Zmanda 5.0 Release Notes

Introduction

• Zmanda 5.0 is the latest release with new features and enhancements that upgrades the Zmanda backup and recovery experience.

• With this release, we’re adding Client Side Data Deduplication, Zmanda Managed Cloud, and AWS Glacier storage classes compatibility and SSO support.

• If you are an existing Zmanda customer, please refer to our upgrade instructions page.

New Features and Enhancements

• Zmanda Cloud Storage: An integrated, simplified, and affordable cloud storage solution powered by Zmanda helps you reduce up to 80% cloud storage costs when compared to S3.

• AWS Glacier Integration Enhancement: transition your data across Glacier Instant Retrieval, Flexible Retrieval, and Deep Archive based on lifecycle rules defined in Zmanda for more efficient cost management based on your needs.

• SSO Integration: enable SSO login to manage Zmanda Management Console access using your Identity provider of choice like AzureAD, Okta, Auth0, and more.

• Global Exclusion Policies for Windows Backups: Create global policies to exclude specific files or folders using full paths or regular expressions across all Windows systems backups.

• KeyVault implementation for Secrets: security hardening for Zmanda, storing secrets in a Key Vault.

• Cloud-Based Trial Environments: accelerate your trial experience through a ready-to-go cloud-hosted environment to jump straight into the action.

• New Client Agents: now compatible with Fedora 36 and 37, Rocky Linux 7 and 8 versions.

• Virtual Backup Appliance and AMI: use a virtual backup appliance for Zmanda Backup Server to simplify and speed up the deployment of your backup solution while also improving backup performance.

• Launch of Zmanda Partner Portal: accessible on partner.zmanda.com now.

Known Issues

Windows Restore:

• Restores fail when trying to recover to the “C:/Users” path.

• Workaround

Cloud Storage Restore:

• Backups for DLEs larger than 5TB fail to be restored.

• Workaround

Upgrade/Migration - AWS and Wasabi Backup:

• Backup sets using AWS or Wasabi as storage created on versions prior to Zmanda 4.2 can’t be reconfigured or backed up.

• Workaround

NDMP Source Creation:

• Source creation is failing when the password is pasted in the pop-up.

• Workaround

SUSE Client:

• The installation of 4.1.0.4 SUSE Client binaries is failing on SUSE 12.

• Workaround

Solaris Client:

• Backups are failing when they are encrypted at Client in Solaris 11.

• Workaround

Ubuntu 22.04 Client:

• Backups created using Custom compression fail to be restored.

• Workaround

• Backup Port (10080) is not starting upon installation of Ubuntu 22.04 client agent binaries.

• Workaround