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I just received the following email….




EMC Availability Announcement

EMC NetWorker 7.6SP2 Release

General Availability Date: June 28, 2011



Hello All,



On behalf of the NetWorker Engineering and Product Management teams, we are pleased to announce the general availability of NetWorker 7.6SP2. This release delivers a number of key enhancements, including support for VMware vStorage API for Data Protection (VADP), Windows Disaster Recovery, concurrency and multiple Total Customer Experience (TCE) enhancements.



Included in this release is support for:



VMware: vStorage API for Data Protection (VADP)

* Integrated with vStorage API for Data Protection (VADP)
* Change block tracking (CBT) support (file-based)
* Single-step image-level backups & restores
* Support for file level recovery from Windows VMs
* Flexible Single Step VM Recovery
* To the original, new, or configure a new virtual machine
* Recover the VM to the same/different vCenter, ESX Server, or ESX datastore
* NetWorker VADP proxy options
* Physical or virtual servers
* Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008 or Windows Server 2003
* DD Boost or Avamar Grid deduplication backups
* DD Boost on VADP Proxy with Dedicated NetWorker Storage Node
* Support for Global Encryption and Compression Directives for NTFS image and file level backups
* VMware VADP and In-Guest backups of the same UNIX/Linux based virtual machine



Windows Disaster Recovery

* Bare Metal Recovery for Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7
* Built-into the NetWorker client
* Scheduled and protected via standard NetWorker backup process
* Windows Disaster Recovery Wizard simplifies BMR Recoveries to the same/similar hardware



Advanced Deduplication

* Support for Data Domain Systems DDOS v4.9 & v5.0 / DD Boost v2.3.1
* DD Boost support in NetWorker Storage Nodes on HPUX & AIX
* Support for NMM 2.3 client based DD Boost
* Support for Data Domain Archiver<http://www.emc.com/products/detail/hardware/data-domain-archiver.htm>



Integration & OS Currency

* Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1
* UNIX / Linux – RHEL 6, EXT4, AIX 7.1 (Client Only)
* NDMP - Celerra DART 6, VNX/VNXe, NetApp OnTAP 8



Usability / TCE

* Incremental policy-based backups for NDMP
* Ability to recover from original backups or cloned backups from the UI
* AFTD UI enhancements
* Clone statistics and NMC performance improvements
* Support for NetWorker Server on Solaris local zones



Fujitsu NetWorker Transition Features

* Support of Oracle Cluster filesystems
* Auto discovery ETERNUS CS High End as VTL so that VTL license is requested
* Symbolic link savegroup, for compatibility reasons
* Performance improvements for nsrim
* Change browse or retention policy with nsrmm command only if user confirms action
* Software Distribution should be able to recognize Fujitsu NetWorker and Modules



There are no changes in the NetWorker 7.6SP2 GA release build, it is the same as the build released at Restricted Availability Refresh. Based upon RA customer feedback, the documentation has been significantly revised, please check EMC PowerLink for the GA documentation.



Important Links

* Product Documentation on EMC PowerLink<http://powerlink.emc.com/km/appmanager/km/secureDesktop?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=query2&internalId=0b01406680490990&_irrt=true>
* NetWorker Support Page<https://support.emc.com/products/NetWorker>
* Product Announcement Article on EMC Powerlink<http://powerlink.emc.com/km/live1/en_US/Offering_Basics/Articles_and_Announcements/Avamar6-NetWorkerwDDAnnctarticle.docx>
* EMC Live Webcast replay – What’s New with NetWorker<http://www.emc.com/events/2011/q2/04-26-11-whats-new-networker.htm>
* NetWorker Online Community<https://community.emc.com/community/connect/networkeronline>
* NetWorker Support Forum<https://community.emc.com/community/support/networker>

On Tue, Jun 28, 2011 at 10:39 AM, Chester Martin <cmartin < at > spp.org> wrote:
I just received the following email….




EMC Availability Announcement

EMC NetWorker 7.6SP2 Release

General Availability Date:  June 28, 2011


<snip>

Groovy. Any details about specific bugfixes between 7.6.2RA and 7.6.2
Refresh Build RA ?


via RSS at http://listserv.temple.edu/cgi-bin/wa?RSS&L=NETWORKER

According to the notes, there are no differences.

----
Matthew Huff  | 1 Manhattanville Rd
Director of Operations   | Purchase, NY 10577
OTA Management LLC | Phone: 914-460-4039
aim: matthewbhuff  | Fax:   914-460-4139


-----Original Message-----
From: EMC NetWorker discussion [mailto:NETWORKER < at > LISTSERV.TEMPLE.EDU] On Behalf Of Eugene Vilensky
Sent: Tuesday, June 28, 2011 12:04 PM
To: NETWORKER < at > LISTSERV.TEMPLE.EDU
Subject: Re: [Networker] EMC NetWorker 7.6SP2 Release General Availability

On Tue, Jun 28, 2011 at 10:39 AM, Chester Martin <cmartin < at > spp.org> wrote:
I just received the following email..




EMC Availability Announcement

EMC NetWorker 7.6SP2 Release

General Availability Date:  June 28, 2011


<snip>

Groovy. Any details about specific bugfixes between 7.6.2RA and 7.6.2
Refresh Build RA ?


via RSS at http://listserv.temple.edu/cgi-bin/wa?RSS&L=NETWORKER


via RSS at http://listserv.temple.edu/cgi-bin/wa?RSS&L=NETWORKER

The NetWorker 7.6SP2 RA refresh build added support for Data Domain Archiver, NMM 2.3 DD Boost and VMware VADP and In-Guest backups of the same UNIX/Linux based virtual machine.

There is no change between the RA Refresh and GA builds.

-----Original Message-----
From: EMC NetWorker discussion [mailto:NETWORKER < at > LISTSERV.TEMPLE.EDU] On Behalf Of Matthew Huff
Sent: Tuesday, June 28, 2011 9:18 AM
To: NETWORKER < at > LISTSERV.TEMPLE.EDU
Subject: Re: [Networker] EMC NetWorker 7.6SP2 Release General Availability

According to the notes, there are no differences.

----
Matthew Huff  | 1 Manhattanville Rd
Director of Operations   | Purchase, NY 10577
OTA Management LLC | Phone: 914-460-4039
aim: matthewbhuff  | Fax:   914-460-4139


-----Original Message-----
From: EMC NetWorker discussion [mailto:NETWORKER < at > LISTSERV.TEMPLE.EDU] On Behalf Of Eugene Vilensky
Sent: Tuesday, June 28, 2011 12:04 PM
To: NETWORKER < at > LISTSERV.TEMPLE.EDU
Subject: Re: [Networker] EMC NetWorker 7.6SP2 Release General Availability

On Tue, Jun 28, 2011 at 10:39 AM, Chester Martin <cmartin < at > spp.org> wrote:
I just received the following email..




EMC Availability Announcement

EMC NetWorker 7.6SP2 Release

General Availability Date:  June 28, 2011


<snip>

Groovy. Any details about specific bugfixes between 7.6.2RA and 7.6.2
Refresh Build RA ?


via RSS at http://listserv.temple.edu/cgi-bin/wa?RSS&L=NETWORKER


via RSS at http://listserv.temple.edu/cgi-bin/wa?RSS&L=NETWORKER


via RSS at http://listserv.temple.edu/cgi-bin/wa?RSS&L=NETWORKER

On Tue, Jun 28, 2011 at 11:22 AM, <michael.jones2 < at > emc.com> wrote:
The NetWorker 7.6SP2 RA refresh build added support for Data Domain Archiver, NMM 2.3 DD Boost and VMware VADP and In-Guest backups of the same UNIX/Linux based virtual machine.


no bugs fixed or issues resolved between RA and RA-refresh apart from
feature release?

Are customers who chose to go production on the original RA build,
having taken word that it was as good as a previous GA release from a
QA perspective, considered to be running GA?

If not, and we continue running the original RA release, are we
considered to be running beta or something less than the "real" 7.6
SP2?

I believe I am not the only one who would like more information on
what exactly "Refresh Build" means and EMC has been particularly dodgy
on this point.

There is no change between the RA Refresh and GA builds.


Good to know.

-Eugene


via RSS at http://listserv.temple.edu/cgi-bin/wa?RSS&L=NETWORKER

The NetWorker 7.6SP2 RA build and the RA Refresh/GA Build are both fully supported in production environments. Check the GA Release Notes to check and see if the GA build has anything needed in your environment. If not, probably fine to stay with the RA build.

-----Original Message-----
From: Eugene Vilensky [mailto:evilensky < at > gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, June 28, 2011 10:59 AM
To: EMC NetWorker discussion; Jones, Michael
Subject: Re: [Networker] EMC NetWorker 7.6SP2 Release General Availability

On Tue, Jun 28, 2011 at 11:22 AM, <michael.jones2 < at > emc.com> wrote:
The NetWorker 7.6SP2 RA refresh build added support for Data Domain Archiver, NMM 2.3 DD Boost and VMware VADP and In-Guest backups of the same UNIX/Linux based virtual machine.


no bugs fixed or issues resolved between RA and RA-refresh apart from feature release?

Are customers who chose to go production on the original RA build, having taken word that it was as good as a previous GA release from a QA perspective, considered to be running GA?

If not, and we continue running the original RA release, are we considered to be running beta or something less than the "real" 7.6 SP2?

I believe I am not the only one who would like more information on what exactly "Refresh Build" means and EMC has been particularly dodgy on this point.

There is no change between the RA Refresh and GA builds.


Good to know.

-Eugene


via RSS at http://listserv.temple.edu/cgi-bin/wa?RSS&L=NETWORKER