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NetWorker 19.x Recommendations, Training and Downloads for Customers and Partners

IMPORTANT! BEFORE YOU START!

NetWorker 19.x provides new features and improvements for Ease of Use, Reliability, Availability, Serviceability and Java Enablement over previous NetWorker versions. IMPORTANT: Dell EMC is introducing NetWorker Runtime Environment (NRE) which will provide critical functionality for Java with NetWorker (see below for more info). See NetWorker 19.x Release materials for more information.

Latest 19.x Releases The latest 19.x release is 19.1.0 Build 74 was released on May 20, 2019. Customers should consider the additional fixes available in cumulative releases (when available) when determining the most appropriate release for their environment.

Java Enablement via NetWorker Runtime Environment (NRE) version 8.0.x NetWorker Runtime Environment (NRE) provides an installer package to deliver the supported Java Runtime Environment (JRE) for NetWorker and a Java application to launch NMC.

It is recommended that customers use the latest NRE which is provided as part of the NetWorker product entitlement, however customers are free to continue to use the JRE 8 version they have licensed directly

from Oracle. Existing NetWorker users that wish to use NRE should reference the NetWorker Runtime

Environment Readme Guide for details on the upgrade.

NetWorker Runtime Environment is versioned starting at 8.0.x since NRE currently provides Java 8. The Java version provided with NRE will not directly correspond to Java updates, however new NRE versions will be released with Java updates as necessary. New versions of NRE will be posted in the NetWorker downloads section and will be noted in https://support.emc.com/kb/533868, the NetWorker Release Notes and monthly NetWorker Newsletters.

NRE is available for download for Windows and Linux. Search for ‘NetWorker Runtime Environment’ at https://support.emc.com/downloads/1095_NetWorker

For more information about Java Enablement via NRE, refer to the NetWorker Runtime Environment KB

article https://support.emc.com/kb/533770, NetWorker Runtime Environment Readme Guide, NetWorker

Installation Guide and NetWorker Release Notes available at https://support.emc.com/products/1095_NetWorker/Documentation/

TRAINING and RESOURCES NetWorker Troubleshooting Tool (NTT)

Dell EMC has introduced the NetWorker Troubleshooting Tool (NTT) as a back-end solution which helps NetWorker users identify potential network problems that could affect NetWorker backup. Data from a production server will be backed up to NetWorker server over the network. Any problem with the network may break the backup, cloning or recovery job. The NetWorker Troubleshooting Tool (NTT) has been developed to help NetWorker users identify any potential network problem which may affect NetWorker functionality (NVT) and other tools to help identify issues with the NetWorker Server (nsrpchk), vProxy server (vProxy Health Check) and log gathering (nsrget). Currently the tool is not supported on NVE. NTT incorporates 5 tools into one GUI interface: Network Validation Test – Testing network connectivity of a NetWorker Datazone NetWorker Proactive Check Tool (NSRPCHECK) – Provides status of last DR, daemon status, warnings from logs and possible OS issues.

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vProxy Health Check Tool – vProxy health check utility provides an automated, efficient and human readable way to perform first-step/basic self-diagnostic for NetWorker VMware Protection (NVP) appliance. NSRDDRCheck – The NetWorker cross check tool (nsrddrchk) provides the ability to perform cross checks between the NetWorker media database (MMDB) and Data Domain mtree contents. NSRGET – Provides log gathering and reporting for issues. The NTT tool is available for download at https://support.emc.com/products/1095_NetWorker/Tools/ for both Windows and Linux operating systems. The NTT user documentation is included within the NTT tool.

Please refer https://support.emc.com/kb/516676 for configuration guidance.

Customer training has been updated to include 18.x content, this includes:

NetWorker Fundamentals MR-1WP-NWFUN

NetWorker Cloud Enablement MR-1WP-NWCLD

NetWorker Implementation and Management MR-1CP-NWIM

NetWorker Implementation and Management - OILT MR-1LP-NWIM

NetWorker Implementation and Management On-Demand Lab - North America

MR-1ON-NWIM9ODL-NA

NetWorker Upgrade Learning Center. Education offers training to assist customers with upgrading NetWorker from NetWorker 8.2.x to NetWorker 9.1 and higher including 18.x. Bundling discounts are available.

Customers new to 9.x or later versions will still find the 9.x training appropriate and is strongly recommended. NetWorker 9.x Technical Differences eLearning courses. (Additional Instructor led training with hands-on lab experience is also available)

NetWorker Runtime Environment Readme Guide

NetWorker 19.1 Updating from a Previous Release Guide NetWorker 19.1 Documentation Portfolio Differences between NetWorker 19.1 and Previous Releases

NetWorker and Modules 19.1 Release Notes Portfolio

CloudBoost 19.1:

o CloudBoost 19.1 Integration Guide o CloudBoost 19.1 Security Configuration Guide o CloudBoost 19.1 Release Notes

NetWorker Licensing: o NetWorker 18.1.x and later releases have extended the

free-trial period without the need for licensing for 90-days o Licensing in NetWorker 9.2.x and later for new installations

(VIDEO) o NetWorker 19.1 Licensing Guide

NetWorker 19.x Compatibility reports are now available at https://elabnavigator.emc.com/eln/elnhome From the E-Lab Navigator home page Select ‘DATA PROTECTION AND AVAILABILITY SOLUTIONS’ tile and select NetWorker.

NetWorker VIDEOS: Videos are updated on a regular basis, check

back frequently. https://support.emc.com/products/1095_NetWorker/HowToVideos/ NetWorker YouTube

NetWorker Cumulative releases: See the appropriate NetWorker 19.x Cumulative Hotfixes document (when available) in the Recommended section on the NetWorker Downloads or appropriate Modules pages.

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Recent NetWorker features and functionality changes

Refer to NetWorker Capability Highlights and training and more information on how these changes affect NetWorker operations and functionality.

Features See the NetWorker 19.1 release materials for a complete list of changes

Java Enablement o NetWorker Runtime Environment

(NRE) Java common installer. Ease of Use: o HTML5 NWUI: Backup/Clone policy management. o Simpler package: NetWorker SQL Winworker

deprecation. Virtualization: o Upgrade: vProxy Auto Redeployment via CLI o vProxy linux file level restore agent install via sudo

local account NM Meditech: o Snap Based Replication (SBR) support on

RP/VMAX 3 Security o Security: 2FA: NW-vProxy

Expand Use Case o REST API: Improved Swagger documentation to include

enhanced description, error code and API usage examples. o Apps: SAP IQ log only backup / PIT restore, remote mode

support for DBs (PP), Restore to alternate VMAX (PP) o Selection of saveset in nsrclone based on

policy/workflow/action, CLI for DDBoost device creation. Reliability, Availability, Serviceability (RAS): o Routinely check disk volume for accessibility o Nsrstage reports when bootstrap files not deleted for disk

storage o Provide warning if hotadd sessions > 100 per vCenter o Allow OOTB dual network deployment/configuration of

vProxy o Improve restore performance by making use of DDBoost

compressed restore feature

Currency

Filesystem and BBB: • Windows 2019 • RHEL 7.6 • SLES 12 SP4 • Windows 10 x64 : client

Clusters:

• Windows 2019

• RHEL 7.6 Virtualization:

• vSphere 6.7 Update 2 • vSAN 6.7 Update 2 • VMware Cloud on AWS 1.7

Applications: • Exchange 2019 • SharePoint 2019 • Oracle 18c

Storage: • Ontap9.5 • Unity 4.5 • Isilon OneFS 8.1.2(AV) • DDBoost 3.5, DDOS 6.2.0.10

• VPLEX Metropoint Cloud • NVE 18.2 support for GCP

Please Note: NetWorker VMware Protection (NVP) with vProxy has been updated for v19.1.x. Please visit https://support.emc.com/downloads/1095_NetWorker to download the latest vProxy OVA versions.

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DOWNLOADS NetWorker 19.1

NetWorker version Linux x64 and x86

Client, Server and Storage Node

Windows x64

Client, Server and Storage Node

NetWorker Virtual Edition OVA

Linux SLES11 SP4 (64-bit)

NetWorker Virtual Edition (NVE) is a NetWorker server that runs as a virtual

machine in a VMware environment.

NetWorker 19.1.0.1 Build 74

Recommended! https://download.emc.com/d

ownloads/DL93763

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Recommended!

https://download.emc.com/downloads/DL93762

May 20, 2019 | 844 MB |

SHA256 Checksum:

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Recommended!

https://download.emc.com/downloads/DL93761

May 20, 2019 | 2594 MB |

SHA256 Checksum:

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Please Note: Dell EMC encourages customers to leverage the latest software versions identified in this document to benefit from the stability that later versions provide. Older versions of NetWorker have been archived. See the Archive section on the NetWorker products page for a full list of older Archived versions. Please refer https://support.emc.com/docu88918 for accessing archived Server packages.

Additional NetWorker and NetWorker Module Packages

DOCUMENTATION

Info on NetWorker operations and functionality

• NetWorker • NetWorker Module for Microsoft • NetWorker Module for Databases and Applications

• NetWorker Module for SAP

• NetWorker Module for MEDITECH

• CloudBoost

• NetWorker

• NetWorker Module for Microsoft • NetWorker Module for Databases and Applications

• NetWorker Module for SAP

• NetWorker Module for MEDITECH • CloudBoost