NetBackup

Version Comparison

Features 8.1.2 8.2 8.3 9 Notes

Operational Resiliency, Security and Compliance 
Widest support from edge to core to cloud with
Extensive workload support 3 3 3 3 800+ data sources, 1,400+ storage targets and
60+ cloud providers.
8.3 provided more granular access controls.
Role-based access control (RBAC) 3 3 3 3 9 adds role-based templates to help with role
creation and management.
8.3 added SAML 2.0 support for single sign-on in
Authentication and auditing 3 3 3 3 the web UI and user auditing by sending user audit
logs to the syslog.
8.3 added support for third-party key management
with KMIP integration, 2048-bit or higher keys for
Encryption in-transit and at-rest 3 3 3 3
NetBackup Certificate Authority (CA) to ensure
data integrity throughout the data journey.
Keep backup images for an extended period of time
Long-term retention (LTR) 3 3 3 3 and be able to recover efficiently. 9 introduced
longer data retention.
Hardened Appliances. NetBackup support for
Immutability with NetBackup immutable storage (NetBackup OpenStorage
and NetBackup Flex running 3 3 Technology [OST]) and NetBackup Flex help
on Appliances  prevent ransomware from encrypting or deleting
backup data.
NetBackup integration with Resiliency Platform,
Recovery at scale 3 3 3 3 introduced in 8.3, provides multi-SLA automation
and orchestration to simplify recovery at scale.

Deployment Modes
8.3 introduced immutable and indelible
NetBackup Flex 3 3 3 3
storage support.
9 introduced support for NetBackup Flex Scale,
NetBackup Flex Scale 3 extending NetBackup with simplicity, automation
and scale-as-you-grow.
Deploy NetBackup virtual or physical appliances
or download NetBackup software for BYO or
NetBackup Appliance or software
3 3 3 3 cloud instances. Utilize third-party configuration
for BYO
management tools like Chef or Microsoft SCCM to
orchestrate custom enterprise deployments.

Cloud Data Protection

In 8.3 support was added to tier directly from
MSDP (Media Server Deduplication
3 3 MSDP. 9 added support for web UI to configure
Pool) direct cloud-tiering
recovery server for image sharing.  
Cloud-native workloads, through the integration of
Cloud-native backup solution 3 3 3
NetBackup CloudPoint.
Direct recovery of individual files and folders
through the web UI without having to roll back
Cloud snapshot granular recovery 3 3 the entire snapshot first. 9 introduced Azure
incremental snapshots, saving costs and optimizing
cloud storage space.
Features 8.1.2 8.2 8.3 9 Notes
Workload and data portability to New Azure Stack to Azure Stack and Azure Stack
3 3
Azure Stack and Azure to Azure portability/resiliency.

Image sharing with Azure and S3 3 3 Compatible object storage.

Disaster recovery (DR) to the cloud 3 3 3 3 Automated, orchestrated, DR at scale to the cloud.

At-scale push-button business DR At-scale DR of business units in the cloud and

3 3
to the cloud between clouds.
Enabling application-aware snapshots, single file
Cloud snapshot orchestration 3 3 3
recovery and multi-region snapshot migration.
Optimize costs and cloud storage usage with
Unified single-server deduplication 3 3
deduplication.
Dedupe to object storage including Reduce cost of bandwidth and cloud storage.
AWS Glacier, Azure Archive and 3 3 3 Common data is factored out before sending to the
Deep Archive tiers cloud. 9 introduced support for Azure Archive.
Simplified deployment directly from public
Automate public cloud deployment
3 3 3 3 cloud marketplaces (AWS/Azure/Google Cloud
with marketplace images
Platform).
NetBackup 9 supports significantly more
functionality for OpenStack including integrating
into the NetBackup Web UI and Horizon
OpenStack enhancements 3 3
interface, providing incremental backup, restore of
a single VM or file, quota integration and tenant-
level self-service protection. 

Virtual Data Protection

Perform single file recovery for any
3 3 3 3 Ability to recover granular data.
file system
Support for vTPM (Virtual Trusted Allow backup and restore of virtual machines (VMs)
3 3
Platform Module)  that use vTPM for high-security environments.
Reduce discovery time in very large environments
vCloud Discovery enhancements 3 3 3
from hours to minutes.
Agentless backup and recovery, including Single
VMware Agentless everywhere 3 3 3
File Recovery and Instant Access.
VMware performance Discovery is over 50x faster, allowing jobs to start
3 3
enhancements sooner.
Protection including Accelerator, incremental
Support for Nutanix AHV 3 3 3 support, licensing and HMI plug-in hypervisor
policy support.
Support for VMware vRealize,
3 3 Automated workflows enable easier management.
vSphere 7 and ServiceNow plug-ins

Database and NAS Data Protection

RAC backup improvements (ported functionality
Support for Oracle and Oracle RAC 3 3 3 3 to the web UI) and load balancing with Oracle
Intelligent Policies in 8.3.
Database admin self-service/web UI integration in
Support for MS-SQL workload 3 3 3
8.3.
Instant Access with SQL databases Accelerated recovery for improved web-based
3 3
for NetBackup Appliances and BYO customer experience.

Support for Oracle Wallet 3 3 Access control of databases.

Universal Share support with BYO

3 3 Added support for BYO in 8.3.
and NetBackup Appliances
Automatic failover if a node goes down plus ability
Quota and HA support for Universal
3 3 for the storage admin to restrict how much data can
Shares on Appliances 
go into a share.
Protocol used to protect NAS that is not flexible
NAS data protection based and provides NAS storage vendor lock-in. 9 added
3 3 3 3
on NDMP support to create an NDMP policy through the
web UI.
 Features 8.1.2 8.2 8.3 9 Notes
Support for traditional snapshot-based protection
of NAS devices, data portability, automatic
NAS data protection with Dynamic performance tuning and simplified administration
3 3
NAS (DNAS) data protection (NFS only, NetApp and Nutanix Files). 9 introduced
a resume backup or restore at a point in time rather
than start at the beginning with checkpoint restart.
Protect single or multiple instances of Mongo
in sharded or non-sharded environments for
Support for MongoDB 3 3 3
community or enterprise version 3.4/3.6/4.0.
Support for MongoDB 4.2 was added in 9.

Modern UI & Integrations

8.3 added new workloads coverage for SQL and
Simplified UI and added workloads
Universal Shares, storage, policies and APIs. 9
and features (RBAC, new 3 3 3 3
added NDMP policy management type, configure
workloads, API)
cloud recovery server and RBAC enhancements.
Leveraged NetBackup CloudPoint and Resiliency
Cloud Snapshots and DR Plaftorm to introduce a unified experience
3 3
Orchestration built-in to NetBackup that delivers cloud native protection and DR
orchestration directly from NetBackup.
8.1.2 added VxUpdate for client upgrades and
EEB deployment. 8.2 expanded VxUpdate to
Reduce Java footprint 3 3 3 3
handle BYO media servers. 8.3 and 9 reduced java
footprint leveraging the intuitive web UI.

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