Release notes for N2W v4.4.0 [May 2025]
AMI upgrade is available from 2.6.0 and above to 4.4.0
Patch upgrade is TBC
Patch File: TBC
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.
Main New Features in 4.4.0:
Azure
- Added the ability to archive Azure snapshots into Azure Blob Storage, S3 or Wasabi
- Added time-based retention for Azure backup policies
AWS
- Added support for partial retires on backup policies
- Improved Cost Efficiency on S3 Compliance lock feature
- Added support for RDS custom
Wasabi
- Added support for Wasabi as a new storage repository option for AWS and Azure
Enhanced Recovery Scenarios
- Added support for FSx On-Tap
- Added the ability to add custom tags to recovery scenarios
March 31st, 2025 - Version 4.4.0
Enhancements:
- N2WS-24521 - Added support for new region Asia Pacific (Malaysia)
- N2WS-21522 - Added support for backup target instance types: G6e, X8g, C8g, M8g, I7ie, I8g, p5e, p5en and f2
- Security-related improvements and product hardening
Issues Fixed:
- N2WS-24024 - Backup Failure for SQL Server with Hyperscale Database Storage Type on Azure
- N2WS-24565 - Issue with silent install configuration
- N2WS-24579 - Issue with users tab becoming unresponsive on the UI
- N2WS-24631 - Issue with unprotected Resource report for Azure listing all disks as unsupported
- N2WS-24441 - Issue removing virtual machines from Azure policy
- N2WS-24159 - CPM Agent not clearing the folder SYSTEMDB. for SAP HANA backups
- N2WS-24374 - Storage repository incorrectly showing immutable backups disabled when compliance lock is selected
- N2WS-24704 - Restore from "AMI Only" does not populate Basic Options
- N2WS-24694 - Glacier status showing incorrectly when N2WS is in recovery only mode
- N2WS-24695 - Issue when recovering an Azure vm with ZRS disks attached to it
- N2WS-24898 - Recovery button greyed out for full policy when only one instance backup has failed
- N2WS-24832 - FSx DR copy is stuck in a loop
- N2WS-24939 - Unable to select a subnet for worker due to private endpoint policy being enabled on Azure
- N2WS-25014 - Some Datadog metrics not showing accurately
- N2WS-21522 - new instance types supported C8gd, M8gd, R8gd
- N2WS-25941 - EBS Snapshot locking does not occur when Linux scripts are enabled
- N2WS-25963 - Deletion of Recovery Monitor records is not logged
- N2WS-25956 - Unable to delete Azure repository or account
- N2WS-25813 - Export RDS to S3 not working with IAM authentication
- N2WS-25981 - DR fails with "error volume snapshot lock failure"
- N2WS-26021 - Unable to create Wasabi repository in region us-central-1
- N2WS-26019 - Azure snapshots marked for deletion showing incorrect clean-up message
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