v5.6 Release Notes
Release Date: 9 June 2015
New Features in v5.6
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Screenshot Verification: NAKIVO Backup & Replication v5.6 provides an automated way to instantly verify VM backups by sending a screenshot of the recovered VM as a proof of recoverability. After a VM backup is completed, the Screenshot Verification feature recovers the VM with Flash VM Boot, makes a screenshot of the booted OS, discards the recovered VM, and sends a report with the screenshot via email. Screenshot Verification can also be run ad hoc or scheduled to run on a particular day. This way you can not only trust that you have a good backup, but also see (and show to your management) that VMs are recoverable.
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Configuration Export & Import: Allows easy migration of complete product configuration to a new deployment. System configuration, such as jobs, user credentials, inventory items, transporter and backup repository settings, is exported into a single export bundle.The export bundle can be applied to a new deployment. This functionality reduces migration time to several minutes.
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New Report Types: The following new report types have been added:
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Point in Time Report: provides data on a particular job run.
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History Report: provides data on job runs that occurred during a specified time period.
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Improvements in v5.6
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Default CBT error handling has been changed to "reset CBT"
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Optimized performance of backup repository space reclaim
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Backup repository space reclaim can pause and resume while a backup or recovery job is in progress
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Ability to re-run the job only for VMs which failed during last job run
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Product database auto backup
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Reduced list of time zones in the job wizard
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HTTP API for tenant management
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Size of FLR write cache was increased
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VA UI usability and reliability updates
Fixed Issues in v5.6
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User is auto logged out during active FLR/OLR session
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Massive job start cannot be initiated from Overview/Group Dashboard
Known Issues in v5.6
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NFS datastores cannot be used with Flash VM Boot and Screenshot Verification
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Flash VM Boot Job does not add a new VM in case a new child VM was added to a Backup Job
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Microsoft Exchange Public folders are not supported for granular recovery
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Microsoft Active Directory printers are skipped during import
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Microsoft Exchange log truncation cannot be performed on some configurations