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Portworx Backup as-a-service release notes

Release - 109

August 04, 2023

This release provides a seamless experience with a reduced number of vulnerabilities reported in the earlier versions.

Known Issue (Errata)

Pure Storage is aware of the following issue in Portworx BaaS, check future release notes for a fix on this issue:

Issue NumberIssue Description
BAAS-1763While an invited user's active backup schedule is in progress, the account administrator is able to:
  • detach the cluster and terminate the instance
  • revoke access to the shared cluster
Workaround: The account administrator must be aware of the backup schedules generated by the invited user.

Release - 108

June 16, 2023

This release provides a seamless experience with a reduced number of vulnerabilities reported in the earlier versions.

Release - 107

May 15, 2023

This release provides a seamless experience with a reduced number of vulnerabilities reported in the earlier versions.

Release - 106

April 13, 2023

New features

Private networks support

Portworx BaaS now support private networks, using which you can securely add your on-premises and cloud application clusters in the BaaS portal. For more information, see Support for private networks.

Adding cloud clusters in BaaS

You can now directly connect your application clusters on cloud and add them in the Portworx BaaS portal. Using these cloud clusters, you can perform all backup tasks in the Portworx Backup application. For more information about adding cloud and on-premises clusters, see Add clusters.

Release - 105

December 14, 2022

This release provides a seamless experience with a reduced number of vulnerabilities reported in the earlier versions.

Known Issues (Errata)

Pure Storage is aware of the following issue in Portworx BaaS, check future release notes for a fix on this issue:

Issue NumberIssue Description
BAAS-1183You cannot add an EKS cluster using auto discovery, if the cluster name contains upper case characters.

Workaround: Ensure the EKS cluster name contains only lower case characters.

Release - 104

October 20, 2022

New features

Freemium plan

This release includes a Freemium plan, which enables you to use all the Portworx Backup features for an unlimited period. This plan replaces the previous sandbox trial plan, which is valid for only 30 days.

Pre-configured test cluster

Portworx Backup provides a pre-configured application cluster and backup location for Freemium users. This cluster helps to quickly start exploring the backup and restore workflows.

For more information, refer to the Freemium plan topic.

June 01, 2022

The Portworx BaaS is a self-service application to create on-demand Portworx Backup services. You can
sign up for Portworx BaaS sandbox trial plan, bring your own clusters from the cloud or on-premises, add to the Portworx Backup instance, and perform backup tasks online.

For more information about signing up for the sandbox trial, creating Portworx services, and performing Portworx Backup tasks, refer to the Portworx BaaS documentation.

Known Issues (Errata)

Pure Storage is aware of the following issues in Portworx BaaS, check future release notes for fixes on these issues:

Issue NumberIssue Description
BAAS-64Cluster names in Portworx Backup must be unique, even if you add clusters in different regions.
BAAS-280Users signed in using the ADMIN user invitation can revoke their roles.
BAAS-291You cannot delete the px-backup-app.user role, after assigning it to a user in the Portworx Backup Security -> Role Mapping page -> Add -> Invite Users window.
BAAS-298The MANAGER users cannot request the organization ADMIN to view organization specific services available in the Portworx Services page.
BAAS-309When you modify an application cluster URL, Portworx BaaS does not display permissions error.
BAAS-334In the Portworx Backup Security -> Role Mapping page -> Add -> Invite Users window -> User Emails box, the ADMIN user can only enter twenty email IDs.
BAAS-365You cannot invite user Groups, from the Portworx Backup Security -> Role Mapping page, to access the Portworx BaaS portal.
BAAS-372The updated user name in Portworx BaaS does not appear in the Portworx Backup -> Profile page.
BAAS-411The service name that you enter in the New Service window -> Name field can only be a maximum of 63 characters.
BAAS-702Service creation fails when you create a Free Trial or a Licensed service, delete the service, and then create a service with the same name.

Workaround: After deleting a service, wait for 30 minutes before creating a service with the same name.