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Release Information for Hitachi Plug-In for Veeam Backup & Replication
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Requirements
Before installing Hitachi Plug-In v2.1.225, make sure that you are running Veeam Backup & Replication build 12.0.0.1420 P20230718 or higher. You can check the build number in the Veeam Backup & Replication Console's Main Menu (≡) under Help > About.
Hitachi Plug-In v2.1.225 supports integration with the following storage systems:
- VSP E series (93-03-01-60/00 or later)
- VSP F series (88-07-01-x0/00 or later)
- VSP G series (88-07-01-x0/00 or later)
- VSP 5100 and VSP 5500 (90-05-01-00/00 or later)
- VSP 5200 and VSP 5600 (90-08-01-00/00 or later)
- VSP One Block series (A3-03-01-x0/01 or later)
Follow detailed instructions on configuring the Hitachi Plug-in and the storage system in the Hitachi Documentation.
What's New
- This update resolves the most commonly reported support issues.
- Support for TIA (Thin Image Advanced) snapshots.
- Support for VSP One Block storage model line.
Known Issues
The following is a list of known major issues for Hitachi Plug-In for Veeam Backup & Replication. If you experience any issue listed below, please contact Hitachi support directly.
- Thin Image Advanced feature is only supported for volumes with DRS attribute. The attribute must be inherited to snapshots.
- When backing up a Global Active Device (GAD) volume, note that the copy group name to which the volume belongs must be prefixed with "VBR_" otherwise, backup jobs will fail. This requirement applies even if only one volume from a GAD replication relationship is added to a Veeam Backup & Replication instance.
- When adding Hitachi storage to the Veeam Backup & Replication infrastructure, the following addresses should be used:
- For VSP One Block series, use the Service IP address.
- For VSP 5000 series, use the Service Processor (SVP) IP.
- For all other storage models, use one of the CTL1/CTL2 IP addresses.
- DNS names (hostnames/FQDNs) cannot be used to add the storage; only IP addresses are allowed. Additionally, IPv6 can only be used if the IPv4 management address is not configured on the storage.
- Hitachi Plug-In does not return information about volumes that are not mounted to a host. To restore from snapshots residing on such volumes, mount a volume to a host and perform a rescan in the Veeam Backup & Replication console. For details, see Rescanning Storage Systems.
- This plug-in version does not support Freeze-only snapshots. If you want to enable VM processing using VMware snapshots, contact Veeam support to change the value of a dedicated registry key.
- After deleting a snapshot, logical device (LDEV) records with the _DEL suffix may remain on storage until the subsequent automatic maintenance. However, such snapshots can occasionally be exported and displayed in the storage infrastructure UI as regular volumes if the storage rescan fails to purge them - in this case, they can be unexported or deleted manually.
- The same applies to clones that are purged during rescan only if synchronization between the source snapshot and its clone is not underway.
- Retention-based snapshot removal may fail if synchronization between the snapshot and its clone has not been completed or is still running.
- If jobs and rescan operations are running in parallel or at the moment when the storage system is processing other tasks, the operations may fail.
- Ensure at least two FC ports are available on the storage; configurations with a single FC port are not supported.
- Hitachi Plug-In does not support backing up failover clusters using Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows.
Deployment Information
Preparation
If you are upgrading the Hitachi Plug-In or if a previous version of the Hitachi Plug-In was used with the Veeam Backup & Replication (VBR) deployment at any time in the past, a private fix may be required depending on the version of VBR that is currently installed.
- 12.0.0.1420 P20230718 — Install Private Fix TF630101.
- 12.1.0.2131 — Upgrade to 12.1.1.56, then install Private Fix TF630102.
- 12.1.1.56 — Install Private Fix TF630102.
- 12.1.2.172+ — No private fix required.
Note: These private fixes have been included with Veeam Backup & Replication build 12.1.2.172. You may upgrade to that version rather than install the listed private fix.
Failure to install the private fix associated with the installed version of Veeam Backup & Replication (VBR) before operating the newer version of the Hitachi Plug-In may result in the loss of multi-home and retention information created by the older version of the Hitachi Plug-In. Additionally, disks located on datastores other than the one housing the VMX file may fail to restore.
If you are unsure whether a previous version of the plug-in was ever used with your VBR deployment, please install the appropriate private fix to prevent any potential complications.
Deployment
- Ensure Veeam Backup & Replication has a valid license.
- Download and run the plug-in setup program on the Veeam Backup Server.
Download Information
Release date: 2025-03-17
MD5: 9D98091EDE24E0BA56DA8DE6229CFE8E
SHA1: B6D4E775FA9E578BE7D288A80E8E12520ECF69D6
Previous Versions
Hitachi Plug-In for Veeam Backup & Replication [2.0.114] - 2024-05-14
- This update resolves the most commonly reported support issues.
- Support for the new version of Universal Storage API v2 that enables Synchronous replication support, allowing backup jobs to create coordinated storage snapshots and track them as additional available restore points and perform backup from volumes on both sides on dual Hitachi TrueCopy and Global Active Device configurations that serve the same production volume from multiple storage management backends.
Hitachi Plug-In for Veeam Backup & Replication [1.2.99] - 2023-06-08
- Support for HDT (Hitachi Dynamic Tiering) volumes.
Hitachi Plug-In for Veeam Backup & Replication [1.2.94] - 2023-04-03
- Support for Dedupe and Compression volumes.
- Support for Sync/Async replication (P-vol volumes).
- Support for IPv6.
- This update also resolves the most common support issues.
Hitachi Plug-In for Veeam Backup & Replication [1.1.82] - 2022-06-23
- Support for GAD volume replication.
- Support for new storage models.
Hitachi Plug-In for Veeam Backup & Replication [1.0.66] - 2021-07-16
- Initial plug-in version
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