DPX 4.13 Release Notes
New Features in DPX 4.13
This release introduces major improvements across VMware and Block backup workflows, S3 backup and restore management, compliance reporting, enterprise configuration, event handling, and Multi-VM Restore enhancements. The focus is on providing greater operational assurance, security validation, and administrative flexibility.
VMware and Block Backup Enhancements
Backup verification can now be enabled as part of VMware and Block backup jobs. When enabled, the system executes a verification task immediately after the backup completes. This task validates the consistency and recoverability of the protected data. Verification results are logged separately from the backup job itself but remain linked to the same job instance. The job interface provides full visibility into verification status, runtime, and any errors or warnings that may be encountered. Verification failures are also logged as events, ensuring that administrators have both historical and real-time awareness of backup consistency.
GuardMode Scan is now available for VMware and Block backup jobs. Once enabled, the backup data is scanned for suspicious or anomalous content after completion. This provides an additional layer of cyber resilience by validating that protected data does not contain potential threats. The scan process is independent of the backup job execution but fully traceable within job details and event logs. Status, runtime, and errors are surfaced in the job interface, and warnings or failures are logged as DPX events.
Version Selection
During the restore workflow, administrators can now select the specific recovery point version for each VM individually. A drop-down menu within the restore interface provides available versions, defaulting to the latest. Selected versions are displayed in the summary screen, ensuring clarity before execution.
Re-IP
Administrators can define IP mapping rules for source and destination ranges, supporting machines with static IP configuration. The rules include IP address ranges, subnet masks, gateways, and DNS settings. Rule hierarchy is supported, with the most specific rule applied first. Credentials assignment has also been integrated into the workflow. One credentials set can be selected for all VMs in a restore job, ensuring automated connectivity. When Re-IP is enabled, VMs are automatically powered on during restore to apply the mapping.
S3 Backup and Restore Improvements
S3 Backup jobs now support full editing. Administrators can reassign backup jobs to a different target without redefining the entire job. When a destination is modified, the next execution automatically triggers a base backup to ensure data integrity.
Administrators can update bucket selections, bucket versions, destination nodes, and job options without having to create new jobs from scratch. This functionality streamlines restore workflows while preserving flexibility and control.
Events Management and Notifications
Administrators can now define reusable host groups for monitoring and notifications. Groups can be created, edited, or deleted, with hostname suggestions available when building groups. Once defined, host groups can be referenced in notification rules, allowing targeted delivery of alerts to appropriate teams.
Compliance and Reporting
A new Job Summary Report allows administrators and compliance officers to generate job execution reports over customizable time windows. Supported ranges include the last 24 hours, previous day (default), last 7/14/30/60/90 days. The report aggregates job instances to show the latest job status, aligning with audit requirements for demonstrating corrective action on failures. Multiple schedules can be defined with independent parameters and recipient lists. Reports can be exported to PDF or CSV formats for integration into audit processes or external review.
Additional enterprise settings are now available in the web UI. Administrators can now configure options like SMTP server details, authentication mode, enterprise name, default email settings, and license warning threshold directly in the browser.
New Features in vStor 4.13
This release introduces major enhancements focused on disaster recovery, performance, and security. This release aligns with Catalogic’s commitment to delivering resilient, efficient, and secure data protection solutions.
Security & Resilience
GuardMode scanning now supports incremental security scans, improving ransomware detection and reducing resource usage.
Multifactor authentication can now be enforced across all users, with optional email verification support.
Remote disaster recovery capability enables restoration from replicated data on a secondary vStor appliance, enhancing recovery flexibility.
Performance & Usability
New pools benefit from faster deduplication with quota and pruning controls available via the web interface.
Disk Image Mounting Overhaul
Reworked logic improves speed and resource efficiency for Granular File Restore and GuardMode scans.
A new UI component allows administrators to monitor and manage background tasks more effectively.
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