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NetVault Plug-in for VMware 13.1.3 - Release Notes

System requirements

Before installing Plug‑in for VMware, ensure that your system meets the requirements outlined in the following table and in the Quest NetVault Compatibility Guide available at https://support.quest.com/technical-documents.
 
Table 3. System requirements
Requirement
Details

Operating systems

For a list of supported OS distributions and versions, see the VDDK 7.0.3 Release Notes.

NetVault versions

The Plug‑in for VMware 13.1.3 requires NetVault 13.1 or later.

NOTE: Be aware of the following:
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If you used the Distributed Jobs feature with an earlier version of the plug-in — the feature was added starting with version 12.0 — you must upgrade your NetVault Server and Client software to 13.1.3 as well as updating the plug-in to take advantage of the enhancements.
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Existing backup jobs that were created using version 12.0 through 12.3 of the plug-in and used the Distributed Jobs feature continue to function the same way in which they were created.

For complete supported-platform information, see the Quest NetVault Compatibility Guide available at https://support.quest.com/technical-documents.

Packages

On a Windows operating system, the Plug‑in for VMware 13.1.3 requires Microsoft Visual C++ 2017 or later.

Using the plug-in without this package results in a “Failed to get connection to plugin” error.

 
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NOTE: To use the Virtual Disk Development Kit (VDDK) with OEM ESXi, you require VMware ESXi Foundation, Standard, or Enterprise license. This license can be obtained from OEM or VMware directly.

Upgrade and compatibility

Plug‑in for VMware 13.1.3 requires NetVault 13.1 or later. For complete supported-platform information, see the Quest NetVault Compatibility Guide.

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Cannot browse mounted virtual machines after upgrading NetVault: After installing the plug‑in, if you upgrade the NetVault software, you must reinstall the plug-in on that machine. Otherwise, you cannot open the Drives node of a mounted virtual machine for any new file‑level backups.
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Restart the NetVault Service if “nvvmwmount.exe” was running during upgrade: If the mount process “nvvmwmount.exe” was running during an upgrade from 2.x, restart the NetVault Service on the client.

Product licensing

To obtain the license key for your NetVault Server environment, determine the NetVault Machine ID of your main NetVault Server. Also identify the machine IDs of any clients running application plug-ins, such as Oracle, MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQL Server, and Exchange.

You can use the NetVault Configuration Wizard to install the product license keys. Alternatively, you can install the license keys from the Manage Clients page.

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Obtaining a machine ID
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Installing a license key using the configuration wizard
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Installing a license key from the Manage Clients page

Obtaining a machine ID

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Start the NetVault WebUI.
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In the Navigation pane, click Manage Clients.
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In the NetVault Clients list, select the applicable machine, and click Manage.
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On the View Client page, note the machine ID exactly as it is displayed in the Client Summary table.
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