Release notes for the latest v4.3.x CPM release
First time Installing? Watch the Install and Configure N2WS Backup & Recovery video tutorial
AMI upgrade is available from 2.6.0 and above to 4.3.0
Support article: AMI upgrade directions
Patch upgrade is available from 4.2 to 4.3.0
Support article: Patch upgrade directions
Patch File: N2WS-upgrade-4.2.x-to-4.3.0-Jun-20.patch
Patch upgrade is available from 4.3.0 to 4.3.1
Support article: Patch upgrade directions
Patch File: N2WS-431-Patch-Upgrade.patch
Note: The duration of the patch upgrade depends on the number of
snapshots in the N2WS Database and the cpu available to the N2WS
Instance.
It’s normal for the upgrade process to take as long as 3 hours in large environments.
It’s normal for the upgrade process to take as long as 3 hours in large environments.
Main New Features in v4.3:
Ransomware Protection
- Support for compliance locked EBS Snapshots
- Support for compliance locked S3 Snapshots
Cross Cloud Recovery
- Support for recovering S3 EBS data volume to Azure Cloud
Enhanced Network Environment Capture (formerly named VPC Capture)
- Support for Elastic Load Balancers capture
Enhanced Backup & DR
- Support for cross-region & cross-account DynamoDB DR
- Support time based retention for AWS backup policies
Change log:
August 4th, 2024 - version 4.3.1
Enhancements:
N2WS-22802 - Add support for SMTP over plain TCP with no encryption
N2WS-21522 - Add support for instance type r8g
Security Fixes:
N2WS-24133 - Fix Vulnerable JS Library
N2WS-24129 - X-Content-Type-Options Header Missing
N2WS-24126 - Strict-Transport-Security Header Not Set
Issues fixed:
N2WS-24391 - Win recovery in DR account timeout with error "Can't Locate Resource"
N2WS-24374 - Repository status shows Immutable Backups disabled when Compliance Lock method is selected
N2WS-24373 - copy fails: Task is stuck in state Processing Completed
N2WS-24332 - Deleting Azure policy fails with "NoneType object has no attribute azure_storage_account_name"
N2WS-24331 - Unable to save SMTP settings on the Notifications page
N2WS-24170 - Recovery Scenario Dry run stopped by Watchdog service
N2WS-24167 - Lock missing from AMI only snapshots.
N2WS-24151 - Incorrect status for S3 Sync in backup monitor
N2WS-24119 - Azure disk recovery fail with "KeyError object has no attribute message"
N2WS-24113 - the Remove button from the Operation Targets tab is missing
N2WS-23986 - Volume usage alerts generated even when disabled
N2WS-23981 - Azure Disk DR fails with "copy is still in progress"
June 3rd, 2024 - version 4.3.0
Enhancements:
N2WS-23959 - Add support for RDS instance types db.t4g instance
N2WS-23921 - Create default schedules during new CPM installation
N2WS-23417 - Add support For creating Azure workers without public IP
N2WS-23365 - Support applying tags during EFS recovery/creation, to avoid SCP issues
N2WS-23267 - Increase size of server log files and add dedicated error log
N2WS-23233 - Recovery from DR region might fail or select wrong snapshot
N2WS-23178 - Add support for new region Canada West(Calgary)
N2WS-23141 - Add Initial AMIs to Snapshots Report
N2WS-22388 - Add support for Azure worker tags
N2WS-22914: Add support to encrypt root volume of running worker
N2WS-22722 - Add new AWS policy report
N2WS-22085 - Add support For SMTP without a password
N2WS-21522 - Add support for instance type C7i-flex
N2WS-20384 - Improved Tag editor on recovery
N2WS-15338 - Add support For restoring EC2 instance secondary IP for backups taken after 4.3
Security Fixes:
Apache/2.4.59– Apache upgraded to latest version (when deploying via AMI)
N2WS-23338 - Add Login Session Expiration configuration
Issues fixed:
N2WS-24017 - Cleanup fails to delete SAP backup from repository
N2WS-23966 - Copy RDS to S3 fails with "error: configuring-enhanced-monitoring"
N2WS-23389 - volume recovery fails when 'preserve_tags' is not selected
N2WS-23875 - Sending report with SES fails with "Message length is more than 10485760 bytes long"
N2WS-23813 - FSX recovery scenario fails with error "Non-hexadecimal digit found"
N2WS-23784 - Cleanup fails with "No progress was reported"
N2WS-23747 - Windows recovery in DR region fails with "cannot create image".
N2WS-23610 - False License alert for FSX/EFS
N2WS-23605 - Azure Backup Job fails with "NameError: name 'dict_values' is not defined"
N2WS-23427 - Azure SQL server backup fails with "KeyError: 'username'"
N2WS-23418 - Incorrect display of schedule exclude time
N2WS-23368 - Restore volume from S3 fails when un-checking ‘preserve tags' option
N2WS-23366 - When recovering EFS, can not add custom KMS key from another account
N2WS-23310 - AWS Import policy to azure storage fails with "Importer policy can not execute without S3 definitions"
N2WS-23241 - Usage report error "failed writing IdP integration info. Error: loadbalancer"
N2WS-23223 - RDS MySQL 5.7 to S3 fails with "Unknown table 'COLUMN_STATISTICS' in information_schema"
N2WS-23217 - Worker session table not getting cleaned
N2WS-23183 - Change EFS "EFS fs-123456 backup finished" log message to debug
N2WS-23161 - When server fails to terminate worker, it is failing to add log message
N2WS-23157 - Scroll bar missing on the Recover screen for an Importer policy
N2WS-23140 - Incorrect dr cleanup message
N2WS-23079 - Validate length of parameters passed to SAP Backint Install SSM document
N2WS-23023 - Azure storage repository deletion stuck in progress, When azure blob storage already deleted manually
N2WS-22729 - In Azure Worker configuration, allow to select Vnet/SG from different RG.
N2WS-22712 - Unable to select S3 source for recovery when N2WS is in recovery mode
N2WS-22770 - RDS MySQL 5.7 export to S3 fails
N2WS-22574 - RestAPI Incorrect Sorting Order by ASCII Instead of Alphabetic
N2WS-22516 - Incorrect log when terminating worker "CustomLogger' object has no attribute 'excpetion'."
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