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NetVault Bare Metal Recovery 10.5 - Release Notes for Linux Offline Client Plug-in

Known issues

The following is a list of issues, including those issues attributed to third-party products, known to exist at the time of release.
 
Table 3. General known issues
Known issue
Issue ID

Proprietary driver support: Plug-in Offline Client, which is based on Red Hat® Enterprise Linux® (RHEL) Rescue mode, includes support options that are limited by RHEL. However, you can install drivers on your own RescueCD/RescueUSB device to restore your environment.

17898 (VDG‑187)

Backing up Dynamic Disks is only supported by using Disk Raw Mode.

17966 (VDG‑252)

Restoring a GPT partition table to a larger disk results in a new partition that is the same size as the original: When a DR image is taken, the partition table is stored with it. At restore time, this partition is written to the new target disk and re-creates the original disk. If you restore to a disk that is larger than the original, the disk is partitioned to match the original size, which can result in unused disk space. For example, if you restore a 100GB image to a 200GB disk, it is partitioned for 100GB and leaves the extra space unused. You can use third-party partitioning tools, such as GNU Parted or PartitionMagic, to correct this issue.

17967 (VDG‑253)

Restarting a machine that was booted using VaultOS intermittently causes a General Protection Fault. If you restart the machine, it should boot normally.

24236

If you perform a recovery using VaultOS and it is installed on a device connected to the machine through a USB port, the port must use the 2.x protocol or earlier. VaultOS does not currently support the 3.x protocol.

26384

System requirements

Before installing NetVault Bare Metal Recovery Plug-in Offline Client for Linux 10.5, ensure that your system meets the following minimum hardware and software requirements.

Upgrade and compatibility

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For complete supported-platform information, see the Dell NetVault Backup Compatibility Guide.
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Upgrading to NetVault Bare Metal Recovery Plug-in Offline Client for Linux 5.7.1 or later requires that you upgrade NetVault Bare Metal Recovery Plug-in Server to 2.6.8 or later to perform backups and restores. (Restores from previous versions work.)

Product licensing

To obtain the license key for your NetVault Backup Server environment, determine the NetVault Machine ID of your main NetVault Backup Server. Also identify the machine IDs of any clients running application plug-ins, such as Oracle®, MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQL Server®, and Exchange.

You can use the NetVault Configuration Wizard to install the product license keys. Alternatively, you can install the license keys from the Manage Clients page.

To obtain a machine ID:
1
Start the NetVault Backup WebUI.
2
In the Navigation pane, click Manage Clients.
3
In the NetVault Backup Clients list, select the applicable machine, and click Manage.
4
On the View Client page, note the machine ID exactly as it appears in the Client Summary table.
To install a license key using the configuration wizard:
1
In the Navigation pane, click Guided Configuration.
2
On the NetVault Configuration Wizard page, click Install Licenses.
3
In the NetVault Backup Clients list, select the applicable machine, and click Next.
4
In the Enter the license key string box, type or copy and paste the license key, and click Apply.
After the key is applied successfully, a message is displayed.
To install a license key from the Manage Clients page:
1
In the Navigation pane, click Manage Clients.
2
In the NetVault Backup Clients list, select the applicable machine, and click Manage.
3
On the View Client page, click Install License.
4
In the Install License dialog box, type or copy and paste the license key, and click Apply.
After the key is applied successfully, a message is displayed.
5
To dismiss the dialog box, click Close.
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