NetWorker Module for Microsoft

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Dell NetWorker remediation is available for the Apache Log4j Remote Code Execution Vulnerability that may be exploited by malicious users to compromise the affected system. Dell Technologies recommends implementing this remediation as soon as possible in light of the critical severity of the vulnerability.

When specifying a non-default TCP port in SQL 2022, the SQL backup job fails.

Clone Action with Delete source: True deletes all existing saveset instances.

During a NetWorker Virtual Edition (NVE) upgrade, the "NetWorker Installation Manager" (AVI) web UI becomes inaccessible. The apache2 service fails to start due to certificate key issue.

The NetWorker Virtual Edition (NVE) Installation Manager (AVI) web page is not accessible. This KB describes how to troubleshoot and identify potential causes.

NetWorker Virtual Edition (NVE) upgrade issues with APACHE sitting at 47% or 48%. Restart Apache failed.

Using the NetWorker Management Console (NMC), cannot change expiration to forever for recoverable save set.

NetWorker 19.9 windows client Block Based Backup (BBB) restores failed with error: "nsriscsi: Unable to get ISCSI Header. An existing connection was forcibly closed by the remote host".

Upgrading a Linux NetWorker server to 19.13+ from a previous release reports a Java error during the AUTHC installation.

Upgrading a Windows NetWorker server to 19.13+ from a pre 19.13 release fails and rolls back during the installation.

Steps to Restore a Single PostgreSQL WAL File Using NetWorker Module for Databases and Applications (NMDA) OAPP for Accelerated Recovery.

If you do not have full access rights to the mailboxes you are trying to restore messages to, ItemPoint for Microsoft Exchange Server is unable to connect to the mailboxes.

In NetWorker Web UI (NWUI), save sets for traditional (non-VM) clients fail to populate during restore operations, even though backups exist and are visible using CLI/NMC.

NetWorker vProxy plug-in for vCenter "Dell EMC NetWorker" can be used to manage Virtual Machine (VM) backups and restores from the vSphere client. To remove the Dell EMC NetWorker plug-in from your vCenter server, follow these steps.

NetWorker Module for Microsoft (NMM) Exchange DAG Database recovery fails to mount the database automatically in an alternate or Recovery Database recovery method.

Volume Shadow copy Service (VSS) backups on NetWorker client failing since upgrading to 19.14

The SQL database backup jobs start from the SQL studio, but the backups do not initiate and do not show any progress.

How to configure Systems Applications and Products Intelligent Query (SAP IQ) Database with NetWorker Module for Databases and Applications (NMDA) version 19.x.

The NetWorker VMware Protection (NVP) integration is configured with the vProxy Appliance. The vProxy deployment had some issues with name resolution and DNS. The virtual machine (VM) backups for some Virtual Machines fail with an invalid name resolution error message.

SQL transaction log backup on the primary database is failing with error "Locating Server/Instance Specified [xFFFFFFFF]. Customer has SQL Mirror Database setup."

Solaris OS file system backup fails after a few hours of execution with broken pipe errors. 80319:save: Aborting session channel connection (97) to XX.XX.104.92

NetWorker Client fails for pseudo_saveset with issues on Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS).

Intermittent NetWorker outages observed in large cluster environments due to brief monitoring interruptions. By default, the monitor function retries three times. There is no "retry count" parameter available. This KB defines potential workarounds, and a Request For Enhancement (RFE) details for a NetWorker enhancement opportunity.

This article deals with warning while configuring NMC on a networker server as "WARNING: Unable to contact authentication server on host Networker_server_hostname and port 9090" when the Linux server is configured with proxy hosts.

Virtual Machine (VM) Revert restores performed through the NetWorker Web User Interface (NWUI) do not start. The recovery job gets stuck in the NWUI Monitoring "Recover Jobs" window and cannot be cancelled.

A File Level Recovery (FLR) is performed for a Windows Virtual Machine (VM) using the NetWorker VMware Protection (NVP) vProxy appliance. The FLR fails with the message "Some objects, or security properties could not be recovered." For some files, these same files cannot be copied manually from the FLR mountpoint. The source and target VM are different VMs. The VM selected for restore has been configured with the Windows File Server Data Deduplication feature enabled.

The NetWorker VMware Protection (NVP) vProxy appliance is configured to back up a SQL Server 2022 Virtual Machine (VM) using MSVMAPPAGENT. The backup fails with "'Unable to log in to SQL Server instance. Error Code = 1359.'"

Root account access through the vProxy appliance is lost.

The customer is using an A:\ drive USB to load disk drivers or the ISO for Avamar, NetWorker, or PowerProtect Data Manager BMR. The BMR process needs the C:\ to be disk 0 after drivers are loaded or we receive a Critical volume error. The USB disk is loaded together with the Virtual CD iso image.