NetWorker 19.2 : New and Changed Features

Summary: This article describes the most significant enhancements to the NetWorker software in the NetWorker 19.2 release.

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N Reduce Client File Index Space Usage by Changing the Browse Period of Save sets
The browse period of a completed save set can be changed in order to reduce the space used by the NetWorker Client File Index. The retention period remains unchanged.

Now to Reduce Client File Index Space Usage with NetWorker 19.2
Ne tWorker Command Reference Guide - page 253 nsrmm command

N Client management using NetWorker Management Web UI
NetWorker Management Web UI has been enhanced to include support for: Managing client resources; probes; time policies; directives and restricted datazones.

   NetWorker Management Web UI (NWUI): How to Use
   NetWorker Management Web UI (NWUI): How to Install
   NetWorker Management Web UI (NWUI): Troubleshooting Guide

N NetWorker IPv6 update
Starting with NetWorker 19.2, IPv6 addresses are supported and can be specified in all the fields of NetWorker interfaces, that is, NMC, NWUI, and CLI which accept FQDN or alias.

N Backups and restores using Direct Fibre channel for vProxy
NetWorker vProxy backups and restores can now use Direct Fibre Channel.

    N etWorker VMware Integration Guide - page 208 - Configuring Direct Fibre Channel for vProxy

N Improve restore performance with multiple threads
Recover workflow for file system backups has been enhanced to perform restores in parallel. This splits recover requests into multiple recover requests resulting in more than one recover stream.

    NetWorker: How to run a Parallel Restore Operation

N MailHome can be used to report usage data to Dell EMC

    N etWorker Administration Guide - page 707 Configuring MailHome

N Support for Networker vProxy log aggregation management
NetWorker 19.2 supports the vProxy centralized logging feature which enables you to aggregate vProxy logs in the NetWorker server. This feature helps in reducing the effort of collecting logs from an individual vProxy.

     N etWorker VMware Integration Guide    - page 133 vProxy Log Aggregation Management Tool

N Support for nsrim to mark orphaned save sets as suspect
A save set is orphaned when there is a save set record in the media database, but there is no corresponding data on the disk. The nsrim process has been enhanced to mark orphaned save set records as "suspect".

N Compressing the SQLite media database to save disk space on the NetWorker server.
You can free up more space on the server by compressing the NetWorker media database.

    N etWorker Administration Guide - page 788 Compressing the Media Database

N NetWorker REST API enhancements
NetWorker REST API supports client configuration, backup, and recover of the SAP HANA and SAP HANA MDC database.