NetBackup Version Comparison Chart
NetBackup Version Comparison Chart
Extensive workload Widest support from edge to core to cloud with 800+ data sources,
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support 1,400+ storage targets, and 60+ cloud providers.
Role-based access 8.3 provided more granular access controls. 9 added role-based
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control (RBAC) templates to help with role creation and management.
Authentication and 8.3 added SAML 2.0 support for single sign-on in the web UI and user
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auditing auditing by sending user audit logs to the syslog.
Encryption in transit 8.3 added support for third-party key management with KMIP
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and at rest integration, 2048-bit or higher keys for NetBackup Certificate Authority
(CA) to ensure data integrity throughout the data journey.
Multi-factor Extend MFA across all product interfaces – GUI, CLI, SSH – further
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authentication (MFA) reducing attack surfaces.
Everywhere
Multi-Person Prevents malicious operations (data deletions, etc.) from being performed
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Authorization for if a user’s workstation is compromised – a designated approver must
Critical Operations confirm before the operation can proceed.
TLS 1.3 support Faster and more secure data encryption for both in-transit and at-rest
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data.
FIPS 140-2‒ Validated FIPS 140-2 cryptographic module for Filesystem, Oracle,
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compliant Microsoft SQL, SAP HANA, IBM DB2, VMware, Microsoft Hyper-V,
Red Hat Virtualization, Nutanix AHV, DynamicNAS, MongoDB, Hadoop,
HBase, MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite, MariaDB, Microsoft SharePoint,
NetBackup Snapshot Manager, NetBackup Flex Appliances, and for data
at rest in all target storage controlled by NetBackup.
Long-term retention Keep backup images for an extended period of time and be able to recover
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(LTR) efficiently. 9 introduced longer data retention.
Isolated Recovery NetBackup 10.1 expands IRE support by eliminating the need for
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Environment (IRE) additional infrastructure when isolating and protecting data. This allows
NetBackup to create an isolation boundary around an existing firewall
and to use the pull method to move data without the risk of introducing
malicious activity from production to an environment. The latest release
builds upon advancements introduced in NetBackup 10 including the use
of a Flex based, push model IRE.
Immutability Hardened Appliances. NetBackup support for immutable storage
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with NetBackup (NetBackup OpenStorage Technology [OST]) and NetBackup Flex help
and NetBackup prevent ransomware from encrypting or deleting backup data.
Flex running on
Appliances
Immutable Object AWS (9.1), Microsoft Azure, Hitachi Content Platform, Cloudian
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Lock storage support HyperStore, and Seagate Lyve Cloud S3 Object Lock immutable storage
support.
Artificial intelligence Detects and alerts of suspect behavior at the time of backups. This
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(AI)‒powered anomaly feature ensures data is always recoverable and enables businesses to
detection take immediate action when ransomware strikes, isolating backups with
malware and limiting its impact.
Anomaly Detection Ability to identify system-level or user behavior anomalies using ML and
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user behavior audit trails.
enhancements
Malware detection Integration with malware scanners to scan backup images from MSDP.
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integration
Malware scan Automatically pause data protection activities for the protected asset
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automatic pausing of when an infection in a backup image is detected. These include backups,
backup activities duplication, and expiration activities.
Parallel Malware scan Configure the number of concurrent scans to maximize efficiency while
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tracking the real-time progress of each job.
Inline Malware Integrated malware scanning during restore, and support for cloud VMs
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Scanning during and Universal Shares.
recovery
Malware scan Virtual Malware scans can be used to identify the “last-known-good” backup
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Machines before restoring for Virtual Machine workloads.
Integration with Use the push method to transmit audit events from NBU to cloud-based
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Cloud-based SIEM/ SIEM/SOAR directly with support for Azure Sentinel.
SOAR
2FA/SAML for Java UI Enhanced secure login for customers using the Java Admin Console.
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TLS 1.3 support Faster and more secure data encryption for both in-transit and at-rest data.
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NetBackup SaaS 9.1 was released concurrently with the launch of NetBackup SaaS
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Protection Protection, introducing SaaS application data protection for Microsoft
365, Slack, and Box. 10 adds integration between NetBackup and
NetBackup SaaS Protection, the ability to replicate SaaS backup data to an
on-premises Access appliance, and data protection for Google Workspace.
NetBackup Appliance Deploy NetBackup virtual or physical appliances or download NetBackup
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or software for BYO software for BYO or cloud instances. Use third-party configuration
management tools like Chef or Microsoft SCCM to orchestrate custom
enterprise deployments.
MSDP (Media Server 8.3 added support for tier directly from MSDP. 9 added web UI support to
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Deduplication Pool) configure a recovery server for image sharing. Support Direct Writing to
direct cloud-tiering Azure Archive Tier, Performance Improvements for Ushare Ingest of Large
DBs (10+ TB)
Instant Access on Access data directly from backup storage, providing a virtual file system
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MSDP based on view of data that is compressed, encrypted, and deduped.
Object Storage
Enhanced Media Optimize spin-up to incrementally improve efficiency with the smallest
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Server Elasticity and deployment of a media server image.
Intelligence
CPaaS Use Managed Improved and modernized cloud-native security model allows for IAM roles-
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Identity IAM Based based security for NBU snapshot manager.
Azure Plugins
Replication Configure NetBackup Snapshot Manager Service in the NBU Web-UI and
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Orchestration for manage “Backup from Replica” with the array’s replication Data Mover to
Snapshot Manager streamline replication.
Cloud snapshot Direct recovery of individual files and folders through the web UI without
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granular recovery having to roll back the entire snapshot first.
9 introduced Azure incremental snapshots, saving costs and optimizing
cloud storage space.
Workload and data New Azure Stack to Azure Stack and Azure Stack to Azure portability/
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portability to Azure resiliency.
Stack and Azure
Incremental Backup Protection for Azure SQL workloads with minimal overhead, compute, and
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Support for Azure SQL storage requirements.
and Azure SQL MI
Expanded S3 Immutable object lock support available for IBM Cloud Object Storage, Data
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Immutability Support Core Cloud Cluster Storage, and NetApp Storage Grid.
Unified single-server Optimize costs and cloud storage usage with deduplication.
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deduplication
Dedupe to object Reduce the cost of bandwidth and cloud storage. Common data is factored
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storage, including out before sending to the cloud.
AWS Glacier, Azure 9 introduced support for Azure Archive.
Archive, and Deep
Archive tiers
Automate public Simplified deployment directly from public cloud marketplaces (AWS/
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cloud deployment Azure/Google Cloud Platform).
with marketplace 9.1 enabled NetBackup Snapshot Manager co-deployment with
images NetBackup for AWS and Azure.
Backup from cloud Leverage SLP policies to move contents of snapshots to NetBackup
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snapshots storage for cost savings. Now includes Recovery Vault as a backup
destination.
Cloud Intelligent Create and manage intelligent groups of cloud assets using tags and
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Policies attributes to ensure AWS, Azure, Azure Stack, and GCP cloud assets
are protected.
Cloud autoscaling Cloud resources are dynamically re-sized, ensuring protection needs
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are met while optimizing storage costs and resources.
Multi-tier backup Ensure data is not only protected and to alternate locations but is
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copies stored in lower-cost storage in a deduplicated format to avoid high,
unexpected cloud costs.
Backup and Full backup and recovery support for PaaS workloads, including 9
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Recovery support for workloads across three clouds:
PaaS workloads • Azure SQL/MI Azure DB for Sybase and MySQL
• Amazon DynamoDB, RDS Sybase and MySQL
• Google PostgreSQL and MySQL
Oracle Self-Service Recover an entire Oracle system completely within the NetBackup
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Recovery user interface – either through automated recovery via API, or a
delegated recovery via RBAC.
Incremental backup Extract incremental data from the workload referencing against the
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support for PaaS point in time of the previous full backup.
workloads
Automated Recovery Eliminate the manual lift of extracting, updating, and attaching
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of PostgreSQL and databases and instances to PostgreSQL and MySQL when performing
MySQL Databases a recovery task.
Azure SQL PaaS Discovery of existing Azure SQL protection outside of NetBackup and
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workloads the ability to initiate an Azure SQL restore.
Support for AWS Connect to and use AWS PrivateLink with NetBackup MSDP-C.
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PrivateLink with
MSDP-C
Cloud Region Resiliency across AWS regions to provide quick RTO and Low RPO for
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Resiliency for AWS workloads.
Resiliency Platform Cloud marketplace offerings now available for NetBackup and
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marketplace install Resiliency Platform family.
for Google Cloud
Platform (GCP)
Multi-volume snapshot Ability to configure consistency groups that are snapped at the
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support same point in time using FlexSnap. This is a common requirement
for customers that have applications with data spanning multiple
volumes.
Accelerator backup When backing up from snapshots in the cloud, provides the ability
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from snapshot to use the NetBackup Accelerator feature.
Cassandra database Support for Cassandra big data workloads with cluster-consistent
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support agentless backup and recovery. Backup Cassandra workloads
when a cluster is in use or active and granularly restore from table
or keyspace level.
Extend CSI-based Support backup from snapshot for block-based and file-based
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snapshot support storage in the same namespace allowing for parallel stream
(the standard for recovery.
Kubernetes)
Kubernetes Duplication Image duplication for the tiering of backup storage (service
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of Backup Copy and lifecycle policies, “SLP”) and AIR are built-in.
AIR Support
Database-consistent Protect any database in an application-consistent manner.
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backups for
Kubernetes (K8s)
Kubernetes (K8s) Recover an entire Kubernetes cluster in case of a disaster.
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cluster recovery
Data movement for Support for any NetBackup storage target available in the web UI,
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Kubernetes (K8s) including deduplication. Added Client side dedupe for optimization
of the network to reduce cost and overhead. Ability to make
multiple backup copies for storage tiering for additional storage
savings and SLA management.
Automated protection Create and manage intelligent groups of Kubernetes assets using
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for Kubernetes (K8s) – labels to ensure your Kubernetes cluster and assets are protected
Intelligent Policies along the ability to include/exclude resources.
FIPS Compliance for Provides a higher level of security for Kubernetes workload
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K8 Workloads (on protection meeting FIPS requirements for any RHEL-based VMs.
RHEL Based VMs)
Perform VMware Ability to recover granular data.
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single- file recovery or
any file system
Malware Scanning for Integrated malware scanning for VMware workloads and
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VMs and Unstructured Unstructured data catalog and recovery.
Data
Support for vTPM Allow backup and restore of virtual machines (VMs) that use vTPM
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(Virtual Trusted for high-security environments.
Platform Module)
vCloud discovery Reduce discovery time in very large environments from hours to
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enhancements minutes.
VMware agentless Agentless backup and recovery, including single-file recovery and
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everywhere instant access.
VMware performance Discovery is over 50x faster, allowing jobs to start sooner.
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enhancements
Support for VMware Support for VMware Cloud, HyperScale Partners, and integrated
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Cloud Foundation (VCF) systems, including Dell EMC VxRail.
VMware on-cloud To support VMware on public cloud deployments the data mover
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support for in-guest technology will need to be leveraged from within the guest OS
IO tap because the VAIO framework is disabled by default by VMware when
deploying vSphere within the public cloud.
Support for Nutanix Protection including Accelerator, incremental support, licensing, and
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AHV HMI plug-in hypervisor policy support.
Improved Cloud VM Improved user experience and control, with enhancements that
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Restores improve manageability and cost tracking.
Nutanix AHV self- Enforce access and control through the streamlined role creation
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service process using the web UI.
Support for agentless Quickly recover a single file or folder to ensure quick access to data.
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file and folder restore
for Nutanix AHV
Nutanix AHV data Agentless support for single file folder recovery. Support for VM
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management group filters to classify the different types of protection they want
to assign to each group. Inclusion of application-consistent backups.
Resource throttling control to set resource limits during backup.
Nutanix AHV restore Restore Nutanix VMs from snapshot without additional load on the
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from snapshot network, Nutanix AHV cluster, and NetBackup media server.
Support for Oracle ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ RAC backup improvements (ported functionality to the web UI) and
and Oracle RAC load balancing with Oracle Intelligent Policies in 8.3.
Oracle Instant ✔ ✔ Protect large Oracle databases across multiple universal shares and
Access using MSDP storage Pools and NBFS protection of Oracle data that is
Multiple Universal larger than the capacity of one node in the MSDP-X cluster.
Shares Protection
Big Data and DB ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Expanded Protection/Recovery support for Cassandra and Oracle
Support databases
Universal Shares ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Get all the benefits of Copilot on any Universal Share, no longer
for Oracle limited to Appliances. Enables an incremental forever strategy
enabling quick RTO objective and minimized backup window.
Additional MS-SQL ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Recover from any copy, not just the primary, for MS SQL, ensuring
recovery option quick access to data.
Oracle Data Guard ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Support for Oracle Data Guard in Oracle Intelligent Policies to
streamline data.
Quota and HA Automatic failover if a node goes down plus the ability for the storage
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support for Universal admin to restrict how much data can go into a share.
Shares on Appliances
NAS data protection Protocol used to protect NAS that is not flexible and provides NAS
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based on NDMP storage vendor lock-in.
9 added support to create an NDMP policy through the web UI.
NAS data protection Support for traditional snapshot-based protection of NAS devices,
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with Dynamic data portability, automatic performance tuning, and simplified
NAS (DNAS) data administration for NFS 9 introduced a resume backup or restore at a
protection point in time rather than start at the beginning with checkpoint restart.
Dynamic NAS (DNAS) ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Added support for CIFS/SMB.
Data Protection for CIFS/
SMB
Malware scanning ✔ ✔ Quickly and easily recover the “last known good” backup, reducing
support for DNAS downtime while ensuring constant protection.
workloads
Features Notes
8.3 9 9.1 10 10.1 10.2 10.3
Simplified UI and added ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Improvements to BMR capability in APIs and Web UI. Added
workloads and features Nutanix AHV, Kubernetes, NetBackup Instant Rollback for
(RBAC, new workloads, API) VMware, and more.
Built-in cloud snapshots ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Integrated NetBackup Snapshot Manager and Resiliency
and DR orchestration Platform to introduce a unified experience that delivers cloud-
native protection and DR orchestration directly from NetBackup.
NetBackup 10.1 expands management support and introduces
backup from snapshot for GCP and expands protection with S3/
Blob discovery and setup plug-ins for Snapshot Manager.
Reduce Java footprint ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 8.1.2 added VxUpdate for client upgrades and EEB deployment.
8.2 expanded VxUpdate to handle BYO media servers. 8.3 and 9
reduced Java footprints leveraging the intuitive web UI.
NetBackup SaaS ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Ability to monitor NetBackup SaaS Protection policies using the
Protection monitoring same NetBackup web UI.
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