NetVault Plug-in for Exchange 11.0 - Release Notes

Dell™ NetVault™ Backup Plug-in for Exchange 11.0

These release notes provide information about the Dell™ NetVault™ Backup Plug‑in for Exchange release.

Topics:

•	About this release

•	Enhancements

•	Resolved issues

•	System requirements

•	Product licensing

•	Upgrade and installation instructions

•	More resources

•	Globalization

•	About Dell

About this release

Dell NetVault Backup (NetVault Backup) Plug‑in for Exchange (Plug‑in for Exchange) 11.0 is a major release, with enhanced features and functionality. For complete product documentation, visit http://quest.com/support/.

Enhancements

The following is a list of enhancements implemented in Plug‑in for Exchange 11.0.

 

Table 1. General enhancements

Enhancement	Issue ID
Updated the plug-in to accommodate situations in which it previously paused indefinitely while performing an integrity check.	22300
Updated the plug-in to reduce memory consumption when multiple transaction logs are included in a backup of Exchange Server 2010 or later.	22800
Updated the plug-in to ensure that Incremental Backup jobs do not fail when segments are missing and later display an “Attempt to save a stream with missing segments” message.	23321
Added support for a database availability group (DAG) without a cluster administrative access point; that is, is a DAG that does not use a cluster name object (CNO) or IP address. To use this option, create a NetVault Backup Virtual Client that uses a fixed IP address or network name that corresponds to one of the Exchange Servers (Real Clients) in the DAG. If the Exchange Server to which the fixed IP address or network name corresponds goes offline for any reason, subsequent backup jobs fail. Either bring the Exchange Server back online or update the Virtual Client to use the IP address or network name of a different Exchange Server that is also part of the DAG.	27873
Verified support for Exchange Server 2013 SP1 (CU10).	29262
Updated the plug-in to reduce the time that elapses during a query to list the databases on a server.	29956

Resolved issues

The following is a list of issues addressed in this release.

 

Table 2. General resolved issues

Resolved issue	Issue ID
Corrected an issue that prevented backups from working after upgrading the plug-in.	15016 (MEG‑440)
Corrected an issue that caused backup jobs of a suspended database copy to fail if you used the Backup Database Copies with the Lowest Activation Preference Number option.	21239
Corrected an issue that caused restores of Incremental and Differential Backups to fail if the backup set used square brackets in the name.	22202
Corrected a translation error in the Japanese version of the WebUI. The Backup Database Copies with the Lowest Activation Preference Number option previously appeared as Backup Database Copies with the Lowest/Highest License Activation Setting Number.	23083
Corrected an issue in which the plug-in reported a Backup Completed status even if some databases were not backed up. The plug-in now displays Backup Completed with Warnings.	23289
Corrected an issue in which the parallel streaming functionality used parallel streams at the start of a backup and then switched to sequential streaming.	28431
Corrected an issue in which the plug-in failed to clean up shadow copies when a backup job failed. Usually, the plug-in immediately deletes shadow copies; however, there might be instances in which a delay occurs, such as when a network-communication failure occurs. You might need to use Vssadmin or DiskShadow to remove the shadow copies manually.	30066
Corrected an issue that caused a delay in processing backup jobs for a DAG. Updated the plug-in to ensure that the NetVault Backup Job Manager (nvjobmgr) Keep Alive handshake is enabled on DAG clients before running lengthy operations such as mounting a database.	30425