We are excited to announce the launch of BlueXP Backup and Recovery version 4.0.4! This release introduces a range of enhancements and new features—many of which have been inspired by feedback from our customers—to improve performance and expand functionality.
What’s New in BlueXP Backup and Recovery v4.0.4
High Performance Indexing for AWS, Azure, and GCP (Green Field Customers)
- In February 2025, we debuted our updated indexing feature (Indexed Catalog v2), which significantly improved data indexing performance in on-premise environments.
- In current release, we’ve extended Indexed Catalog v2 support to all major hyperscalers (AWS, Azure and GCP)
- Note:
- New Customers: This feature is enabled by default.
- Existing Customers: A full re-index of your environment is required to adopt Catalog v2.
Use existing Azure Private Link Endpoints/Service Endpoints
- Typically, Backup and Recovery establishes a private endpoint with the cloud provider to handle various protection tasks.
- This release introduces an optional setting that lets customers enable/disable CBS from automatically creating a private endpoint. Organizations looking for higher control can utilizing this option.
- Note: If you opt out of CBS creating a private endpoint, managing network connectivity becomes your responsibility. Without proper connectivity, operations may fail.
Support for SnapMirror to Cloud Resync – ONTAP S3
- Our previous release introduced the SnapMirror to Cloud Resync (SM-C Resync) feature, designed to streamline data protection during volume migrations in NetApp environments.
- This update adds support for SM-C Resync on ONTAP S3 as well as other S3-compatible providers such as Wasabi and MinIO.
Bring your own bucket for StorageGRID
- When you create backup files in object storage for a working environment, by default, the backup and recovery service creates the container (bucket or storage account) for the backup files in the object storage account that you have configured.
- Customers can override this and specify their own container for Amazon S3, Azure Blob Storage and Google Cloud Storage. Now, with this release, StorageGRID customers can also bring their own object storage container.
For additional details and guidance on the new features, please refer to the documentation or contact our support team.
