What's new in Veritas System Recovery 18 Service Pack 1
Veritas System Recovery 18 Service Pack 1 includes enhancements and new features. Refer to the following table for information about the latest features and enhancements.
Note: Not all listed features are available in all versions of this product.
Table: What's new in Veritas System Recovery 18 Service Pack 1
| Feature | Description |
|---|---|
| Amazon Machine Images (AMI) creation from Veritas System Recovery backups | Veritas System Recovery 18 Service Pack 1 now supports creation of AMI from Veritas System Recovery backups using PowerShell scripts and lets you view the status of an existing AMI. |
| Manually validate recovery points | Veritas System Recovery 18 Service Pack 1 now supports validation |
| of the recovery points using a PowerShell script. The script identifies if any of the recovery points are corrupted. | |
| Generic S3 compatible cloud storage | Veritas System Recovery 18 Service Pack 1 now broadens cloud storage through the generic S3 provider enabling greater flexibility to users. You can now configure any S3 compatible cloud instance with Veritas System Recovery 18 Service Pack 1 using the Cloud Instance Creator Utility and use the cloud instance as the OpenStorage destination for backups and restores. |
| Note: The S3-compatible support is similar to the Direct-to-Cloud support from Veritas System Recovery. | |
| Veritas Access support | Veritas System Recovery 18 Service Pack 1 now supports Veritas Access. You can now configure a Veritas Access cloud instance with Veritas System Recovery 18 Service Pack 1 using the Cloud Instance Creator Utility and use the cloud instance as the OpenStorage destination for backups and restores. |
| Note: The Veritas Access support is similar to the Direct-to-Cloud support from Veritas System Recovery. | |
| vSphere 6.7 support | The x64 version of Veritas System Recovery 18 Service Pack 1 supports vSphere 6.7. |
| Note: vSphere supports the P2V conversion feature in Veritas System Recovery. | |
| Direct-to-Cloud support | Veritas System Recovery 18 users benefit from Direct-to-Cloud options. The options enable the users to\: |
| - Backup drives directly to cloud. | |
| - Backup data directly to cloud using Veritas System Recovery Disk. | |
| - Restore data directly from cloud. | |
| - Restore data directly from cloud using Veritas System Recovery Disk. | |
| - Copy or move existing recovery points to the cloud by using the copy or move recovery point options. | |
| - Mount recovery points in the cloud as a drive using Recovery Point Browser. | |
| The Direct-to-Cloud feature is supported only on a 64-bit operating system. | |
| Symantec LiveUpdate is now Veritas Update | Veritas Update replaces Symantec LiveUpdate for providing updates to Veritas System Recovery 18. |
| SMTP with TLS/SSL support | Veritas System Recovery 18 now supports SMTP with TLS (Transport Layer Security) and SSL (Secure Sockets Layer). |