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 VERITAS
Backup Exec™ is the first storage solution certified
for both Windows NT and Windows 2000 operating systems. Now
in its seventh generation, Backup Exec is a high performance,
easy to use, flexible network backup solution that is currently
protecting millions of Windows NT and Windows 2000 servers
worldwide.
Built-in wizards simplify common operations, making Backup
Exec a tool that is easy to use for the less technical user,
yet powerful enough for the more advanced user. A unique Backup
Exec Assistant streamlines startup, system configuration,
job scheduling, and other routine tasks. Combined with the
large array of available options and agents, Backup Exec is
an industry leading backup solution that scales to support
growing networks and constantly changing configurations. As
Backup Exec protects mission critical data, it measurably
increases the value of corporate technology investments and
reduces the total cost of system ownership.
Product Highlights
- Microsoft Certified Support for Windows 2000:
Full protection of the operating system, including Active
Directory, Distributed File System, NTFS’ new structure
and System State components.
- NEW! Backup to
Disk: Faster backups and restores using disk media,
including hard drives, NAS appliances and RAID systems as
storage media.
- NEW! Backup via a Specified
Backup Network: Reduce LAN traffic by isolating backup
traffic to a subnetwork.
- NEW! Add-on Support
for Groupware Applications: Integrate Microsoft Exchange
Server, Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server, and Lotus Domino
“hot backups” into daily backup routines.
- Add-on Support for Database Applications: Integrate
online data protection and ease the recovery of corporate
databases such as Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle and R/3 databases.
- NEW! Web-based Monitoring
Tool: Monitor the activities of hundreds of Backup Exec
servers running Windows NT, Windows 2000 or NetWare operating
systems from a single Web browser.
- Integrated Virus Protection: Pre-scans for viruses
and cleans files, including zip files, before backup.
- Intuitive User Interface and Wizards: Easy to use
for the less technical, yet powerful enough for the most
sophisticated network user.
- Standard Autoloader Support Included: Maximizes
backup performance and minimizes administration of single
drive/unlimited slot autoloaders. Support for multi-drive
libraries can be added via the Backup Exec Library Expansion
Option.
- Performance Optimization: Increases performance
and reduces network traffic/backup time using VERITAS’
exclusive Remote Agent Accelerator™ technology, providing
distributed processing and source compression.
- Support for NAS and SANs: Expand data protection
with native support for most NAS devices as a client and
optional device sharing over a fibre- channel network for
LAN-free backup within a SAN.
Easy to Use
Backup Exec simplifies operations to an unprecedented degree,
while providing the rich set of features and the control required
for more complex networks and experienced administrators.
The familiar Explorer-like interface allows users to take
full advantage of tabbed dialogs, property sheets, tool tips
and right-click context sensitive menus. Wizards guide the
user through many common tasks offering flexibility in configuration,
media rotation, device sharing and disaster recovery. Features
such as the Windows Explorer Integration and One Button Backup
offer “express” backup methods for the entire server
or a selected resource (server, directory, drive, folder,
file).
Ensured Reliability
Backup Exec is the ideal data protection solution for any
type of Windows NT or Windows 2000 network. It’s proven
and innovative design fully incorporates Microsoft’s
design standards, including COM+ architecture, MAPI, VDI,
Active Directory and WMI, to ensure 100% Windows NT and Windows
2000 reliability, today and into the future.
Additional reliability features include an integrated virus
scan and clean engine to pre-scan files, including Zip files,
helps safeguard your system from viral corruption. The automatic
Job Retry feature, CRC Data Verify and Database Consistency
Checking features ensure job/data reliability and high-speed
verification.
Engineered for Maximum Performance
The Backup Exec architecture minimizes network traffic and
maximizes performance, significantly reducing backup times
to fit into the evershrinking backup window. The optional
Remote Agents for Windows NT and Windows 2000* and NetWare*
use VERITAS-exclusive Agent Accelerator™ technology for
distributed processing and source compression when protecting
remote file and database servers. The included VERITAS-developed
Tape Class device drivers are optimized for speed and complex
management of robotic devices. New performance features in
this Backup Exec release are the abilities to:
- Utilize disk media as a target for backup jobs--enabling
data staging of files
or databases for very fast restores as well as leveraging
the declining
price of disk storage.
- Specify a secondary network to pass backup traffic through
reducing LAN
traffic on the primary network.
- Intelligent Image Option decreases backup times while
lowering the amount
of system resources needed to create a very efficient and
fast backup.
Cluster-Aware Operation
Improve system fault tolerance by protecting highly available
Microsoft Cluster Server (MSCS) machines with Backup Exec
Advanced Server--which leverages Microsoft’s Clustering
APIs to provide automatic backup server failover in active/passive
cluster deployments. Failure of the primary server invokes
Backup Exec to automatically begin operation on a secondary
node, redirecting the current job and remaining scheduled
jobs to the secondary node in the cluster. Expand to four-node
cascading failover support for Windows 2000 Datacenter Server
cluster deployments. Protection of clustered active-active
applications is also supported.
Additional Disaster Recovery Protection
Proactive preparedness is the key to ensure that business-critical
data is available quickly in the event of a disaster. The
Intelligent Disaster Recovery Option* integrates directly
with daily backups to provide wizard-based “point-in-time”
disaster recovery of local and remote Windows NT/Windows 2000
systems or remote NetWare servers. A “bare metal”
restoration process initiated via diskettes, CD-R/RW, or bootable
tape allows for system recovery without having to reinstall
the OS. System files and database applications are restored
from the most recent full, incremental, differential or working
set backup.
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