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Enhancing VM Restore Error [172:172]

Koen Verbelen

Thanks to Andy Heath for this suggestion! The following actions are currently suggested for Error [172:172] with a failing VM restore. [Major] From VEPA_VMWARE@backup_node [172::172] Error creating Virtual Machine 'server_restore' Suggested…
- 2 months ago
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Support PostgreSQL 15.7 on Ubuntu 22.04

Marc Fisseler

Please support PostgreSQL 15.7on Ubuntu 22.04. Customers OS for all Linux systems is Ubuntu.
- 2 months ago
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Enhancement Request: Oracle 19c Compatibility on AIX 7.3 for DP 23.4

Shetty1

Brief Description: While MA, DA, and BRTools are supported on AIX 7.3 with Data Protector version 23.4, we request the addition of compatibility for Oracle 19c on AIX 7.3 within DP 23.4. The current lack of compatibility between Oracle 19c and…
- 2 months ago
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Support for backup/restore of vmfd files under VEAgent integration

Boris Brada

When customer is using storage policies or Storage I/O Control is enabled (SIOC), the .vmfd files are then created on VM side, these cointains information about the I/O per each .vmdk file. These .vmfd files are then mentioned in .vmdk file descriptor…
- 5 months ago
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If pg_wal was specified to another directory with symbolic link, after PG restored, the symbolic link was changed and the wal directory was also changed.

Libin Wang

in customer environment Before restore /var/lib/pgsql/15/data/pg_wal ->/var/lib/pgsql/15/wal　 wal directory was /var/lib/pgsql/15/wal but after restore /var/lib/pgsql/15/data/pg_wal->/var/lib/pgsql/15/data/var/lib/pgsql/15/wal wal directory…
- 11 months ago
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DP23.3/23.4 Only pgdata directory is able to be specified when restoring PostgreSQL db to non-original directory.

Libin Wang

Customer has the different location settings for pgdata, wal and wal archive as follows, PGDATA: /var/lib/pgsql/15/data/ WAL:/wal/ wal achive:/arch/ # ls /var/lib/pgsql/15/data/postgresql.conf /var/lib/pgsql/15/data/postgresql.conf …
- 11 months ago
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DP User Interface GRE: filter out non-applicable sessions

Koen Verbelen

Data Protector 23.4 is introducing the new GRE for Virtual Environment Integrations using the Data Protector User Interface . When creating the request, after specifying "Virtualization Host", Virtual Machine" and "Disk", the "Session" list is showing…
- 11 months ago
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Unable to check the Postgres status with systemd after restored the Postgres

Libin Wang

Before the postgres integration backup, customer starts/stop postgresql service with systemd. #systemctl start postgresql #systemctl status postgresql #systemctl stop postgresql after bakcup/restore postgresql, customer finds postgresql status…
- over 1 year ago
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DP should have a post processing engine to update index/catalog

Thomas Reichardt

adressing multipe issues: If a specific file (specific creation date) is required for restore from VMware backups, the restore expert would have to check multiple VM backups to find the correct file. If customer applied multi-disk agent approach to…
- over 1 year ago
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4-eyes-concept for critical backup&recovery tasks in DP

Thomas Reichardt

as security enforcement gets stronger and stronger customers demand a 4-eyes-concept to be added to critical DP admin tasks like (but not limited to): - deletion of Devices - deletion of backups - adjustment of retention times - exporting of tapes…
- over 1 year ago
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full file/oject catalogue creation per source (by postprocess)

Thomas Reichardt

for all backup sources where file/object catalogue is not created during backup itself a postprocess should regularly create a new full object/file catalogue (including the linkage to the corresponding sessions where the file/object is stored) this…
- over 1 year ago
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DP Support for Microsoft ODBC Driver 18.0 for SQL Server

Joerg_R

This is a request to support ODBC Driver 18 for SQL Server with the DP/MS SQL Integration Agent. Current DP MS SQL Integration Agent (DP 23.3 and older) only supports the OBDC driver versions: ODBC Driver 17 for SQL Server ODBC Driver 13 for SQL…
- over 1 year ago
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Feature requirement to change SAP instance at once

Sarvesh Rane

Hello Team, We are currently facing limitations in our DP infrastructure while restoring SAP data. Specifically, we are encountering complications due to the manual SID change in the filesystem. When restoring all data at one location, it creates a…
- over 1 year ago
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Improve Restore the IDB without IDB recovery file documentation

ltor

Would be necessary to clarify if this procedure is only valid for IDB backups taken from Physical Tape Libraries In point 7 command only mention -dev SCSIAddress as below: Run the omniofflr command using the obtained information: omniofflr -idb…
- over 1 year ago
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DP 3-Way-NDMP shall be able to offload backups to tape from disk-based primary backup-targets by using object-copy functionality

Jörg Winterschlade

We would like to copy NDMP-Backups from StoreOnce to Tape-Library to comply with the 3-2-1 backup rule.
- over 1 year ago
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DP 3-Way-NDMP shall be able to write Backups to Tape and to restore from Tape

Jörg Winterschlade

We would like to backup our NDMP-Storage to a existing Tape Library with Robotics connected to Data Protector CM/MA to have an Offline Backup. And always restore from that Tape Library.
- over 1 year ago
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Support for Backups from Windows VM's with vTPM enabled

uhuettner

We need the support of backup and restore functionality from Windows vTPM enabled VM's. This is a request from our Windows engineering team.
- over 1 year ago
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Option to restore MS SQL database datafiles to another folder with simple selection of target folder.

lwasik

If we need restore MSSQL database with large number of datafiles to new location, it is difficult to set new location for datafiles - each file has to be set separately to be restore to new folder. Even workaround, use of CLI is not easy due to limitation…
- over 1 year ago
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Support higher NetApp ONTAP version than 9.8 C Mode

Petr Kamrad

Hello, we are planning to implement ONTAP ver. 9.10.1 on all our clusters, but we cannot do so on those which integrates NDMP backup functionality with our Data Protector server. Is there a plan to support higher version of ONTAP than ver. 9.8 in…
- over 2 years ago
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Add Data Protector device support for HPE Ultrium LTO 9 FC drives on AIX 7.1, 7.2, 7.3 media agent

Aleks11

Hello Microfocus R&D Team, Please add into Data Protector Device Support Matrix support for HPE LTO9 drives (HPE MSL LTO-9 45000 FC Drv) on AIX OS 7.1, 7.2, 7.3 Currently only HPE LTO 7 FC drives are supported on AIX OS, but LTO 7 is an old technology…
- over 2 years ago
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Suppress overlapping instances of the same job

Lenny S

If a backup job is running when the scheduled time for another instance of the same job comes around, the second instance starts but it usually screws up either (a) what it backs up or (b) the restore chain. An example: a job backs up a large filesystem…
- over 2 years ago
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CLI: different return code for session end: warning, minor, major

peki_ob

To start the right action in backup workflows it is important to get more accurate return codes,
- over 2 years ago
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Update the requirements for integration user accounts with reduced permissions for better ransomware protection

Joerg_R

Hello Microfocus Team, Backup application like Data Protector are currently under a critical review to address the threat of a ransomware attack. DP Integration users with domain wide admin, operation or discovery rights or DBA/SA right on databases…
- over 2 years ago
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Data Protector support for AIX 7.3

Aleks11

Hello Microfocus Team, Could you please provide an official statement if AIX 7.3 is supported by Data Protector. It was released in December 2021 by IBM: https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/aix-support-lifecycle-information Currently AIX 7.3 is not presented…
- over 2 years ago
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Data Protector media agent support for SLES15 on IBM POWER

Aleks11

Hello Microfocus Team, Could you please provide an official statement when Data Protector media agent will be supported for Linux SLES15 on IBM POWER architecture. This support is required in order to perform direct SAP HANA backups from SAP HANA physical…
- over 2 years ago
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Enhancing VM Restore Error [172:172]

Support PostgreSQL 15.7 on Ubuntu 22.04

Enhancement Request: Oracle 19c Compatibility on AIX 7.3 for DP 23.4

Support for backup/restore of vmfd files under VEAgent integration

If pg_wal was specified to another directory with symbolic link, after PG restored, the symbolic link was changed and the wal directory was also changed.

DP23.3/23.4 Only pgdata directory is able to be specified when restoring PostgreSQL db to non-original directory.

DP User Interface GRE: filter out non-applicable sessions

Unable to check the Postgres status with systemd after restored the Postgres

DP should have a post processing engine to update index/catalog

4-eyes-concept for critical backup&recovery tasks in DP

full file/oject catalogue creation per source (by postprocess)

DP Support for Microsoft ODBC Driver 18.0 for SQL Server

Feature requirement to change SAP instance at once

Improve Restore the IDB without IDB recovery file documentation

DP 3-Way-NDMP shall be able to offload backups to tape from disk-based primary backup-targets by using object-copy functionality

DP 3-Way-NDMP shall be able to write Backups to Tape and to restore from Tape

Support for Backups from Windows VM's with vTPM enabled

Option to restore MS SQL database datafiles to another folder with simple selection of target folder.

Support higher NetApp ONTAP version than 9.8 C Mode

Add Data Protector device support for HPE Ultrium LTO 9 FC drives on AIX 7.1, 7.2, 7.3 media agent

Suppress overlapping instances of the same job

CLI: different return code for session end: warning, minor, major

Update the requirements for integration user accounts with reduced permissions for better ransomware protection

Data Protector support for AIX 7.3

Data Protector media agent support for SLES15 on IBM POWER

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