{"id":8507,"date":"2019-11-20T06:32:42","date_gmt":"2019-11-19T20:32:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/?p=8507"},"modified":"2019-11-20T06:32:48","modified_gmt":"2019-11-19T20:32:48","slug":"whats-new-in-networker-19-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/2019\/11\/20\/whats-new-in-networker-19-2\/","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s New in NetWorker 19.2?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>With the release of Data Protection Software 19.2 comes NetWorker 19.2.  There are some great new features in NetWorker 19.2, and in this blog, I&#8217;ll take you through some of them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/bigStock-Gift.jpg\" alt=\"NetWorker 19.2 - what's in the box?\" class=\"wp-image-8527\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/bigStock-Gift.jpg 900w, https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/bigStock-Gift-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/bigStock-Gift-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Work on the NetWorker HTML5 GUI (NWUI) continues apace. In this version of NetWorker, you have the ability to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Create\/edit\/manage clients<\/li><li>Configure\/manage probes<\/li><li>Manage time policies<\/li><li>Manage directives<\/li><li>Manage restricted datazones<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>In fact, before I go too much further, I&#8217;ll show some client examples in the NWUI.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1550\" height=\"672\" src=\"https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/01-NWUI-Client-List.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8528\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/01-NWUI-Client-List.png 1550w, https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/01-NWUI-Client-List-300x130.png 300w, https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/01-NWUI-Client-List-1024x444.png 1024w, https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/01-NWUI-Client-List-768x333.png 768w, https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/01-NWUI-Client-List-1536x666.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1550px) 100vw, 1550px\" \/><figcaption>NWUI Listing Configured Clients<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The first screen capture above shows the NWUI listing for a bunch of clients in my lab. From the &#8216;Clients&#8217; view, you can add, edit or delete clients. (You&#8217;ll note a growing list under &#8216;Protection&#8217; in the left-hand pane, too.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here&#8217;s a view of editing a NetWorker client:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"827\" height=\"1301\" src=\"https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/02-NWUI-Edit-Existing-Client.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8529\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/02-NWUI-Edit-Existing-Client.png 827w, https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/02-NWUI-Edit-Existing-Client-191x300.png 191w, https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/02-NWUI-Edit-Existing-Client-651x1024.png 651w, https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/02-NWUI-Edit-Existing-Client-768x1208.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 827px) 100vw, 827px\" \/><figcaption>NWUI Showing Client Editing<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>(Yes, that is an NT4 client sitting in my lab. I haven&#8217;t re-run any tests since upgrading to NetWorker 19.2, but I actually had an NT4 system running NetWorker 7.2 successfully backup to, and recover from a NetWorker 19.1 server. All I had to do was write a simple parser to interpret modern NetWorker <em>save.exe <\/em>arguments for old NetWorker clients. How&#8217;s that for longevity?)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1461\" height=\"936\" src=\"https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/03-NWUI-Create-New-Client.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8530\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/03-NWUI-Create-New-Client.png 1461w, https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/03-NWUI-Create-New-Client-300x192.png 300w, https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/03-NWUI-Create-New-Client-1024x656.png 1024w, https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/03-NWUI-Create-New-Client-768x492.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1461px) 100vw, 1461px\" \/><figcaption>NWUI Showing Client Creation<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Above you can see the start of the client creation process. I must say as the NWUI work progresses I&#8217;m looking forward to full feature parity with NMC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NetWorker 19.2 isn&#8217;t just about updates to the HTML5 interface though. There&#8217;s a raft of other interesting changes, such as:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>REST API<\/strong>: Support for SAP HANA\/SAP HANA MDC configuration, backup and recovery via the REST API.<\/li><li><strong>Usage Data Reporting<\/strong>: Effectively, this is a &#8216;dial home&#8217; service for NetWorker.<\/li><li><strong>Recovery performance<\/strong> enhancements: NetWorker filesystem recoveries can now split a recovery into multiple recovery requests to do a multi-stream recovery for faster performance. I can&#8217;t wait to try this out &#8211; I didn&#8217;t grab any stats on my NetWorker 19.1 server before I upgraded, so I&#8217;ll have to run up a test environment to check it out.<\/li><li><strong>vProxy supports fibre-channel<\/strong> for backup and recovery, now. Continuing on the vProxy side of things, NetWorker can now pull in the vProxy logs from the NMC server for you, making it easier to get access to them.<\/li><li><strong>Browse\/retention separation<\/strong>: OK, OK, I&#8217;m still <strong><em>personally <\/em><\/strong>not a big fan of having separate browse and retention periods for backups, but I may be a vocal minority on that front. NetWorker 19.2 now has a CLI option to break out the browse and retention periods. But, here&#8217;s an example of it in action:<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"821\" height=\"889\" src=\"https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Changing-Browse-Time.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8531\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Changing-Browse-Time.png 821w, https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Changing-Browse-Time-277x300.png 277w, https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Changing-Browse-Time-768x832.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 821px) 100vw, 821px\" \/><figcaption>NetWorker 19.2 Re-introduces the option to separate browse and retention time<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>As per usual, you&#8217;ll find documentation for the update at the <strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"NetWorker support site (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dell.com\/support\/home\/us\/en\/19\/product-support\/product\/networker\/overview\" target=\"_blank\">NetWorker support site<\/a><\/strong>. If you&#8217;ve not visited the support site recently, make sure you check it out &#8211; it&#8217;s been updated and it&#8217;s a lot easier now to drill down to specific product versions. Here&#8217;s a direct link for the <strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"core NetWorker release notes (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/support.emc.com\/docu96463_NetWorker_19.2_Release_Notes_.pdf?language=en_US&amp;source=Coveo\" target=\"_blank\">core NetWorker release notes<\/a><\/strong>, and the <strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"modules release notes (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/support.emc.com\/docu96417_NetWorker_and_Modules_19.2_Release_Notes_Portfolio.pdf?language=en_US&amp;source=Coveo\" target=\"_blank\">modules release notes<\/a><\/strong>. (There are some great new features in the modules, too, which I haven&#8217;t had time to cover in this post.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With the release of Data Protection Software 19.2 comes NetWorker 19.2. 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