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Before installing NEC V Series Plug-In v2.0.114, make sure that you are running Veeam Backup & Replication version 12.0.0.1420 P20230718 or higher. To check the version, open the Main Menu (≡) in the Veeam Backup & Replication Console and select Help > About. NEC V Series Plug-In v2.0.114 supports integration with the following storage systems: V100 (93-04-21-XX or later) V300 (93-04-21-XX or later) V10e (88-08-09-XX or later) Follow detailed instructions on configuring the NEC Storage V Series Plug-in and the storage system in the NEC documentation [ ENG | JPN ].
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 NEC Storage V Series Synchronous Replication and Active Mirror configurations that serve the same production volume from multiple storage management backends. This update also resolves the most commonly reported support issues.
The following is a list of known major issues for NEC Plug-In for Veeam Backup & Replication. If you experience any issue listed below, contact NEC support directly. The NEC Plug-In v2.0.114 does not support integration with Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows. For Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows storage integration, use NEC Plug-In v1.2.99 instead. When backing up an Active Mirror 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 an Active Mirror replication relationship is added to a Veeam Backup & Replication instance. Adding NEC V Series storage to the Veeam Backup & Replication infrastructure via Service Processor (SVP) IP is not supported. Use one of the CTL1/CTL2 IP addresses when adding the storage. 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. NEC 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 or manual storage rescan operation. 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.
Upgrade Prerequisites Important! When upgrading the NEC Plug-in to version 2.0.114 from an older version, additional steps may be required before the plug-in upgrade, depending on the version of Veeam Backup & Replication deployed: 12.0.0.1420 P20230718 — Install Private Fix TF715188. 12.1.0.2131 — Update to 12.1.2.172, and then install Private Fix TF715189. 12.1.1.56 — Update to 12.1.2.172, and then install Private Fix TF715189. 12.1.2.172 — Install Private Fix TF715189. 12.2.0.334 — No private fix needed.
Before installing the plug-in, please carefully read the Upgrade Prerequisites above.