Release notes for Backup and Recovery

News on the latest releases from IBM's Backup and Recovery provide the updates that you need on all things that are related to Backup and Recovery.

24 July 2026

Support availability update: The Connector Agent is now available for use in all regions.

Release update: OpenShift Virtualization VM protection and recovery; IBM Cloud Backup and Recovery now supports protecting and recovering Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization virtual machines (VMs) that run on Red Hat OpenShift on IBM Cloud (ROKS). You can protect all VMs in a namespace or select specific VMs by name or label. Backed-up VMs can be restored to the original ROKS cluster or to a different registered ROKS cluster. When a VM is selected for restore, its associated DataVolumes and PVCs are restored together with the VM. For more information, see Protecting OpenShift Virtualization VMs and scheduling a backup and Recover OpenShift Virtualization VMs.

Release update: The Connector Agent enables direct connectivity between your data sources and the backup cluster, which provides an alternative to the Data Source Connector for certain workloads.; The Connector Agent is a lightweight software component that runs on your source host and establishes a direct connection to the IBM Cloud Backup and Recovery cluster. This architecture is particularly useful for Oracle RAC environments and other scenarios where direct agent-to-cluster communication is preferred. For more information, see the tutorials on Set up and register a Connector Agent.

Release update: IBM Cloud Backup and Recovery is now generally available in multiple regions for Kubernetes/OpenShift customers. For more information, see Workload Availability and Regions.

Release update: IBM Cloud Backup and Recovery supports Db2 IBM Cloud VSI adapter with Entity Hierarchy (EH). In this release, the IBM Cloud Backup and Recovery service can protect Db2 workloads that use the IBM Cloud VSI adapter. This enhancement enables backup and restore of either the entire Db2 instance, or selected individual databases through integration with IBM Cloud VSI. To complete the protection workflow, users need an IBM Cloud VSI cluster, an active Rigel connection, and the respective Db2 virtual machines. See Requirements for registering your Db2 database on an IBM Cloud VSI cluster for more information.

Release update: IBM Cloud Backup and Recovery supports Context-based restrictions and provides a Backup and Recovery Manager for centralized monitoring, reporting, and alerts, enabling you to manage all your backup and recovery instances through a single, intuitive user interface.

Release update: IBM Cloud Backup and Recovery is now generally available in multiple regions and workloads for customers. For more information, see Workload Availability and Regions.

Release update: IBM Cloud Backup and Recovery allows you to register your Oracle servers and protect your databases.

Support availability update: IBM Cloud Backup and Recovery is now available in Toronto (ca-tor), São Paulo (br-sao), Osako (jp-osa) and Sydney (au-syd) regions for customers. For more information, see Regions.

Support availability update: IBM Cloud Backup and Recovery is now available in the Madrid (eu-es) region for customers. For more information, see Regions.

Support availability update: IBM Cloud Backup and Recovery is now available in Washington DC (us-east), Dallas (us-south), Frankfurt (eu-de), London (eu-gb), and Tokyo (jp-tok) regions for allow-listed customers. For more information, see Regions.

Release update: IBM Cloud Backup and Recovery provides a simple workflow to back up your SAP HANA databases.

Release update: Protect VMware and VPC VSI Files, Folders and MSSQL DB using IBM Cloud Backup and Recovery. This managed Backup and Recovery solution for VMware and VPC VSI assists in protection against data loss, corruption, accidental deletions and ransomware attacks.

Introducing IBM Cloud® Backup and Recovery: Backup, monitor, and restore your resources using an IBM-managed backup service. The Backup and Recovery landing page helps you get started with various back up solutions. You can choose to back up either application-consistent workloads or specific infrastructure services. When you select an option on the landing page, you’ll see the relevant backup service appear for those services.