Documentation Changes

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

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

Update 7

Updated Create Backup Policies. This topic now includes the new Retention Setting feature where it lets you set the retention policy based on the number of recovery points to retain or the number of recovery sets to retain.
Update Edit or Copy Backup Policies. This topic now includes the new Retention Setting feature where it lets you set the retention policy based on the number of recovery points to retain or the number of recovery sets to retain.
Added Merge Job Options. This topic contains two new options: Pause Merge Job and Resume Merge Job on the Node screen. These topics describe how to pause or resume a merge job for a specific node.
Updated Incremental Backup Jobs Process as Verify Backup Jobs. This topic now describes how to correct incremental back jobs that run as verify backup jobs based the procedure described in a VMware Knowledge Base article.
Added Recovering a Virtual Machine Uses a Different Transport Mode Than Specified. This troubleshooting topic specifies the behavior of recovering a virtual machine when using a different transport mode than specified in the registry key.

Update 6

Added Configure the CA ARCserve Central Protection Manager Server. This configuration setting lets you change the current settings in CA ARCserve Central Host-Based VM Backup to CA ARCserve Central Protection Manager server settings. When the settings are configured, you can view the Host-Based VM Backup discovered nodes email alert information from CA ARCserve Central Reporting.
Updated Configure Discovery Schedules. This topic now includes a vCenter/ESX host list for you to view when setting up a schedule to discover nodes.
Updated Configure Email and Alert Settings. Renamed the title and updated this topic to include alerts on discovered nodes. A new Delete button is added to this screen t let you delete your saved settings. Deleting your saved settings prevents you from receiving email alert messages.
Updated How to Manage Node Tasks for CA ARCserve Central Host-Based VM Backup. The Node list now displays nodes that are unavailable when they are deleted or cannot be detected from the server. The Node list now displays the status of a policy deployment in the Policy column.
Updated Update Nodes. The topic describes how you can update multiple nodes simultaneously using the existing credentials or specifying new credentials. You can also force the server to manage the selected nodes.
Updated Add Node Groups. This topic replaces the "Unassigned" node group with "Nodes without a policy" and replaces the "Ungrouped" node group with "Nodes without a group".
Updated Run a Backup Now. This topic describes the priority level of backup jobs that are submitted when another backup job is waiting in the queue.
Added Perform Full Disk Backups Containing Only Used Block Data. This topic describes how to retrieve used block data after submitting a full disk backup job.
Updated Create Backup Policies. This topic now includes an email alert for failed and successful catalog jobs. This topic also includes email alerts for backup jobs that are waiting in the job queue, skipped, or replaced with another job.
Added Define a Transport Mode for Backups. CA ARCserve Central Host-Based VM Backup now lets you define a specific transport mode to use for D2D backup jobs that execute using Host-Based VM Backup.
Updated Changed Block Tracking Backup Failures. Removed references on resetting changed block tracking (CBT) when a backup job fails. CA ARCserve Central Host-Based VM Backup now automatically enables CBT on the virtual machine.

Update 5

Add Node Groups. Updated this topic to include Group and Node Name filters.
Assign and Unassign Nodes from Backup Policies. Updated this topic to include Group and Node Name filters.

Update 4

Install CA ARCserve Central Host-Based VM Backup Silently. Removed the subtopic Silent Installation Product Codes and included it here.
Uninstall CA ARCserve Central Host-Based VM Backup Silently. Removed the subtopic Silent Uninstallation Product Codes and included it here.
How to use the CA ARCserve Central Host-Based VM Backup Home Page. Removed Restore from the Navigation bar.
Added Managing Node Tasks for CA ARCserve Central Host-Based VM Backup. Created scenario-based content with a diagram on managing nodes.
Added Managing Node Group Tasks for CA ARCserve Central Host-Based VM Backup. Created scenario-based content with a diagram on managing node groups.
Added Backing Up the Virtual Machine Environment. Created scenario-based content with a diagram on backing up all virtual machines in your environment.
Added Perform Preflight Checks for Your Backup Jobs. This topic describes how a Preflight Check (PFC) is submitted.
Added Solutions for Preflight Check Items. This topic describes the error and warning messages you can receive when running a PFC and the solutions to resolve them.
Added Run a Back Up Now. Renamed the title from Submit a Backup Job to Run a Backup Now.
Added View Job Status Information. This topic describes how to view real-time information about in progress backup jobs.
Host-Based VM Backup Monitoring Tasks. Updated this topic to emulate the updated screen in the CA ARCserve Central Host-Based VM Backup application.
Added How to Manage Policies for CA ARCserve Central Host-Based VM Backup. Created scenario-based content with a diagram on creating, editing, assigning, unassigning backup policies.
Restore and Recover Virtual Machines. Revised all Restore-related topics with the new location of the Restore button on the screen.