supportClientAllAllAll7.7.3 
    2014-12-12NetWare Policy TypeMaster Server, ClientAll master server and NetWare clientsAllAll7.6.1 
    2014-12-12NetBackup SearchNetBackup SearchAllAllAll7.6.1 
    2014-12-12SQL Server 2000 - restoresNetBackup for SQL ServerWindowsAllAll7.6 
    2014-12-12OpsCenter NetBackup 6.x SupportOpsCenter AgentAllAllAll7.6 
    2014-12-12OS/2 Policy TypeMaster Server, ClientAll master server and OS/2 clientsAllAll7.6.1 
    2014-12-12Backup Exec ReportingOpsCenterAllAllAll7.6.1Backup Exec reporting will be handled by the Backup Exec Enterprise Server Option that includes the Central Admin Server Option.
    2014-12-12AFS Policy TypeMaster Server, ClientAll master server and UNIX/Linux clientsAllAll7.6.1 
    2014-12-12NetBackup Windows MFC Administration ConsoleMaster Server, Media ServerWindowsAllAll7.6.1The NetBackup Windows MFC Administration Console will no longer be available after the NetBackup v7.6.1 release. The replacement technology will be an improved Java Administration Console user interface. The Windows Backup and Recovery (client) User Interface will continue to ship.
    2014-12-12Support for Nirvanix as a cloud storage platform.Media ServerAllAllAll7.6.1 
    2014-12-12Oracle 8i, 9i and 10g supportNetBackup for OracleAllAllAll7.6.1 
    2014-12-12All SQL 2005 releases other than SP4NetBackup for SQL ServerWindowsAllAll7.6.1 
    2014-12-12Sybase 12NetBackup for SybaseAllAllAll7.6.1 
    2014-12-12Sybase 12.5NetBackup for SybaseAllAllAll7.6.1 
    2014-12-12Menu interfaces (bpadm and vmadm)Master Server, Media ServerAll master and media serverAllAll7.6.1 
    2014-12-12Windows 2003AllWindowsAllAll7.6.1Based on Microsoft EOL of Windows 2003
  
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