What's new in Backup Exec 21
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Table: What's new in Backup Exec 21
| Item | Description |
|---|---|
| Enhanced licensing experience | Backup Exec users get an enhanced licensing experience. Connection with Veritas Entitlement Management System will be authenticated and updated licenses will be downloaded automatically. |
| Backup Exec will also automatically synchronize licenses when maintenance contracts are renewed. | |
| Instance-based Licensing | The Instance-based licensing model in Backup Exec is available in Bronze, Silver, and Gold packaging. Licensing is based on the number of physical and virtual machines that are protected. |
| Enhancements to Remote Administration Console | Remote Administration Console users can connect to the Backup Exec server using the logged on user's credentials as default authentication. This authentication can also be used by smart card users. |
| Users now have the ability to allow client connections over Kerberos only. | |
| Enhanced Backup Exec deduplication engine | Backup Exec users get an updated deduplication engine that uses stronger hash algorithms, while backing up to the Backup Exec deduplication folder. |
| Enhancements to Instant Recovery and Recovery Ready | Backup Exec now allows Instant Recovery and Recovery Ready operations for virtual machines backed up to deduplication disk storage. |
| Enhancements to Ransomware Resilience | As part of continued enhancements in the disk storage lockdown feature, Backup Exec does not allow other non-Backup Exec processes to modify backup data via external code execution. |
| Backup Exec Agent for Linux | The Backup Exec Agent for Linux now supports the following\: |
| - RHEL 8 | |
| - RHEL 8.1 | |
| - Oracle Linux 8 | |
| - Oracle Linux 8.1 | |
| Support for vSphere 7.0 | Backup Exec protects vSphere 7.0. |
You can find a list of the new features in earlier releases of Backup Exec in the What's new in Backup Exec document.