What’s new in PowerProtect Data Manager 19.10

A little while ago, PowerProtect Data Manager 19.10 was released. Data Manager continues to offer enhanced backup and recovery operations, and this latest release is no different. So let’s have a look at the main details regarding new features from the release notes (which you can find on the support site in PDF or HTML format).

• Starting with Application Agents:
  • You can now exclude unprotectable SQL databases in policy definitions, resulting in more straightforward configuaration option.
  • Database self-service agent backups are now trackable in the Data Manager Jobs monitor.
  • Support for AIX Filesystem Backups (traditional file, not block-based).
  • Support for Windows System State backup/recovery, BMR and active directory restoration.
  • Support for Windows 2022.
  • Recovery of NAS backups now supported in DR mode.
  • Support for Isilon and PowerScale NAS backups over NFSv4.
• Support for Smart Scale systems.
• Kubernetes enhancements:
  • Data Manager now uses OADP 0.4.2 to protect OpenShift Clusters.
  • Support for VMware CSI has been enhanced to also support situations where the VMware CSI is running as a process.
  • Support for custom annotations in the configuration of PowerProtect pods.
  • Option to specify the VolumeSnapshotClass for v1 CSI snapshots.
• Log bundles:
  • You can now seamlessly create a single log bundle for full end-to-end support, covering agents, proxies, internal engines, etc. There’s an example of gathering the log bundle shown below.
• Protection enhancements:
  • You can now add clustered drives and logical cluster hosts as assets/asset sources.
  • Quick recovery to an alternate Kubernetes cluster is now supported.
• Replication enhancements — you can now perform manual replication of selected assets (or a limited subset of backups) from a policy.
• Introduction of a (beta) reporting engine into Data Manager — this generates some excellent, highly detailed reports. (Don’t be disturbed by it being called a beta — it’s still fully supported.)
• Automated alerting in advance of the admin password expiring.
• VMware protection enhancements:
  • Override User Account Control (UAC) is a new option for Windows and Linux virtual machine recoveries; there are also additional options for restoring back to the original virtual machine, too.
  • Updates to the Transparent Data Mover (TSDM) support.

That’s just the new features. There’s a slew of updates to existing features, too — which you can find in the release notes (PDF or HTML).

Log Bundle Support

As I mentioned earlier, log bundle support has been enhanced. Under Settings > Support > Logs, you can now download or delete gathered log bundles, or generate new ones.

Clicking the Add button lets you generate a new log bundle, where you can choose what you want to grab, and the date range:

Once the log bundle has been generated, you can download it by clicking on the name of the bundle:

Main Support Site

As always, you can access all the documentation and details for PowerProtect Data Manager at the official support page, here.