Rev. A00
June 2024
Dell NetWorker 19.11 Release Notes
This document describes the new features, resolved issues, and known issues in NetWorker.
Current Release Version: 19.11
Release Type: Major (MA)
Revision history
The following table presents a revision history of this document.
Table 1. Document revision history
Document revision | Date | Description |
A00 | June 2024 | First release of this document for NetWorker 19.11. |
Product description
The NetWorker environment provides the ability to protect an enterprise against data loss. As the enterprise grows, so does the complexity and importance of protecting data. The NetWorker software provides the power and flexibility to meet these challenges.
The NetWorker software is a cross-platform, client/server application that provides the ability to remotely manage all NetWorker servers from a web-enabled, graphical interface.
Before installing this release, review the NetWorker Installation Guide, NetWorker Administration Guide, and other documentation. The “Additional resources” section lists the complete documentation set.
NOTE: Any references to the Data Domain systems and the Data Domain devices in the document indicate PowerProtect DD appliances.
NOTE: End of life (EOL) of ESRS is on 15 May, 2023.
New features
This section provides information about the new features and enhancements in NetWorker 19.11.
Table 2. New features in NetWorker 19.11
Functional area | Feature description | Summary of benefits |
Azure Backup | The NetWorker for Azure backup feature enables you to perform the following tasks:
For detailed information, see the Dell NetWorker and Azure VM Snapshot 19.11 Integration Guide. |
The NetWorker for Azure backup feature delivers robust data protection, simplifies management tasks, and ensures security and availability of critical data stored in the Azure VM disks. |
vProxy | Added support for SLES 15 SP4 with NetWorker 19.11. | N/A |
Storage node | NetWorker 19.11 and later versions do not support storage node for HP-UX, Solaris, and AIX. | N/A |
NetWorker server | NetWorker 19.11 supports a dynamic file system backup method. It operates by coordinating a network of auxiliaries Fill-in clients and Primary clients.
This backup method is not available for the Azure File system (AFS). For detailed information, see the NetWorker administration guide. |
During recovery, the administrator has access to a consolidated view of the file system. This feature is designed to improve the efficiency and flexibility of the backup process. |
RESTAPI | NetWorker RESTAPI has introduced a new endpoint /op/configuredevices under storage nodes and unconfigured libraries to configure tape device and tape libraries as a part of the NetWorker device and libraries management. | You can perform the following using the endpoint: 1. Scan and configure devices on a storage node. 2. Configure devices on an unconfigured library listed. 3. Once the configuration is successful, you can list the configured tape libraries, and retrieve the individual tape library details including the details of slots and devices. |
NetWorker Server | Starting with NetWorker 19.11, you can control the reverse DNS calls whenever possible. You can select the level of reverse DNS in the NSRLA resource.
For more information, see the NetWorker administration guide. |
This feature provides the ability to control if reverse DNS lookups are done or not to better support network requirements. |
Localization | Added support for Japanese language for messages originating from the NetWorker server that are propagated using RESTAPI. | N/A |
NetWorker Management Web UI (NWUI) | Client and Asset Management – NDMP client creation in NWUI.
For more information, see the NetWorker Management Web UI Online Help. |
N/A |
NWUI | Added support for multifactor authentication (MFA) for local users of NWUI. Administrator can enable or disable MFA for local users. | MFA adds an additional layer of security by using Time-based One-time Password (TOTP). |
NetWorker Server | Added support for NetWorker server to use disaster recovery to block workflows. Once you set the NetWorker server to disaster recovery state, all workflows are blocked. Data protection activities like save, clone, nsrim, save set operations with nsrmm are blocked. If there is a NetWorker server restart, it bypasses RAP checks and the server state is preserved. | Disaster recovery state is meant for recovery and since all the data protection activities are blocked, you can only perform recovery operation in the disaster recovery state of the server. |
See the NetWorker product support page (Dell Support) for user documentation pertaining to the new features.
Resolved issues
The following issues have been resolved in NetWorker 19.11.
Table 3. Resolved issues in NetWorker 19.11
Issue ID | Functional area | Description |
81298 | NW-Server | Orchestrated Replication RAP corruption issue. |
84537 | NetWorker/NW Logging | Security audit log is not logging as expected |
85397 | StorageNode | NWREE-25254: nsrsnmd core dump |
87259 | GSTD | VRT-16646-Apache HTTP Server upgrade from 2.4.56 to 2.4.58 |
87862 | REST API | RESTAPI calls intermittently fail with “Read timed out” |
87907 | NWUI | Need to upgrade apache tomcat 9.0.81 for JDK 8 upgrade, and fix CVE-2023-45648, CVE-2023-44487, CVE-2023-42794, and CVE-2023-42795 |
90137 | vProxy | Upgrade the jackson-core version to 2.16.0 |
90160 | vProxy | Archive request tracking defect or archive vProxy 4.3.0.56 with NW 19.9.0.5 release |
90179 | NW-Server | NWREE-25526 completes with failures but reports the saveset as valid copies |
90719 | vProxy | Upgrade apache tomcat 9.0.82 in vcui component |
90792 | NW-Server | ncurses fix being ported to a latest CHF of 19.9 |
91439 | vProxy | nsrdisp_nwbg core dump following upgrade to 19.9.0.1 |
82243 | NWUI | Blackduck Scan: Medium Security Vulnerability jackson-databind2.13.5 |
85607 | vProxy | nsrvim throws an error code with no exception, and DPRINT shows nsr::Exception: null |
85883 | NW-Client | BMR ISO update request for Secure Boot bypass vulnerability (CVE-2023-24932) | VRT – 15785 |
88133 | vProxy | nsrvproxy_save core dumps on load overrides |
89502 | NMC/nsradmin/NW-Server | NWREE-25535: ClientID missing from retired clients on NMC or nsradmin |
91340 | NW-Server | NWREE-25219: concurrent recover space operations on the same volume must be prevented |
91594 | NW-Server | Automatically delete savesets with a NULL ss_host or ss_name on nsrmmdbd startup |
91875 | RESTAPI | REST API jobs GET returns incorrect Unit of dataSize |
92007 | RESTAPI | RESTAPI log is flooded with ” JsonConvEngine -Discarded unknown JSON keys: ‘[]’ ” whenever a protection policy is accessed in NWUI |
92142 | vProxy | nsrvproxy_recover logs should fallback to nsr-tmp on failure to redirect |
93038 | NetWorker-StorageNode | [NWREE-25219]: nsrsnmd NSR error ssid ” may be an orphaned saveset – Data Loss |
93209 | vProxy | Blackduck Scan : Spring Boot 2.7.17 |
93888 | NW-Server | [NWREE-25705] Backups failing to rename the “active” file on Data Domain must be marked as failed |
93920 | RESTAPI | NWUI recover perpetually fails after one or more successes with error: Failed to get the details for selected backup |
94180 | NetWorker Devices | DU or DL situation due to NetWorker Disk volume reported twice, one with ~ sign |
85908 | GSTD | Need to remove the weak ciphers from GSTD port 9001 in Linux |
86058 | NW-Server | Upgrade libcurl from 8.0.1 to 8.4.0 |
92169 | NetWorker Devices | After NetWorker upgrade to 19.8, all storage nodes are going to the “not ready” state, automatically returning to “ready” state, and the cycle repeats intermittently |
97123 | NetWorker logging | Improved error logging of JSON parsing in policy definition changes |
80267 | NMC, NW-Server | Enable the Keep the selected save sets indefinitely option on clone copy updates backup copies clone retention time from NMC |
83034 | NW-Server | nsrjobd does not purge some completed jobs post upgrade to NetWorker 19.7.1 |
85387 | NW Clone | Unable to clone hyper-V saveset in recyclable mode in tapes |
87300 | NMC-UI | Unable to clone backup savesets with retention “forever” using NMC |
88058 | NW-Server | Data Domain to use filecopy instead of fastcopy |
88561 | NW-Server | NetWorker resources are incorrectly replaced by 0-length versions as a result of disk full events |
92059 | NW-Server | All NAS snapshot save sets deleted by NSRIM |
93034 | NW-StorageNode | nsrsnmd core dumps after upgrade to 19.8.0.2 |
92534 | RESTAPI | Unconfigured libraries are not listed after scan under /unconfiguredlibraries |
87477 | NWUI | Vulnerability Apache Santuario (Java)2.3.0 observed in blackduck scan |
90727 | NW Clone | Upgrading curlX version to 8.0.1 to resolve the vulnerabilities |
86460 | GSTD | Renegotiation on GST NMC port to be disabled in Linux |
81211 | NW-Server | mminfo -avot core dump |
87407 | NW-Server | nsr_start fails to setup nsr_t_varp->nsr_ssid when falling back to agent-assisted save |
90828 | NW-Server | Unnecessary resdb update for client SID when ENABLER is used which makes nsrd unresponsive |
91216 | NWUI | NetWorker Management Console: Vulnerability CVE-2023-46589 for tomcat version 9.0.71 fixed in version 9.0.85 – NetWorker Management Console |
92233 | NWUI | Need to upgrade the jackson-databind 2.15.2 to 2.16.1 in NWUI and monitoring |
92579 | RESTAPI | RESTAPI BD Scan reports vulnerability on libxml2 2.10.3 |
93171 | NWUI | Need to upgrade the jackson-databind 2.15.2 to 2.16.1 in Authc |
94188 | NW-Server | Saveset is not changing to “browsable” status despite scanner -i bringing the indexes back |
94339 | NW-Server | mtree replication fails to export if there are ssids with no indexes: Index entry not found for ssid |
94446 | NMC | Tenant Database name field is disabled in NMC Client Configuration |
94923 | NW-Server | During restart of services, NMC or NWUI fails to launch, and the error Failed to load server certifcates: extentions not allowed in v2 certifcates is observed in daemon log in the Windows setup |
94967 | NW-Server | NetWorker creates orphaned files by improperly erasing newly created Data Domain files |
95744 | NW-Server | nsrmmd crashes when doing ORPHAN_LOGGING (level 2) in a rare situation |
95916 | NW-Server | Unable to send mail notification after upgrading to 19.10.0.1 |
95978 | NW-Server | The retention period has been incorrectly configured to extend until the year 2160 |
96538 | vProxy | vProxy backup fails after upgrading NetWorker Server to 19.10.0.2 |
97244 | NW-Server | OSS upgrade porting to 19.10.0.3 branch |
97501 | vProxy | Archive vProxy 4.3.0.60 with NetWorker 19.10.0.3 release |
79071 | NetWorker, vProxy | During a VMware vProxy file level recovery session, in the NMC Recovery page, files shuffle in the sorted list in Select the Files and Folders menu and shows a different identity in the summary list |
90169 | NetWorker Server | NetWorker services fail to come up due to the error Error: unable to perform an operation on node ‘rabbit@HOSTNAME’. Please see diagnostics information and suggestions below. in Windows server with NetWorker 19.10 and later versions |
336534 | NetWorker Server | Data Domain device details are not displayed in nsrwatch |
87470 | RESTAPI | View log button is not functional for Clone Policy with 50k SSID |
88651 | NWUI | On clicking the View log button at job level, it displays a message no details available for this job |
88597 | NWUI | The dialog box for custom menu is missing for the dashboard, and status counts refresh interval in the settings menu at right top |
88844 | NWUI/NMC | When you concurrently start workflows that are targeted to the same device such as, DD or AFTD, NMC/NWUI displays the status of the device as “Active” though the operation succeeds. There is no functional impact |
338041 | BBB (Backup) | BBB incremental sometimes fails on ext3 when the block size is 1024 (1k) |
83783 | Cluster | NWREE-24697: authc_config.sh is not upgrading the VCS linux cluster server environment H2DB |
83784 | Cluster | NWREE-24697: authc_config.sh is not upgrading the SLES HAE linux cluster server environment H2DB |
87071 | Cluster | Error message is observed while running networker.cluster, and services are not coming up in the Linux cluster |
88770 | Cluster | Bootstrap backup failed due to Authentication database file mismatch. While upgrading NetWorker to version 19.10, there is an authcdb version mismatch in the cluster shared drive. This is because the authcdb is not upgrading from the cluster shared drive |
89599 | Cluster | Backup and recover operations are failing in the cluster environment |
Known issues and limitations
Learn about the known issues in the NetWorker 19.11 release.
NOTE: For known issues and limitations in the previous NetWorker releases, see the NetWorker 19.10 Release Notes on the Dell Support website.
General issues
The following table contains known issues that are general, including general messaging, compatibility, and configuration issues.
Table 4. General issues
Issue ID | Functional area | Description | Workaround |
337798 | NetWorker Virtual Edition | Remove Launch NMC icon for NVE as Storage Node implementation. | N/A |
335601 | NetWorker Server | Replicated save sets that are deleted from the source server are not deleted in the target server media database. | N/A |
335176 | NetWorker Storage Node | Changing the retention period where the retention time is reduced using the scanner -m -y command does not function as expected. | N/A |
335199 | NetWorker Server | In an LTO-9 setup, for an uncalibrated tape drive, the initialization time is long. | N/A |
331077 | NetWorker Server | If a NetWorker 19.4 server with retired clients is upgraded to NetWorker 19.5 or later, creating another instance of the client after changing the client’s state from retired to active using NMC fails with the following error:
Couldn’t find the attribute all saveset expired for in Same_type_name_rl_cache |
Create the client instance using nsradmin. |
Backup issues (includes traditional file system, and block-based backups)
The following table contains backup issues.
Table 5. Backup issues
Issue ID | Functional area | Description | Workaround |
323114 | Backup | During bootstrap backup, the file system usage increases up to three times the regular size, even for a short time. | Increase space allocation to /nsr/mm folder. |
Recovery issues (includes traditional file system, and block-based backup restores)
The following table contains known issues that affect NetWorker recovery operations, including traditional file system, and block-based backup recovery operations.
Table 6. Recovery issues
Issue ID | Feature | Description | Workaround |
338515 | BMR (Recovery) | BMR 19.8.0.x fails with no response from the server, only when the time zone is changed. |
To verify if the time zone has been set properly, switch to the WinPE command line, and check the time zone with the command: reg query HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control \TimeZoneInformation. |
Cloning and staging issues
The following table contains known issues that affect the cloning and staging operations.
Table 7. Cloning and staging issues
Issue ID | Feature | Description | Workaround |
335200 | Cloning | Occasionally, clone fails with the following error:Unable to bind socket to port 7937 from connection port range 0-0: Cannot assign requested address | N/A |
326740 | Cloning | If RPS is disabled, cloning to a DDBoost device over FC takes a considerable amount of time. | Perform one of the following steps:
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Virtualization issues (includes vProxy appliance, VMware Backup appliance, and VADP)
The following table contains known issues that affect NetWorker virtualization, including NetWorker VMware Protection with the vProxy appliance (or NVP), VMware Backup appliance, and VADP.
Table 8. Virtualization issues
Issue ID | Feature | Description | Workaround |
88409 | VMware (vProxy) | Hotadd backup failures are seen in VCD 10.5 setup while using NetWorker. | N/A |
338541 | VMware (vProxy) | NetWorker virtual machine backup fails for smartscale devices when the retention lock is enabled. | N/A |
336995 | VMware (vProxy) | Emergency recovery through NWUI fails with error “Resource not found.” | N/A |
NetWorker Management Web UI issues
The following table contains known issues that affect the NetWorker Management Web UI (NWUI) tasks.
Table 9. NWUI issues
Issue ID | Feature | Description | Workaround |
88130 | NWUI | Local and Active Directory (AD) users without permissions can log in to the NetWorker User Interface (NWUI) and access policy details and logs. Users who lack the authorization to ‘monitor’ the NetWorker server should not have visibility into any server information. In NetWorker Management Console (NMC), users not added manually to the ‘console users’ group cannot open the console, but the NWUI allows all domain users to log in and view server information, even when no permissions are granted. | N/A |
85534 | NWUI | Overlapping and truncated issues of attributes are seen in NWUI. | N/A |
88602 | NWUI | Concatenation issues are seen for different pages of NWUI. | N/A |
NetWorker Management Console (NMC) issues
The following table contains known issues that affect the NMC, including reporting, notifications, and the user interface.
Table 10. NMC issues
Issue ID | Feature | Description | Workaround |
326257 | NMC | When emergency restore is performed for the first time with an ESX host, at the time of connecting to the ESX host, if the response from the ESX host is delayed, then a timeout may be seen in the UI (NMC/ NWUI). Sometimes the UI may not be able to show the existing vProxy information in the ESX host. | Retry emergency restore. |
326676 | NMC | The recovery results pane in NMC Recover tab displays the total recovered size as 2147 GB even when the saveset size is larger than 2147 GB. | Use NWUI for retrieving the exact size of the recovered VM. |
319188 | NMC | The maximum allowed value in the NMC retention field is 500,000 (6 digits). Since the time boundary value is up to 136 years, you cannot enter boundary values for Hours, Minutes, and Seconds. | N/A |
Install and upgrade issues
There are no known issues that affect installing and upgrading NetWorker, including packaging, binaries, Client Push, compatibility, and interoperability.
Cluster issues
There are no known issues that affect the Cluster environment.
NetWorker Snapshot Management (NSM) issues
There are no known issues that affect NSM operations in this release.
Network Data Management Protocol (NDMP) issues
The following table contains known issues that affect NDMP operations in this release.
Table 11. NDMP issues
Issue ID | Functional area | Description | Workaround |
338042 | NDMP | NDMP Multistream backup: Fix NDMP Client to handle aborted or failed backups that are partially written to DDRLed device. | 1. Once the backup is aborted or failed as stated in the issue, wait for the DDRL to be past. 2. Run nsrim -X which deletes the incomplete or aborted saveset from MMDB. |
NetWorker utility issues
The following table contains known issues that affect NetWorker utilities in this release.
Table 12. Utility issues
Issue ID | Functional area | Description | Workaround |
338443 | Utility | Error seen while opening nsradmin and nsrwatch in visual mode on Ubuntu Server. | Non-visual mode of nsradmin can be used, and NMC or NWUI can be used instead of nsrwatch. |
Device and media issues
The following table contains known issues that affect devices and media.
Table 13. Device and media issues
Issue ID | Feature | Description | Workaround |
273649 | CloudBoost | If the NetWorker server and the CloudBoost appliance are in different domains, host entries might be missing in the host files, or there might be forward or reverse name resolution issues between NetWorker and CloudBoost. With this scenario, the following error message appears:
The selected CloudBoost Appliance is unsupported for device type CloudBoost. |
Update the missing host entries for NetWorker and CloudBoost in the following locations.
For CloudBoost:
For NetWorker:
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Localization issues
This section describes the known issues that affect localization.
Table 14. Localization issues
Issue ID | Feature | Description | Workaround |
77960 | RESTAPI | Error messages originating from the NetWorker server that are propagated over RESTAPI are appearing untranslated in the Windows environment. | For Windows environment, to enable translations of error messages originating from the server, run the command nsrcatconfig -c add ja ja from the command prompt on the NetWorker server, and restart the NetWorker services. |
88603 | NWUI | Some of the attributes and strings of NWUI are not translated. | The same attributes can be seen in the English language. |
Environment and system requirements
The NetWorker Performance Optimization Planning Guide provides information on the environment and system requirements.
Installation and upgrade considerations
To install NetWorker 19.11, use the guidelines provided in the NetWorker Installation Guide.
To upgrade NetWorker from a previous release, use the guidelines provided in the NetWorker Update Guide
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Related documentation
The NetWorker documentation set includes the following publications, available on the Support website:
- NetWorker E-LAB Navigator
Provides compatibility information, including specific software and hardware configurations that NetWorker supports. To access E-LAB Navigator, go to elabnavigator. - NetWorker Administration Guide
Describes how to configure and maintain the NetWorker software. - NetWorker for Network Data Management Protocol (NDMP) User Guide
Describes how to use the NetWorker software to provide data protection for NDMP filers. - NetWorker Cluster Integration Guide
Contains information that is related to configuring NetWorker software on cluster servers and clients. - NetWorker Installation Guide
Provides information about how to install, uninstall, and update the NetWorker software for clients, storage nodes, and servers on all supported operating systems. - NetWorker Update Guide
Describes how to update the NetWorker software from a previously installed release. - NetWorker Release Notes
Contains information about new features and changes, fixed problems, known limitations, environment, and system requirements for the latest NetWorker software release. - NetWorker Command Reference Guide
Provides reference information for NetWorker commands and options. - NetWorker and Data Domain Boost Integration Guide
Provides planning and configuration information about the use of Data Domain devices for data deduplication backup and storage in a NetWorker environment. - NetWorker Performance Optimization Planning Guide
Contains basic performance tuning information for NetWorker. - NetWorker Server Disaster Recovery and Availability Best Practices Guide
Describes how to design, plan for, and perform a step-by-step NetWorker disaster recovery. - NetWorker Snapshot Management Configuration Guide
Describes the ability to catalog and manage snapshot copies of production data that are created by using mirror technologies on storage arrays. - NetWorkerSnapshot Management for NAS Devices Configuration Guide
Describes how to catalog and manage snapshot copies of production data that are created by using replication technologies on NAS devices. - NetWorker Security Configuration Guide
Provides an overview of security configuration settings available in NetWorker, secure deployment, and physical security controls needed to ensure the secure operation of the product. - NetWorker and VMware Integration Guide
Provides planning and configuration information about the use of VMware in a NetWorker environment. - NetWorker Error Message Guide
Provides information about common NetWorker error messages. - NetWorker Licensing Guide
Provides information about licensing NetWorker products and features. - NetWorker REST API documentation
Contains the NetWorker APIs and includes tutorials to guide you in their use. - CloudBoost Integration Guide
Describes the integration of NetWorker with CloudBoost. - CloudBoost Security Configuration Guide
Provides an overview of security configuration settings available in NetWorker and Cloud Boost, secure deployment, and physical security controls needed to ensure the secure operation of the product. - NetWorker Management Console Online Help
Describes the day-to-day administration tasks that are performed in the NetWorker Management Console and the NetWorker Administration window. To view the online help, click Help in the main menu. - NetWorker User Online Help
Describes how to use the NetWorker User program, which is the Windows client interface, to connect to a NetWorker server to back up, recover, archive, and retrieve files over a network.
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Documents / Resources
DELL 19.11 NetWorker [pdf] User Guide 19.11 NetWorker, 19.11, NetWorker |