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CA ARCserve® Central Applications r16 Release Notes


1.0 Welcome
1.1 System Requirements the CA ARCserve Central Applications Suite

2.0 CA ARCserve Central Host-Based VM Backup Release Notes
2.1 Welcome
2.2 Features
  2.2.1 Features Included with Update 4
  2.2.2 Features Included with Update 5
  2.2.3 Features Included with Update 6
  2.2.4 Features Included with Update 7
2.3 System Information
  2.3.1 System Requirements
  2.3.2 Supported Operating Systems
  2.3.3 Supported Hypervisors
  2.3.4 Supported Operating Systems for CA ARCserve D2D Proxy Servers
  2.3.5 Supported Operating Systems for Protected Virtual Machines
  2.3.6 Supported Operating Systems for Application Level Restores
  2.3.7 Minimum Software Requirements
  2.3.8 Application Recovery Support
  2.3.9 Supported Disks
2.4 Known Issues
2.5 Limitations

3.0 CA ARCserve Central Protection Manager Release Notes
3.1 Welcome
3.2 Features
  3.2.1 Features Included with Update 1
  3.2.2 Features Included with Update 4
  3.2.3 Features Included with Update 5
  3.2.4 Features Included with Update 6
  3.2.5 Features Included with Update 7
3.3 System Information
  3.3.1 System Requirements
  3.3.2 Supported Operating Systems
  3.3.3 Supported Operating Systems for CA ARCserve D2D Servers
  3.3.4 Supported Operating Systems for CA ARCserve Backup Servers
  3.3.5 Minimum Software Requirements
3.4 Known Issues
3.5 Fixed Issues

4.0 CA ARCserve Central Reporting Release Notes
4.1 Welcome
4.2 Features
  4.2.1 Features Included with Update 4
  4.2.2 Features Included with Update 5
  4.2.3 Features Included with Update 6
4.3 System Information
  4.3.1 System Requirements
  4.3.2 Supported Operating Systems
  4.3.3 Minimum Software Requirements
4.4 Known Issues

5.0 CA ARCserve Central Virtual Standby Release Notes
5.1 Welcome
5.2 Features
  5.2.1 Features Included with Update 4
  5.2.2 Features Included with Update 5
  5.2.3 Features Included with Update 6
5.3 System Information
  5.3.1 System Requirements
  5.3.2 Supported Operating Systems
  5.3.3 Supported Hypervisors
  5.3.4 Supported Operating Systems for CA ARCserve D2D Servers
  5.3.5 Minimum Software Requirements
  5.3.6 Application Recovery Support
  5.3.7 Supported Disks
5.4 Known Issues
5.5 Limitations

6.0 Language Certifications

7.0 Contact CA Technologies
7.1 CA ARCserve Central Applications Support Links


1.0 Welcome

Welcome to the CA ARCserve Central Applications Release Notes file. This document contains information about system requirements, supported platforms, known issues, and other information you may need to know before installing the following applications:

For more information about CA ARCserve Central Applications Updates, see the Update 4, Update 5, Update 6, and Update 7 Release Notes files.

1.1 System Requirements the CA ARCserve Central Applications Suite

The minimum system requirements for the CA ARCserve Central Applications suite are as follows:

Other Hardware:

Operating Systems:


2.0 CA ARCserve Central Host-Based VM Backup Release Notes

2.1 Welcome

Welcome to the CA ARCserve Central Host-Based VM Backup Release Notes file. This document contains the following information relating to use of CA ARCserve Central Host-Based VM Backup:

Note: For information about system requirements, supported operating systems, known issues, and so on for CA ARCserve D2D, see the CA ARCserve D2D Release Notes.

For more information about CA ARCserve Central Applications updates, click on the applicable link:

2.2 Features

CA ARCserve Central Host-Based VM Backup includes features and capabilities that let you do the following:

2.2.1 Features Included with Update 4

Note: CA ARCserve Central Host-Based VM Backup does not contain Update 1, Update 2, and Update 3. We are starting with Update 4 to synchronize the names of the updates with CA ARCserve D2D.

CA ARCserve Central Host-Based VM Backup r16 Update 4 includes the following feature enhancements and updates:

Note: To ensure that the following features are available to you, you must upgrade to CA ARCserve D2D r16 Update 4. However, if you decide not to, the old features are still supported.

2.2.2 Features Included with Update 5

CA ARCserve Central Host-Based VM Backup r16 Update 5 includes the following feature enhancements and updates:

Note: To ensure that the following features are available to you, upgrade to CA ARCserve D2D r16 Update 5. If you do not upgrade to Update 5, the features from previous updates and releases are still supported.

2.2.3 Features Included with Update 6

CA ARCserve Central Host-Based VM Backup r16 Update 6 includes the following feature enhancements and updates:

Note: To ensure that the following features are available to you, upgrade to CA ARCserve D2D r16 Update 6. If you do not upgrade to Update 6, the features from previous updates and releases are still supported,.

2.2.4 Features Included with Update 7

CA ARCserve Central Host-Based VM Backup r16 Update 7 includes the following feature enhancements and updates:

Note: To ensure that the following features are available to you, upgrade to CA ARCserve D2D r16 Update 7. If you do not upgrade to Update 7, the features from previous updates and releases are still supported.

The node management process was enhanced to simplify the following tasks:

The policies backup settings was enhanced to simplify the following tasks:

2.3 System Information

The following sections provide information about the minimum system requirements for CA ARCserve Central Host-Based VM Backup.

2.3.1 System Requirements

The minimum system requirements for CA ARCserve Central Host-Based VM Backup are as follows:

Other Hardware:

2.3.2 Supported Operating Systems

You can install CA ARCserve Central Host-Based VM Backup on computers running the following operating systems:

2.3.3 Supported Hypervisors

You can deploy CA ARCserve Central Host-Based VM Backup with the following hypervisors:

2.3.4 Supported Operating Systems for CA ARCserve D2D Proxy Servers

CA ARCserve Central Host-Based VM Backup requires the following operating systems on backup proxy servers:

2.3.5 Supported Operating Systems for Protected Virtual Machines

CA ARCserve Central Host-Based VM Backup lets you protect virtual machines running the following operating systems:

Note: CA ARCserve Central Host-Based VM Backup supports all editions and service packs for the above-described operating systems, which also includes support for all versions of Windows Small Business Server (SBS).

2.3.6 Supported Operating Systems for Application Level Restores

CA ARCserve Central Host-Based VM Backup can restore data at application level granularity on computers running all operating systems that are supported by CA ARCserve D2D excluding the following operating systems:

Note: CA ARCserve Central Host-Based VM Backup behaves in this manner because VMware does not support creating application level meta data on the excluded operating systems. (For more information, see Working with Microsoft Shadow Copy in the VMware Virtual Disk API Programming Guide.) However, CA ARCserve Central Host-Based VM Backup can restore data on the excluded operating systems at file system and folder level granularity.

For a complete list of the operating systems supported by CA ARCserve D2D, see the CA ARCserve D2D Release Notes file.

2.3.7 Minimum Software Requirements

The minimum software requirements for CA ARCserve Central Host-Based VM Backup servers are as follows:

2.3.8 Application Recovery Support

CA ARCserve Central Host-Based VM Backup lets you recover the following application data:

Note: For more information about service pack level support for operating systems and applications refer to the CA ARCserve D2D Compatibility Matrix.

2.3.9 Supported Disks

Different types of disks are supported for CA ARCserve Central Host-Based VM Backup backup source and destination disks. The following table matrix lists the types of disks that are supported for each function.

Disk (Volume) Type As Backup Source As Backup Destination
GPT Disk Yes Yes

System Reserved Partition

(Windows 2008 R2 Boot Manger)

Yes Not applicable

Mounted Volume

(No drive letter/NTFS formatted)

Yes Yes

RAW Volume

(No drive letter/Not formatted)

No No

VHD Mounted Volume

(Windows 2008 R2)

No Yes
Dynamic Disk:    
  • No RAID
Yes Yes
  • Software RAID (RAID-0 (Stripe)
Yes Yes
  • Software RAID (RAID-1 (Mirrored)
Yes Yes
  • Software RAID-5
No Yes
Hardware RAID (include Embedded RAID) Not Applicable Not Applicable
File System:    
  • FAT/FAT32
No Yes*
Shared Volume:    
  • Windows Shared Volume
No Yes
  • Linux Shared Volume (samba shared)
No Yes
Device Type:    
  • Removable Disk (Ex. Memory Stick, RDX)
No Yes

*Note: FAT/FAT32 cannot hold a single file larger than 4 GB. CA ARCserve Central Host-Based VM Backup creates CA ARCserve D2D files and if the file is larger than 4 GB after compression, the backup fails.

2.4 Known Issues

The following list provides information about issues known to exist in this release of CA ARCserve Central Host-Based VM Backup.

2.5 Limitations

The following list provides limitations that are known to exist in this release of CA ARCserve Central Host-Based VM Backup.


3.0 CA ARCserve Central Protection Manager Release Notes

3.1 Welcome

Welcome to the CA ARCserve Central Protection Manager Release Notes file. This document contains the following information relating to use of CA ARCserve Central Protection Manager:

Note: For information about system requirements, supported operating systems, known issues, and so on for CA ARCserve D2D, see the CA ARCserve D2D Release Notes.

For more information about CA ARCserve Central Applications updates, click on the applicable link:

3.2 Features

CA ARCserve Central Protection Manager includes features, functionalities, and capabilities that let you do the following:

3.2.1 Features Included with Update 1

CA ARCserve Central Protection Manager r16 Update 1 includes the following feature enhancements and updates:

3.2.2 Features Included with Update 4

Note: CA ARCserve Central Protection Manager does not contain Update 2 and Update 3. We are skipping Update 2 and Update 3 to synchronize the names of the updates with CA ARCserve D2D.

CA ARCserve Central Protection Manager r16 Update 4 includes the following feature enhancements and updates:

Note: To ensure that the following features are available to you, you must upgrade to CA ARCserve D2D r16 Update 4. However, if you decide not to, the old features are still supported.

3.2.3 Features Included with Update 5

CA ARCserve Central Protection Manager r16 Update 5 includes the following feature enhancements and updates:

Note: To ensure that the following features are available to you, upgrade to CA ARCserve D2D r16 Update 5. If you do not upgrade to Update 5, the features from previous updates and releases are still supported.

3.2.4 Features Included with Update 6

CA ARCserve Central Protection Manager r16 Update 6 includes the following feature enhancements and updates:

Note: To ensure that the following features are available to you, upgrade to CA ARCserve D2D r16 Update 6. If you do not upgrade to Update 6, the features from previous updates and releases are still supported.

3.2.5 Features Included with Update 7

CA ARCserve Central Protection Manager r16 Update 7 includes the following feature enhancements and updates:

Note: To ensure that the following features are available to you, upgrade to CA ARCserve D2D r16 Update 7. If you do not upgrade to Update 7, the features from previous updates and releases are still supported.

The node management process was enhanced to simplify the following tasks:

The policies settings were enhanced to simplify the following tasks:

3.3 System Information

The following sections provide information about the minimum system requirements for CA ARCserve Central Protection Manager.

3.3.1 System Requirements

The minimum system requirements for CA ARCserve Central Protection Manager are as follows:

Other Hardware:

3.3.2 Supported Operating Systems

You can install CA ARCserve Central Protection Manager on computers running the following operating systems:

3.3.3 Supported Operating Systems for CA ARCserve D2D Servers

For a complete list of supported operating systems for CA ARCserve D2D servers, see the Compatibility Matrix on the CA Support website.

To access the CA ARCserve D2D Compatibility Matrix, click the link listed below to open the CA ARCserve D2D Support website, then click Compatibility Matrix in the Support for r16 (Windows) drop-down list.

https://support.ca.com/prodinfo/arcserved2d

3.3.4 Supported Operating Systems for CA ARCserve Backup Servers

For a complete list of supported operating systems for CA ARCserve Backup servers, see the CA ARCserve Backup Readme on the CA Support website.

To access the CA ARCserve Backup Readme, click the link listed below to open the CA ARCserve Backup Support website, then select the letter 'R' in the All Documentation section and click the View HTML link for the CA ARCserve Backup Readme.

https://support.ca.com/cadocs/0/CA%20ARCserve%20%20Backup%20r16-ENU/Bookshelf.html

3.3.5 Minimum Software Requirements

The minimum software requirements for CA ARCserve Central Protection Manager servers are as follows:

3.4 Known Issues

The following list provides information about issues known to exist in this release of CA ARCserve Central Protection Manager.

3.5 Fixed Issues

The following list identifies the items fixed in the current release of CA ARCserve Central Protection Manager. If you do not see a specific fix listed in this section, contact CA Support for more information.

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4.0 CA ARCserve Central Reporting Release Notes

4.1 Welcome

Welcome to the CA ARCserve Central Reporting Release Notes file. This document contains the following information relating to use of CA ARCserve Central Reporting:

For more information about CA ARCserve Central Applications Updates, click on the applicable link:

4.2 Features

CA ARCserve Central Reporting includes features, functionalities, and capabilities that let you do the following:

4.2.1 Features Included with Update 4

Note: CA ARCserve Central Reporting does not contain Update 1, Update 2, and Update 3. We are starting with Update 4 to synchronize the names of the updates with CA ARCserve D2D.

CA ARCserve Central Reporting r16 Update 4 includes the following feature enhancements and updates:

4.2.2 Features Included with Update 5

CA ARCserve Central Reporting r16 Update 5 includes the following feature enhancements and updates:

Note: To ensure that the following features are available to you, upgrade to CA ARCserve D2D r16 Update 6. If you do not upgrade to Update 6, the features from previous updates and releases are still supported.

4.2.3 Features Included with Update 6

CA ARCserve Central Reporting r16 Update 6 includes the following feature enhancements and updates:

Note: To ensure that the following features are available to you, upgrade to CA ARCserve D2D r16 Update 6. If you do not upgrade to Update 6, the features from previous updates and releases are still supported.

4.3 System Information

The following sections provide information about the minimum system requirements for CA ARCserve Central Reporting.

4.3.1 System Requirements

The minimum system requirements for CA ARCserve Central Reporting are as follows:

Other Hardware:

4.3.2 Supported Operating Systems

You can install CA ARCserve Central Reporting on computers running the following operating systems:

4.3.3 Minimum Software Requirements

The minimum software requirements for CA ARCserve Central Reporting are as follows:

4.4 Known Issues

The following list provides information about issues known to exist in this release of CA ARCserve Central Reporting.

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    The Registry Editor dialog opens.

    Note: You must be logged in to the computer using the Administrator account or an account with administrative privileges to open Registry Editor.

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    Note: If the Styles key is not available, create a key and name it Styles.

  4. Create a DWORD value named "MaxScriptStatements" for the Styles key and set the value to the desired number of script statements.

    Note: If you are uncertain as to what value to set the key to, you can use 0xFFFFFFFF.

For more details regarding this issue, refer to the http://support.microsoft.com/kb/175500.


5.0 CA ARCserve Central Virtual Standby Release Notes

5.1 Welcome

Welcome to the CA ARCserve Central Virtual Standby Release Notes file. This document contains the following information relating to use of CA ARCserve Central Virtual Standby:

Note: For information about system requirements, supported operating systems, known issues, and so on for CA ARCserve D2D, see the CA ARCserve D2D Release Notes.

For more information about CA ARCserve Central Applications updates, click on the applicable link:

5.2 Features

CA ARCserve Central Virtual Standby includes features, functionalities, and capabilities that let you do the following:

5.2.1 Features Included with Update 4

Note: CA ARCserve Central Virtual Standby does not contain Update 1, Update 2, and Update 3. We are starting with Update 4 to synchronize the names of the updates with CA ARCserve D2D.

CA ARCserve Central Virtual Standby r16 Update 4 includes the following feature enhancements and updates:

Note: To ensure that the following features are available to you, you must upgrade to CA ARCserve D2D r16 Update 4. However, if you decide not to, the old features are still supported.

5.2.2 Features Included with Update 5

CA ARCserve Central Virtual Standby r16 Update 5 includes the following feature enhancements and updates:

Note: To ensure that the following features are available to you, upgrade to CA ARCserve D2D r16 Update 5. If you do not upgrade to Update 5, the features from previous updates and releases are still supported.

5.2.3 Features Included with Update 6

CA ARCserve Central Virtual Standby r16 Update 6 includes the following feature enhancements and updates:

Note: To ensure that the following features are available to you, upgrade to CA ARCserve D2D r16 Update 6. If you do not upgrade to Update 6, the features from previous updates and releases are still supported.

5.3 System Information

The following sections provide information about the minimum system requirements for CA ARCserve Central Virtual Standby.

5.3.1 System Requirements

The minimum system requirements for CA ARCserve Central Virtual Standby are as follows:

Other Hardware:

5.3.2 Supported Operating Systems

You can install CA ARCserve Central Virtual Standby on computers running the following operating systems:

Note: For a complete list of the operating systems supported for the Virtual Standby Monitor Server, see CA ARCserve D2D Compatibility Matrix on the CA Support website.

5.3.3 Supported Hypervisors

You can deploy CA ARCserve Central Virtual Standby with the following hypervisors:

5.3.4 Supported Operating Systems for CA ARCserve D2D Servers

For a complete list of supported operating systems for CA ARCserve D2D servers, see the Compatibility Matrix on the CA Support website.

To access the CA ARCserve D2D Compatibility Matrix, click the link listed below to open the CA ARCserve D2D Support website, then click Compatibility Matrix in the Support for r16 (Windows) drop-down list.

https://support.ca.com/prodinfo/arcserved2d

5.3.5 Minimum Software Requirements

The minimum software requirements for CA ARCserve Central Virtual Standby servers are as follows:

5.3.6 Application Recovery Support

CA ARCserve Central Virtual Standby lets you recover the following application data:

Note: For more information about service pack level support for operating systems and applications refer to the CA ARCserve D2D Compatibility Matrix.

5.3.7 Supported Disks

Different types of disks are supported for the CA ARCserve Central Virtual Standby backup source. The following table lists the types of disks that are supported for each function.

Disk (Volume) Type In Backup Source
GPT Disk No

System Reserved Partition

(Windows 2008 R2 Boot Manger)

Yes

Mounted Volume

(No drive letter/NTFS formatted)

Yes

RAW Volume

(No drive letter/Not formatted)

No

VHD Mounted Volume

(Windows 2008 R2)

No
Dynamic Disk:  
  • No RAID
Yes
  • Software RAID (RAID-0 (Stripe)
Yes
  • Software RAID (RAID-1 (Mirrored)
Yes
  • Software RAID-5
No
Hardware RAID (include Embedded RAID) Not Applicable
File System:  
  • FAT/FAT32
No
Shared Volume:  
  • Windows Shared Volume
No
  • Linux Shared Volume (samba shared)
No
Device Type:  
  • Removable Disk (Ex. Memory Stick, RDX)
No

5.4 Known Issues

The following list provides information about issues known to exist in this release of CA ARCserve Central Virtual Standby.

5.5 Limitations

The following list provides limitations that are known to exist in this release of CA ARCserve Central Virtual Standby.


6.0 Language Certifications

This release of CA ARCserve Central Applications has been translated into the following languages, in addition to the English release:

If you run this product on a language environment not included in the list, you may experience problems.


7.0 Contact CA Technologies

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7.1 CA ARCserve Central Applications Support Links

Support Links for CA ARCserve Central Applications:

CA Support Online offers a rich set of resources for resolving your technical issues and provides easy access to important product information. With CA Support, you have easy access to trusted advice that is always available. The following links let you access the various CA Support sites that are available: