BlueXP Backup & Recovery: Monthly Updates

jacoba · ‎2022-02-07

BlueXP Backup & Recovery: Monthly Updates
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BlueXP Backup & Recovery: Monthly Updates

September '24 Updates (Released on 16th September 2024 ) NEW!!
- Podman support on RHEL 8 or 9 with Browse and Restore
  - BlueXP backup and recovery now supports file and folder restores on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) versions 8 and 9 using the Podman engine. This applies to the BlueXP backup and recovery Browse and Restore method.
    
    BlueXP Connector version 3.9.40 supports certain versions of Red Hat Enterprise Linux versions 8 and 9 for any manual installation of the Connector software on a RHEL 8 or 9 host, regardless of the location in addition to the operating systems mentioned in the host requirements. These newer RHEL versions require the Podman engine instead of the Docker engine. Previously, BlueXP backup and recovery had two limitations when using the Podman engine. These limitations have been removed.
    Learn more about restoring ONTAP data from backup files.
- Faster catalog indexing improves Search and Restore
  - This release includes an improved catalog index that completes the baseline indexing much faster. Faster indexing enables you to use the Search and Restore feature more quickly.
    
    Learn more about restoring ONTAP data from backup files.
July '24 Updates (Released on 27th July 2024 )
- AWS IAM Roles Anywhere Integration
- FlexGroup folder or directory restore is now available
- Restore volumes less than 1 GB
- Understanding DataLock and Ransomware Scan Costs
  - The DataLock and Ransomware Scan feature offers robust protection for your backup files, safeguarding them from unauthorized modifications or deletions for a set duration, and alerts customers in the event of a ransomware attack on their cloud backups. This added layer of security is instrumental in defending your files against ransomware threats. However, activating this feature may lead to extra charges for the customer. To ensure that the customer is informed about the potential charges, the following steps have been implemented.
  - Updated TCO Calculator:- The TCO calculator has been updated to show the cost incurred by DataLock and Ransomware Scan feature when enabled. TCO Calculator
  - Understanding TCO Calculation: A comprehensive blog post has been released that elucidates the method of calculating costs when activating the BlueXP Backup and Recovery service. Click on the link for more details: Understanding BlueXP Backup and Recovery DataLock and Ransomware Feature TCO
  - Tips on how to mitigate DataLock costs:- For details about DataLock and tips on how to mitigate the associated costs, refer to the following link.
  - Option to Disable Ransomware Scan:- Previously, enabling the policy for DataLock and Ransomware Scan activated both features at once, preventing users from disabling Ransomware Scan without also turning off DataLock, potentially incurring extra cloud provider charges. Now, users can disable Ransomware Scan while maintaining DataLock, offering more control over security settings and cost management.
- Security Enhancements
  - BlueXP Backup and Recovery service now performs server-side certificate verification for all services it communicates within the cloud, such as object-store and serverless databases. Additionally, it offers an optional feature to verify certificates for ONTAP and Storage Grid. This enhances security by ensuring that CBS only connects with authenticated services.
  - Qualification of tamperproof snapshots with BlueXP Backup and Recovery workflows.
- Performance Improvements
  - Introduced volume filter in the Search and Restore workflow to improve the search performance.
  - Fixed several issues related to incremental SnapDiff catalog optimizations and catalog container memory usage, which drastically improved performance for parallel ingestion.
  - Fixed several bugs in the Catalog search and restore performance.
  - Implemented fixes to improve the dashboard loading performance, backup activation, backup listings etc
March '24 Updates (Released on 12th March 2024 )
- SnapMirror Cloud Instant (On-demand) Restore - On-premises support for ONTAP 9.14.1
- Catalog Index fixes for scaled deployments
- Support for Scheduled Jobs with PubSub Integration
- File Restore from local Snapshot Copies and Replication Copies
- 3-2-1 Backup details page enhancement to show the details of the backup for cascaded relationship.
- Volume Dashboard improvements
- Restore Dashboard improvements
December '23 Updates (Released on 15th December 2023)
- Availability of reports for local Snapshot and replication Snapshot copies
- Custom tagging available on volumes for sorting and filtering
- Catalog backups retained for 30 days
- In an On-prem deployment, enhancement done to check the first active WE and upload the catalog backup to the storage grid backup destination
- Ability to review and fix mismatched labels on local snapshots, replication and backup provided in Bulk edit page of Backup strategy workflow
- Support Case fixes.
October '23 Updates (Released on 23rd October)
- Support for ADC version 2.0
- Support for the "NO-PROXY" environment ENV variable in ADC 2.0
- BlueXP Backup and Recovery Support for SM-C On-Demand Restore feature for CVO.
- Ability to create Snapshot policy, Backup policy and Replication policy while activating backup.
- Job Monitoring support for local snapshot and remote replication
- Bug fixes.
September '23 Updates
- New 3-2-1 Policy Management screens for Snapshot Policy, Backup policy and Replication Policy.
- Ability to file-level browse on backups stored on ONTAP S3 object store.
- Ability to Backup FG WORM (SnapLock) volumes to cloud object storage or StorageGRID.
- Ability to Backup FV WORM (Snaplock compliance) volumes to cloud object storage or StorageGRID.
August '23 Updates
- ONTAP S3 UI support for 321 activation
- Support replicating existing snapshots from DP volume
- Deprecate Auto Backup feature
- Observability Updates
  - Job monitoring support for 3-2-1 panoramic full-spectrum backup
  - Job Details - Add support for local snapshot/remote replication backup and restore jobs
  - Job Alerts - Send alerts in case of local snapshot/remote replication backup or restore job failure
  - Job monitoring filtering and grid - add support 3-2-1 panoramic protection
July '23 Updates (Check out the Full 3-2-1 Backup Spectrum Blog)
- Full 3-2-1 Backup Spectrum - Panoramic Protection
June '23 Updates (Check out the June '23 Updates Blog for more details)
May '23 Updates (Check out the May '23 Updates Blog for more details)
April '23 Updates ( Check out the April '23 Updates Blog for more details! )
March '23 Updates ( Check out the March '23 Updates Blog for more details! )
February '23 Updates ( Check out the February '23 Updates Blog for more details! )

January '23 Updates ( Check out the January '23 Updates Blog for more details! )
December '22 Updates ( Check out the December '22 Updates Blog for more details! )
November '22 Updates ( Check out the November '22 Updates Blog for more details! )

September '22 Updates ( Check out the September '22 Updates Blog for more details! )
August '22 Updates ( Check out the August '22 Updates Blog for more details! )
July'22 Updates ( Check out the July '22 Updates Blog for more details! )
- Support has been added to back up SnapLock Enterprise volumes
- File restore is now possible in Dark-Site mode.
- Policy screen improvements
June'22 Updates ( Check out the June '22 Updates Blog for more details! )
- Cloud Restore instance is not needed for ONTAP Browse & Restore functionality.
- Cloud Backup APIs are now available for managing backup and restore operations.
  - Cloud backup APIs Documentation
  - How do I use Cloud Backup APIs?
- Cloud Backup Support for Cloud Manager On-Prem Deployments.
- Support has been added to back up on-premises ONTAP cluster data in sites without internet access (Dark-Site Mode)
- Enable Cloud Backup using “Drag and Drop” on Cloud Manager UI.
- Search and Restore Result Table Columns are now Resizable.
May'22 Updates ( Check out the May '22 Updates Blog for more details! )
- Search & Restore is now supported with backup files in Google Cloud Storage
- Cloud Backup now requires a license before being activated on a working environment
April '22 Updates
- Cloud Backup for Applications 1.1.0 (powered by SnapCenter) is now GA
- New Search & Restore feature to search for volumes or files across all ONTAP backup file.
March '22 Updates
- Support Azure TLS version 1.2
- Job Monitoring Enhancements
- Performance improvements, additional fields for SnapCenter and bug fixes
- Catalog Enhancements
- Performance improvements and bug fixes
- Removed the integration between Cloud Backup and Data Sense
February '22 Updates( Check out the February '22 Updates Blog for more details! )
- Support for backups on volumes created outside Cloud Manager using ONTAP CLI, REST & Trident
- Assign backup policy for individual volumes on the Working Environment
- Cloud Backup Service: Search & Restore(Indexed Catalog Feature Preview)
- Job Monitoring