10.7.5 – June 9, 2023

This release includes the enhancements and fixes described below.

VMware 8.0

You can now use host-level backups to protect virtual machines hosted in vCenter 8.0 or ESXi 8.0.

For host-level protection of VMware 8.0 environments, the Unitrends appliance must be running release 10.7.5 or higher. For additional requirements, see VMware virtual machines.

Linux agent and support for new Linux versions

This release includes an updated Linux agent. This agent is required for protection of these newly supported 64-bit Linux versions: Alma Linux 9, Debian 10, CentOS 9, OpenSUSE 42, RHEL 9, Rocky Linux 9, and Ubuntu 22.04.

Automated secure pairing of Unitrends Linux agents

Beginning in Linux agent release 10.7.5, a secure pairing is automatically established between the appliance and the Linux agent on each of its protected assets. This pairing enables Transport Layer Security (TLS) to encrypt data and authenticate connections between appliances and agents. Communication between appliances and agents is only allowed if there is a matching (paired) certificate.

This feature blocks any communication with Unitrends agent software that doesn't originate from a paired appliance (think of a Bluetooth headset, if it's not paired or in pairing mode, no one else can communicate with it). This eliminates the threat of a rogue appliance running backups or code against an agent.

To use the secure pairing feature, these requirements must be met:

●   The Unitrends appliance must be running release 10.7.5 or higher.

●   The Linux asset must be running agent release 10.7.5 or higher.

●   The Unitrends appliance version must be equal to or higher than the Linux agent version.

●   The Linux agent listens for pairing requests on port 888. Ensure that port 888 is accessible on the Linux asset. For details and other port requirements, see Appliance network settings > Additional ports in the Appliance settings topic in the Administrator Guide for Recovery Series, Recovery MAX, ION/ION+, and Unitrends Backup.

●   The Linux asset must be running one of these versions:

●   Alma Linux 9, 64-bit

●   CentOS 7, 64-bit

●   CentOS 9, 64-bit

●   Debian 10, 64-bit

●   OpenSUSE 42, 64-bit

●   Oracle Linux 8.1, 64-bit

●   RHEL 7, 64-bit

●   RHEL 8.4, 64-bit

●    RHEL 9, 64-bit

●   Rocky Linux 9

●   SLES 11 SP3, 64-bit

●   SUSE 15, 64-bit

●   Ubuntu 22.04, 64-bit

Windows agent

This release includes updated Windows core and bare metal agents. The latest agent is recommended for most 64-bit Windows assets.

Fixes

The following table lists fixes included in this release.

Component	Fix
Appliance performance	●   Fixed an issue that could result in excessive resource utilization.
Appliance security	●   Disabled an unneeded process that could raise firewall security flags.
Backups	●   Fixed an issue handling Windows mountpoints that could cause synthetic backups to fail. ●   Fixed an issue that caused Windows image-level backups to fail with this error: The backup cannot proceed due to an unsupported configuration found in one of the disks configured on the system. This fix requires the 10.7.5 Windows agent.
Backup retention	●   Fixed an issue that could result in a backup being deleted even though it was in the process of being imported or migrated during instant recovery.
Windows agent	●   Fixed an issue where the agent was not installed with all necessary configuration settings in cases where the C:\PCBP directory had been manually removed or renamed prior to installation. This fix requires the 10.7.5 Windows agent. ●   The agent is now called Unitrends Agent when viewing Windows processes and services. This fix requires the 10.7.5 Windows agent. ●   For readability, agent logs no longer include full pathnames. This fix requires the 10.7.5 Windows agent.
Windows secure agent pairing	●   Fixed an issue that resulted in excessive CPU utilization on the protected asset. This fix requires the 10.7.5 Windows agent.