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)