NetWorker 7.5 SP3 has been released today, and with it comes a selection of important changes, including:
- ADV_FILE devices now use enhanced load balancing selection criteria; in short, NetWorker will start new backups on the device that has the least NetWorker data written to it;
- ADV_FILE devices that are newly created get better target/max sessions (1/32 respectively). You can still adjust these the way you want, but it’s a better starting point;
- ADV_FILE devices can be configured to stop writing at a user-defined %full level;
- Support for LTO-5;
- NMC supported on Windows 2008 R2;
- Autostart 5.3 SP4 support added.
There’s also the usual round of fixes and inclusion of various cumulative patch releases of the previous version. I’m yet to actually download and start testing 7.5 SP3, but it’s good to see the start of the ADV_FILE enhancements discussed for 7.6 SP1 get pushed down into the 7.5 tree as well.
I’m currently going through and updating the primary website, so I’ll aim at putting the PDF of the release notes in the standard location over the weekend. For the time being, you can download the notes either through PowerLink or this local link: NetWorker 7.5 SP3 Release Notes.
Quick question, will save-sets be able to span multiple ADV_FILE devices?
Not yet. I can’t say too much about it, just not yet.
Hi Preston.
One silly question here.
When reading about bug fixes listed e.g here for NetWorker 7.5.2:
ftp://ftp.legato.com/pub/NetWorker/Cumulative_Hotfixes/7.5/Cumulative_7.5_readme.txt
All the bug fixes are prefixed NW.
In the version release notes you point to, some of the issues are prefixed LGTsc and others NW. On page 24 in the release notes there is some strange explanation on this I just don’t under stand.
Do you know why some issues are prefixed with LGT and others with NW?
Best regards,
Johannes
Historically the escalations were all referred to as LGT??d+ – I believe the NW* ones may represent newer entries, or they may represent entries that have come in from other sources. I’ll ask around in EMC support and see if I can get a better answer 🙂
Alright!
I thought this might be something that most networker admins knew. Since that’s not the case, it’s probably not important.
Regards,
Johannes
p.s. I did not get a message to inform me about your reply this time. I also checked my junk folder.
Just an assurance from the engineering land – The LGTsc vs NW prefix should not scare folks, its just that internally we switched the bug tracking system from DDTS to ClearQuest and alongwith, we chose to change the bug ID prefix too.
Regarding 7.6 SP1, will that be released sooner or later? 😉 About ready to do new install, prefer the new NMC, but need full 2008R2 support. alex567@hotmail.com
I’ve been emphatically told that 7.6 SP1 is Q3 2010.
Preston,
I’m curious if that still holds, or if the EMC tech I just got off the phone with was misinformed (or misunderstanding). He just told me ‘next quarter’…now if he did not realize we are already now in Q3, that’s one thing. But I’m really still hoping they release it this quarter, before 7.4 ends primary support at the end of Q3.
Hi Greg,
My understanding is it’s still Q3 that it will be released in. It’s possible that the consultant just got confused – e.g., I had it in my head that Q3 started in September, but thinking about it, the months then don’t add up 😉
Cheers,
Preston.