Documentation Changes

Documentation Changes

The following documentation updates have been made since the last release of this documentation:

• Updated to include user feedback, enhancements, corrections, and other minor changes to help improve the usability and understanding of the product or the documentation itself.

16.5 SP1 changes:

• Added NetApp NAS Cluster Protection. This section includes information and limitations for supporting the Arcserve Backup NDMP NAS Option and the NetApp Cluster running the Data ONTAP 8.2 version.
• Updated Backing Up and Recovering Arcserve D2D Data. This topic is now updated with the migration of Arcserve D2D and arcserve Unified Data Protection (UDP), where Arcserve D2D is now D2D/UDP.
• Added Backing Up and Recovering Arcserve UDP Nodes from the Arcserve UDP Recovery Point Server. This new topic describes how to back up and recover Arcserve UDP nodes from Arcserve UDP Recovery Point Server.
• The following topics have been updated to accommodate the new feature, Double Tape Copy that is introduced in this release. Double Tape Copy lets you migrate data from a disk staging device to two destinations simultaneously.
  • Backup Manager Destination Options
  • How Backup to Disk to Tape Works
  • How to Use Disk Staging to Manage Backup Data
  • Tasks You Can Perform Using Disk Staging
  • How to Configure Arcserve Backup to Perform Disk Staging Backups
  • Back Up Data Using Disk Staging
  • Modify Pending Data Migration Jobs
• Updated Arcserve Backup Services, Components, and Applications that Require Administrative Privileges. The following components were removed from this topic:
  • AMSSigUpdater.exe which lets Arcserve Backup update the Antivirus Scan Engine signature.
  • ScanEngInst.exe which is a utility to install the eTrust Threat Management Agent is now removed from the Arcserve Backup Services, Components, and Applications table.
  • UpdaterX64.exe which the x64 version of AMSSigUpdater.exe.
• Removed the following sections from the Administrator Guide:
  • Global Backup Options > Backup Manager Virus Options
  • Global Restore Options > Restore Manager Virus Options
  • Global Options for Archiving > Archive Manager Virus Options
  • How Arcserve Backup Engines Work > CA Antivirus Maintenance
• Removed the alert option "Virus Detected" from the following topics:
  • Specify Alert Options for Disk and Tape Staging Backups
  • Restore Manager Alert Options
  • Archive Manager Alert Options
• Updated Limitations on Performing Raw Backup and Restore Operations. "Arcserve Backup does not scan the backup data for viruses." is no longer a limitation and removed from this list.

16.5 Update 2 changes:

• Updated Agent for Virtual Machines Options. This topic now includes the Transport Mode options.
• Updated How to Find Files That You Want to Restore. This topic now includes another way of recovering a virtual machine by specifying a transport mode.

16.5 changes:

• Updated Specify Local Backup Options. This topic now includes information about how to enable the Windows Server 2012 NTFS Data Deduplication function on local backups.
• Updated Point in Time Restore Options. This topic now contains cross-references to how to enable this option.
• Added NTFS Data Deduplication. This new topic describes how you can perform optimized backups for full backups on data-deduplication enabled volumes. This new option is located on the Global Backup Options dialog under the Advanced tab.
• Added How NTFS Data Deduplication Works. This new topic describes how Arcserve Backup implements the Windows Server 2012 NTFS Data Deduplication function.
• Updated How Backup to Disk to Tape Works and How Backup to Tape to Tape Works. These topics now contain More Information links to topics that describe how to leverage Disk Staging and Tape Staging to protect your backup environment.
• Updated Best Practices - How to Recover a Arcserve Backup Server from a Disaster without Using the Disaster Recovery Option. This topic includes a note about having enough space in the System Reserved Volume and the recommended volume size to have.
• Added Implement Logical Block Protection. This new topic describes how to implement Logical Block Protection on stand-alone tape drives.
• Updated Configure Cloud Connections. This topic describes that you cannot create a unique bucket name that ends with a period. This topic also describes the new Proxy Settings button and the Do not use proxy option.
• Added Arcserve Backup Cannot Perform a Hyper-V Backup Job That Contains Data on SMB Shares. This troubleshooting topic helps resolve failed Hyper-V backup jobs that contain disks, configuration files, or both on SMB shares.
• Added Arcserve Backup Cannot Perform a Hyper-V Writer or SQL VSS Writer Back Up Job That Contains Data on SMB Shares. This troubleshooting topic helps resolve failed Hyper-V VSS writer and SQL Server VSS writer backup jobs that contain data on SMB shares.
• Added Updating Passwords Using ca_jobsecmgr Does Not Complete Successfully. This new troubleshooting topic describes how to resolve the issue of updating passwords when using the ca_jobsecmgr command.
• Added Unable to View All Job Logs for Rotation Backups After the Database is Pruned. This new troubleshooting topic describes how to configure the database pruning jobs to retain all of the job logs associated with repeating and rotation jobs.