I just received the following email….




EMC Availability Announcement

EMC NetWorker 7.6SP2 Release

General Availability Date:  June 28, 2011



Hello All,



On behalf of the NetWorker Engineering and Product Management teams, we are 
pleased to announce the general availability of NetWorker 7.6SP2. This release 
delivers a number of key enhancements, including support for VMware vStorage 
API for Data Protection (VADP), Windows Disaster Recovery, concurrency and 
multiple Total Customer Experience (TCE) enhancements.



Included in this release is support for:



VMware: vStorage API for Data Protection (VADP)

 *   Integrated with vStorage API for Data Protection (VADP)
 *   Change block tracking (CBT) support (file-based)
 *   Single-step image-level backups & restores
 *   Support for file level recovery from Windows VMs
 *   Flexible Single Step VM Recovery
    *   To the original, new, or configure a new virtual machine
    *   Recover the VM to the same/different vCenter, ESX Server, or ESX 
datastore
    *   NetWorker VADP proxy options
       *   Physical or virtual servers
       *   Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008 or Windows Server 2003
       *   DD Boost or Avamar Grid deduplication backups
          *   DD Boost on VADP Proxy with Dedicated NetWorker Storage Node
          *   Support for Global Encryption and Compression Directives for  
NTFS image and file level backups
          *   VMware VADP and In-Guest backups of the same UNIX/Linux based 
virtual machine



Windows Disaster  Recovery

 *   Bare Metal Recovery for Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2 and 
Windows 7
 *   Built-into the NetWorker client
 *   Scheduled and protected via standard NetWorker backup process
 *   Windows Disaster Recovery Wizard simplifies BMR Recoveries to the 
same/similar hardware



Advanced Deduplication

 *   Support for Data Domain Systems DDOS v4.9 & v5.0 / DD Boost v2.3.1
 *   DD Boost support in NetWorker Storage Nodes on HPUX & AIX
 *   Support for NMM 2.3 client based DD Boost
 *   Support for Data Domain 
Archiver<http://www.emc.com/products/detail/hardware/data-domain-archiver.htm>



Integration & OS Currency

 *   Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1
 *   UNIX / Linux – RHEL 6, EXT4, AIX 7.1 (Client Only)
 *   NDMP - Celerra DART 6, VNX/VNXe, NetApp OnTAP 8



Usability / TCE

 *   Incremental policy-based backups for NDMP
 *   Ability to recover from original backups or cloned backups from the UI
 *   AFTD UI enhancements
 *   Clone statistics and NMC performance improvements
 *   Support for NetWorker Server on Solaris local zones



Fujitsu NetWorker Transition Features

 *   Support of Oracle Cluster filesystems
 *   Auto discovery ETERNUS CS High End as VTL so that VTL license is requested
 *   Symbolic link savegroup, for compatibility reasons
 *   Performance improvements for nsrim
 *   Change browse or retention policy with nsrmm command only if user confirms 
action
 *   Software Distribution should be able to recognize Fujitsu NetWorker and 
Modules



There are no changes in the NetWorker 7.6SP2 GA release build, it is the same 
as the build released at Restricted Availability Refresh. Based upon RA 
customer feedback, the documentation has been significantly revised, please 
check EMC PowerLink for the GA documentation.



Important Links

 *   Product Documentation on EMC 
PowerLink<http://powerlink.emc.com/km/appmanager/km/secureDesktop?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=query2&internalId=0b01406680490990&_irrt=true>
 *   NetWorker Support Page<https://support.emc.com/products/NetWorker>
 *   Product Announcement Article on EMC 
Powerlink<http://powerlink.emc.com/km/live1/en_US/Offering_Basics/Articles_and_Announcements/Avamar6-NetWorkerwDDAnnctarticle.docx>
 *   EMC Live Webcast replay – What’s New with 
NetWorker<http://www.emc.com/events/2011/q2/04-26-11-whats-new-networker.htm>
 *   NetWorker Online 
Community<https://community.emc.com/community/connect/networkeronline>
 *   NetWorker Support 
Forum<https://community.emc.com/community/support/networker>