EVault Software
Agent for AIX
Version 6.01.2590
Release Notes, May 17, 2016
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Contents
1	Overview
1.1	Release History
1.2	Supported Platforms
2	FEATURES
2.1	Feature in Version 6.01
2.2	Feature in Version 6.00a
2.3	Features in Version 6.00
3	INSTALLATION NOTES
3.1	Installation Requirements
3.2	Install/upgrade
4	FIXES AND KNOWN ISSUES
4.1	Fixes
4.2	Known Issues
5	PRODUCT SUPPORT
5.1	Technical Support
5.2	Product Updates
5.3	Documentation
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1	Overview
This document provides release notes for Agent 6.01 for AIX.
This Agent is for use with:
•	Portal version 8.0 or later or Windows CentralControl version 8.0 or later
•	Director version 6.22 or later
1.1	Release History
Version 6.01.2590, May 17, 2016
Version 6.00.2583a, March 10, 2016
Version 6.00.2583, March 25 2009 
1.2	Supported Platforms
This Agent is supported on the following AIX versions:
•	AIX 7.2
•	AIX 7.1
•	AIX 6.1
The XL C/C++ runtime environment for AIX version 11.1 or later must be installed. 
Note: For AIX 5L version 5.3 or 5.2, please use AIX Agent 6.00a.
2	FEATURES
2.1	Feature in Version 6.01
The Agent is now supported on AIX 7.2 and on AIX 7.1.4.1.
2.2	Feature in Version 6.00a
This is the first release of the Agent for AIX by EVault from Carbonite.
2.3	Features in Version 6.00
•	AIX 7.1 was added as a supported platform.
•	The Agent provides support for Vaults configured for LVR (Logical Vault Replication): one-to-one (Ultra Recovery), and many-to-one (Local Recovery).
•	Delta recreation: The Agent can re-create a missing delta file. The Agent includes additional information with the backup that allows it to re-build the file, partially or wholly. This delta recovery only occurs with Vault 6.0+.
•	Addition of stronger AES 256-bit encryption for backup data stored on the Vault.
•	Authenticated SMTP: If your email server requires a login and password, you can enter this in your settings to be able to send status email messages.
•	Bandwidth throttling: The user now has the opportunity to either let the system use as much bandwidth as it can get for backups and restores, or “throttle back” and restrict the usage by a percentage (i.e., in kB/sec), and/or time of day, and days of the week. When two or more Jobs are run simultaneously, they will share an equal portion of the available bandwidth. Backup and Restore Jobs are weighted equally in terms of allocated bandwidth. Bandwidth sharing works regardless of how the Job is created (i.e., ad hoc, scheduled, or command line).
•	Advanced Filtering to improve backup performance and usability. 
•	Support for longer passwords: You can now use passwords that are more than eight (8) characters long. To take advantage of this AIX feature, select one of the new algorithms for password encryption. AIX 5.2 and 6.1 currently support SHA, MDS, and Blowfish.
•	Support for longer path names: The Agent provides support for very long path names for both file system and Plug-In data sources. The maximum path length supported by the Agent is 32,000 characters (older Agents supported only 511 characters). The Agent will only enable its support for long path names when connected to Vault 6.0+. For earlier Vault versions, or when backing up to local media, the Agent only supports path names that are up to 511 characters long. AIX OS supports path names that are up to 1024 characters long.
•	Cross catalog searching: Users can search through all available catalogs when restoring files, without switching Restore Wizard screens. 
•	Restore from another computer: The User can restore from another computer when the Job name is identical on both computers. 
•	I18N (Internationalization): Added support for French, Spanish, and German languages in the Agent.
•	Performance improvement for multi-CPU systems: If the Agent is on a multi-CPU system, you can use multithreading to improve the performance of backups and restores. 
3	INSTALLATION NOTES
3.1	Installation Requirements
•	CPU - IBM RS/6000, /Power5 or greater
•	RAM - Minimum of 512 MB recommended
•	At least 100 MB of free space for a new (fresh) install. An upgrade may require more. If there is not enough disk space, the install will display a message.
By default, AIX systems have very small volumes. Ensure that the volume for the AIX Agent is large enough, and that the /opt volume is large enough to facilitate the installation. If the available disk space is insufficient for a complete installation, the installation directory will roll back to its original state. 
•	A TCP/IP stack
3.2	Install/upgrade
The Agent for AIX installation kit is provided in the following file: Agent-AIX-6.01.2590.tar.gz
4	FIXES AND KNOWN ISSUES
4.1	Fixes
4.1.1	Fix in Version 6.01
The Agent can successfully run on systems with the XL C/C++ runtime version 13.1.x. (31365)
4.1.2	Fix in Version 6.00
The Agent would not install if version 9 of the C++ libraries was installed. (10802) 
If the name of a file or directory contained a " (quotation mark), the VVAgent and BUAgent would fail. (9330) 
4.2	Known Issues
This version of the Agent does not support EFS on AIX 6.1:
•	The Agent backs up encrypted files in plain or unencrypted form. Attributes such as cipher algorithms and EFS access lists are not backed up.
•	When the Agent backs up encrypted directories (i.e., with inheritance set), the inheritance is removed from the directories.
•	Files that are restored to encrypted directories will become encrypted using the cipher algorithm that previously applied to the directory.
Errors in restore logs (i.e., "error during list function" and "job failed to complete") might be misleading. If the vault supports LVR, and there is an alternate vault (that is active, but not fully configured), the Agent might display these errors in the log. After issuing the messages, the Agent continues to restore all specified data. The error messages mean that the Agent was not able to retrieve Safeset information from the alternate vault. This causes the synchronization with the alternate vault to fail. (15165) 
System restores fail when the Technology Level (TL) of the target system is lower than the TL of the source system. For successful system restores, the TL of the target system must equal or surpass the TL of the source system. (14847)
In Web CentralControl 6.5, Synch scripts display as Custom Jobs. You cannot change or delete them. 
WORKAROUND: Use Windows CentralControl to edit the scripts. An alternative is to modify the Schedule.cfg file, but this is not recommended. (14746) 
Extremely long job directory paths (e.g., 1024 characters) can cause Web CentralControl to become unresponsive. Also, you might receive a message asking whether or not you want to continue running a script that could slow your browser. This is due to normal web limitations. 
WORKAROUND: Use Windows CentralControl, or use folder filtering to select the Job that you want. (14536) 
You may be unable to register to the Vault with the AIX Agent when multiple IPs are bound to one NIC. As a workaround, you can set the maximum buffer size for "sb_max" (for a TCP or UDP socket) in the TCP parameters to a value larger than 512 kB. You can display the sb_max value using "no -o sb_max". Refer to the MAN pages for more information about the "no" command and how to change the value. (8993) 
5	PRODUCT SUPPORT
5.1	Technical Support
Complete contact information for your service provider is available under the Help Support menu.
5.2	Product Updates
Product updates are available from your provider.
5.3	Documentation
The following documentation is available for the Agent:
•	 Agent for AIX User Guide
•	Portal online help
•	Windows CentralControl Operations Guide
•	Web CentralControl Help
•	Agent for AIX release notes (this document)
All documentation is available from your service provider.